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 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 296 536
Rank change year-on-year -272 +240 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 82 585 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.87% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.92% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 57 164 154
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -6.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £75,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -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 48,141 63,471 49,094
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.44% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 30,347 35,539 38,193
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £74,066 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.65% -0.95% -

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 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 25 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 -212 67 £40,000 -11.11% 98
England -236 66 £37,500 -21.05% 90
Work from Home +27 23 £38,750 -22.50% 25
South East -38 21 £40,000 - 26
Midlands -24 19 £32,500 -18.75% 22
West Midlands +7 12 £37,000 -7.50% 10
Wales +2 11 £60,000 +37.14% 6
North of England -70 11 £40,000 -23.81% 23
London +21 10 £54,750 -0.45% 13
East Midlands -6 7 £27,500 -33.33% 12
Yorkshire -20 6 £37,500 +25.00% 12
South West -4 3 £37,500 -11.76% 8
North West -15 3 £52,500 - 8
East of England -46 3 £37,500 -11.76% 9
North East +6 2 £39,250 -12.78% 3
Scotland -22 1 £30,000 -50.00% 5

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 74 (90.24%) Web Development
2 54 (65.85%) JavaScript
3 43 (52.44%) HTML
4 35 (42.68%) CSS
5 31 (37.80%) Full-Stack Development
5 31 (37.80%) React
6 27 (32.93%) Git
7 26 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (30.49%) Azure
8 25 (30.49%) User Experience
9 22 (26.83%) CI/CD
10 21 (25.61%) Agile
11 19 (23.17%) CMS
11 19 (23.17%) PHP
12 18 (21.95%) AWS
13 17 (20.73%) .NET
13 17 (20.73%) DevOps
13 17 (20.73%) Docker
13 17 (20.73%) Test Automation
13 17 (20.73%) UX Design
14 16 (19.51%) MySQL
14 16 (19.51%) Node.js
14 16 (19.51%) QA
15 15 (18.29%) GCP
15 15 (18.29%) RESTful
15 15 (18.29%) SQL
16 14 (17.07%) C#
16 14 (17.07%) Containerisation
16 14 (17.07%) Customer Engagement
16 14 (17.07%) Design Patterns

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 19 (23.17%) CMS
2 11 (13.41%) WordPress
3 5 (6.10%) Umbraco
4 3 (3.66%) Headless CMS
4 3 (3.66%) IIS
5 2 (2.44%) Drupal
5 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.22%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (3.66%) Photoshop
3 2 (2.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (2.44%) Adobe XD
3 2 (2.44%) Elementor
4 1 (1.22%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.44%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (30.49%) Azure
2 18 (21.95%) AWS
3 15 (18.29%) GCP
4 10 (12.20%) GitHub
5 6 (7.32%) Figma
6 5 (6.10%) Power Platform
7 4 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.66%) Cloudflare
8 3 (3.66%) npm
8 3 (3.66%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.66%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.44%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 2 (2.44%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 2 (2.44%) Vercel
10 1 (1.22%) Azure AI
10 1 (1.22%) Azure App Service
10 1 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.66%) Intranet
2 1 (1.22%) DNS
2 1 (1.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.51%) MySQL
2 14 (17.07%) SQL Server
3 6 (7.32%) Relational Database
4 4 (4.88%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.44%) Power BI
7 1 (1.22%) MariaDB
7 1 (1.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 27 (32.93%) Git
2 3 (3.66%) webpack
3 2 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 31 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 20 (24.39%) Marketing
3 15 (18.29%) Law
4 4 (4.88%) Finance
4 4 (4.88%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.88%) Retail
5 3 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.44%) Legal
6 2 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.22%) Back Office
7 1 (1.22%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (52.44%) HTML
2 35 (42.68%) CSS
3 31 (37.80%) React
4 17 (20.73%) .NET
5 16 (19.51%) Node.js
6 15 (18.29%) RESTful
7 13 (15.85%) ASP.NET
7 13 (15.85%) Vue
8 10 (12.20%) Sass
9 8 (9.76%) Symfony
10 7 (8.54%) ASP.NET MVC
10 7 (8.54%) HTML5
11 6 (7.32%) CSS3
12 5 (6.10%) AngularJS
12 5 (6.10%) Laravel
12 5 (6.10%) REST
13 4 (4.88%) ASP.NET Web Forms
13 4 (4.88%) jQuery
13 4 (4.88%) Next.js
13 4 (4.88%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.76%) Legacy Code
2 3 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.44%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.22%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.22%) EPoS
4 1 (1.22%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.22%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.22%) Android
1 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.22%) Linux
1 1 (1.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (90.24%) Web Development
2 31 (37.80%) Full-Stack Development
3 26 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (30.49%) User Experience
5 22 (26.83%) CI/CD
6 21 (25.61%) Agile
7 17 (20.73%) DevOps
7 17 (20.73%) Test Automation
7 17 (20.73%) UX Design
8 14 (17.07%) Containerisation
8 14 (17.07%) Customer Engagement
8 14 (17.07%) Design Patterns
9 13 (15.85%) Mentoring
10 10 (12.20%) MVC
11 9 (10.98%) AI
11 9 (10.98%) Computer Science
11 9 (10.98%) Front End Development
12 8 (9.76%) SEO
13 7 (8.54%) Clean Code
13 7 (8.54%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 54 (65.85%) JavaScript
2 19 (23.17%) PHP
3 15 (18.29%) SQL
4 14 (17.07%) C#
5 8 (9.76%) TypeScript
6 6 (7.32%) Python
7 2 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (9.76%) Degree
2 5 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.44%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.51%) QA
2 3 (3.66%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (20.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (17.07%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (13.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.66%) Adobe
2 3 (3.66%) HubSpot
3 2 (2.44%) Google
3 2 (2.44%) Netlify
3 2 (2.44%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.44%) WooCommerce
4 1 (1.22%) Foundry
4 1 (1.22%) OpenAI