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 25 May 2026.

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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 559 503
Rank change year-on-year +78 -56 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 261 90 412
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.21% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.24% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 241 67 361
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 86,624 38,246 93,392
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 89.23% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 57,551 21,495 68,448
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,750 £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 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -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 25 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 25 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 +96 238 £50,000 -4.76% 74
UK excluding London +86 231 £50,000 +11.11% 82
South East +67 95 £50,000 +11.11% 22
Work from Home +26 50 £45,000 -30.77% 7
North of England +1 47 £40,000 -27.27% 17
East of England +3 39 £65,000 +73.33% 14
North West +16 26 £40,000 -27.27% 5
Midlands -19 23 £35,000 -22.22% 12
Yorkshire -29 21 £40,000 +23.08% 9
East Midlands -12 18 £35,000 -22.22% 10
London -16 18 £50,000 -25.93% 14
South West -56 15 £55,000 +46.67% 9
Scotland +4 11 £35,000 -46.15% 6
West Midlands -26 5 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £31,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 243 (93.10%) Web Development
2 75 (28.74%) Full-Stack Development
3 64 (24.52%) .NET
4 60 (22.99%) JavaScript
5 56 (21.46%) HTML
6 54 (20.69%) CSS
7 44 (16.86%) C#
8 43 (16.48%) Internet
9 42 (16.09%) PHP
10 40 (15.33%) SQL
11 35 (13.41%) Azure
12 34 (13.03%) React
13 30 (11.49%) Degree
14 27 (10.34%) SQL Server
15 26 (9.96%) ASP.NET
16 25 (9.58%) Accessibility
17 24 (9.20%) Computer Science
18 23 (8.81%) AWS
18 23 (8.81%) Front End Development
19 20 (7.66%) Computer Science Degree
19 20 (7.66%) SEO
20 19 (7.28%) jQuery
21 18 (6.90%) Clean Code
22 17 (6.51%) Mentoring
23 16 (6.13%) ASP.NET Core
23 16 (6.13%) E-Commerce
23 16 (6.13%) Python
24 15 (5.75%) Agile
24 15 (5.75%) Microsoft
24 15 (5.75%) 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 (5.36%) WordPress
2 13 (4.98%) CMS
3 7 (2.68%) ColdFusion
3 7 (2.68%) Umbraco
4 3 (1.15%) Confluence
5 1 (0.38%) Drupal
5 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.38%) IIS
5 1 (0.38%) Joomla!
5 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Shopify
2 1 (0.38%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (13.41%) Azure
2 23 (8.81%) AWS
3 11 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.68%) GitHub
5 4 (1.53%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (1.15%) SaaS
7 2 (0.77%) DigitalOcean
7 2 (0.77%) Figma
7 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.38%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.38%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 43 (16.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.75%) MySQL
3 8 (3.07%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.15%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.77%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.77%) Power BI
6 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.38%) Metadata
6 1 (0.38%) phpMyAdmin
Development Applications
1 14 (5.36%) Git
2 3 (1.15%) JIRA
3 2 (0.77%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (9.96%) Social Skills
2 13 (4.98%) Multimedia
3 10 (3.83%) Retail
4 7 (2.68%) Marketing
5 6 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (0.77%) Finance
7 1 (0.38%) Japanese Language
7 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.38%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (24.52%) .NET
2 56 (21.46%) HTML
3 54 (20.69%) CSS
4 34 (13.03%) React
5 26 (9.96%) ASP.NET
6 19 (7.28%) jQuery
7 16 (6.13%) ASP.NET Core
8 14 (5.36%) Vue
9 13 (4.98%) Tailwind CSS
10 11 (4.21%) AngularJS
11 9 (3.45%) REST
11 9 (3.45%) RESTful
12 8 (3.07%) Node.js
13 7 (2.68%) .NET Core
14 6 (2.30%) Bootstrap
15 5 (1.92%) ASP.NET MVC
15 5 (1.92%) ASP.NET Web API
15 5 (1.92%) React Native
15 5 (1.92%) Sass
16 4 (1.53%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.98%) Mobile App
2 6 (2.30%) Cloud Native
3 5 (1.92%) 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 (0.38%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.38%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.38%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (0.38%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (93.10%) Web Development
2 75 (28.74%) Full-Stack Development
3 24 (9.20%) Computer Science
4 23 (8.81%) Front End Development
5 20 (7.66%) SEO
6 18 (6.90%) Clean Code
7 17 (6.51%) Mentoring
8 16 (6.13%) E-Commerce
9 15 (5.75%) Agile
10 14 (5.36%) MVC
11 13 (4.98%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (4.98%) DevOps
12 10 (3.83%) API Integration
12 10 (3.83%) CI/CD
12 10 (3.83%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (3.45%) AI
13 9 (3.45%) B2B
13 9 (3.45%) Mobile Application Development
14 8 (3.07%) Microservices
14 8 (3.07%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 60 (22.99%) JavaScript
2 44 (16.86%) C#
3 42 (16.09%) PHP
4 40 (15.33%) SQL
5 16 (6.13%) Python
6 6 (2.30%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.77%) F#
8 1 (0.38%) CFML
8 1 (0.38%) Java
8 1 (0.38%) R
8 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 30 (11.49%) Degree
2 20 (7.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.98%) AWS Certification
3 13 (4.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 13 (4.98%) Azure Certification
3 13 (4.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.38%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.58%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.77%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (5.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.53%) OpenAI
3 3 (1.15%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.38%) Adobe
4 1 (0.38%) Apple
4 1 (0.38%) Netlify