Web Developer Job Trends

Web Developer
UK

The median Web Developer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 March 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 405 493
Rank change year-on-year -135 +88 +120
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 136 283 353
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.62% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.68% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 120 96 329
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,938 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,825 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% +8.50% -3.22%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £69,375 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.43% -7.78%

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 65,777 41,647 74,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 91.11% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41,594 22,804 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £39,073
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 £72,624
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% -5.66%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -117 117 £47,500 - 145
UK excluding London -124 114 £40,000 -11.11% 158
Work from Home +3 33 £45,000 -21.74% 26
South East -30 31 £47,500 +2.70% 39
Midlands -16 27 £35,000 -22.22% 28
East of England -21 21 £100,000 +185.71% 25
North of England -70 19 £42,039 -19.93% 30
East Midlands -28 17 £35,000 -22.22% 21
London +13 13 £50,000 -9.09% 24
Yorkshire -45 12 £42,039 +36.71% 9
Scotland -18 11 £35,000 -46.15% 11
West Midlands -7 10 £36,250 -9.38% 6
South West -28 7 £35,000 -17.65% 18
North West -37 7 £35,000 -33.33% 13

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

For the 6 months to 5 March 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.

1 122 (89.71%) Web Development
2 42 (30.88%) Full-Stack Development
3 38 (27.94%) CSS
3 38 (27.94%) HTML
3 38 (27.94%) JavaScript
4 32 (23.53%) .NET
5 31 (22.79%) React
6 29 (21.32%) SQL
7 26 (19.12%) Azure
8 22 (16.18%) C#
9 20 (14.71%) PHP
10 18 (13.24%) Microsoft
11 17 (12.50%) SQL Server
12 16 (11.76%) Internet
13 15 (11.03%) Computer Science
13 15 (11.03%) Degree
13 15 (11.03%) Front End Development
13 15 (11.03%) Python
14 14 (10.29%) ASP.NET
14 14 (10.29%) AWS
14 14 (10.29%) Mentoring
14 14 (10.29%) WordPress
15 13 (9.56%) CMS
16 12 (8.82%) GitHub
16 12 (8.82%) MVC
17 11 (8.09%) AI
17 11 (8.09%) Computer Science Degree
18 10 (7.35%) .NET Core
18 10 (7.35%) Accessibility
18 10 (7.35%) Agile

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 (10.29%) WordPress
2 13 (9.56%) CMS
3 3 (2.21%) Headless CMS
3 3 (2.21%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.47%) IIS
4 2 (1.47%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.74%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.74%) Drupal
5 1 (0.74%) Joomla!
5 1 (0.74%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Shopify
2 1 (0.74%) CiviCRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.12%) Azure
2 14 (10.29%) AWS
3 12 (8.82%) GitHub
4 7 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.21%) Figma
6 2 (1.47%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (1.47%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 2 (1.47%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 2 (1.47%) DigitalOcean
6 2 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.47%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.47%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.47%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.47%) SaaS
7 1 (0.74%) Azure AI
7 1 (0.74%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.74%) Firebase
7 1 (0.74%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.76%) Internet
2 2 (1.47%) Intranet
3 1 (0.74%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.88%) NoSQL
2 8 (5.88%) Relational Database
3 7 (5.15%) MySQL
4 4 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.47%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.47%) Power BI
7 1 (0.74%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.74%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (6.62%) Git
2 2 (1.47%) JIRA
3 1 (0.74%) webpack
General
1 20 (14.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (6.62%) Multimedia
3 6 (4.41%) Marketing
3 6 (4.41%) Retail
4 5 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.47%) Finance
6 2 (1.47%) Legal
6 2 (1.47%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.74%) Back Office
7 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (27.94%) CSS
1 38 (27.94%) HTML
2 32 (23.53%) .NET
3 31 (22.79%) React
4 14 (10.29%) ASP.NET
5 10 (7.35%) .NET Core
6 9 (6.62%) Tailwind CSS
7 8 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
8 7 (5.15%) jQuery
9 6 (4.41%) .NET Framework
9 6 (4.41%) Vue
10 5 (3.68%) React Native
10 5 (3.68%) RESTful
10 5 (3.68%) Symfony
11 4 (2.94%) ASP.NET Core
11 4 (2.94%) Bootstrap
11 4 (2.94%) Laravel
11 4 (2.94%) Razor View Engine
12 3 (2.21%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 3 (2.21%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (0.74%) Digital Media
2 1 (0.74%) EPoS
2 1 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (0.74%) Legacy Code
2 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.94%) Linux
2 1 (0.74%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (89.71%) Web Development
2 42 (30.88%) Full-Stack Development
3 15 (11.03%) Computer Science
3 15 (11.03%) Front End Development
4 14 (10.29%) Mentoring
5 12 (8.82%) MVC
6 11 (8.09%) AI
7 10 (7.35%) Agile
7 10 (7.35%) API Development
7 10 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (6.62%) CI/CD
8 9 (6.62%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (6.62%) DevOps
8 9 (6.62%) SEO
9 8 (5.88%) API Integration
9 8 (5.88%) B2B
9 8 (5.88%) Wireframes
10 7 (5.15%) Clean Code
11 6 (4.41%) Mobile Application Development
11 6 (4.41%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 38 (27.94%) JavaScript
2 29 (21.32%) SQL
3 22 (16.18%) C#
4 20 (14.71%) PHP
5 15 (11.03%) Python
6 6 (4.41%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.47%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.74%) Java
8 1 (0.74%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (11.03%) Degree
2 11 (8.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (6.62%) AWS Certification
3 9 (6.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 9 (6.62%) Azure Certification
3 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.47%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.74%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.35%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.47%) QA
2 2 (1.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (4.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (13.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.47%) HubSpot
2 2 (1.47%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.74%) Apple
3 1 (0.74%) Foundry