Web Developer Job Trends

Web Developer
UK

The median Web Developer salary in the UK is £42,039 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 373 474
Rank change year-on-year -184 +101 +126
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 117 354 339
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.72% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.79% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 103 105 320
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,039 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +16.67% -1.10%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,980 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%

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 62,327 44,730 70,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.26% 91.49% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 39,291 23,468 55,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,235 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

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 19 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in the UK

Web Developer
Top 14 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 19 February 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 -161 103 £42,500 -15.00% 137
UK excluding London -170 99 £40,000 -20.00% 154
Work from Home -5 28 £50,000 -13.04% 29
Midlands -30 27 £35,000 -17.65% 23
South East -21 25 £47,500 - 35
North of England -78 19 £42,039 -19.93% 32
East of England -28 17 £100,000 +185.71% 26
East Midlands -29 17 £35,000 -22.22% 19
Yorkshire -43 12 £42,039 +44.96% 13
West Midlands -5 10 £36,250 -9.38% 4
London +8 9 £52,500 -4.55% 18
South West -30 7 £35,000 -34.88% 18
North West -33 7 £35,000 -33.33% 12
Scotland -29 6 £30,000 -52.00% 15

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

For the 6 months to 19 February 2026, 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.

1 103 (88.03%) Web Development
2 37 (31.62%) Full-Stack Development
3 35 (29.91%) CSS
3 35 (29.91%) HTML
3 35 (29.91%) JavaScript
4 31 (26.50%) React
5 26 (22.22%) .NET
5 26 (22.22%) Azure
5 26 (22.22%) SQL
6 18 (15.38%) Microsoft
7 17 (14.53%) PHP
8 15 (12.82%) C#
8 15 (12.82%) SQL Server
9 14 (11.97%) Front End Development
9 14 (11.97%) Internet
9 14 (11.97%) Mentoring
9 14 (11.97%) Python
9 14 (11.97%) WordPress
10 13 (11.11%) ASP.NET
10 13 (11.11%) AWS
10 13 (11.11%) CMS
10 13 (11.11%) Computer Science
10 13 (11.11%) Degree
11 12 (10.26%) GitHub
11 12 (10.26%) MVC
12 10 (8.55%) .NET Core
12 10 (8.55%) Agile
12 10 (8.55%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (7.69%) AI
13 9 (7.69%) API Development

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 14 (11.97%) WordPress
2 13 (11.11%) CMS
3 3 (2.56%) Headless CMS
3 3 (2.56%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.71%) IIS
4 2 (1.71%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.85%) Drupal
5 1 (0.85%) Joomla!
5 1 (0.85%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Shopify
2 1 (0.85%) CiviCRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (22.22%) Azure
2 13 (11.11%) AWS
3 12 (10.26%) GitHub
4 7 (5.98%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.56%) Figma
6 2 (1.71%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 2 (1.71%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 2 (1.71%) DigitalOcean
6 2 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.71%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.71%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.71%) SaaS
7 1 (0.85%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.85%) Azure AI
7 1 (0.85%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.85%) Firebase
7 1 (0.85%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.97%) Internet
2 2 (1.71%) Intranet
3 1 (0.85%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.84%) NoSQL
2 8 (6.84%) Relational Database
3 6 (5.13%) MySQL
4 3 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.71%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.71%) Power BI
6 1 (0.85%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Git
2 2 (1.71%) JIRA
3 1 (0.85%) webpack
General
1 18 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.69%) Multimedia
3 6 (5.13%) Marketing
3 6 (5.13%) Retail
4 4 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.42%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.71%) Finance
5 2 (1.71%) Legal
5 2 (1.71%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.85%) Back Office
6 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (29.91%) CSS
1 35 (29.91%) HTML
2 31 (26.50%) React
3 26 (22.22%) .NET
4 13 (11.11%) ASP.NET
5 10 (8.55%) .NET Core
6 9 (7.69%) Tailwind CSS
7 8 (6.84%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (5.13%) .NET Framework
9 5 (4.27%) jQuery
9 5 (4.27%) React Native
9 5 (4.27%) RESTful
9 5 (4.27%) Symfony
9 5 (4.27%) Vue
10 4 (3.42%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (3.42%) Bootstrap
10 4 (3.42%) Laravel
10 4 (3.42%) Razor View Engine
11 3 (2.56%) ASP.NET Web API
11 3 (2.56%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.55%) Mobile App
2 1 (0.85%) Digital Media
2 1 (0.85%) EPoS
2 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (0.85%) Legacy Code
2 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.56%) Linux
2 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (88.03%) Web Development
2 37 (31.62%) Full-Stack Development
3 14 (11.97%) Front End Development
3 14 (11.97%) Mentoring
4 13 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 12 (10.26%) MVC
6 10 (8.55%) Agile
6 10 (8.55%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (7.69%) AI
7 9 (7.69%) API Development
7 9 (7.69%) CI/CD
7 9 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (7.69%) DevOps
8 8 (6.84%) B2B
8 8 (6.84%) Wireframes
9 7 (5.98%) API Integration
9 7 (5.98%) Clean Code
9 7 (5.98%) SEO
10 6 (5.13%) Digital Marketing
10 6 (5.13%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 35 (29.91%) JavaScript
2 26 (22.22%) SQL
3 17 (14.53%) PHP
4 15 (12.82%) C#
5 14 (11.97%) Python
6 6 (5.13%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.71%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (11.11%) Degree
2 9 (7.69%) AWS Certification
2 9 (7.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 9 (7.69%) Azure Certification
2 9 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.71%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.84%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.71%) QA
2 2 (1.71%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.71%) HubSpot
3 1 (0.85%) Apple
3 1 (0.85%) Foundry
3 1 (0.85%) OpenAI