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 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 335 490
Rank change year-on-year -208 +155 +93
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 98 468 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.87% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.94% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 74 114 219
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £40,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £54,688 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -

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 53,964 49,873 52,801
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 92.94% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 33,374 25,957 40,710
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.18%

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 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in the UK

Web Developer
Top 15 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 10 January 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 -192 84 £40,000 -20.00% 57
UK excluding London -200 82 £40,000 -20.00% 61
South East -19 28 £40,000 -15.79% 21
Midlands -27 23 £35,000 -12.50% 9
Work from Home +15 18 £40,000 -27.27% 14
North of England -79 16 £42,039 -19.93% 8
East Midlands -17 13 £35,000 -22.22% 7
West Midlands -9 10 £36,250 -2.03% 2
Yorkshire -43 9 £41,020 +39.05% 4
East of England -39 8 £100,000 +158.06% 10
London +15 7 £31,500 -42.73% 5
Scotland -16 6 £30,000 -52.00%
North West -31 6 £43,750 -16.67% 3
South West -32 3 £35,000 -30.00% 8
North East -7 1 £50,000 +11.11% 1

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

For the 6 months to 10 January 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 88 (89.80%) Web Development
2 44 (44.90%) JavaScript
3 40 (40.82%) Full-Stack Development
3 40 (40.82%) React
4 39 (39.80%) CSS
4 39 (39.80%) HTML
5 34 (34.69%) Azure
6 24 (24.49%) AWS
7 22 (22.45%) CI/CD
7 22 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (21.43%) Agile
9 20 (20.41%) User Experience
10 19 (19.39%) DevOps
10 19 (19.39%) Git
11 18 (18.37%) Microsoft
12 17 (17.35%) .NET
12 17 (17.35%) Docker
12 17 (17.35%) RESTful
13 16 (16.33%) Design Patterns
13 16 (16.33%) QA
13 16 (16.33%) Test Automation
14 15 (15.31%) Node.js
15 14 (14.29%) C#
15 14 (14.29%) Containerisation
15 14 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
15 14 (14.29%) GCP
15 14 (14.29%) Kubernetes
15 14 (14.29%) UX Design
16 13 (13.27%) ASP.NET
16 13 (13.27%) Python

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 12 (12.24%) CMS
2 8 (8.16%) WordPress
3 5 (5.10%) Umbraco
4 2 (2.04%) Headless CMS
4 2 (2.04%) IIS
4 2 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.02%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.02%) Adobe XD
1 1 (1.02%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.02%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 34 (34.69%) Azure
2 24 (24.49%) AWS
3 14 (14.29%) GCP
4 8 (8.16%) GitHub
5 4 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (4.08%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.06%) Figma
7 2 (2.04%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 2 (2.04%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 2 (2.04%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.04%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.02%) Azure App Service
8 1 (1.02%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.02%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.02%) Firebase
8 1 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.02%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.18%) Internet
2 2 (2.04%) Intranet
3 1 (1.02%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.27%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.12%) NoSQL
3 5 (5.10%) Relational Database
4 4 (4.08%) MySQL
5 3 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.04%) Power BI
7 1 (1.02%) MariaDB
7 1 (1.02%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (19.39%) Git
2 2 (2.04%) JIRA
3 1 (1.02%) webpack
General
1 26 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.33%) Marketing
3 14 (14.29%) Law
4 9 (9.18%) Multimedia
5 5 (5.10%) Retail
6 4 (4.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.04%) Finance
7 2 (2.04%) Legal
7 2 (2.04%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.02%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (40.82%) React
2 39 (39.80%) CSS
2 39 (39.80%) HTML
3 17 (17.35%) .NET
3 17 (17.35%) RESTful
4 15 (15.31%) Node.js
5 13 (13.27%) ASP.NET
6 9 (9.18%) Tailwind CSS
7 8 (8.16%) .NET Core
7 8 (8.16%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (6.12%) Razor View Engine
9 5 (5.10%) .NET Framework
9 5 (5.10%) Symfony
10 4 (4.08%) ASP.NET Core
11 3 (3.06%) AngularJS
11 3 (3.06%) HTML5
11 3 (3.06%) Next.js
11 3 (3.06%) OAuth
11 3 (3.06%) REST
11 3 (3.06%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.08%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.02%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.02%) EPoS
2 1 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (1.02%) Legacy Code
2 1 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.02%) Android
1 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.02%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (89.80%) Web Development
2 40 (40.82%) Full-Stack Development
3 22 (22.45%) CI/CD
3 22 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (21.43%) Agile
5 20 (20.41%) User Experience
6 19 (19.39%) DevOps
7 16 (16.33%) Design Patterns
7 16 (16.33%) Test Automation
8 14 (14.29%) Containerisation
8 14 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
8 14 (14.29%) UX Design
9 12 (12.24%) Mentoring
9 12 (12.24%) MVC
10 9 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (9.18%) Front End Development
11 8 (8.16%) AI
12 7 (7.14%) Computer Science
13 6 (6.12%) API Development
13 6 (6.12%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 44 (44.90%) JavaScript
2 14 (14.29%) C#
3 13 (13.27%) Python
3 13 (13.27%) SQL
4 7 (7.14%) PHP
5 6 (6.12%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.04%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.02%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (9.18%) AWS Certification
1 9 (9.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 9 (9.18%) Azure Certification
1 9 (9.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (6.12%) Degree
3 4 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.04%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.33%) QA
2 3 (3.06%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (17.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.06%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.02%) Adobe
3 1 (1.02%) Foundry
3 1 (1.02%) Google
3 1 (1.02%) OpenAI