HTML Job Trends

HTML (including XHTML, DHTML & HTML5)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring HTML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 51 52
Rank change year-on-year -67 +1 -21
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,152 2,616 2,717
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.93% 4.87% 4.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.38% 22.71% 19.76%
Number of salaries quoted 948 1,325 2,276
10th Percentile - £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -2.34% -2.06%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

HTML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,035 11,519 13,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.81% 21.47% 24.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,243 6,762 11,231
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

HTML
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing HTML relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

HTML job vacancy trend in the UK

HTML
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HTML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HTML

HTML
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HTML over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for HTML in the UK

HTML
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HTML within the UK over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -57 1,052 £49,000 -11.71% 718
UK excluding London -63 800 £40,000 -23.81% 672
Work from Home -77 343 £52,500 -8.70% 312
London -86 285 £62,500 -7.41% 134
North of England -29 257 £30,500 -37.44% 147
South East -58 205 £50,000 -16.67% 192
North West -35 119 £31,500 -35.38% 68
Midlands -64 110 £40,000 -15.79% 99
East of England -33 104 £55,000 +10.00% 94
Yorkshire -26 101 £30,500 -32.22% 58
South West -76 71 £37,250 -35.22% 86
West Midlands -54 61 £30,500 -41.90% 39
East Midlands -43 50 £47,500 +26.67% 60
Scotland -61 39 £30,500 -43.52% 26
North East -6 37 £30,500 -39.00% 21
Wales -45 12 £46,000 +41.54% 34
Northern Ireland -26 3 £31,500 -30.00% 8
Channel Islands +3 1 £90,000 -

