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 30 January 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 314 500
Rank change year-on-year -244 +186 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 102 461 314
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.88% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.96% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 90 109 296
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +9.38% +5.49%
75th Percentile £54,688 £60,000 £64,813
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +16.28% -4.44%

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 57,632 48,152 66,101
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.24% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 35,882 24,796 51,733
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 30 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in the UK

Web Developer
Top 14 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 30 January 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 -204 88 £40,000 -20.00% 101
UK excluding London -206 85 £40,000 -20.00% 104
Work from Home +15 26 £48,000 -16.52% 23
Midlands -31 25 £35,000 -17.65% 16
South East -28 21 £47,500 - 30
North of England -78 19 £42,039 -19.93% 17
East Midlands -27 15 £35,000 -22.22% 12
Yorkshire -44 12 £42,039 +44.96% 10
West Midlands -12 10 £36,250 -9.38% 4
East of England -34 10 £100,000 +185.71% 19
London +12 8 £42,000 -23.64% 13
North West -24 7 £35,000 -33.33% 6
South West -25 6 £35,000 -30.00% 13
Scotland -30 6 £30,000 -52.00% 6

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

For the 6 months to 30 January 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 89 (87.25%) Web Development
2 34 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 33 (32.35%) CSS
3 33 (32.35%) HTML
4 31 (30.39%) Full-Stack Development
5 30 (29.41%) React
6 25 (24.51%) .NET
6 25 (24.51%) Azure
7 22 (21.57%) SQL
8 18 (17.65%) Microsoft
9 17 (16.67%) C#
10 16 (15.69%) SQL Server
11 15 (14.71%) ASP.NET
11 15 (14.71%) CMS
11 15 (14.71%) Front End Development
12 14 (13.73%) MVC
12 14 (13.73%) Python
13 13 (12.75%) PHP
14 12 (11.76%) AWS
14 12 (11.76%) Internet
14 12 (11.76%) Mentoring
15 11 (10.78%) GitHub
16 10 (9.80%) .NET Core
16 10 (9.80%) Agile
16 10 (9.80%) ASP.NET MVC
16 10 (9.80%) Computer Science
16 10 (9.80%) Degree
16 10 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
17 9 (8.82%) AI
17 9 (8.82%) AWS Certification

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 15 (14.71%) CMS
2 8 (7.84%) WordPress
3 5 (4.90%) Umbraco
4 3 (2.94%) Headless CMS
5 2 (1.96%) IIS
5 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.98%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.98%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.96%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (24.51%) Azure
2 12 (11.76%) AWS
3 11 (10.78%) GitHub
4 6 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.92%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.94%) Figma
7 2 (1.96%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 2 (1.96%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 2 (1.96%) DigitalOcean
7 2 (1.96%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.96%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.96%) SaaS
8 1 (0.98%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.98%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.98%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.98%) Firebase
8 1 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.76%) Internet
2 2 (1.96%) Intranet
3 1 (0.98%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (15.69%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.84%) NoSQL
3 7 (6.86%) Relational Database
4 5 (4.90%) MySQL
5 3 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.96%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.96%) Power BI
7 1 (0.98%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.98%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Git
2 2 (1.96%) JIRA
3 1 (0.98%) webpack
General
1 15 (14.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.82%) Multimedia
3 5 (4.90%) Retail
4 4 (3.92%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.96%) Finance
6 2 (1.96%) Legal
6 2 (1.96%) Marketing
6 2 (1.96%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.98%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (32.35%) CSS
1 33 (32.35%) HTML
2 30 (29.41%) React
3 25 (24.51%) .NET
4 15 (14.71%) ASP.NET
5 10 (9.80%) .NET Core
5 10 (9.80%) ASP.NET MVC
6 9 (8.82%) Tailwind CSS
7 6 (5.88%) .NET Framework
7 6 (5.88%) Razor View Engine
8 5 (4.90%) jQuery
8 5 (4.90%) Symfony
8 5 (4.90%) Vue
9 4 (3.92%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (3.92%) Laravel
9 4 (3.92%) React Native
9 4 (3.92%) RESTful
10 3 (2.94%) AngularJS
10 3 (2.94%) Bootstrap
10 3 (2.94%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.84%) Mobile App
2 1 (0.98%) Digital Media
2 1 (0.98%) EPoS
2 1 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (0.98%) Legacy Code
2 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Linux
2 1 (0.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (87.25%) Web Development
2 31 (30.39%) Full-Stack Development
3 15 (14.71%) Front End Development
4 14 (13.73%) MVC
5 12 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 10 (9.80%) Agile
6 10 (9.80%) Computer Science
6 10 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (8.82%) AI
7 9 (8.82%) CI/CD
7 9 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (8.82%) Wireframes
8 8 (7.84%) API Development
8 8 (7.84%) DevOps
9 7 (6.86%) CRM
10 6 (5.88%) API Integration
10 6 (5.88%) Clean Code
10 6 (5.88%) User Experience
11 5 (4.90%) B2C
11 5 (4.90%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 34 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 22 (21.57%) SQL
3 17 (16.67%) C#
4 14 (13.73%) Python
5 13 (12.75%) PHP
6 6 (5.88%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.96%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (9.80%) Degree
2 9 (8.82%) AWS Certification
2 9 (8.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 9 (8.82%) Azure Certification
2 9 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.96%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.98%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.98%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.96%) QA
2 2 (1.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.96%) HubSpot
3 1 (0.98%) Foundry
3 1 (0.98%) OpenAI