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 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 598 301 550
Rank change year-on-year -297 +249 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 73 578 192
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.85% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.90% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 49 162 158
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% -15.91% +12.37%
75th Percentile £58,500 £56,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,125 £77,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 47,609 64,478 50,569
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.88% 94.87% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 29,568 36,288 39,151
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.43% -3.81% -

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 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in the UK

Web Developer
Top 16 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 15 November 2025. 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
UK excluding London -233 60 £37,500 -16.67% 133
England -249 58 £35,000 -26.32% 125
South East -53 21 £40,000 - 31
Work from Home -3 18 £36,250 -26.64% 29
Midlands -35 13 £30,000 -23.08% 32
Wales 0 11 £60,000 +37.14% 9
London +18 10 £54,750 -0.45% 20
North of England -69 8 £34,500 -34.29% 28
West Midlands -12 7 £30,000 -27.27% 17
East Midlands -14 6 £26,500 -24.29% 15
South West -11 3 £37,500 -11.76% 10
North West -18 3 £52,500 - 15
Yorkshire -30 3 £27,500 -8.33% 11
East of England -39 3 £37,500 -29.25% 16
North East -4 2 £39,250 +12.14% 3
Scotland -27 1 £30,000 -50.00% 7

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, 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 69 (94.52%) Web Development
2 50 (68.49%) JavaScript
3 39 (53.42%) HTML
4 31 (42.47%) CSS
5 30 (41.10%) Full-Stack Development
6 28 (38.36%) React
7 26 (35.62%) Git
7 26 (35.62%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (31.51%) User Experience
9 22 (30.14%) Azure
10 20 (27.40%) Agile
11 19 (26.03%) CI/CD
12 18 (24.66%) PHP
13 17 (23.29%) AWS
13 17 (23.29%) CMS
13 17 (23.29%) UX Design
14 16 (21.92%) Docker
14 16 (21.92%) Test Automation
15 15 (20.55%) DevOps
15 15 (20.55%) GCP
15 15 (20.55%) MySQL
15 15 (20.55%) Node.js
15 15 (20.55%) QA
15 15 (20.55%) RESTful
16 14 (19.18%) Containerisation
16 14 (19.18%) Customer Engagement
16 14 (19.18%) Design Patterns
16 14 (19.18%) Kubernetes
17 13 (17.81%) Vue
18 12 (16.44%) .NET

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 17 (23.29%) CMS
2 11 (15.07%) WordPress
3 3 (4.11%) Headless CMS
3 3 (4.11%) IIS
3 3 (4.11%) Umbraco
4 2 (2.74%) Drupal
5 1 (1.37%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (4.11%) Photoshop
3 2 (2.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (2.74%) Adobe XD
3 2 (2.74%) Elementor
4 1 (1.37%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.37%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.74%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 22 (30.14%) Azure
2 17 (23.29%) AWS
3 15 (20.55%) GCP
4 8 (10.96%) GitHub
5 6 (8.22%) Figma
6 3 (4.11%) Cloudflare
6 3 (4.11%) npm
6 3 (4.11%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.74%) Vercel
8 1 (1.37%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 1 (1.37%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.37%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.37%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) Internet
1 1 (1.37%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.55%) MySQL
2 12 (16.44%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.48%) NoSQL
3 4 (5.48%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.37%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 26 (35.62%) Git
2 3 (4.11%) webpack
3 2 (2.74%) JIRA
General
1 28 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 20 (27.40%) Marketing
3 15 (20.55%) Law
4 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.48%) Retail
5 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.11%) Finance
6 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (53.42%) HTML
2 31 (42.47%) CSS
3 28 (38.36%) React
4 15 (20.55%) Node.js
4 15 (20.55%) RESTful
5 13 (17.81%) Vue
6 12 (16.44%) .NET
7 10 (13.70%) ASP.NET
7 10 (13.70%) Sass
8 7 (9.59%) HTML5
8 7 (9.59%) Symfony
9 6 (8.22%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (8.22%) CSS3
10 5 (6.85%) AngularJS
11 4 (5.48%) Ajax
11 4 (5.48%) jQuery
11 4 (5.48%) Laravel
11 4 (5.48%) Next.js
11 4 (5.48%) REST
12 3 (4.11%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) Legacy Code
2 3 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.37%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.37%) EPoS
3 1 (1.37%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.37%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.37%) Android
1 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (94.52%) Web Development
2 30 (41.10%) Full-Stack Development
3 26 (35.62%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (31.51%) User Experience
5 20 (27.40%) Agile
6 19 (26.03%) CI/CD
7 17 (23.29%) UX Design
8 16 (21.92%) Test Automation
9 15 (20.55%) DevOps
10 14 (19.18%) Containerisation
10 14 (19.18%) Customer Engagement
10 14 (19.18%) Design Patterns
11 11 (15.07%) Mentoring
12 9 (12.33%) Computer Science
13 8 (10.96%) SEO
14 7 (9.59%) Front End Development
14 7 (9.59%) MVC
14 7 (9.59%) Wireframes
15 6 (8.22%) AI
15 6 (8.22%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 50 (68.49%) JavaScript
2 18 (24.66%) PHP
3 10 (13.70%) C#
3 10 (13.70%) SQL
4 6 (8.22%) Python
4 6 (8.22%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (10.96%) Degree
2 5 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.37%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.55%) QA
2 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (21.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (19.18%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (9.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.11%) Adobe
2 3 (4.11%) HubSpot
3 2 (2.74%) Google
3 2 (2.74%) Netlify
3 2 (2.74%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.74%) WooCommerce
4 1 (1.37%) OpenAI