Web Developer
UK

The median Web Developer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 564 502
Rank change year-on-year +85 -62 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 259 92 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.21% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.24% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 239 67 362
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +22.09% -14.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,200 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,250 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -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 86,286 38,345 92,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.33% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 57,161 21,611 67,433
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -6.17%

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 22 May 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 22 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
England +90 236 £50,000 -4.76% 76
UK excluding London +104 229 £50,000 +11.11% 83
South East +49 94 £50,000 +11.11% 23
Work from Home +21 50 £45,000 -30.77% 8
North of England -1 47 £40,000 -27.27% 17
East of England +1 38 £70,000 +86.67% 14
North West +12 26 £40,000 -27.27% 5
Midlands -20 23 £35,000 -22.22% 12
Yorkshire -25 21 £40,000 +23.08% 9
East Midlands -23 18 £35,000 -22.22% 10
London -29 18 £50,000 -25.93% 14
South West -57 15 £55,000 +46.67% 9
Scotland 0 11 £35,000 -46.15% 6
West Midlands -22 5 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £31,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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.

1 241 (93.05%) Web Development
2 73 (28.19%) Full-Stack Development
3 64 (24.71%) .NET
4 59 (22.78%) JavaScript
5 55 (21.24%) HTML
6 53 (20.46%) CSS
7 44 (16.99%) C#
8 43 (16.60%) Internet
9 42 (16.22%) PHP
10 41 (15.83%) SQL
11 36 (13.90%) Azure
12 34 (13.13%) React
13 29 (11.20%) Degree
14 28 (10.81%) SQL Server
15 25 (9.65%) Accessibility
15 25 (9.65%) ASP.NET
16 23 (8.88%) AWS
16 23 (8.88%) Computer Science
16 23 (8.88%) Front End Development
17 20 (7.72%) SEO
18 19 (7.34%) Computer Science Degree
18 19 (7.34%) jQuery
19 17 (6.56%) Clean Code
19 17 (6.56%) Mentoring
20 16 (6.18%) E-Commerce
20 16 (6.18%) Microsoft
20 16 (6.18%) Python
21 15 (5.79%) Agile
21 15 (5.79%) ASP.NET Core
21 15 (5.79%) MySQL

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 (5.41%) WordPress
2 13 (5.02%) CMS
3 7 (2.70%) ColdFusion
3 7 (2.70%) Umbraco
4 3 (1.16%) Confluence
5 1 (0.39%) Drupal
5 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.39%) Joomla!
5 1 (0.39%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Shopify
2 1 (0.39%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.90%) Azure
2 23 (8.88%) AWS
3 12 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.09%) GitHub
5 4 (1.54%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (1.16%) SaaS
7 2 (0.77%) DigitalOcean
7 2 (0.77%) Figma
7 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.39%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.39%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.39%) Firebase
8 1 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.39%) Twilio
8 1 (0.39%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 43 (16.60%) Internet
2 1 (0.39%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.79%) MySQL
3 8 (3.09%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.16%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.77%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.77%) Power BI
6 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.39%) Metadata
6 1 (0.39%) phpMyAdmin
Development Applications
1 14 (5.41%) Git
2 3 (1.16%) JIRA
3 2 (0.77%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (10.04%) Social Skills
2 13 (5.02%) Multimedia
3 10 (3.86%) Retail
4 7 (2.70%) Marketing
5 6 (2.32%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.16%) Finance
7 1 (0.39%) Back Office
7 1 (0.39%) Japanese Language
7 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.39%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (24.71%) .NET
2 55 (21.24%) HTML
3 53 (20.46%) CSS
4 34 (13.13%) React
5 25 (9.65%) ASP.NET
6 19 (7.34%) jQuery
7 15 (5.79%) ASP.NET Core
8 13 (5.02%) Tailwind CSS
8 13 (5.02%) Vue
9 10 (3.86%) AngularJS
10 9 (3.47%) RESTful
11 8 (3.09%) Node.js
11 8 (3.09%) REST
12 7 (2.70%) .NET Core
13 6 (2.32%) ASP.NET Web API
13 6 (2.32%) Bootstrap
13 6 (2.32%) React Native
14 5 (1.93%) ASP.NET MVC
14 5 (1.93%) Sass
15 4 (1.54%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.41%) Mobile App
2 6 (2.32%) Cloud Native
3 5 (1.93%) Product Ownership
4 2 (0.77%) Educational Technology
4 2 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.39%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.39%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.39%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.39%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (0.39%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.93%) Linux
2 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (93.05%) Web Development
2 73 (28.19%) Full-Stack Development
3 23 (8.88%) Computer Science
3 23 (8.88%) Front End Development
4 20 (7.72%) SEO
5 17 (6.56%) Clean Code
5 17 (6.56%) Mentoring
6 16 (6.18%) E-Commerce
7 15 (5.79%) Agile
8 14 (5.41%) DevOps
9 13 (5.02%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (5.02%) MVC
10 11 (4.25%) CI/CD
11 10 (3.86%) AI
11 10 (3.86%) API Integration
12 9 (3.47%) B2B
12 9 (3.47%) Mobile Application Development
12 9 (3.47%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (3.09%) Collaborative Working
13 8 (3.09%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 59 (22.78%) JavaScript
2 44 (16.99%) C#
3 42 (16.22%) PHP
4 41 (15.83%) SQL
5 16 (6.18%) Python
6 7 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.77%) F#
8 1 (0.39%) CFML
8 1 (0.39%) Java
8 1 (0.39%) R
8 1 (0.39%) Ruby
8 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (11.20%) Degree
2 19 (7.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.02%) AWS Certification
3 13 (5.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 13 (5.02%) Azure Certification
3 13 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.65%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.77%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (1.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (6.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.54%) OpenAI
3 3 (1.16%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe
4 1 (0.39%) Apple
4 1 (0.39%) Foundry
4 1 (0.39%) Netlify