Web Applications Developer Job Trends

Web Application Developer
UK

The median Web Application Developer salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 745 727
Rank change year-on-year +86 -18 +337
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Applications Developer 9 15 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.022% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.023% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 6
10th Percentile £96,000 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £97,500 £36,875 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £45,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -41.94% +3.33%
75th Percentile £102,500 £49,250 £81,563
90th Percentile - £60,575 £84,375
UK excluding London median annual salary - £35,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,140 66,020 53,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.78% 95.38% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,034 37,745 41,040
10th Percentile £28,207 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,500 £43,067
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -5.83% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.22% -4.76% -

Web Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Web Applications Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Web Applications Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Web Applications Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Web Applications Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Web Applications Developer job vacancies in the UK

Web Applications Developer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Applications Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 22 October 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 +83 7 £100,000 +122.22% 2
London +46 5 £100,000 +112.77%
UK excluding London +64 3 - - 2
Work from Home +60 2 - - 3
Yorkshire +10 1 - -
North of England +9 1 - -
South East - 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - -

Web Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Web Applications Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Web Applications Developer in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) CSS
1 7 (77.78%) HTML
1 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
2 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) AWS
2 6 (66.67%) React
2 6 (66.67%) Svelte
2 6 (66.67%) TypeScript
3 5 (55.56%) Fintech
3 5 (55.56%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (55.56%) GraphQL
3 5 (55.56%) koa
3 5 (55.56%) Web Application Development
4 2 (22.22%) MySQL
4 2 (22.22%) PHP
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) Web Development
5 1 (11.11%) .NET
5 1 (11.11%) API Integration
5 1 (11.11%) Application Security
5 1 (11.11%) Azure
5 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
5 1 (11.11%) BrowserStack
5 1 (11.11%) Business Agility
5 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 1 (11.11%) Cloudflare
5 1 (11.11%) CMS
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Confluence

Web Applications Developer Skill Set
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 (11.11%) CMS
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) BrowserStack
2 1 (11.11%) Cloudflare
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) npm
2 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
2 1 (11.11%) Yarn
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) MariaDB
2 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) Mocha
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) CSS
1 7 (77.78%) HTML
2 6 (66.67%) React
2 6 (66.67%) Svelte
3 5 (55.56%) GraphQL
3 5 (55.56%) koa
4 1 (11.11%) .NET
4 1 (11.11%) Jest
4 1 (11.11%) Laravel
4 1 (11.11%) Playwright
4 1 (11.11%) Puppeteer
4 1 (11.11%) REST
4 1 (11.11%) SvelteKit
4 1 (11.11%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (11.11%) Vue
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Fintech
2 5 (55.56%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (55.56%) Web Application Development
3 2 (22.22%) Web Development
4 1 (11.11%) API Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Application Security
4 1 (11.11%) Business Agility
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Front End Development
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Microservices
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile First
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
2 6 (66.67%) TypeScript
3 2 (22.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle