Web Applications Engineer Job Trends

Web Application Engineer
UK

The median Web Application Engineer salary in the UK is £120,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 709 - 861
Rank change year-on-year - - +103
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Applications Engineer 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.001% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.001% - 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +47.83%
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 83,677 37,745 90,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 89.30% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 53,852 23,399 66,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Web Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Web Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Web Applications Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

Web Applications Engineer
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Applications Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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
London - 1 £120,000 -
England - 1 £120,000 - 1

Web Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2026, Web Applications Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Web Applications Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree