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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 124 144
Rank change year-on-year +111 +20 +62
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 929 77 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 17.10% 1.87% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.02% 2.03% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 50
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,200 £31,125
25th Percentile £32,125 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,020 £48,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +14.71% -19.05%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £69,818 £71,125 £73,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,750
% change year-on-year -9.52% -0.47% -4.09%

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 4,419 3,797 3,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 81.32% 92.38% 86.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,317 1,692 3,260
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,005 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 23 January 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 23 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
Staffordshire +38 253 - - 2
Warwickshire +58 222 £33,750 -25.00% 1
Worcestershire +25 155 - - 1
Birmingham +41 48 £42,039 -23.57% 6
Shropshire - 46 £50,000 - 2
Wolverhampton -1 15 - - 3
Sutton Coldfield - 14 - -
Solihull - 10 £90,000 -
Coventry -1 9 - - 1
Brierley Hill - 9 - -
Halesowen - 9 - -
Stourbridge - 9 - -
Tipton - 9 - - 2
Walsall +15 8 - - 1
Wednesbury - 8 - -
Kingswinford - 8 - -
Bilston - 8 - -
Smethwick - 8 - -
Dudley - 8 - - 3
Rowley Regis - 7 - -
West Bromwich - 7 - -
Willenhall - 6 - -
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 (0.54%) CMS
2 4 (0.43%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.22%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 915 (98.49%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (0.32%) Figma
3 2 (0.22%) Azure
3 2 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.22%) Power Automate
3 2 (0.22%) Power Platform
3 2 (0.22%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 915 (98.49%) Internet
2 2 (0.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.22%) Power BI
2 1 (0.11%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 920 (99.03%) Social Skills
2 917 (98.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 915 (98.49%) Banking
4 3 (0.32%) Public Sector
5 2 (0.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 681 (73.30%) Lecturer
2 12 (1.29%) Developer
3 5 (0.54%) Lead
3 5 (0.54%) Lead Developer
4 4 (0.43%) Web Developer
5 2 (0.22%) Architect
5 2 (0.22%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (0.22%) Website Developer
6 1 (0.11%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (0.11%) Graduate
6 1 (0.11%) Graduate Developer
6 1 (0.11%) Graduate Web Developer
6 1 (0.11%) Systems Architect
6 1 (0.11%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.75%) CSS
1 7 (0.75%) HTML
2 2 (0.22%) .NET
2 2 (0.22%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (0.22%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (0.22%) SVG
3 1 (0.11%) Django
3 1 (0.11%) HTML5
3 1 (0.11%) Next.js
3 1 (0.11%) Node.js
3 1 (0.11%) React
3 1 (0.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 915 (98.49%) IoT
2 2 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (0.22%) W3C
3 1 (0.11%) CMDB
3 1 (0.11%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 918 (98.82%) User Experience
2 917 (98.71%) AI
3 915 (98.49%) Cybersecurity
3 915 (98.49%) Machine Learning
4 4 (0.43%) Content Management
5 3 (0.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (0.32%) Responsive Web Design
6 2 (0.22%) Case Management
6 2 (0.22%) Coaching
6 2 (0.22%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
6 2 (0.22%) Digital Transformation Strategy
6 2 (0.22%) Document Management
6 2 (0.22%) Front End Development
6 2 (0.22%) Intelligent Automation
6 2 (0.22%) Line Management
6 2 (0.22%) Mentoring
6 2 (0.22%) Mobile First
6 2 (0.22%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (0.22%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (0.22%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 6 (0.65%) JavaScript
2 3 (0.32%) C#
3 2 (0.22%) PHP
3 2 (0.22%) Python
3 2 (0.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 916 (98.60%) Degree
2 915 (98.49%) Master's Degree
2 915 (98.49%) PhD
2 915 (98.49%) Postgraduate
3 2 (0.22%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.54%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.22%) GDPR
2 2 (0.22%) WCAG
3 1 (0.11%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft