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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 100 51
Rank change year-on-year -89 -49 +5
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,162 1,448 3,374
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.06% 2.90% 4.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.78% 16.17% 19.63%
Number of salaries quoted 940 873 1,976
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +2.12% -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 11,887 8,957 17,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.82% 17.92% 21.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,624 5,825 11,655
10th Percentile £42,476 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year - +8.11% -7.50%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -75 1,085 £50,000 -9.09% 869
UK excluding London -51 886 £50,000 -2.07% 523
Work from Home -51 502 £55,000 - 354
South East -12 264 £50,000 -6.98% 125
North of England -36 233 £50,000 - 123
London -107 229 £59,773 -11.45% 466
East of England +4 133 £48,760 -11.35% 48
North West -55 123 £47,500 -9.52% 68
South West -28 117 £50,000 +17.65% 62
Midlands -99 101 £50,000 -5.21% 95
North East -17 56 £52,000 +15.56% 21
Yorkshire -30 54 £50,000 +19.05% 37
West Midlands -62 53 £47,500 -3.06% 49
East Midlands -68 48 £50,000 -9.09% 46
Wales -66 26 £38,500 -42.96% 14
Scotland -67 11 £31,500 -37.00% 42
Northern Ireland -80 1 £31,000 -1.59% 20

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 91 (7.83%) WordPress
2 69 (5.94%) SharePoint
3 49 (4.22%) CMS
4 35 (3.01%) IIS
5 32 (2.75%) Confluence
6 17 (1.46%) Apache
7 16 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.69%) Drupal
10 7 (0.60%) JBoss
11 5 (0.43%) nginx
11 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.34%) Headless CMS
12 4 (0.34%) Moodle
13 2 (0.17%) CICS
13 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.086%) ExpressionEngine
14 1 (0.086%) Oracle 10gAS
14 1 (0.086%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.086%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (2.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.46%) Photoshop
3 16 (1.38%) Adobe XD
4 11 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
4 11 (0.95%) InDesign
5 9 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
5 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (0.77%) Sketch
6 7 (0.60%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.26%) Elementor
7 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.17%) InVision
8 2 (0.17%) Trello
9 1 (0.086%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.086%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (2.50%) Shopify
2 19 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.60%) Magento
4 4 (0.34%) Line 50
4 4 (0.34%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.26%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.086%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.086%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 418 (35.97%) Azure
2 263 (22.63%) AWS
3 213 (18.33%) GitHub
4 161 (13.86%) Azure DevOps
5 92 (7.92%) Power Platform
6 85 (7.31%) GitHub Copilot
7 79 (6.80%) Azure AI
8 69 (5.94%) Figma
9 68 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
10 67 (5.77%) Power Automate
11 64 (5.51%) PowerApps
12 44 (3.79%) GCP
13 39 (3.36%) Serverless
14 37 (3.18%) SaaS
15 35 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
16 34 (2.93%) Google Analytics
17 30 (2.58%) Azure Logic Apps
18 26 (2.24%) OneDrive
19 22 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
20 21 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 108 (9.29%) Internet
2 9 (0.77%) Intranet
3 8 (0.69%) SSL
4 7 (0.60%) HTTP
4 7 (0.60%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.52%) SNMP
5 6 (0.52%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.43%) DNS
6 5 (0.43%) Network Security
6 5 (0.43%) SMS
6 5 (0.43%) VoIP
7 3 (0.26%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.17%) Firewall
9 1 (0.086%) AMQP
9 1 (0.086%) Broadband
9 1 (0.086%) RTSP
9 1 (0.086%) SCTP
9 1 (0.086%) SSH
9 1 (0.086%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (15.32%) Azure SQL Database
2 159 (13.68%) SQL Server
3 148 (12.74%) MongoDB
4 130 (11.19%) MySQL
5 89 (7.66%) Relational Database
6 66 (5.68%) Power BI
7 63 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (2.75%) Elasticsearch
9 25 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.46%) Metadata
11 16 (1.38%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (0.95%) MariaDB
12 11 (0.95%) NonStop SQL
13 9 (0.77%) GIS
14 8 (0.69%) OLTP
14 8 (0.69%) Tableau
15 7 (0.60%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.60%) Redis
Development Applications
1 251 (21.60%) Git
2 59 (5.08%) JIRA
3 50 (4.30%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.81%) Selenium
5 15 (1.29%) Cypress.io
6 14 (1.20%) GitLab
6 14 (1.20%) JUnit
7 13 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 12 (1.03%) Claude Code
8 12 (1.03%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.86%) Axure RP
9 10 (0.86%) Oracle Forms
9 10 (0.86%) Postman
10 9 (0.77%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.77%) Maven
11 8 (0.69%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.69%) Mockito
11 8 (0.69%) PHPUnit
11 8 (0.69%) Storybook
12 7 (0.60%) webpack
General
1 340 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 145 (12.48%) Marketing
3 125 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 82 (7.06%) Finance
7 79 (6.80%) Law
8 72 (6.20%) Multimedia
9 66 (5.68%) Advertising
10 43 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (3.18%) Legal
12 35 (3.01%) Retail
13 27 (2.32%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.81%) Games
15 14 (1.20%) Banking
16 13 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (0.95%) Health Technology
18 10 (0.86%) Aviation
19 9 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 718 (61.79%) Developer
2 217 (18.67%) .NET Developer
3 201 (17.30%) Senior
4 154 (13.25%) Senior Developer
5 123 (10.59%) Full-Stack Developer
6 78 (6.71%) Web Developer
7 75 (6.45%) Software Developer
8 65 (5.59%) Trainee
9 63 (5.42%) Designer
10 61 (5.25%) PHP Developer
10 61 (5.25%) Software Engineer
11 51 (4.39%) Administrator
12 49 (4.22%) Analyst
12 49 (4.22%) C# Developer
12 49 (4.22%) Lead
13 47 (4.04%) Web Administrator
14 43 (3.70%) Trainee Administrator
15 40 (3.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 35 (3.01%) .NET Software Developer
17 34 (2.93%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,018 (87.61%) CSS
2 392 (33.73%) .NET
3 237 (20.40%) .NET Core
4 226 (19.45%) ASP.NET
5 223 (19.19%) React
6 181 (15.58%) ASP.NET Core
7 144 (12.39%) HTML5
8 134 (11.53%) Node.js
9 122 (10.50%) jQuery
10 118 (10.15%) Entity Framework
11 113 (9.72%) CSS3
12 107 (9.21%) Vue
13 101 (8.69%) RESTful
14 93 (8.00%) JSON
14 93 (8.00%) REST
15 87 (7.49%) AngularJS
16 74 (6.37%) ML.NET
17 72 (6.20%) .NET Framework
18 60 (5.16%) Laravel
18 60 (5.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (4.04%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
3 44 (3.79%) Greenfield Project
4 38 (3.27%) Cloud Native
4 38 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (2.67%) Social Media
6 30 (2.58%) Onboarding
7 25 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 25 (2.15%) Mobile App
8 23 (1.98%) Algorithms
9 21 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 20 (1.72%) Digital TV
11 19 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
11 19 (1.64%) Marketing Technology
12 14 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.20%) Graphic Design
13 12 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
14 11 (0.95%) Biopharmaceutical
15 10 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (6.45%) Windows
2 68 (5.85%) Linux
3 30 (2.58%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.60%) Unix
5 6 (0.52%) 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
1 429 (36.92%) Agile
2 401 (34.51%) Full-Stack Development
3 357 (30.72%) CI/CD
4 273 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
5 245 (21.08%) DevOps
6 236 (20.31%) AI
7 209 (17.99%) User Experience
7 209 (17.99%) Web Development
8 197 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 135 (11.62%) Mentoring
10 124 (10.67%) Software Engineering
11 117 (10.07%) Machine Learning
12 104 (8.95%) Front End Development
12 104 (8.95%) Scrum
13 101 (8.69%) Analytics
14 100 (8.61%) Test Automation
15 95 (8.18%) Computer Science
16 93 (8.00%) Microservices
17 91 (7.83%) Clean Code
18 85 (7.31%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 721 (62.05%) JavaScript
2 465 (40.02%) SQL
3 387 (33.30%) C#
4 208 (17.90%) Python
5 179 (15.40%) TypeScript
6 170 (14.63%) PHP
7 80 (6.88%) Java
8 48 (4.13%) R
9 40 (3.44%) PowerShell
10 33 (2.84%) C++
11 17 (1.46%) VBA
12 15 (1.29%) Go
13 14 (1.20%) T-SQL
13 14 (1.20%) VB.NET
14 13 (1.12%) C
15 12 (1.03%) PL/SQL
15 12 (1.03%) Ruby
16 9 (0.77%) Bicep
16 9 (0.77%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 186 (16.01%) Degree
2 95 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 80 (6.88%) SC Cleared
4 66 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (5.51%) AWS Certification
6 62 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 60 (5.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 60 (5.16%) Azure Certification
8 22 (1.89%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.95%) MBA
10 7 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.43%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.34%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.17%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.086%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.086%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.086%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.086%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.086%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (15.66%) Accessibility
2 78 (6.71%) WCAG
3 71 (6.11%) QA
4 43 (3.70%) GDPR
5 12 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 11 (0.95%) SLA
7 10 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.69%) PERC
9 7 (0.60%) GRC
9 7 (0.60%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.60%) NCSC
10 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.34%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.26%) WAI
11 3 (0.26%) WAI-ARIA
12 1 (0.086%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 177 (15.23%) Docker
2 24 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 129 (11.10%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.60%) Kibana
4 5 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.43%) Nagios
5 4 (0.34%) Puppet
6 3 (0.26%) Plesk
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.086%) Ansible
8 1 (0.086%) Grafana
8 1 (0.086%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.086%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 382 (32.87%) Microsoft
2 83 (7.14%) Adobe
3 47 (4.04%) Google
4 42 (3.61%) Facebook
5 36 (3.10%) Oracle
6 28 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.98%) YouTube
8 15 (1.29%) Splunk
9 14 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.86%) Sage
10 10 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (0.77%) HubSpot
12 8 (0.69%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.69%) OneLogin
13 7 (0.60%) TikTok
14 6 (0.52%) iManage
15 5 (0.43%) Hotjar
15 5 (0.43%) New Relic
15 5 (0.43%) Red Hat
15 5 (0.43%) WooCommerce