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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 49 52
Rank change year-on-year -71 +3 -20
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,144 3,013 2,533
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.05% 4.80% 5.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.29% 22.53% 19.06%
Number of salaries quoted 907 1,564 2,135
10th Percentile - £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.27% -0.95% +2.96%

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 13,372 13,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.58% 21.29% 26.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,206 8,114 10,962
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 -72 1,033 £50,000 -9.09% 1,034
UK excluding London -75 773 £42,500 -18.27% 984
Work from Home -75 365 £55,000 - 521
London -70 308 £65,000 -3.70% 234
North of England -45 229 £31,500 -37.00% 238
South East -69 193 £50,000 -13.79% 265
East of England -32 115 £55,000 - 128
North West -38 108 £42,500 -10.53% 133
Midlands -72 106 £42,750 -10.00% 175
Yorkshire -27 92 £30,500 -44.55% 75
South West -70 73 £40,000 -30.43% 94
West Midlands -58 56 £32,000 -37.56% 104
East Midlands -38 51 £47,500 +18.75% 68
Scotland -64 36 £30,500 -41.06% 40
North East -11 29 £30,500 -41.90% 32
Wales -37 21 £60,000 +84.62% 45
Northern Ireland -30 3 £31,500 -21.25% 12
Channel Islands +5 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 79 (6.91%) WordPress
2 69 (6.03%) CMS
3 26 (2.27%) Confluence
4 25 (2.19%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.14%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.87%) Drupal
7 9 (0.79%) Headless CMS
7 9 (0.79%) IIS
8 6 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.52%) Apache
9 5 (0.44%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.26%) Joomla!
11 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.17%) Mendix
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.087%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.087%) FileNet
Applications
1 30 (2.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 28 (2.45%) Adobe XD
3 24 (2.10%) Photoshop
4 17 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.40%) Adobe Illustrator
5 16 (1.40%) Sketch
6 13 (1.14%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
9 8 (0.70%) Chatbot
9 8 (0.70%) InVision
10 7 (0.61%) Adobe Premiere
10 7 (0.61%) InDesign
11 5 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
11 5 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
12 2 (0.17%) Elementor
13 1 (0.087%) CapCut
13 1 (0.087%) Trello
13 1 (0.087%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (2.80%) Shopify
2 17 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.87%) Sprinklr
4 5 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.26%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.087%) Magento
7 1 (0.087%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.087%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.087%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 430 (37.59%) Azure
2 357 (31.21%) AWS
3 286 (25.00%) GitHub
4 89 (7.78%) Serverless
5 75 (6.56%) Figma
6 54 (4.72%) Google Analytics
7 50 (4.37%) GCP
8 46 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (4.02%) Power Platform
9 37 (3.23%) SaaS
10 34 (2.97%) Power Automate
11 32 (2.80%) Amazon ECS
12 25 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
12 25 (2.19%) Azure Service Bus
13 23 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
13 23 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (2.01%) Entra ID
14 22 (1.92%) PowerApps
15 21 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 208 (18.18%) Internet
2 10 (0.87%) FTP
3 8 (0.70%) HTTP
4 6 (0.52%) Intranet
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
6 2 (0.17%) DNS
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.087%) Firewall
7 1 (0.087%) Network Security
7 1 (0.087%) SSH
7 1 (0.087%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.087%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (10.84%) SQL Server
2 94 (8.22%) MySQL
3 69 (6.03%) Relational Database
4 63 (5.51%) PostgreSQL
5 43 (3.76%) NoSQL
6 36 (3.15%) MongoDB
7 26 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (2.19%) Power BI
9 21 (1.84%) OLTP
10 20 (1.75%) RDBMS
11 12 (1.05%) Looker
12 11 (0.96%) DB2
13 10 (0.87%) GIS
14 8 (0.70%) Metadata
14 8 (0.70%) Redis
15 7 (0.61%) NonStop SQL
16 6 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 5 (0.44%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 378 (33.04%) Git
2 81 (7.08%) JIRA
3 57 (4.98%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.76%) Selenium
5 37 (3.23%) webpack
6 32 (2.80%) Team Foundation Server
7 29 (2.53%) JUnit
8 27 (2.36%) Cypress.io
8 27 (2.36%) Postman
9 25 (2.19%) Mockito
10 24 (2.10%) JMeter
11 22 (1.92%) SoapUI
11 22 (1.92%) WebDriver
12 21 (1.84%) Visual Studio
13 20 (1.75%) Axure RP
14 14 (1.22%) Babel
14 14 (1.22%) TeamCity
15 12 (1.05%) Cucumber
16 11 (0.96%) Balsamiq
16 11 (0.96%) Bitbucket
General
1 317 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 215 (18.79%) Multimedia
3 139 (12.15%) Finance
4 128 (11.19%) Marketing
5 127 (11.10%) Analytical Skills
6 123 (10.75%) Law
7 62 (5.42%) Public Sector
8 45 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (3.93%) Retail
9 34 (2.97%) Banking
10 33 (2.88%) Legal
11 22 (1.92%) Advertising
12 16 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (1.40%) Publishing
13 11 (0.96%) German Language
14 10 (0.87%) Games
15 8 (0.70%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.44%) Back Office
16 5 (0.44%) Electronics
16 5 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 590 (51.57%) Developer
2 206 (18.01%) Trainee
3 193 (16.87%) Senior
4 137 (11.98%) Software Developer
5 135 (11.80%) Senior Developer
6 132 (11.54%) Full-Stack Developer
7 98 (8.57%) Trainee Developer
8 91 (7.95%) Trainee Software Developer
9 73 (6.38%) .NET Developer
10 72 (6.29%) Analyst
11 62 (5.42%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 59 (5.16%) Lead
13 57 (4.98%) Designer
14 49 (4.28%) Software Engineer
15 45 (3.93%) Java Developer
16 44 (3.85%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 42 (3.67%) Web Developer
18 35 (3.06%) C# Developer
19 34 (2.97%) React Developer
20 31 (2.71%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 903 (78.93%) CSS
2 305 (26.66%) React
3 222 (19.41%) .NET
4 137 (11.98%) HTML5
5 135 (11.80%) RESTful
6 131 (11.45%) JSON
7 130 (11.36%) Node.js
8 122 (10.66%) AngularJS
9 121 (10.58%) XML
10 94 (8.22%) REST
11 89 (7.78%) CSS3
12 81 (7.08%) ASP.NET
13 79 (6.91%) .NET Core
13 79 (6.91%) Vue
14 61 (5.33%) jQuery
14 61 (5.33%) Web Services
15 57 (4.98%) .NET Framework
16 51 (4.46%) SOAP
17 47 (4.11%) Spring
18 46 (4.02%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
2 47 (4.11%) Product Ownership
3 36 (3.15%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.62%) Cloud Native
5 29 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
5 29 (2.53%) Linux Command Line
5 29 (2.53%) Mobile App
6 21 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (1.57%) Data Structures
7 18 (1.57%) Social Media
8 16 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (1.31%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.22%) Motion Graphics
11 12 (1.05%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.70%) Graphic Design
13 8 (0.70%) W3C
14 7 (0.61%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.80%) Unix
2 29 (2.53%) Windows
3 23 (2.01%) Linux
4 11 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.87%) Android
6 8 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (38.81%) Agile
2 317 (27.71%) Mentoring
3 280 (24.48%) User Experience
4 274 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
5 258 (22.55%) Full-Stack Development
6 200 (17.48%) Cybersecurity
7 179 (15.65%) CI/CD
8 162 (14.16%) Front End Development
9 159 (13.90%) DevOps
10 135 (11.80%) Web Development
11 112 (9.79%) UX Design
12 111 (9.70%) Analytics
13 110 (9.62%) Microservices
14 104 (9.09%) Scrum
15 101 (8.83%) MVC
16 98 (8.57%) AI
17 96 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
18 94 (8.22%) Software Engineering
19 84 (7.34%) Clean Code
20 79 (6.91%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 887 (77.53%) JavaScript
2 357 (31.21%) Python
3 277 (24.21%) SQL
4 220 (19.23%) C#
5 180 (15.73%) TypeScript
6 135 (11.80%) Java
7 109 (9.53%) R
8 75 (6.56%) PHP
9 31 (2.71%) PL/SQL
10 23 (2.01%) Shell Script
11 14 (1.22%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.96%) Ruby
13 8 (0.70%) Go
14 7 (0.61%) Bicep
15 4 (0.35%) ActionScript
15 4 (0.35%) ActionScript 3.0
15 4 (0.35%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.35%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.35%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 210 (18.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 207 (18.09%) AWS Certification
2 207 (18.09%) Azure Certification
3 206 (18.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 188 (16.43%) Degree
5 82 (7.17%) Security Cleared
6 50 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (3.50%) SC Cleared
8 25 (2.19%) ISTQB
9 21 (1.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 16 (1.40%) DV Cleared
11 13 (1.14%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.79%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.44%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.35%) ISEB
15 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 3 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
17 2 (0.17%) CCA
17 2 (0.17%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (14.34%) Accessibility
2 73 (6.38%) QA
3 49 (4.28%) WCAG
4 38 (3.32%) GDPR
5 6 (0.52%) PERC
5 6 (0.52%) SLA
6 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.44%) Section 508
7 2 (0.17%) HL7
7 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.087%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.087%) CDISC
8 1 (0.087%) DICOM
8 1 (0.087%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.087%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.087%) NCSC
8 1 (0.087%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.087%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 114 (9.97%) Docker
2 15 (1.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 85 (7.43%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.27%) Terraform
3 21 (1.84%) 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%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 342 (29.90%) Microsoft
2 87 (7.60%) Adobe
3 66 (5.77%) Google
4 45 (3.93%) Oracle
5 38 (3.32%) ServiceNow
6 29 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 24 (2.10%) Dynatrace
8 22 (1.92%) Splunk
9 12 (1.05%) Cisco
10 9 (0.79%) Apple
11 8 (0.70%) Ahrefs
11 8 (0.70%) Hotjar
11 8 (0.70%) YouTube
12 7 (0.61%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.61%) Facebook
12 7 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.61%) Screaming Frog
13 6 (0.52%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.52%) Pardot
13 6 (0.52%) SAP