HTML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 71 (6.16%) WordPress
2 59 (5.12%) CMS
3 26 (2.26%) Confluence
4 22 (1.91%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.13%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.78%) nginx
7 8 (0.69%) Drupal
8 7 (0.61%) Apache
9 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.26%) govService
11 3 (0.26%) IIS
11 3 (0.26%) Joomla!
11 3 (0.26%) Liferay
12 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.17%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.17%) JBoss
12 2 (0.17%) Mendix
12 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 30 (2.60%) Adobe XD
2 25 (2.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.30%) Photoshop
3 15 (1.30%) Sketch
4 14 (1.22%) Adobe Illustrator
4 14 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (0.87%) InVision
5 10 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.69%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
7 5 (0.43%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.26%) InDesign
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.17%) Elementor
10 2 (0.17%) Windchill
11 1 (0.087%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.56%) Shopify
3 5 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.26%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.087%) Magento
6 1 (0.087%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 482 (41.84%) Azure
2 425 (36.89%) AWS
3 362 (31.42%) GitHub
4 81 (7.03%) Serverless
5 71 (6.16%) Figma
6 56 (4.86%) GCP
7 47 (4.08%) Power Platform
8 45 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (2.95%) Power Automate
10 33 (2.86%) Google Analytics
10 33 (2.86%) SaaS
11 25 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
12 22 (1.91%) Entra ID
12 22 (1.91%) PowerApps
13 19 (1.65%) Amazon S3
14 16 (1.39%) Azure Functions
15 15 (1.30%) Amazon ECS
15 15 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
15 15 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 273 (23.70%) Internet
2 9 (0.78%) FTP
3 8 (0.69%) HTTP
4 6 (0.52%) Intranet
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
6 2 (0.17%) DNS
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) Network Security
7 1 (0.087%) Firewall
7 1 (0.087%) SSH
7 1 (0.087%) SSL
7 1 (0.087%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.087%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 79 (6.86%) MySQL
3 58 (5.03%) Relational Database
4 56 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (3.39%) NoSQL
6 35 (3.04%) MongoDB
7 26 (2.26%) Power BI
8 25 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (1.82%) OLTP
10 14 (1.22%) DB2
11 12 (1.04%) RDBMS
12 11 (0.95%) Looker
13 8 (0.69%) GIS
14 7 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.61%) Metadata
15 6 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
16 5 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
17 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
17 4 (0.35%) Redis
17 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 427 (37.07%) Git
2 91 (7.90%) JIRA
3 57 (4.95%) Jenkins
4 55 (4.77%) Selenium
5 40 (3.47%) Postman
6 37 (3.21%) Team Foundation Server
7 35 (3.04%) SoapUI
8 32 (2.78%) WebDriver
9 31 (2.69%) webpack
10 23 (2.00%) Axure RP
11 21 (1.82%) JUnit
12 17 (1.48%) Cypress.io
13 16 (1.39%) JMeter
13 16 (1.39%) Mockito
13 16 (1.39%) TeamCity
13 16 (1.39%) Visual Studio
14 14 (1.22%) Bitbucket
14 14 (1.22%) Cucumber
15 12 (1.04%) Balsamiq
16 11 (0.95%) Babel
General
1 309 (26.82%) Social Skills
2 280 (24.31%) Multimedia
3 120 (10.42%) Finance
4 115 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (9.38%) Law
6 102 (8.85%) Marketing
7 59 (5.12%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (2.95%) Retail
10 33 (2.86%) Banking
11 32 (2.78%) Legal
12 20 (1.74%) Advertising
13 19 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.30%) German Language
15 14 (1.22%) Publishing
16 11 (0.95%) Games
16 11 (0.95%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.61%) Electronics
18 5 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 613 (53.21%) Developer
2 272 (23.61%) Trainee
3 186 (16.15%) Senior
4 174 (15.10%) Software Developer
5 129 (11.20%) Senior Developer
5 129 (11.20%) Trainee Developer
6 120 (10.42%) Trainee Software Developer
7 116 (10.07%) Full-Stack Developer
8 73 (6.34%) Analyst
9 64 (5.56%) .NET Developer
10 63 (5.47%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 58 (5.03%) Lead
12 55 (4.77%) Designer
13 39 (3.39%) Web Developer
14 38 (3.30%) React Developer
14 38 (3.30%) Software Engineer
15 37 (3.21%) Java Developer
16 32 (2.78%) Administrator
17 31 (2.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 31 (2.69%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 923 (80.12%) CSS
2 308 (26.74%) React
3 211 (18.32%) .NET
4 136 (11.81%) Node.js
5 122 (10.59%) AngularJS
6 119 (10.33%) HTML5
6 119 (10.33%) RESTful
7 104 (9.03%) XML
8 100 (8.68%) JSON
9 84 (7.29%) CSS3
10 79 (6.86%) Vue
11 77 (6.68%) REST
12 69 (5.99%) ASP.NET
13 68 (5.90%) SOAP
14 67 (5.82%) .NET Core
15 58 (5.03%) jQuery
16 47 (4.08%) Web Services
17 44 (3.82%) .NET Framework
18 41 (3.56%) Spring
19 36 (3.13%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.51%) Product Ownership
2 51 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 35 (3.04%) Mobile App
5 30 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
6 29 (2.52%) Cloud Native
7 22 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
8 21 (1.82%) Data Structures
8 21 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (1.56%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.04%) Social Media
11 11 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (0.87%) Motion Graphics
13 9 (0.78%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.69%) Cybercrime
14 8 (0.69%) e-Learning
14 8 (0.69%) W3C
15 7 (0.61%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.86%) Unix
2 28 (2.43%) Windows
3 23 (2.00%) Linux
4 11 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.87%) Android
6 6 (0.52%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.43%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (36.89%) Agile
2 389 (33.77%) Mentoring
3 265 (23.00%) User Experience
4 264 (22.92%) Cybersecurity
5 259 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
6 232 (20.14%) Full-Stack Development
7 184 (15.97%) CI/CD
8 160 (13.89%) Front End Development
9 147 (12.76%) DevOps
10 120 (10.42%) Web Development
11 109 (9.46%) Scrum
12 105 (9.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 104 (9.03%) UX Design
14 93 (8.07%) AI
15 92 (7.99%) Software Engineering
16 90 (7.81%) Microservices
17 85 (7.38%) MVC
18 83 (7.20%) Analytics
19 79 (6.86%) Clean Code
20 70 (6.08%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 890 (77.26%) JavaScript
2 420 (36.46%) Python
3 274 (23.78%) SQL
4 207 (17.97%) C#
5 166 (14.41%) TypeScript
6 144 (12.50%) R
7 141 (12.24%) Java
8 67 (5.82%) PHP
9 33 (2.86%) PL/SQL
10 17 (1.48%) Shell Script
11 13 (1.13%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.95%) Ruby
13 4 (0.35%) ActionScript
13 4 (0.35%) ActionScript 3.0
13 4 (0.35%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.35%) Bash
13 4 (0.35%) Objective-C
13 4 (0.35%) XAML
14 3 (0.26%) VB
14 3 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 277 (24.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 273 (23.70%) Azure Certification
3 272 (23.61%) AWS Certification
3 272 (23.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 201 (17.45%) Degree
5 85 (7.38%) Security Cleared
6 55 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (3.73%) SC Cleared
8 36 (3.13%) ISTQB
9 32 (2.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 18 (1.56%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.04%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.52%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.43%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.35%) ISEB
15 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 3 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.26%) PhD
17 2 (0.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (13.72%) Accessibility
2 62 (5.38%) QA
3 54 (4.69%) WCAG
4 30 (2.60%) GDPR
5 6 (0.52%) PERC
5 6 (0.52%) SLA
6 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.35%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.35%) Section 508
8 2 (0.17%) HL7
8 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.087%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.087%) CDISC
9 1 (0.087%) DICOM
9 1 (0.087%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.087%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.087%) NCSC
9 1 (0.087%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.087%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 111 (9.64%) Docker
2 14 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 76 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.52%) Terraform
3 13 (1.13%) Kibana
4 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.35%) Argo
5 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.26%) cPanel
6 3 (0.26%) Grafana
6 3 (0.26%) Plesk
7 2 (0.17%) Ansible
7 2 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.087%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.087%) Nagios
8 1 (0.087%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 402 (34.90%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.16%) Adobe
3 55 (4.77%) Google
4 44 (3.82%) Oracle
5 30 (2.60%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.08%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.39%) Dynatrace
8 14 (1.22%) Splunk
9 10 (0.87%) Atlassian
10 9 (0.78%) Cisco
10 9 (0.78%) Hotjar
10 9 (0.78%) SAP
11 8 (0.69%) Screaming Frog
12 7 (0.61%) YouTube
13 6 (0.52%) Ahrefs
13 6 (0.52%) Facebook
13 6 (0.52%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.52%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (0.35%) Meraki