HTML5 Job Trends

HTML5
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring HTML5 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 224 241
Rank change year-on-year -311 +17 +9
Permanent jobs citing HTML5 118 714 740
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 1.33% 1.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.67% 6.18% 5.37%
Number of salaries quoted 98 322 653
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £32,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £87,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

HTML5 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 7,080 11,547 13,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.80% 21.58% 24.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,272 6,787 11,241
10th Percentile £35,760 £40,000 £40,000
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 £84,056
90th Percentile £109,875 £109,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

HTML5
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing HTML5 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

HTML5 job vacancy trend in the UK

HTML5
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HTML5.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HTML5

HTML5
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HTML5 over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for HTML5 in the UK

HTML5
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HTML5 within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 -274 105 £62,500 +8.70% 118
London -12 55 £75,000 +11.11% 22
Work from Home -62 51 £55,000 +10.00% 34
UK excluding London -289 50 £50,000 +5.26% 108
North of England -92 23 £61,250 +88.46% 28
North West -42 12 £55,000 +69.23% 11
South East -93 10 £45,000 -26.53% 27
Yorkshire -40 8 £40,000 +12.68% 14
Wales -8 7 £67,500 +145.45% 4
Midlands -50 6 £43,000 -9.47% 13
East Midlands -33 4 £47,500 -9.52% 9
North East -1 3 £67,500 - 4
South West -19 3 £80,000 +30.61% 13
West Midlands -25 2 £32,500 -23.53% 4
East of England -69 1 - - 19

HTML5
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 6 (5.08%) CMS
2 4 (3.39%) Confluence
2 4 (3.39%) Umbraco
3 3 (2.54%) WordPress
4 2 (1.69%) Drupal
4 2 (1.69%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.85%) Apache
5 1 (0.85%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.85%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.85%) JBoss
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.85%) nginx
5 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (2.54%) Shopify
3 2 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (38.14%) Azure
2 18 (15.25%) GitHub
3 9 (7.63%) Figma
4 8 (6.78%) AWS
4 8 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.78%) Serverless
5 7 (5.93%) GCP
6 6 (5.08%) npm
7 4 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.39%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.69%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.69%) Algolia
8 2 (1.69%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.69%) Cloud Functions
8 2 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.69%) Firebase
8 2 (1.69%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (1.69%) Sentry
8 2 (1.69%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) DNS
1 1 (0.85%) Internet
1 1 (0.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (19.49%) SQL Server
2 20 (16.95%) MongoDB
3 18 (15.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (11.86%) NoSQL
5 13 (11.02%) MySQL
6 6 (5.08%) NonStop SQL
7 5 (4.24%) Relational Database
8 4 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.69%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.69%) DB2
9 2 (1.69%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.69%) Metadata
9 2 (1.69%) Power BI
10 1 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (26.27%) Git
2 18 (15.25%) webpack
3 11 (9.32%) Jenkins
4 7 (5.93%) Babel
5 6 (5.08%) Cypress.io
5 6 (5.08%) JIRA
6 5 (4.24%) GitLab
6 5 (4.24%) Vite
7 3 (2.54%) Bitbucket
7 3 (2.54%) CircleCI
7 3 (2.54%) Selenium
7 3 (2.54%) SonarQube
7 3 (2.54%) Storybook
7 3 (2.54%) TeamCity
7 3 (2.54%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.69%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.69%) Grunt
8 2 (1.69%) gulp
8 2 (1.69%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 25 (21.19%) Finance
3 15 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.17%) Advertising
5 10 (8.47%) Law
6 9 (7.63%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.93%) Banking
7 7 (5.93%) Marketing
8 5 (4.24%) Legal
8 5 (4.24%) Retail
9 2 (1.69%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.85%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.85%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.85%) Electronics
10 1 (0.85%) Games
10 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.85%) Military
10 1 (0.85%) Publishing
10 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (72.88%) Developer
2 30 (25.42%) Full-Stack Developer
3 20 (16.95%) Software Developer
4 19 (16.10%) .NET Developer
5 18 (15.25%) Senior
6 11 (9.32%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 11 (9.32%) Senior Developer
7 10 (8.47%) Lead
8 9 (7.63%) Software Engineer
9 7 (5.93%) React Developer
10 6 (5.08%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 5 (4.24%) C# Developer
11 5 (4.24%) Java Developer
11 5 (4.24%) JavaScript Developer
12 4 (3.39%) .NET Software Engineer
12 4 (3.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 4 (3.39%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
12 4 (3.39%) PHP Developer
12 4 (3.39%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 4 (3.39%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (100.00%) HTML
2 103 (87.29%) CSS
3 84 (71.19%) CSS3
4 63 (53.39%) React
5 49 (41.53%) RESTful
6 48 (40.68%) AngularJS
7 46 (38.98%) .NET
8 37 (31.36%) ASP.NET
9 30 (25.42%) .NET Core
10 26 (22.03%) Node.js
11 23 (19.49%) ASP.NET MVC
12 21 (17.80%) REST
12 21 (17.80%) Sass
13 19 (16.10%) Vue
14 16 (13.56%) ASP.NET Web API
15 14 (11.86%) Entity Framework
16 13 (11.02%) LINQ
17 11 (9.32%) Jest
17 11 (9.32%) Redux
18 9 (7.63%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.78%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (6.78%) Mobile App
2 6 (5.08%) Digital TV
3 5 (4.24%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.39%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.54%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.69%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.69%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.85%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.85%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.85%) Social Media
7 1 (0.85%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.69%) Android
1 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.69%) Windows
2 1 (0.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (60.17%) Agile
2 61 (51.69%) Full-Stack Development
3 50 (42.37%) User Experience
4 33 (27.97%) Front End Development
4 33 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (25.42%) CI/CD
6 27 (22.88%) MVC
7 25 (21.19%) DevOps
8 21 (17.80%) SDLC
9 18 (15.25%) Code Quality
9 18 (15.25%) Microservices
10 17 (14.41%) Computer Science
10 17 (14.41%) UX Design
11 16 (13.56%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
11 16 (13.56%) Responsive Web Design
12 15 (12.71%) Scrum
12 15 (12.71%) Software Engineering
12 15 (12.71%) TDD
13 13 (11.02%) Multithreading
14 12 (10.17%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 108 (91.53%) JavaScript
2 52 (44.07%) SQL
3 50 (42.37%) TypeScript
4 43 (36.44%) C#
5 20 (16.95%) Java
6 17 (14.41%) Python
7 6 (5.08%) PHP
8 4 (3.39%) ActionScript
8 4 (3.39%) ActionScript 3.0
8 4 (3.39%) Objective-C
9 3 (2.54%) Ruby
10 2 (1.69%) Lua
10 2 (1.69%) RPG
10 2 (1.69%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.85%) C++
11 1 (0.85%) Dart
11 1 (0.85%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (15.25%) Degree
2 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (7.63%) DV Cleared
5 8 (6.78%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.85%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (27.12%) Accessibility
2 9 (7.63%) WCAG
3 5 (4.24%) QA
4 1 (0.85%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) HL7
4 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (6.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (8.47%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.54%) Grafana
2 3 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.54%) Terraform
3 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.85%) Nagios
3 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.08%) Facebook
2 6 (5.08%) YouTube
3 5 (4.24%) Google
4 4 (3.39%) Adobe
5 3 (2.54%) Oracle
6 2 (1.69%) IBM
6 2 (1.69%) New Relic
6 2 (1.69%) SendGrid
6 2 (1.69%) Sybase
7 1 (0.85%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.85%) Databricks
7 1 (0.85%) Huawei
7 1 (0.85%) Marketo
7 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.85%) SAP
7 1 (0.85%) Splunk
7 1 (0.85%) Zend