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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 110 49
Rank change year-on-year -79 -61 +3
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,176 1,365 3,315
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.04% 2.75% 4.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.83% 15.82% 19.72%
Number of salaries quoted 942 806 1,775
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,279 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.49% +2.56% -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 11,963 8,631 16,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.54% 17.37% 21.38%
Number of salaries quoted 8,643 5,530 10,922
10th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £39,723
25th Percentile £51,181 £52,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,556
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 11 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 11 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 -67 1,098 £50,000 -9.09% 499
UK excluding London -54 891 £50,000 -2.49% 393
Work from Home -43 506 £55,000 - 231
South East -3 270 £50,000 -9.09% 96
London -112 237 £60,000 -7.69% 184
North of England -32 233 £50,000 +5.26% 93
East of England -11 131 £48,760 -11.35% 40
North West -58 117 £47,500 -9.52% 43
South West -25 115 £50,000 +25.00% 53
Midlands -88 104 £50,000 -6.98% 82
North East -9 61 £52,000 +66.67% 18
West Midlands -58 56 £45,000 -13.46% 42
Yorkshire -34 55 £50,000 +19.05% 35
East Midlands -75 48 £50,000 -9.09% 40
Wales -66 26 £38,500 -42.96% 10
Scotland -48 11 £31,500 -45.22% 20
Northern Ireland -77 1 £31,000 -1.59% 6

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 92 (7.82%) WordPress
2 72 (6.12%) SharePoint
3 51 (4.34%) CMS
4 38 (3.23%) IIS
5 36 (3.06%) Confluence
6 17 (1.45%) Apache
7 16 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.77%) Drupal
10 7 (0.60%) JBoss
11 6 (0.51%) Moodle
12 5 (0.43%) nginx
12 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.34%) Headless CMS
14 3 (0.26%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
16 1 (0.085%) Red Hat Fuse
16 1 (0.085%) Sitecore CMS
16 1 (0.085%) WebLogic
16 1 (0.085%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 19 (1.62%) Photoshop
3 18 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.36%) Adobe XD
5 13 (1.11%) Adobe Illustrator
6 11 (0.94%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.85%) InDesign
7 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
7 10 (0.85%) Sketch
8 6 (0.51%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.34%) Elementor
10 3 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
11 2 (0.17%) InVision
11 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.17%) Trello
12 1 (0.085%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 28 (2.38%) Shopify
2 22 (1.87%) 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%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.085%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.085%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.085%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 409 (34.78%) Azure
2 254 (21.60%) AWS
3 209 (17.77%) GitHub
4 155 (13.18%) Azure DevOps
5 99 (8.42%) Power Platform
6 85 (7.23%) GitHub Copilot
7 79 (6.72%) Azure AI
8 71 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
8 71 (6.04%) Power Automate
9 69 (5.87%) PowerApps
10 68 (5.78%) Figma
11 41 (3.49%) Serverless
12 39 (3.32%) GCP
13 36 (3.06%) SaaS
14 35 (2.98%) GitHub Actions
14 35 (2.98%) Google Analytics
15 28 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
16 25 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
16 25 (2.13%) OneDrive
17 22 (1.87%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 104 (8.84%) Internet
2 9 (0.77%) HTTP
2 9 (0.77%) Intranet
2 9 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.68%) SSL
4 7 (0.60%) DNS
5 6 (0.51%) SNMP
5 6 (0.51%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.43%) SMS
6 5 (0.43%) VoIP
7 4 (0.34%) 5G
7 4 (0.34%) Network Security
8 3 (0.26%) 4G
8 3 (0.26%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.26%) SSH
9 2 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.17%) Firewall
10 1 (0.085%) AMQP
10 1 (0.085%) RTSP
10 1 (0.085%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (14.97%) Azure SQL Database
2 166 (14.12%) SQL Server
3 149 (12.67%) MongoDB
4 128 (10.88%) MySQL
5 93 (7.91%) Relational Database
6 71 (6.04%) Power BI
7 65 (5.53%) PostgreSQL
8 33 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (1.53%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.45%) Metadata
12 11 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (0.94%) MariaDB
12 11 (0.94%) NonStop SQL
13 10 (0.85%) GIS
13 10 (0.85%) Redis
14 8 (0.68%) Tableau
15 7 (0.60%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.60%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 244 (20.75%) Git
2 61 (5.19%) JIRA
3 50 (4.25%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.96%) Selenium
5 17 (1.45%) GitLab
6 16 (1.36%) Cypress.io
7 15 (1.28%) JUnit
8 14 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
9 13 (1.11%) Claude Code
9 13 (1.11%) Visual Studio
10 11 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
11 10 (0.85%) Postman
12 9 (0.77%) Axure RP
12 9 (0.77%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.77%) Maven
12 9 (0.77%) Mockito
13 8 (0.68%) JMeter
13 8 (0.68%) Storybook
14 7 (0.60%) Balsamiq
14 7 (0.60%) webpack
General
1 350 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 156 (13.27%) Marketing
3 125 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 93 (7.91%) Public Sector
6 88 (7.48%) Finance
7 82 (6.97%) Law
8 70 (5.95%) Multimedia
9 66 (5.61%) Advertising
10 42 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (3.15%) Legal
12 36 (3.06%) Retail
