Web Developer Job Trends

Web Developer
UK

The median Web Developer salary in the UK is £38,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 592 299 541
Rank change year-on-year -293 +242 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 73 579 194
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.86% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.90% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 48 162 161
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% -18.18% +11.17%
75th Percentile £58,500 £56,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £76,250
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 46,066 64,284 51,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 95.03% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 28,668 36,353 39,628
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,238 £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 £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -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 8 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 8 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 -240 60 £37,500 -16.67% 138
England -256 57 £35,000 -24.32% 129
South East -48 21 £42,500 +6.25% 27
Work from Home -8 20 £36,250 -25.75% 22
Midlands -26 13 £30,000 -24.05% 37
Wales +4 11 £60,000 +41.18% 8
London +31 9 £54,750 -0.45% 19
North of England -92 8 £34,500 -34.29% 30
West Midlands -11 7 £30,000 -27.27% 22
East Midlands -18 6 £26,500 -26.90% 14
South West -12 3 £37,500 -11.76% 14
Yorkshire -33 3 £27,500 -8.33% 10
East of England -38 3 £37,500 -18.92% 15
North West -44 3 £52,500 - 18
North East +3 2 £39,250 +57.00% 3
Scotland -30 1 £30,000 -50.00% 8

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 51 (69.86%) JavaScript
3 40 (54.79%) HTML
4 32 (43.84%) CSS
5 29 (39.73%) React
6 28 (38.36%) Full-Stack Development
7 27 (36.99%) Git
8 26 (35.62%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (31.51%) User Experience
10 21 (28.77%) Azure
11 20 (27.40%) Agile
12 19 (26.03%) CI/CD
12 19 (26.03%) PHP
13 18 (24.66%) AWS
14 17 (23.29%) CMS
14 17 (23.29%) UX Design
15 16 (21.92%) Docker
15 16 (21.92%) MySQL
15 16 (21.92%) Node.js
15 16 (21.92%) Test Automation
16 15 (20.55%) DevOps
16 15 (20.55%) GCP
16 15 (20.55%) QA
16 15 (20.55%) RESTful
17 14 (19.18%) Containerisation
17 14 (19.18%) Customer Engagement
17 14 (19.18%) Design Patterns
17 14 (19.18%) Kubernetes
17 14 (19.18%) 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 10 (13.70%) 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%) Confluence
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 21 (28.77%) Azure
2 18 (24.66%) AWS
3 15 (20.55%) GCP
4 7 (9.59%) GitHub
5 6 (8.22%) Figma
6 4 (5.48%) Cloudflare
6 4 (5.48%) npm
7 3 (4.11%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.74%) Vercel
9 1 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (1.37%) BrowserStack
9 1 (1.37%) Firebase
9 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.37%) Sage Pay
9 1 (1.37%) Serverless
9 1 (1.37%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) Internet
1 1 (1.37%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (21.92%) MySQL
2 12 (16.44%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.48%) Relational Database
4 3 (4.11%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.37%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.37%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 27 (36.99%) Git
2 3 (4.11%) JIRA
2 3 (4.11%) webpack
3 1 (1.37%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.37%) Mocha
General
1 27 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 20 (27.40%) Marketing
3 15 (20.55%) Law
4 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.11%) Finance
4 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.11%) Retail
5 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.37%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (54.79%) HTML
2 32 (43.84%) CSS
3 29 (39.73%) React
4 16 (21.92%) Node.js
5 15 (20.55%) RESTful
6 14 (19.18%) Vue
7 12 (16.44%) .NET
8 10 (13.70%) ASP.NET
8 10 (13.70%) Sass
9 7 (9.59%) HTML5
9 7 (9.59%) Symfony
10 6 (8.22%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (8.22%) CSS3
11 5 (6.85%) AngularJS
11 5 (6.85%) Laravel
11 5 (6.85%) REST
12 4 (5.48%) Ajax
12 4 (5.48%) jQuery
12 4 (5.48%) Next.js
13 3 (4.11%) ASP.NET Web Forms
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%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.37%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Linux
2 1 (1.37%) Android
2 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (94.52%) Web Development
2 28 (38.36%) 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 8 (10.96%) Computer Science
12 8 (10.96%) Front End Development
12 8 (10.96%) SEO
13 7 (9.59%) MVC
14 6 (8.22%) Clean Code
14 6 (8.22%) E-Commerce
14 6 (8.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 51 (69.86%) JavaScript
2 19 (26.03%) PHP
3 10 (13.70%) C#
4 9 (12.33%) SQL
5 8 (10.96%) TypeScript
6 5 (6.85%) Python
7 1 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (9.59%) Degree
2 4 (5.48%) 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 6 (8.22%) 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