Web Developer Job Trends

Web Developer
UK

The median Web Developer salary in the UK is £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 469 495
Rank change year-on-year -69 +26 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 157 174 372
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.41% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.45% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 142 101 340
10th Percentile £29,075 £31,250 £29,975
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,039 £45,000 £41,367
% change year-on-year -6.58% +8.78% -8.07%

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 69,032 38,440 80,488
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 90.40% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43,952 23,033 61,568
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,500 £38,750
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%

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 19 March 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 19 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 -39 135 £47,500 -2.71% 83
UK excluding London -41 133 £42,039 -6.58% 87
South East -9 36 £47,500 +5.56% 25
Work from Home -16 36 £50,000 -9.09% 13
East of England -19 26 £82,500 +120.00% 12
North of England -50 26 £41,020 -21.87% 14
Midlands -13 24 £35,000 -22.22% 19
East Midlands -40 15 £35,000 -22.22% 11
Yorkshire -31 14 £42,039 +36.71% 3
London -7 13 £50,000 -25.93% 13
North West -18 12 £40,000 -23.81% 7
Scotland -22 12 £33,250 -48.85% 3
South West -38 10 £41,500 -2.35% 10
West Midlands 0 9 £40,000 - 8
Northern Ireland -31 1 £31,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 141 (89.81%) Web Development
2 52 (33.12%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (28.03%) JavaScript
4 42 (26.75%) CSS
4 42 (26.75%) HTML
5 36 (22.93%) React
6 35 (22.29%) .NET
7 34 (21.66%) SQL
8 33 (21.02%) Azure
9 24 (15.29%) Internet
10 22 (14.01%) C#
10 22 (14.01%) Microsoft
10 22 (14.01%) PHP
11 20 (12.74%) Degree
11 20 (12.74%) Python
12 19 (12.10%) AWS
12 19 (12.10%) Mentoring
13 18 (11.46%) SQL Server
14 17 (10.83%) Front End Development
15 16 (10.19%) Computer Science
16 14 (8.92%) ASP.NET
16 14 (8.92%) AWS Certification
16 14 (8.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 14 (8.92%) Azure Certification
16 14 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
16 14 (8.92%) Microsoft Certification
16 14 (8.92%) Tailwind CSS
17 13 (8.28%) Accessibility
17 13 (8.28%) Clean Code
17 13 (8.28%) Computer Science Degree

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 13 (8.28%) WordPress
2 12 (7.64%) CMS
3 3 (1.91%) Headless CMS
3 3 (1.91%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.27%) ColdFusion
4 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.64%) Drupal
5 1 (0.64%) Joomla!
5 1 (0.64%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) CiviCRM
1 1 (0.64%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 33 (21.02%) Azure
2 19 (12.10%) AWS
3 13 (8.28%) GitHub
4 7 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.91%) Figma
6 2 (1.27%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (1.27%) DigitalOcean
6 2 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.27%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.27%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.27%) SaaS
7 1 (0.64%) Azure AI
7 1 (0.64%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.64%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.64%) Firebase
7 1 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.64%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 24 (15.29%) Internet
2 2 (1.27%) Intranet
3 1 (0.64%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.46%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.10%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.46%) MySQL
3 7 (4.46%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.27%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.27%) Power BI
6 1 (0.64%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (5.73%) Git
2 2 (1.27%) JIRA
3 1 (0.64%) webpack
General
1 20 (12.74%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.92%) Multimedia
3 6 (3.82%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (3.82%) Marketing
3 6 (3.82%) Retail
4 4 (2.55%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.27%) Finance
5 2 (1.27%) Legal
5 2 (1.27%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.64%) Back Office
6 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (26.75%) CSS
1 42 (26.75%) HTML
2 36 (22.93%) React
3 35 (22.29%) .NET
4 14 (8.92%) ASP.NET
4 14 (8.92%) Tailwind CSS
5 9 (5.73%) .NET Core
5 9 (5.73%) jQuery
6 8 (5.10%) Vue
7 7 (4.46%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (3.82%) .NET Framework
8 6 (3.82%) React Native
9 5 (3.18%) ASP.NET Core
9 5 (3.18%) Bootstrap
9 5 (3.18%) Node.js
9 5 (3.18%) RESTful
9 5 (3.18%) Symfony
10 4 (2.55%) Laravel
10 4 (2.55%) Razor View Engine
11 3 (1.91%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.64%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (0.64%) Legacy Code
3 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.55%) Linux
2 1 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (89.81%) Web Development
2 52 (33.12%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (12.10%) Mentoring
4 17 (10.83%) Front End Development
5 16 (10.19%) Computer Science
6 14 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (8.28%) Clean Code
8 11 (7.01%) AI
8 11 (7.01%) MVC
9 10 (6.37%) Agile
9 10 (6.37%) API Development
9 10 (6.37%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (6.37%) SEO
10 9 (5.73%) API Integration
10 9 (5.73%) B2B
10 9 (5.73%) DevOps
10 9 (5.73%) Wireframes
11 8 (5.10%) CI/CD
12 7 (4.46%) B2C
12 7 (4.46%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 44 (28.03%) JavaScript
2 34 (21.66%) SQL
3 22 (14.01%) C#
3 22 (14.01%) PHP
4 20 (12.74%) Python
5 6 (3.82%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.27%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.64%) CFML
7 1 (0.64%) F#
7 1 (0.64%) Java
7 1 (0.64%) R
7 1 (0.64%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (12.74%) Degree
2 14 (8.92%) AWS Certification
2 14 (8.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 14 (8.92%) Azure Certification
2 14 (8.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (8.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.27%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.64%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.28%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.27%) WCAG
3 1 (0.64%) QA
System Software
1 6 (3.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.27%) HubSpot
2 2 (1.27%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.64%) Adobe
3 1 (0.64%) Apple
3 1 (0.64%) Foundry