Web Development Jobs

Web Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Web Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Web Development over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 137 204
Rank change year-on-year -137 +67 -57
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 555 2,042 1,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.06% 2.08% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 2.41% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 455 1,208 1,302
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% +1.90%
75th Percentile £70,625 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Web Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Web Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Web Development.

Salary trend for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Development over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Web Development in the UK

Web Development
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Development within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -142 450 £55,000 +10.00% 385
UK excluding London -146 374 £55,000 +22.22% 262
Work from Home -84 243 £61,250 +16.67% 263
London +1 128 £65,000 +13.04% 132
North of England -133 94 £47,500 +5.56% 94
South East -93 58 £52,500 - 52
North West -127 55 £32,500 -26.14% 55
South West +1 54 £70,000 +47.37% 25
East of England -21 50 £45,000 +12.50% 33
Midlands -112 50 £45,000 +5.88% 49
Scotland +23 39 £65,000 +30.00% 9
Wales +19 28 £65,000 +23.81% 5
West Midlands -35 28 £52,500 +23.53% 35
Yorkshire -38 26 £55,000 +22.22% 26
East Midlands -80 22 £35,000 -18.60% 13
North East +37 13 £55,000 +37.50% 13
Northern Ireland -7 4 - - 3

Web Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 122 (21.98%) CMS
2 63 (11.35%) WordPress
3 45 (8.11%) Umbraco
4 11 (1.98%) Confluence
4 11 (1.98%) Headless CMS
4 11 (1.98%) Kentico
4 11 (1.98%) nginx
5 10 (1.80%) Drupal
5 10 (1.80%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.90%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.72%) IIS
8 3 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.54%) Apache
8 3 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.54%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.54%) Joomla!
8 3 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.54%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.18%) Strapi
9 1 (0.18%) Totara
Applications
1 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.62%) Photoshop
3 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.26%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.72%) InDesign
5 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.72%) Trello
6 3 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.18%) InVision
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.18%) Sketch
7 1 (0.18%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 30 (5.41%) Shopify
2 11 (1.98%) Payment Gateway
3 8 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 134 (24.14%) Azure
2 121 (21.80%) AWS
3 69 (12.43%) GCP
4 46 (8.29%) GitHub
5 40 (7.21%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (5.59%) SaaS
7 30 (5.41%) Power Platform
8 24 (4.32%) Google Analytics
9 23 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (3.96%) Serverless
11 19 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (3.42%) Slack
12 18 (3.24%) PowerApps
13 15 (2.70%) Figma
13 15 (2.70%) Zapier
14 12 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (1.80%) Google Tag Manager
15 10 (1.80%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.32%) Intranet
2 23 (4.14%) Network Security
3 10 (1.80%) HTTP
4 8 (1.44%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.90%) Modbus
5 5 (0.90%) MQTT
6 3 (0.54%) DNS
7 2 (0.36%) Broadband
7 2 (0.36%) Internet
7 2 (0.36%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.36%) SMS
7 2 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (18.74%) MySQL
2 66 (11.89%) SQL Server
3 49 (8.83%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (7.21%) Relational Database
5 22 (3.96%) RDBMS
6 13 (2.34%) MongoDB
6 13 (2.34%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.98%) BigQuery
7 11 (1.98%) Looker
8 7 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.26%) Redis
9 6 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.90%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.90%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.54%) Power BI
13 2 (0.36%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
14 1 (0.18%) Big Data
14 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 163 (29.37%) Git
2 41 (7.39%) JIRA
3 30 (5.41%) Visual Studio
4 15 (2.70%) webpack
5 13 (2.34%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.98%) NUnit
6 11 (1.98%) Selenium
6 11 (1.98%) Visual Studio Code
7 10 (1.80%) JUnit
8 7 (1.26%) GitLab
8 7 (1.26%) gulp
8 7 (1.26%) Postman
8 7 (1.26%) Vite
9 6 (1.08%) Jasmine
9 6 (1.08%) Subversion
10 5 (0.90%) Grunt
10 5 (0.90%) Mocha
11 4 (0.72%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.72%) Maven
11 4 (0.72%) PHPUnit
General
1 190 (34.23%) Social Skills
2 106 (19.10%) Finance
3 87 (15.68%) Marketing
4 56 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (7.75%) Games
6 42 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (6.85%) Retail
8 28 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (3.24%) Banking
10 13 (2.34%) Tech for Good
11 11 (1.98%) Public Sector
12 10 (1.80%) Law
12 10 (1.80%) Legal
13 9 (1.62%) Advertising
14 6 (1.08%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.90%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.72%) iGaming
16 4 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 342 (61.62%) Developer
2 120 (21.62%) Senior
3 100 (18.02%) Web Developer
4 85 (15.32%) Senior Developer
5 73 (13.15%) Full-Stack Developer
6 67 (12.07%) Lead
7 50 (9.01%) PHP Developer
7 50 (9.01%) Software Engineer
8 48 (8.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 38 (6.85%) .NET Developer
10 35 (6.31%) C# Developer
11 24 (4.32%) Umbraco Developer
12 22 (3.96%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 21 (3.78%) C# .NET Developer
14 20 (3.60%) Senior PHP Developer
14 20 (3.60%) Senior Web Developer
15 18 (3.24%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
15 18 (3.24%) Project Manager
15 18 (3.24%) Python Developer
16 17 (3.06%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (51.35%) CSS
2 283 (50.99%) HTML
3 156 (28.11%) React
4 134 (24.14%) .NET
5 84 (15.14%) Laravel
6 77 (13.87%) AngularJS
7 74 (13.33%) HTML5
8 72 (12.97%) jQuery
9 70 (12.61%) Node.js
10 47 (8.47%) Vue
11 46 (8.29%) LAMP
12 40 (7.21%) ASP.NET
13 37 (6.67%) REST
14 34 (6.13%) JSON
14 34 (6.13%) RESTful
15 31 (5.59%) .NET Framework
15 31 (5.59%) CSS3
16 29 (5.23%) .NET Core
17 24 (4.32%) Bootstrap
17 24 (4.32%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.17%) Mobile App
2 24 (4.32%) NHS
2 24 (4.32%) Product Ownership
3 20 (3.60%) Virtual Team
4 18 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.06%) Social Media
6 16 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.52%) Algorithms
7 14 (2.52%) IoT
8 12 (2.16%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.62%) Client/Server
9 9 (1.62%) Learning Management System
10 8 (1.44%) Reinsurance
11 7 (1.26%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.08%) EPoS
13 5 (0.90%) Device Driver
13 5 (0.90%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.72%) Hackathon
14 4 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.21%) Linux
2 30 (5.41%) Windows
3 19 (3.42%) Unix
4 11 (1.98%) Android
5 10 (1.80%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (30.81%) Problem-Solving
2 156 (28.11%) Agile
3 155 (27.93%) Full-Stack Development
4 135 (24.32%) E-Commerce
5 118 (21.26%) Software Engineering
6 102 (18.38%) User Experience
7 101 (18.20%) MVC
8 99 (17.84%) Mentoring
9 95 (17.12%) OOP
10 90 (16.22%) DevOps
11 83 (14.95%) CI/CD
11 83 (14.95%) Content Management
12 82 (14.77%) Front End Development
12 82 (14.77%) SEO
13 62 (11.17%) Analytics
14 61 (10.99%) Computer Science
14 61 (10.99%) Project Management
15 50 (9.01%) OO
15 50 (9.01%) Scrum
16 46 (8.29%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 296 (53.33%) JavaScript
2 160 (28.83%) PHP
3 146 (26.31%) C#
4 115 (20.72%) SQL
5 89 (16.04%) Python
6 78 (14.05%) TypeScript
7 46 (8.29%) Java
8 13 (2.34%) C++
9 8 (1.44%) Ruby
10 7 (1.26%) C
11 3 (0.54%) Delphi
11 3 (0.54%) Go
12 2 (0.36%) Bash
12 2 (0.36%) Groovy
12 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.36%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.36%) VB
12 2 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 130 (23.42%) Degree
2 38 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.88%) Security Cleared
4 15 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.80%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.72%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.54%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.18%) GISF
9 1 (0.18%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (14.95%) Accessibility
2 34 (6.13%) WCAG
3 33 (5.95%) QA
4 28 (5.05%) GDPR
5 4 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (8.29%) Docker
2 6 (1.08%) Firmware
3 3 (0.54%) Samba
4 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) NDS
Systems Management
1 41 (7.39%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (1.44%) Terraform
4 4 (0.72%) HAProxy
5 2 (0.36%) Grafana
5 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.18%) CA Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.18%) cPanel
6 1 (0.18%) Matomo
6 1 (0.18%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 84 (15.14%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.73%) Google
3 22 (3.96%) HP
4 19 (3.42%) Oracle
5 16 (2.88%) Adobe
6 15 (2.70%) WooCommerce
7 14 (2.52%) Twitter
8 9 (1.62%) Databricks
8 9 (1.62%) Okta
9 8 (1.44%) Screaming Frog
10 7 (1.26%) ANSYS
10 7 (1.26%) Optimizely
11 5 (0.90%) Ahrefs
11 5 (0.90%) Apple
11 5 (0.90%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.72%) Facebook
12 4 (0.72%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.72%) YouTube
13 3 (0.54%) Borland
13 3 (0.54%) PayPal