Web Developer Job Trends

Web Developer
UK

The median Web Developer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 321 536
Rank change year-on-year -240 +215 +83
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 90 487 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.85% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.91% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 67 134 151
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,188 £68,125
90th Percentile £66,750 £61,600 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% -1.04% +6.67%

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 52,799 53,782 46,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 93.79% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,457 29,075 36,182
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Web Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Web Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in the UK

Web Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Developer over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in the UK

Web Developer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 December 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
UK excluding London -211 75 £40,000 -15.79% 132
England -200 72 £40,000 -19.19% 124
South East -27 23 £40,000 -13.51% 32
Midlands -33 22 £35,000 -17.65% 25
Work from Home +14 19 £40,000 -23.81% 19
East Midlands -22 12 £35,000 -22.22% 11
North of England -80 12 £42,039 -19.93% 35
West Midlands -13 10 £36,250 -8.23% 14
London +14 8 £42,000 -23.64% 18
Yorkshire -40 7 £40,000 +35.59% 18
Wales -12 6 £60,000 +41.18% 5
Scotland -17 6 £30,000 -52.00% 7
East of England -34 5 £100,000 +109.42% 20
North West -38 4 £52,500 - 12
South West -18 3 £35,000 -20.00% 9
North East -10 1 £50,000 +11.11% 6

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Web 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 Developer in the job title.

1 80 (88.89%) Web Development
2 49 (54.44%) JavaScript
3 44 (48.89%) HTML
4 41 (45.56%) CSS
5 38 (42.22%) Full-Stack Development
5 38 (42.22%) React
6 34 (37.78%) Azure
7 25 (27.78%) AWS
8 23 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (24.44%) CI/CD
9 22 (24.44%) Git
10 21 (23.33%) Agile
10 21 (23.33%) User Experience
11 19 (21.11%) DevOps
12 18 (20.00%) .NET
12 18 (20.00%) Mentoring
12 18 (20.00%) Microsoft
13 17 (18.89%) Docker
13 17 (18.89%) RESTful
14 16 (17.78%) Design Patterns
14 16 (17.78%) QA
14 16 (17.78%) Test Automation
15 15 (16.67%) C#
15 15 (16.67%) Node.js
15 15 (16.67%) SQL
16 14 (15.56%) ASP.NET
16 14 (15.56%) Containerisation
16 14 (15.56%) Customer Engagement
16 14 (15.56%) GCP
16 14 (15.56%) Kubernetes

Web 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 13 (14.44%) CMS
2 7 (7.78%) WordPress
3 5 (5.56%) Umbraco
4 3 (3.33%) IIS
5 2 (2.22%) Headless CMS
5 2 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.11%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 34 (37.78%) Azure
2 25 (27.78%) AWS
3 14 (15.56%) GCP
4 9 (10.00%) GitHub
5 4 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (4.44%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.33%) Figma
7 2 (2.22%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 2 (2.22%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 2 (2.22%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.22%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.11%) Azure App Service
8 1 (1.11%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.11%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.11%) Sage Pay
8 1 (1.11%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.00%) Internet
2 3 (3.33%) Intranet
3 1 (1.11%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.56%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.89%) MySQL
3 6 (6.67%) NoSQL
4 5 (5.56%) Relational Database
5 3 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.22%) Power BI
7 1 (1.11%) MariaDB
7 1 (1.11%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (24.44%) Git
2 2 (2.22%) JIRA
3 1 (1.11%) webpack
General
1 28 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.78%) Marketing
3 15 (16.67%) Law
4 9 (10.00%) Multimedia
5 4 (4.44%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.44%) Retail
6 2 (2.22%) Finance
6 2 (2.22%) Legal
6 2 (2.22%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.11%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.11%) Back Office
7 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (48.89%) HTML
2 41 (45.56%) CSS
3 38 (42.22%) React
4 18 (20.00%) .NET
5 17 (18.89%) RESTful
6 15 (16.67%) Node.js
7 14 (15.56%) ASP.NET
8 9 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
8 9 (10.00%) Tailwind CSS
9 8 (8.89%) .NET Core
10 6 (6.67%) Razor View Engine
10 6 (6.67%) Symfony
10 6 (6.67%) Vue
11 5 (5.56%) .NET Framework
11 5 (5.56%) Sass
12 4 (4.44%) ASP.NET Core
12 4 (4.44%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 4 (4.44%) HTML5
13 3 (3.33%) Next.js
13 3 (3.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.44%) Legacy Code
2 2 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.22%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.11%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.11%) EPoS
3 1 (1.11%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.11%) Android
1 1 (1.11%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (88.89%) Web Development
2 38 (42.22%) Full-Stack Development
3 23 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (24.44%) CI/CD
5 21 (23.33%) Agile
5 21 (23.33%) User Experience
6 19 (21.11%) DevOps
7 18 (20.00%) Mentoring
8 16 (17.78%) Design Patterns
8 16 (17.78%) Test Automation
9 14 (15.56%) Containerisation
9 14 (15.56%) Customer Engagement
9 14 (15.56%) UX Design
10 13 (14.44%) MVC
11 9 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (8.89%) AI
12 8 (8.89%) Front End Development
13 7 (7.78%) Computer Science
14 6 (6.67%) API Development
14 6 (6.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 49 (54.44%) JavaScript
2 15 (16.67%) C#
2 15 (16.67%) SQL
3 13 (14.44%) Python
4 7 (7.78%) PHP
5 6 (6.67%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.22%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (10.00%) AWS Certification
1 9 (10.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 9 (10.00%) Azure Certification
1 9 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (7.78%) Degree
3 4 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.78%) QA
2 3 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (18.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (15.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.33%) HubSpot
3 2 (2.22%) Adobe
4 1 (1.11%) Foundry
4 1 (1.11%) Google
4 1 (1.11%) OpenAI