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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 143 208
Rank change year-on-year -171 +65 -61
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 499 2,065 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 2.00% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 2.38% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 405 1,208 1,176
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,907
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -5.49% +5.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £74,125 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.89% -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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -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 May 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 May 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 -201 402 £55,000 +10.00% 1,643
UK excluding London -185 334 £53,500 +18.89% 1,679
Work from Home -165 210 £60,000 +16.50% 1,121
London +16 116 £62,500 +4.17% 181
North of England -170 85 £50,000 +11.11% 392
South East -123 56 £50,000 -4.76% 447
North West -158 51 £47,500 +5.56% 174
Midlands -101 47 £45,000 +5.88% 307
South West -24 45 £70,000 +47.37% 186
East of England -43 42 £45,000 +12.50% 258
West Midlands -28 33 £51,500 +21.18% 170
Scotland +6 32 £80,000 +60.00% 72
Wales +20 27 £65,000 +30.00% 56
Yorkshire -49 27 £70,000 +51.35% 156
East Midlands -88 14 £35,000 -17.65% 118
North East +20 7 £53,750 +26.47% 63
Northern Ireland -4 3 - - 24

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
1 114 (22.85%) CMS
2 67 (13.43%) WordPress
3 37 (7.41%) Umbraco
4 15 (3.01%) Headless CMS
5 11 (2.20%) nginx
6 10 (2.00%) Confluence
7 8 (1.60%) Drupal
7 8 (1.60%) Kentico
8 6 (1.20%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.80%) IIS
9 4 (0.80%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.40%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.40%) Joomla!
12 1 (0.20%) Apache
12 1 (0.20%) DNN
12 1 (0.20%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.20%) Sitefinity
12 1 (0.20%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
1 11 (2.20%) Photoshop
2 10 (2.00%) Adobe XD
3 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.80%) InDesign
5 4 (0.80%) Sketch
6 3 (0.60%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.40%) Elementor
7 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.20%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 24 (4.81%) Shopify
2 9 (1.80%) Payment Gateway
3 8 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.20%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (22.04%) Azure
2 106 (21.24%) AWS
3 58 (11.62%) GCP
4 36 (7.21%) GitHub
5 32 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (6.01%) Power Platform
7 23 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (4.61%) Google Analytics
7 23 (4.61%) SaaS
8 19 (3.81%) PowerApps
8 19 (3.81%) Serverless
9 18 (3.61%) Figma
10 17 (3.41%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (2.20%) npm
11 11 (2.20%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (2.00%) Zapier
13 9 (1.80%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.81%) Intranet
2 18 (3.61%) Network Security
3 10 (2.00%) HTTP
4 8 (1.60%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.00%) Modbus
5 5 (1.00%) MQTT
6 3 (0.60%) DNS
7 2 (0.40%) Internet
7 2 (0.40%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.40%) SMS
7 2 (0.40%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.20%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (17.43%) MySQL
2 63 (12.63%) SQL Server
3 45 (9.02%) Relational Database
4 44 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (5.01%) RDBMS
6 11 (2.20%) BigQuery
6 11 (2.20%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.60%) Looker
7 8 (1.60%) Power BI
8 7 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.40%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.40%) Redis
9 5 (1.00%) GIS
10 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.60%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.60%) Metadata
11 3 (0.60%) Mixpanel
12 2 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 157 (31.46%) Git
2 32 (6.41%) JIRA
3 20 (4.01%) Visual Studio
4 17 (3.41%) webpack
5 12 (2.40%) Jenkins
6 11 (2.20%) NUnit
7 10 (2.00%) JUnit
8 9 (1.80%) Selenium
9 8 (1.60%) gulp
9 8 (1.60%) Postman
10 6 (1.20%) GitLab
10 6 (1.20%) Mocha
10 6 (1.20%) Vite
11 5 (1.00%) Cypress.io
11 5 (1.00%) Grunt
11 5 (1.00%) Jasmine
12 4 (0.80%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.80%) PHPUnit
12 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.60%) SpecFlow
General
1 163 (32.67%) Social Skills
2 97 (19.44%) Finance
3 74 (14.83%) Marketing
4 48 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.01%) Games
6 33 (6.61%) Retail
7 31 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (3.61%) Banking
10 13 (2.61%) Law
10 13 (2.61%) Legal
11 12 (2.40%) Advertising
12 11 (2.20%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.40%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.40%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.00%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.80%) Front Office
16 4 (0.80%) iGaming
16 4 (0.80%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 320 (64.13%) Developer
2 103 (20.64%) Senior
3 91 (18.24%) Web Developer
4 80 (16.03%) Senior Developer
5 65 (13.03%) Lead
6 64 (12.83%) Full-Stack Developer
7 48 (9.62%) PHP Developer
8 44 (8.82%) Software Engineer
9 38 (7.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 31 (6.21%) .NET Developer
11 29 (5.81%) C# Developer
12 21 (4.21%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
12 21 (4.21%) Senior Web Developer
13 19 (3.81%) Lead Software Engineer
13 19 (3.81%) Umbraco Developer
14 17 (3.41%) C# .NET Developer
14 17 (3.41%) Python Developer
14 17 (3.41%) Web Manager
15 16 (3.21%) PHP Web Developer
15 16 (3.21%) Senior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 247 (49.50%) CSS
1 247 (49.50%) HTML
2 132 (26.45%) React
3 129 (25.85%) .NET
4 69 (13.83%) Node.js
5 68 (13.63%) Laravel
6 62 (12.42%) HTML5
6 62 (12.42%) jQuery
7 59 (11.82%) AngularJS
8 45 (9.02%) Vue
9 42 (8.42%) RESTful
10 40 (8.02%) ASP.NET
11 36 (7.21%) LAMP
12 33 (6.61%) REST
13 32 (6.41%) JSON
14 31 (6.21%) CSS3
15 25 (5.01%) Sass
16 23 (4.61%) Django
17 20 (4.01%) Ajax
17 20 (4.01%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.42%) Mobile App
2 20 (4.01%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.41%) NHS
4 16 (3.21%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.21%) Social Media
5 14 (2.81%) IoT
6 12 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (2.00%) Client/Server
7 10 (2.00%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.80%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.20%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.20%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.20%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.00%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.00%) Device Driver
10 5 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.00%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.80%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 42 (8.42%) Linux
2 32 (6.41%) Windows
3 21 (4.21%) Unix
4 7 (1.40%) Android
5 6 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.60%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (30.66%) Problem-Solving
2 136 (27.25%) Agile
3 129 (25.85%) Full-Stack Development
4 111 (22.24%) E-Commerce
5 99 (19.84%) Software Engineering
6 97 (19.44%) User Experience
7 84 (16.83%) Mentoring
8 83 (16.63%) CI/CD
8 83 (16.63%) MVC
9 79 (15.83%) DevOps
10 75 (15.03%) Content Management
11 72 (14.43%) SEO
12 69 (13.83%) OOP
13 67 (13.43%) Analytics
14 58 (11.62%) Front End Development
15 55 (11.02%) Project Management
16 49 (9.82%) Computer Science
17 41 (8.22%) Design Patterns
17 41 (8.22%) OO
17 41 (8.22%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 278 (55.71%) JavaScript
2 149 (29.86%) PHP
3 129 (25.85%) C#
4 113 (22.65%) SQL
5 76 (15.23%) Python
6 56 (11.22%) TypeScript
7 30 (6.01%) Java
8 14 (2.81%) C++
9 7 (1.40%) C
10 5 (1.00%) Ruby
11 3 (0.60%) Bash
11 3 (0.60%) Delphi
11 3 (0.60%) Go
11 3 (0.60%) R
12 2 (0.40%) Groovy
12 2 (0.40%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.40%) Swift
12 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 103 (20.64%) Degree
2 35 (7.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (2.20%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.00%) SC Cleared
5 8 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.20%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.40%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.20%) GISF
8 1 (0.20%) HND
8 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (15.23%) Accessibility
2 29 (5.81%) WCAG
3 22 (4.41%) GDPR
4 19 (3.81%) QA
5 4 (0.80%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 45 (9.02%) Docker
2 6 (1.20%) Firmware
3 3 (0.60%) Samba
4 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) NDS
Systems Management
1 37 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (1.60%) Terraform
4 4 (0.80%) HAProxy
5 2 (0.40%) Grafana
5 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.20%) CA Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Matomo
6 1 (0.20%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 81 (16.23%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.82%) Google
3 19 (3.81%) Adobe
4 17 (3.41%) HP
4 17 (3.41%) WooCommerce
5 16 (3.21%) Oracle
6 10 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.80%) Okta
7 9 (1.80%) Twitter
8 7 (1.40%) Databricks
9 6 (1.20%) Ahrefs
9 6 (1.20%) Optimizely
10 5 (1.00%) Screaming Frog
11 4 (0.80%) Facebook
11 4 (0.80%) Sitecore
12 3 (0.60%) Borland
12 3 (0.60%) Instagram
12 3 (0.60%) PayPal
12 3 (0.60%) YouTube
13 2 (0.40%) Ping Identity