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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 105 51
Rank change year-on-year -78 -54 +2
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,167 1,454 3,405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.10% 2.91% 4.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.95% 17.12% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 949 875 2,186
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 10,659 8,491 16,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.03% 17.00% 19.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,789 5,522 11,476
10th Percentile £41,200 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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 13 August 2026.

Salary histogram for HTML in the UK

HTML
Top 17 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 13 August 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 -65 1,087 £50,000 -11.11% 598
UK excluding London -48 892 £50,000 -4.76% 442
Work from Home -52 511 £55,000 - 247
South East +3 259 £50,000 -13.04% 114
North of England -32 232 £50,000 -3.85% 105
London -127 227 £60,000 -14.29% 245
East of England +4 133 £48,130 -3.74% 43
North West -43 124 £47,500 -9.52% 59
South West -21 123 £50,000 +5.26% 56
Midlands -84 108 £50,000 -9.09% 75
West Midlands -56 57 £45,000 -14.29% 34
Yorkshire -10 56 £50,000 +25.00% 36
North East -15 52 £52,000 +9.47% 14
East Midlands -69 51 £50,000 -9.09% 41
Wales -63 24 £41,750 -38.15% 10
Scotland -50 11 £31,500 -37.56% 37
Northern Ireland -71 2 £45,500 +44.44% 7

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 97 (8.31%) WordPress
2 66 (5.66%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.28%) CMS
4 30 (2.57%) IIS
5 26 (2.23%) Confluence
6 17 (1.46%) Apache
7 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.69%) Drupal
10 7 (0.60%) JBoss
11 6 (0.51%) nginx
12 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.34%) Headless CMS
13 4 (0.34%) Moodle
14 2 (0.17%) CICS
14 2 (0.17%) NServiceBus
14 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
15 1 (0.086%) PegaRULES
15 1 (0.086%) Sitecore CMS
15 1 (0.086%) WebLogic
Applications
1 23 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (1.46%) Adobe XD
2 17 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.46%) Photoshop
3 12 (1.03%) Sketch
4 11 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
4 11 (0.94%) InDesign
5 9 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
5 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.26%) Elementor
7 3 (0.26%) InVision
7 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.26%) Trello
8 1 (0.086%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.086%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 32 (2.74%) Shopify
2 14 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.60%) Magento
4 4 (0.34%) Line 50
4 4 (0.34%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.26%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.086%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 414 (35.48%) Azure
2 271 (23.22%) AWS
3 211 (18.08%) GitHub
4 160 (13.71%) Azure DevOps
5 87 (7.46%) Power Platform
6 84 (7.20%) GitHub Copilot
7 79 (6.77%) Figma
8 78 (6.68%) Azure AI
9 66 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
10 62 (5.31%) Power Automate
11 60 (5.14%) PowerApps
12 45 (3.86%) GCP
13 40 (3.43%) SaaS
14 39 (3.34%) Serverless
15 33 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
15 33 (2.83%) Google Analytics
16 31 (2.66%) Azure Logic Apps
17 26 (2.23%) OneDrive
18 22 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 22 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 106 (9.08%) Internet
2 9 (0.77%) Intranet
3 8 (0.69%) SSL
4 7 (0.60%) HTTP
5 6 (0.51%) Network Security
5 6 (0.51%) SNMP
5 6 (0.51%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.51%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.43%) SMS
6 5 (0.43%) VoIP
7 4 (0.34%) DNS
8 3 (0.26%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.17%) Firewall
10 1 (0.086%) AMQP
10 1 (0.086%) RTP
10 1 (0.086%) RTSP
10 1 (0.086%) SCTP
10 1 (0.086%) SS7
10 1 (0.086%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (15.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 158 (13.54%) SQL Server
3 147 (12.60%) MongoDB
4 131 (11.23%) MySQL
5 79 (6.77%) Relational Database
6 62 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
6 62 (5.31%) Power BI
7 32 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
8 22 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.46%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.29%) Metadata
11 11 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.94%) MariaDB
11 11 (0.94%) NonStop SQL
12 10 (0.86%) OLTP
13 9 (0.77%) GIS
14 8 (0.69%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.69%) Tableau
15 7 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.60%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 251 (21.51%) Git
2 58 (4.97%) JIRA
3 47 (4.03%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.80%) Selenium
5 15 (1.29%) JUnit
6 14 (1.20%) Cypress.io
7 13 (1.11%) GitLab
8 12 (1.03%) webpack
9 11 (0.94%) Axure RP
9 11 (0.94%) Postman
9 11 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.94%) Visual Studio
10 9 (0.77%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.77%) Claude Code
10 9 (0.77%) Maven
10 9 (0.77%) PHPUnit
11 8 (0.69%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.69%) Mockito
11 8 (0.69%) Storybook
11 8 (0.69%) Vite
General
1 339 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 134 (11.48%) Marketing
3 125 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 85 (7.28%) Finance
6 81 (6.94%) Public Sector
7 72 (6.17%) Law
8 71 (6.08%) Multimedia
9 67 (5.74%) Advertising
10 42 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (3.17%) Legal
12 33 (2.83%) Retail
13 20 (1.71%) Games
13 20 (1.71%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.20%) Banking
15 11 (0.94%) Publishing
16 10 (0.86%) Aviation
16 10 (0.86%) Health Technology
17 8 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.69%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 713 (61.10%) Developer
2 215 (18.42%) .NET Developer
3 189 (16.20%) Senior
4 148 (12.68%) Senior Developer
5 125 (10.71%) Full-Stack Developer
6 79 (6.77%) Web Developer
7 75 (6.43%) Software Developer
8 74 (6.34%) Designer
9 64 (5.48%) Software Engineer
9 64 (5.48%) Trainee
10 59 (5.06%) PHP Developer
11 50 (4.28%) Administrator
11 50 (4.28%) Lead
12 48 (4.11%) Analyst
13 47 (4.03%) Web Administrator
14 44 (3.77%) C# Developer
15 43 (3.68%) Trainee Administrator
16 37 (3.17%) .NET Software Developer
16 37 (3.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 33 (2.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,023 (87.66%) CSS
2 393 (33.68%) .NET
3 236 (20.22%) .NET Core
4 232 (19.88%) React
5 217 (18.59%) ASP.NET
6 176 (15.08%) ASP.NET Core
7 141 (12.08%) HTML5
8 128 (10.97%) Node.js
9 122 (10.45%) jQuery
10 116 (9.94%) Entity Framework
11 112 (9.60%) CSS3
12 110 (9.43%) Vue
13 96 (8.23%) AngularJS
14 94 (8.05%) RESTful
15 91 (7.80%) JSON
16 90 (7.71%) REST
17 74 (6.34%) ML.NET
18 67 (5.74%) .NET Framework
19 62 (5.31%) XML
20 61 (5.23%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 43 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
1 43 (3.68%) Greenfield Project
2 40 (3.43%) Product Ownership
3 39 (3.34%) Cloud Native
4 37 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (2.57%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.57%) Social Media
7 23 (1.97%) Algorithms
7 23 (1.97%) Management Information System
7 23 (1.97%) Mobile App
8 21 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 20 (1.71%) Digital TV
9 20 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
11 14 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.20%) Graphic Design
12 12 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
13 11 (0.94%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.86%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.60%) Windows
2 67 (5.74%) Linux
3 31 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.60%) Unix
5 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.26%) AIX
8 3 (0.26%) Debian
9 2 (0.17%) Android
9 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.086%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (35.90%) Agile
2 405 (34.70%) Full-Stack Development
3 355 (30.42%) CI/CD
4 270 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
5 241 (20.65%) DevOps
6 232 (19.88%) AI
7 214 (18.34%) Web Development
8 207 (17.74%) User Experience
9 185 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 127 (10.88%) Software Engineering
11 126 (10.80%) Mentoring
12 118 (10.11%) Machine Learning
13 105 (9.00%) Front End Development
14 103 (8.83%) Computer Science
15 101 (8.65%) Scrum
16 95 (8.14%) Analytics
16 95 (8.14%) Microservices
17 91 (7.80%) Clean Code
18 85 (7.28%) OO
18 85 (7.28%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 713 (61.10%) JavaScript
2 475 (40.70%) SQL
3 388 (33.25%) C#
4 212 (18.17%) Python
5 181 (15.51%) PHP
6 179 (15.34%) TypeScript
7 83 (7.11%) Java
8 48 (4.11%) R
9 42 (3.60%) PowerShell
10 35 (3.00%) C++
11 14 (1.20%) C
11 14 (1.20%) Go
11 14 (1.20%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.20%) T-SQL
11 14 (1.20%) VBA
12 10 (0.86%) Bicep
12 10 (0.86%) Ruby
12 10 (0.86%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.69%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 190 (16.28%) Degree
2 86 (7.37%) Security Cleared
3 73 (6.26%) SC Cleared
4 69 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (5.40%) AWS Certification
6 61 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (5.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 59 (5.06%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.29%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.51%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.34%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.34%) MBA
12 2 (0.17%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.17%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.086%) FFIEC
13 1 (0.086%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.086%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (15.00%) Accessibility
2 72 (6.17%) WCAG
3 66 (5.66%) QA
4 44 (3.77%) GDPR
5 14 (1.20%) SLA
6 12 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.86%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.69%) PERC
9 7 (0.60%) GRC
9 7 (0.60%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.60%) NCSC
10 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.34%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.26%) WAI
12 3 (0.26%) WAI-ARIA
13 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.17%) NIST
14 1 (0.086%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 176 (15.08%) Docker
2 24 (2.06%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 129 (11.05%) Kubernetes
2 31 (2.66%) Terraform
3 9 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (0.69%) Kibana
5 5 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.43%) Nagios
6 4 (0.34%) Puppet
7 3 (0.26%) Plesk
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.086%) Ansible
9 1 (0.086%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 375 (32.13%) Microsoft
2 81 (6.94%) Adobe
3 48 (4.11%) Google
4 42 (3.60%) Facebook
5 37 (3.17%) Oracle
6 28 (2.40%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.97%) YouTube
8 17 (1.46%) Splunk
9 14 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (0.77%) HubSpot
11 9 (0.77%) Sage
12 8 (0.69%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.60%) iManage
13 7 (0.60%) TikTok
14 6 (0.51%) New Relic
14 6 (0.51%) OneLogin
15 5 (0.43%) Hotjar
15 5 (0.43%) Pinterest
15 5 (0.43%) WooCommerce