13 33 (2.81%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.62%) Games
15 17 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.36%) Banking
17 12 (1.02%) Publishing
18 11 (0.94%) Health Technology
19 10 (0.85%) Aviation
19 10 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 721 (61.31%) Developer
2 222 (18.88%) .NET Developer
3 206 (17.52%) Senior
4 154 (13.10%) Senior Developer
5 124 (10.54%) Full-Stack Developer
6 79 (6.72%) Web Developer
7 70 (5.95%) Software Developer
8 61 (5.19%) Designer
9 60 (5.10%) PHP Developer
9 60 (5.10%) Software Engineer
9 60 (5.10%) Trainee
10 53 (4.51%) Administrator
10 53 (4.51%) Analyst
10 53 (4.51%) C# Developer
11 49 (4.17%) Lead
12 47 (4.00%) Web Administrator
13 43 (3.66%) Trainee Administrator
14 42 (3.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 38 (3.23%) C# .NET Developer
16 35 (2.98%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,023 (86.99%) CSS
2 397 (33.76%) .NET
3 237 (20.15%) .NET Core
4 230 (19.56%) ASP.NET
5 215 (18.28%) React
6 182 (15.48%) ASP.NET Core
7 146 (12.41%) HTML5
8 134 (11.39%) Node.js
9 129 (10.97%) jQuery
10 123 (10.46%) Entity Framework
11 113 (9.61%) CSS3
12 108 (9.18%) Vue
13 105 (8.93%) RESTful
14 98 (8.33%) REST
15 95 (8.08%) JSON
16 85 (7.23%) AngularJS
17 77 (6.55%) .NET Framework
18 74 (6.29%) ML.NET
19 63 (5.36%) XML
20 59 (5.02%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 47 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 46 (3.91%) Greenfield Project
4 41 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (3.23%) Cloud Native
6 36 (3.06%) Social Media
7 30 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (2.30%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.30%) Onboarding
9 25 (2.13%) Mobile App
10 24 (2.04%) Algorithms
11 23 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 20 (1.70%) Digital TV
12 20 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
13 19 (1.62%) Marketing Technology
14 15 (1.28%) Biopharmaceutical
14 15 (1.28%) Graphic Design
15 14 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
17 11 (0.94%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.55%) Windows
2 69 (5.87%) Linux
3 32 (2.72%) 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 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (36.90%) Agile
2 397 (33.76%) Full-Stack Development
3 360 (30.61%) CI/CD
4 281 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
5 242 (20.58%) AI
6 241 (20.49%) DevOps
7 213 (18.11%) User Experience
8 207 (17.60%) Web Development
9 205 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 137 (11.65%) Mentoring
11 124 (10.54%) Software Engineering
12 114 (9.69%) Machine Learning
13 109 (9.27%) Test Automation
14 105 (8.93%) Analytics
15 103 (8.76%) Front End Development
16 101 (8.59%) Scrum
17 95 (8.08%) Computer Science
18 94 (7.99%) Microservices
19 91 (7.74%) UX Design
20 87 (7.40%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 727 (61.82%) JavaScript
2 465 (39.54%) SQL
3 394 (33.50%) C#
4 209 (17.77%) Python
5 183 (15.56%) TypeScript
6 167 (14.20%) PHP
7 80 (6.80%) Java
8 47 (4.00%) R
9 39 (3.32%) PowerShell
10 32 (2.72%) C++
11 19 (1.62%) VBA
12 15 (1.28%) Go
12 15 (1.28%) VB.NET
13 14 (1.19%) T-SQL
14 13 (1.11%) Ruby
15 12 (1.02%) C
15 12 (1.02%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.68%) Bicep
16 8 (0.68%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 193 (16.41%) Degree
2 101 (8.59%) Security Cleared
3 85 (7.23%) SC Cleared
4 66 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (5.02%) AWS Certification
6 58 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 55 (4.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 55 (4.68%) Azure Certification
8 26 (2.21%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.28%) MBA
10 7 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.60%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.34%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.17%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.085%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.085%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.085%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.085%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.085%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (16.33%) Accessibility
2 83 (7.06%) WCAG
3 76 (6.46%) QA
4 45 (3.83%) GDPR
5 15 (1.28%) Data Quality
6 11 (0.94%) SLA
7 10 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.68%) PERC
9 7 (0.60%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.60%) NCSC
10 6 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.43%) GRC
12 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.34%) ISO 14001
12 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.26%) WAI
13 3 (0.26%) WAI-ARIA
14 1 (0.085%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 181 (15.39%) Docker
2 23 (1.96%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 130 (11.05%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (0.68%) Kibana
4 5 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.43%) Nagios
5 4 (0.34%) Puppet
6 3 (0.26%) Grafana
6 3 (0.26%) Plesk
6 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.085%) Ansible
8 1 (0.085%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 382 (32.48%) Microsoft
2 84 (7.14%) Adobe
3 49 (4.17%) Google
4 43 (3.66%) Facebook
5 34 (2.89%) Oracle
6 29 (2.47%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.96%) YouTube
8 16 (1.36%) Splunk
9 14 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.85%) Sage
10 10 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (0.77%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.77%) HubSpot
12 8 (0.68%) OneLogin
13 7 (0.60%) TikTok
14 6 (0.51%) iManage
15 5 (0.43%) Braze
15 5 (0.43%) Hotjar
15 5 (0.43%) Pinterest
15 5 (0.43%) WooCommerce