Lightning Web Components Job Trends

Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWC)
UK

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 602 733
Rank change year-on-year +68 +131 +76
Permanent jobs citing Lightning Web Components 158 69 99
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.95% 0.71% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 61 48 70
10th Percentile £56,250 £46,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £54,375 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +5.60% -11.35%
75th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £74,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,500 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -1.79%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Lightning Web Components 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 8,093 9,668 18,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.92% 22.17% 22.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,935 6,675 15,098
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

Lightning Web Components
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Lightning Web Components job vacancy trend in the UK

Lightning Web Components
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Lightning Web Components.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Lightning Web Components

Lightning Web Components
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lightning Web Components over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Lightning Web Components in the UK

Lightning Web Components
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lightning Web Components within the UK over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Work from Home +109 98 £60,000 -14.29% 32
UK excluding London +59 97 £60,000 - 29
England -11 84 £70,000 +4.87% 50
Scotland - 60 £50,000 - 1
London +24 45 £75,000 +7.14% 33
South East +4 16 £60,000 -7.69% 13
North of England -34 16 £65,000 +36.84% 11
Yorkshire -30 14 £55,000 +15.79% 6
East of England +6 2 £120,000 +14.29%
North West -9 2 £75,000 - 4
South West -37 2 £39,500 -25.47% 1
Midlands -20 1 - - 3
East Midlands -33 1 - - 3

Lightning Web Components
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 1 (0.63%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (36.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 49 (31.01%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 34 (21.52%) GitHub
4 28 (17.72%) Azure
5 27 (17.09%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (13.29%) GitHub Copilot
7 11 (6.96%) Salesforce Einstein
8 5 (3.16%) AWS
9 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.27%) SaaS
10 1 (0.63%) Apigee
10 1 (0.63%) GCP
10 1 (0.63%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (33.54%) Broadband
2 13 (8.23%) Internet
3 2 (1.27%) WPA
4 1 (0.63%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) Power BI
2 1 (0.63%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 41 (25.95%) Jenkins
2 40 (25.32%) GitLab
2 40 (25.32%) SonarQube
3 28 (17.72%) Git
4 2 (1.27%) JIRA
5 1 (0.63%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.63%) Selenium
General
1 77 (48.73%) Marketing
2 68 (43.04%) Social Skills
3 59 (37.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 41 (25.95%) Finance
5 40 (25.32%) Games
6 21 (13.29%) Public Sector
7 10 (6.33%) Law
8 4 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.53%) Banking
9 3 (1.90%) Advertising
10 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.63%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 61 (38.61%) Developer
2 57 (36.08%) Salesforce Developer
3 50 (31.65%) Architect
4 48 (30.38%) Salesforce Architect
5 35 (22.15%) Senior
6 23 (14.56%) Senior Developer
7 20 (12.66%) Salesforce Solution Architect
7 20 (12.66%) Salesforce Technical Architect
7 20 (12.66%) Senior Salesforce Developer
7 20 (12.66%) Solutions Architect
7 20 (12.66%) Technical Architect
8 18 (11.39%) Cloud Developer
9 7 (4.43%) Administrator
9 7 (4.43%) Procurement Director
9 7 (4.43%) Salesforce Administrator
10 6 (3.80%) Junior
10 6 (3.80%) Junior Developer
10 6 (3.80%) Junior Salesforce Developer
10 6 (3.80%) Systems Architect
11 5 (3.16%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (73.42%) REST
2 110 (69.62%) SOAP
3 81 (51.27%) Visualforce
4 29 (18.35%) Middleware
5 20 (12.66%) .NET
6 5 (3.16%) CSS
6 5 (3.16%) HTML
7 4 (2.53%) Node.js
8 2 (1.27%) OAuth
8 2 (1.27%) React
9 1 (0.63%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.63%) JSON
9 1 (0.63%) Vue
9 1 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 80 (50.63%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.53%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.90%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.27%) NHS
4 2 (1.27%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (71.52%) CI/CD
2 111 (70.25%) Agile
3 96 (60.76%) DevOps
4 83 (52.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (36.08%) Community of Practice
6 53 (33.54%) Data Modelling
7 49 (31.01%) Roadmaps
8 43 (27.22%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
8 43 (27.22%) Continuous Integration
8 43 (27.22%) OO
8 43 (27.22%) Scrum
8 43 (27.22%) Static Code Analysis
9 42 (26.58%) Design Patterns
10 40 (25.32%) Continuous Delivery
10 40 (25.32%) Event-Driven
10 40 (25.32%) PLM
10 40 (25.32%) Technical Analysis
10 40 (25.32%) Technology Roadmap
10 40 (25.32%) TOGAF
11 39 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 137 (86.71%) Apex Code
2 64 (40.51%) SOQL
3 50 (31.65%) SOSL
4 27 (17.09%) JavaScript
5 22 (13.92%) Python
6 20 (12.66%) Java
7 3 (1.90%) Ruby
7 3 (1.90%) SQL
8 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (17.72%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.09%) Degree
3 22 (13.92%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.53%) Data Quality
1 4 (2.53%) QA
2 1 (0.63%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 158 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 40 (25.32%) Splunk
3 18 (11.39%) MuleSoft
4 4 (2.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (0.63%) Conga
5 1 (0.63%) Sage