W3C Job Trends

Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term W3C in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited W3C over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 680 743
Rank change year-on-year +39 +63 +210
Permanent jobs citing W3C 12 13 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.024% 0.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.057% 0.066% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 9
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,400 -
25th Percentile £39,250 £47,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.95% +1.67% -
75th Percentile £48,600 £78,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £54,808 £86,000 £87,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £40,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.63% -33.33% +26.98%

All Generic Skills
UK

W3C falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,896 19,754 23,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.56% 37.16% 36.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,514 9,217 16,977
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £31,114
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,064
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -13.64% +6.74% -6.31%

W3C
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing W3C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

W3C job vacancy trend in the UK

W3C
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing W3C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing W3C

W3C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing W3C over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for W3C in the UK

W3C
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing W3C within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +62 12 £47,000 -22.95%
London +47 9 £47,000 -34.49%
Work from Home +68 3 £49,200 - 1
UK excluding London +33 3 £33,750 -15.63% 2
Midlands +24 2 £33,750 -15.63%
West Midlands +24 2 £33,750 -15.63%
East of England - 1 - -

W3C
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 2 (16.67%) CMS
1 2 (16.67%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) Datadog
2 2 (16.67%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (25.00%) Mixpanel
3 1 (8.33%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (8.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Git
2 3 (25.00%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (25.00%) Charles Proxy
2 3 (25.00%) Fiddler
2 3 (25.00%) JIRA
2 3 (25.00%) Maven
2 3 (25.00%) Postman
2 3 (25.00%) Selenium
2 3 (25.00%) TestNG
2 3 (25.00%) WebDriver
2 3 (25.00%) Zephyr
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Electronics
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Law
4 2 (16.67%) Retail
5 1 (8.33%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (8.33%) Legal
5 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.33%) Marketing
5 1 (8.33%) Military
5 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Developer
1 8 (66.67%) Senior
2 5 (41.67%) Senior Developer
3 3 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Quality Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 3 (25.00%) Senior IT Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Quality Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (8.33%) Junior
5 1 (8.33%) Junior Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Junior Software Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Principal Advisor
5 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) CSS
1 7 (58.33%) HTML
2 4 (33.33%) jQuery
2 4 (33.33%) XML
2 4 (33.33%) XSL
3 2 (16.67%) SVG
4 1 (8.33%) FastAPI
4 1 (8.33%) FIDO
4 1 (8.33%) JSON
4 1 (8.33%) JSON-LD
4 1 (8.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) Linked Data
3 1 (8.33%) PKI
3 1 (8.33%) Semantic Web
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Front End Development
3 5 (41.67%) API Integration
4 4 (33.33%) AI
4 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (33.33%) Matrix Management
4 4 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (33.33%) SDLC
4 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 4 (33.33%) Validation
5 3 (25.00%) BDD
5 3 (25.00%) Integration Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (25.00%) Manual Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Regression Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) System Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Test Management
5 3 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (41.67%) Python
3 3 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (8.33%) SHACL
4 1 (8.33%) SPARQL
4 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 6 (50.00%) GDPR
2 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (8.33%) NIST
3 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (25.00%) Adobe
2 3 (25.00%) Tealium
3 1 (8.33%) SAP