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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 703 893 910
Rank change year-on-year +190 +17 +145
Permanent jobs citing W3C 8 17 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.017% 0.055%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.039% 0.048% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 36
10th Percentile £50,250 £46,722 £50,957
25th Percentile £63,750 £48,125 £54,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £50,000 £84,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.50% -40.48% +68.00%
75th Percentile £85,625 £62,500 £92,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £68,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £73,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -31.97% +43.41%

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 20,320 35,437 42,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.16% 34.69% 43.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,321 23,080 22,873
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,647
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,043 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

W3C
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing W3C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for W3C in the UK

W3C
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing W3C.

Salary trend for W3C in the UK

W3C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing W3C over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for W3C in the UK

W3C
Top 8 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 28 May 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 +153 7 £78,750 +57.50% 32
UK excluding London +190 5 £60,000 +20.00% 36
Work from Home +117 3 £78,750 +40.00% 23
South West - 3 - -
London +117 2 £81,250 +62.50% 12
South East +86 1 £77,500 +55.00% 4
Midlands - 1 £42,500 -
West Midlands - 1 £42,500 -

W3C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) CMS
2 1 (12.50%) IIS
2 1 (12.50%) Umbraco
2 1 (12.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
1 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Figma
1 1 (12.50%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Neo4j
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) GitLab
1 3 (37.50%) Xcode
1 3 (37.50%) XCTest
2 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Private Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Public Speaking
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) iOS Software Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Technologist
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Digital
3 1 (12.50%) Umbraco Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (37.50%) SwiftUI
3 2 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (12.50%) Bootstrap
4 1 (12.50%) NetworkX
4 1 (12.50%) Pandas
4 1 (12.50%) RESTful
4 1 (12.50%) Sass
4 1 (12.50%) SVG
4 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 2 (25.00%) Blog
2 2 (25.00%) Social Media
3 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
3 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
3 1 (12.50%) Linked Data
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Podcast
3 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (12.50%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Android
2 3 (37.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) User Experience
3 3 (37.50%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 3 (37.50%) Design Patterns
3 3 (37.50%) iOS Development
3 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 3 (37.50%) Mobile Development
3 3 (37.50%) MVVM
3 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Web Development
4 2 (25.00%) Content Management
4 2 (25.00%) CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
1 3 (37.50%) Swift
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Accessibility
2 3 (37.50%) QA
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft