Web Development Job Trends in the West Midlands

Web Development
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Web Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 155 111
Rank change year-on-year -25 -44 +58
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 22 20 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.25% 0.60% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.71% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 22 18 56
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,063 £37,500 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.09% -17.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,563 £54,063
90th Percentile £72,325 £59,875 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,982 2,816 4,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.32% 84.41% 78.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,478 1,772 2,759
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,500 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,500 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Web Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Web Development job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Web Development
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Web Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Web Development

Web Development
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Development in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Development in the West Midlands

Web Development
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Development within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Shropshire -18 7 £40,000 -15.79% 1
Birmingham -42 4 £43,000 -25.22% 7
Worcestershire -22 3 £52,500 +31.25% 1
Wolverhampton -13 2 £32,500 -4.41% 2
Warwickshire -16 2 £71,000 +89.33% 5
Staffordshire - 2 £40,000 -
Dudley - 1 £30,000 -
Walsall - 1 £59,000 -
Web Development
England

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 5 (22.73%) WordPress
2 3 (13.64%) CMS
3 2 (9.09%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) AWS
2 4 (18.18%) GitHub
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Internet
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Git
2 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (18.18%) Multimedia
2 3 (13.64%) Games
2 3 (13.64%) Law
3 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Electronics
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Developer
2 6 (27.27%) Full-Stack Developer
2 6 (27.27%) Full-Stack Web Developer
2 6 (27.27%) Web Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Administrator
3 4 (18.18%) Trainee
3 4 (18.18%) Trainee Administrator
3 4 (18.18%) Web Administrator
4 3 (13.64%) Lead
4 3 (13.64%) Lead Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Development Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Java Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Platform Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Software Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Web Development Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Web Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Marketing Executive
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) .NET
1 4 (18.18%) .NET Framework
1 4 (18.18%) CSS
1 4 (18.18%) HTML
2 3 (13.64%) Avalonia
2 3 (13.64%) OpenCV
2 3 (13.64%) WPF
3 2 (9.09%) Swing
4 1 (4.55%) OLE
4 1 (4.55%) Terraform
4 1 (4.55%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Photography
2 1 (4.55%) Blog
2 1 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.55%) EPoS
2 1 (4.55%) IoT
2 1 (4.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Engineering
2 3 (13.64%) Computer Vision
2 3 (13.64%) Image Processing
2 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (13.64%) Video Processing
3 2 (9.09%) Content Management
3 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (9.09%) Software Engineering
3 2 (9.09%) Supplier Management
4 1 (4.55%) Analytics
4 1 (4.55%) Copywriting
4 1 (4.55%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (4.55%) Data Analytics
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (4.55%) Machine Learning
4 1 (4.55%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
2 4 (18.18%) C#
2 4 (18.18%) Python
2 4 (18.18%) R
3 3 (13.64%) C++
4 2 (9.09%) Java
5 1 (4.55%) C
5 1 (4.55%) Delphi
5 1 (4.55%) PHP
5 1 (4.55%) VB
5 1 (4.55%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) AWS Certification
1 4 (18.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 4 (18.18%) Azure Certification
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.55%) PhD
2 1 (4.55%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft