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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 51 51
Rank change year-on-year -66 0 -20
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,159 2,668 2,576
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.96% 4.87% 4.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.50% 22.79% 19.45%
Number of salaries quoted 947 1,374 2,147
10th Percentile - £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -3.08% -1.30%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.95% - -

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 7,024 11,707 13,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.86% 21.39% 25.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5,228 6,913 10,805
10th Percentile £35,500 £39,750 £41,250
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 £106,289
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 3 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 3 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 -59 1,060 £47,500 -16.67% 965
UK excluding London -67 799 £41,500 -20.95% 916
Work from Home -74 351 £52,500 -8.70% 464
London -71 294 £62,500 -7.41% 171
North of England -28 255 £30,500 -39.00% 215
South East -57 206 £50,000 -16.67% 241
North West -29 117 £31,500 -35.38% 93
East of England -29 109 £55,000 +10.00% 139
Midlands -69 104 £40,000 -15.79% 165
Yorkshire -18 102 £30,500 -39.00% 98
South West -72 73 £39,250 -31.74% 96
West Midlands -56 59 £30,500 -40.49% 85
East Midlands -58 46 £46,250 +20.92% 74
Scotland -59 37 £30,500 -44.04% 42
North East -4 36 £30,500 -41.90% 27
Wales -43 13 £50,000 +53.85% 28
Northern Ireland -22 3 £31,500 -30.00% 7
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 74 (6.38%) WordPress
2 60 (5.18%) CMS
3 26 (2.24%) Confluence
4 23 (1.98%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.12%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.78%) nginx
7 8 (0.69%) Drupal
8 7 (0.60%) Apache
9 5 (0.43%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
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 (2.59%) Adobe XD
2 25 (2.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.29%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.29%) Photoshop
3 15 (1.29%) Sketch
4 14 (1.21%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.86%) InVision
5 10 (0.86%) 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 (0.086%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.086%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (1.90%) Shopify
2 19 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
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 (0.086%) Magento
6 1 (0.086%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 477 (41.16%) Azure
2 417 (35.98%) AWS
3 351 (30.28%) GitHub
4 84 (7.25%) Serverless
5 74 (6.38%) Figma
6 55 (4.75%) GCP
7 47 (4.06%) Power Platform
8 45 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (3.19%) Google Analytics
10 35 (3.02%) SaaS
11 34 (2.93%) Power Automate
12 25 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (1.98%) Entra ID
14 22 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (1.90%) PowerApps
15 20 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
16 19 (1.64%) Amazon S3
17 18 (1.55%) Azure Functions
18 17 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
19 15 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 264 (22.78%) Internet
2 11 (0.95%) FTP
3 9 (0.78%) 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 (0.086%) Firewall
7 1 (0.086%) SSH
7 1 (0.086%) SSL
7 1 (0.086%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.086%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (9.66%) SQL Server
2 84 (7.25%) MySQL
3 59 (5.09%) Relational Database
4 58 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
5 44 (3.80%) NoSQL
6 33 (2.85%) MongoDB
7 26 (2.24%) Power BI
8 23 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (1.81%) OLTP
10 14 (1.21%) DB2
11 13 (1.12%) RDBMS
12 11 (0.95%) Looker
13 10 (0.86%) GIS
14 7 (0.60%) Metadata
15 6 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
16 5 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
16 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
17 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 424 (36.58%) Git
2 92 (7.94%) JIRA
3 57 (4.92%) Jenkins
4 56 (4.83%) Selenium
5 40 (3.45%) Postman
6 38 (3.28%) Team Foundation Server
7 35 (3.02%) SoapUI
8 33 (2.85%) WebDriver
9 32 (2.76%) webpack
10 23 (1.98%) Axure RP
11 22 (1.90%) JUnit
12 21 (1.81%) Cypress.io
13 17 (1.47%) JMeter
13 17 (1.47%) Mockito
14 16 (1.38%) TeamCity
14 16 (1.38%) Visual Studio
15 14 (1.21%) Bitbucket
15 14 (1.21%) Cucumber
16 12 (1.04%) Babel
16 12 (1.04%) Balsamiq
General
1 316 (27.26%) Social Skills
2 271 (23.38%) Multimedia
3 127 (10.96%) Finance
4 115 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
5 112 (9.66%) Law
6 105 (9.06%) Marketing
7 60 (5.18%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (2.93%) Banking
9 34 (2.93%) Legal
10 33 (2.85%) Retail
11 20 (1.73%) Advertising
12 19 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.29%) German Language
14 14 (1.21%) Publishing
15 11 (0.95%) Games
15 11 (0.95%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.60%) Electronics
17 5 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 615 (53.06%) Developer
2 263 (22.69%) Trainee
3 191 (16.48%) Senior
4 169 (14.58%) Software Developer
5 133 (11.48%) Senior Developer
6 125 (10.79%) Trainee Developer
7 123 (10.61%) Full-Stack Developer
8 116 (10.01%) Trainee Software Developer
9 74 (6.38%) Analyst
10 65 (5.61%) .NET Developer
11 62 (5.35%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 57 (4.92%) Lead
13 55 (4.75%) Designer
14 39 (3.36%) Web Developer
15 38 (3.28%) Java Developer
15 38 (3.28%) Software Engineer
16 36 (3.11%) React Developer
17 34 (2.93%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
18 32 (2.76%) Administrator
19 31 (2.67%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 927 (79.98%) CSS
2 311 (26.83%) React
3 216 (18.64%) .NET
4 135 (11.65%) Node.js
5 125 (10.79%) AngularJS
5 125 (10.79%) RESTful
6 123 (10.61%) HTML5
7 110 (9.49%) JSON
7 110 (9.49%) XML
8 86 (7.42%) CSS3
9 82 (7.08%) REST
10 79 (6.82%) Vue
11 70 (6.04%) .NET Core
12 69 (5.95%) SOAP
13 68 (5.87%) ASP.NET
14 58 (5.00%) jQuery
15 52 (4.49%) Web Services
16 49 (4.23%) .NET Framework
17 43 (3.71%) Spring
18 37 (3.19%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.49%) Product Ownership
1 52 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (3.19%) Onboarding
3 34 (2.93%) Mobile App
4 31 (2.67%) Linux Command Line
5 29 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 23 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (1.81%) Data Structures
7 21 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (1.47%) Low-Code
9 12 (1.04%) Social Media
10 11 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (0.95%) Motion Graphics
11 10 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.69%) Cybercrime
13 8 (0.69%) e-Learning
13 8 (0.69%) Management Information System
13 8 (0.69%) W3C
14 7 (0.60%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.93%) Unix
2 29 (2.50%) Windows
3 23 (1.98%) Linux
4 11 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.86%) 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
1 432 (37.27%) Agile
2 383 (33.05%) Mentoring
3 273 (23.55%) User Experience
4 265 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
5 256 (22.09%) Cybersecurity
6 239 (20.62%) Full-Stack Development
7 183 (15.79%) CI/CD
8 161 (13.89%) Front End Development
9 150 (12.94%) DevOps
10 123 (10.61%) Web Development
11 110 (9.49%) Scrum
12 109 (9.40%) UX Design
13 104 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
14 95 (8.20%) AI
14 95 (8.20%) Microservices
15 90 (7.77%) Software Engineering
16 88 (7.59%) Analytics
16 88 (7.59%) MVC
17 81 (6.99%) Clean Code
18 74 (6.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 897 (77.39%) JavaScript
2 411 (35.46%) Python
3 276 (23.81%) SQL
4 212 (18.29%) C#
5 172 (14.84%) TypeScript
6 144 (12.42%) Java
7 139 (11.99%) R
8 70 (6.04%) PHP
9 33 (2.85%) PL/SQL
10 18 (1.55%) Shell Script
11 13 (1.12%) 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%) Bicep
13 4 (0.35%) Go
13 4 (0.35%) Objective-C
13 4 (0.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 268 (23.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 264 (22.78%) Azure Certification
3 263 (22.69%) AWS Certification
3 263 (22.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 204 (17.60%) Degree
5 87 (7.51%) Security Cleared
6 54 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 44 (3.80%) SC Cleared
8 37 (3.19%) ISTQB
9 33 (2.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 18 (1.55%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.21%) 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%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (13.89%) Accessibility
2 65 (5.61%) QA
3 52 (4.49%) WCAG
4 32 (2.76%) 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 (0.086%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.086%) CDISC
9 1 (0.086%) DICOM
9 1 (0.086%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.086%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.086%) NCSC
9 1 (0.086%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.086%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 112 (9.66%) Docker
2 15 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 77 (6.64%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.50%) Terraform
3 14 (1.21%) 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 (0.086%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.086%) Nagios
8 1 (0.086%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 393 (33.91%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.13%) Adobe
3 55 (4.75%) Google
4 44 (3.80%) Oracle
5 33 (2.85%) ServiceNow
6 25 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.47%) Dynatrace
8 15 (1.29%) Splunk
9 12 (1.04%) Cisco
10 10 (0.86%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.78%) Hotjar
12 8 (0.69%) HubSpot
12 8 (0.69%) SAP
12 8 (0.69%) Screaming Frog
13 7 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 7 (0.60%) YouTube
14 6 (0.52%) Ahrefs
14 6 (0.52%) Facebook
14 6 (0.52%) Red Hat
15 5 (0.43%) Apple