Web Application Development Job Trends

Web Application Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Web Application Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 636 603 578
Rank change year-on-year -33 -25 +68
Permanent jobs citing Web Application Development 15 109 160
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.20% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% 0.23% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10 64 146
10th Percentile £34,625 £39,825 £40,625
25th Percentile £38,750 £51,500 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £84,375 £125,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 - £97,019
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.66% -7.83% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Web Application Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,315 48,345 50,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.62% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,473 23,469 38,401
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Web Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Web Application Development job vacancy trend in the UK

Web Application Development
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Application Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Application Development

Web Application Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Application Development over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Application Development in the UK

Web Application Development
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Application Development within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 -20 12 £70,000 -3.45% 19
Work from Home +19 7 £45,000 -47.06% 13
UK excluding London +15 7 £50,000 -5.66% 15
North of England +18 4 £42,500 +6.25% 2
Yorkshire -11 4 £42,500 +6.25% 2
London +11 3 £100,000 -4.76% 6
West Midlands +15 1 £70,000 - 1
Midlands +13 1 £70,000 +21.74% 2
East of England +11 1 £85,000 +36.00% 1
Northern Ireland -12 1 £50,000 -

Web Application Development
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 (13.33%) Confluence
1 2 (13.33%) JBoss
1 2 (13.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) AWS
2 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (26.67%) GitHub
3 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
4 3 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (6.67%) GCP
5 1 (6.67%) SaaS
5 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) MySQL
3 2 (13.33%) Relational Database
4 1 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (6.67%) FileMaker
4 1 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (6.67%) Power BI
4 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (6.67%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Cypress.io
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Tech for Good
3 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Law
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) .NET Software Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Applications Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Web Applications Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (6.67%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) PHP Developer
5 1 (6.67%) React Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Operations Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (40.00%) .NET
2 5 (33.33%) CSS
2 5 (33.33%) React
3 4 (26.67%) GraphQL
3 4 (26.67%) HTML
4 3 (20.00%) REST
5 2 (13.33%) Hibernate
5 2 (13.33%) koa
5 2 (13.33%) Middleware
5 2 (13.33%) SOAP
5 2 (13.33%) Spring
5 2 (13.33%) Struts
5 2 (13.33%) Svelte
5 2 (13.33%) Web Services
5 2 (13.33%) XML
6 1 (6.67%) CakePHP
6 1 (6.67%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (6.67%) Material-UI
6 1 (6.67%) MobX
6 1 (6.67%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) DataPower
2 1 (6.67%) Derivative
2 1 (6.67%) Educational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (6.67%) PKI
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (40.00%) DevOps
4 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 4 (26.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (26.67%) Scrum
5 4 (26.67%) SDLC
6 3 (20.00%) AI
6 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (20.00%) Kanban
6 3 (20.00%) MVC
7 2 (13.33%) API Integration
7 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
7 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (13.33%) Fintech
7 2 (13.33%) SOA
8 1 (6.67%) Containerisation
8 1 (6.67%) End-to-End Testing
8 1 (6.67%) Generative AI
8 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 5 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 4 (26.67%) SQL
3 3 (20.00%) C#
3 3 (20.00%) Java
4 2 (13.33%) PHP
5 1 (6.67%) Python
5 1 (6.67%) T-SQL
5 1 (6.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Ansible
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Databricks
2 1 (6.67%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) RedGate