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 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 555 505
Rank change year-on-year +72 -50 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 256 103 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.24% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.26% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 235 81 368
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £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 87,015 39,108 95,689
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 89.39% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 58,017 22,034 69,856
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%

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 31 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 31 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 +83 237 £50,000 +11.11% 69
UK excluding London +74 228 £50,000 +11.11% 79
South East +76 97 £50,000 +11.11% 19
Work from Home +17 50 £45,000 -18.18% 11
North of England -7 45 £40,000 -27.27% 18
East of England -2 39 £65,000 +73.33% 13
North West +12 25 £40,000 -27.27% 6
Midlands -20 22 £35,000 -17.65% 11
Yorkshire -22 20 £40,000 +23.08% 9
London -28 18 £50,000 -23.08% 14
East Midlands -15 16 £35,000 -22.22% 9
South West -53 15 £55,000 +46.67% 8
Scotland +8 9 £35,000 -46.15% 6
West Midlands -28 6 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £31,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 238 (92.97%) Web Development
2 69 (26.95%) Full-Stack Development
3 66 (25.78%) .NET
4 59 (23.05%) JavaScript
5 55 (21.48%) HTML
6 53 (20.70%) CSS
7 45 (17.58%) PHP
8 44 (17.19%) C#
9 43 (16.80%) SQL
10 42 (16.41%) Internet
11 32 (12.50%) Azure
11 32 (12.50%) Degree
12 29 (11.33%) React
12 29 (11.33%) SQL Server
13 27 (10.55%) Accessibility
14 26 (10.16%) ASP.NET
14 26 (10.16%) Computer Science
15 24 (9.38%) Front End Development
16 22 (8.59%) Computer Science Degree
16 22 (8.59%) SEO
17 21 (8.20%) jQuery
18 20 (7.81%) AWS
19 17 (6.64%) ASP.NET Core
19 17 (6.64%) Clean Code
20 16 (6.25%) E-Commerce
20 16 (6.25%) Vue
21 15 (5.86%) Agile
21 15 (5.86%) MySQL
22 14 (5.47%) CMS
22 14 (5.47%) Git

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 (5.47%) CMS
2 13 (5.08%) WordPress
3 8 (3.13%) Umbraco
4 7 (2.73%) ColdFusion
5 4 (1.56%) Confluence
6 1 (0.39%) Drupal
6 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.39%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.56%) Shopify
2 1 (0.39%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.50%) Azure
2 20 (7.81%) AWS
3 12 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.73%) GitHub
5 4 (1.56%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (1.17%) SaaS
7 2 (0.78%) DigitalOcean
7 2 (0.78%) Figma
7 2 (0.78%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.39%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 42 (16.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.33%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.86%) MySQL
3 8 (3.13%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.17%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.78%) Power BI
6 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.39%) Metadata
6 1 (0.39%) phpMyAdmin
Development Applications
1 14 (5.47%) Git
2 4 (1.56%) JIRA
3 2 (0.78%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 30 (11.72%) Social Skills
2 11 (4.30%) Retail
3 9 (3.52%) Multimedia
4 7 (2.73%) Marketing
5 6 (2.34%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (0.78%) Finance
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 66 (25.78%) .NET
2 55 (21.48%) HTML
3 53 (20.70%) CSS
4 29 (11.33%) React
5 26 (10.16%) ASP.NET
6 21 (8.20%) jQuery
7 17 (6.64%) ASP.NET Core
8 16 (6.25%) Vue
9 12 (4.69%) AngularJS
10 10 (3.91%) REST
11 9 (3.52%) Node.js
11 9 (3.52%) Tailwind CSS
12 8 (3.13%) RESTful
13 6 (2.34%) Bootstrap
14 5 (1.95%) .NET Core
14 5 (1.95%) ASP.NET Web API
14 5 (1.95%) React Native
14 5 (1.95%) SOAP
15 4 (1.56%) ASP.NET MVC
15 4 (1.56%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.08%) Mobile App
2 7 (2.73%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.34%) Product Ownership
4 2 (0.78%) Educational Technology
4 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.39%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.39%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (0.39%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (92.97%) Web Development
2 69 (26.95%) Full-Stack Development
3 26 (10.16%) Computer Science
4 24 (9.38%) Front End Development
5 22 (8.59%) SEO
6 17 (6.64%) Clean Code
7 16 (6.25%) E-Commerce
8 15 (5.86%) Agile
9 13 (5.08%) DevOps
9 13 (5.08%) MVC
10 12 (4.69%) Mentoring
11 11 (4.30%) CI/CD
11 11 (4.30%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (3.91%) API Integration
13 9 (3.52%) AI
13 9 (3.52%) B2B
13 9 (3.52%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (3.52%) Mobile Application Development
14 8 (3.13%) Microservices
14 8 (3.13%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 59 (23.05%) JavaScript
2 45 (17.58%) PHP
3 44 (17.19%) C#
4 43 (16.80%) SQL
5 12 (4.69%) Python
6 6 (2.34%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.78%) F#
8 1 (0.39%) CFML
8 1 (0.39%) R
8 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 32 (12.50%) Degree
2 22 (8.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.52%) AWS Certification
3 9 (3.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 9 (3.52%) Azure Certification
3 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.55%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (4.30%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.56%) OpenAI
3 3 (1.17%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe
4 1 (0.39%) Apple
4 1 (0.39%) Netlify