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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 111 172
Rank change year-on-year -36 +61 -44
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 20 114 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.61% 1.90% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 2.40% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 18 51 24
10th Percentile £32,125 £30,000 £35,813
25th Percentile £34,688 £32,250 £39,984
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £53,850
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -25.72% +2.57%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,000 £48,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -12.73% -

All Process and 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 2,791 4,746 3,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.61% 79.18% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,767 2,531 2,786
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,822 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £67,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,004
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.34%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Web Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Web Development 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 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
Birmingham +11 8 £56,250 +15.38% 12
Warwickshire +14 4 £37,500 +1.35% 6
Willenhall - 3 £45,000 - 1
Wolverhampton +5 1 £34,000 - 7
Worcestershire +4 1 £40,000 +33.33% 2
Shropshire +3 1 £47,500 +11.76% 8
Halesowen - 1 £37,500 -
Web Development
England

Web Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (40.00%) CMS
2 4 (20.00%) Umbraco
3 2 (10.00%) WordPress
4 1 (5.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (5.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Figma
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
3 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) GitHub
4 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
4 1 (5.00%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) MySQL
2 2 (10.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Git
2 2 (10.00%) Moq
2 2 (10.00%) MSTest
2 2 (10.00%) NSubstitute
2 2 (10.00%) NUnit
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Marketing
3 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Retail
5 2 (10.00%) Finance
6 1 (5.00%) Banking
6 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce Manager
3 3 (15.00%) iOS Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Lead
3 3 (15.00%) Lead Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Lead iOS Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Lead Mobile Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Mobile Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Web Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Web Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Integration Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Graduate Web Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Python Developer
5 1 (5.00%) SEO Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Umbraco Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (60.00%) HTML
2 11 (55.00%) CSS
3 6 (30.00%) AngularJS
4 4 (20.00%) RESTful
4 4 (20.00%) SVG
5 3 (15.00%) .NET
5 3 (15.00%) Core Animation
5 3 (15.00%) Core Data
5 3 (15.00%) Entity Framework
5 3 (15.00%) UIKit
6 2 (10.00%) .NET Framework
6 2 (10.00%) Bootstrap
6 2 (10.00%) React
6 2 (10.00%) Vue
6 2 (10.00%) YAML
7 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (5.00%) HTML5
7 1 (5.00%) jQuery
7 1 (5.00%) Node.js
7 1 (5.00%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (20.00%) W3C
2 3 (15.00%) Animation
2 3 (15.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (5.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Android
1 3 (15.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (25.00%) Design Patterns
1 5 (25.00%) Front End Development
1 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 5 (25.00%) SEO
2 4 (20.00%) Content Management
2 4 (20.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
2 4 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (20.00%) Logistics
2 4 (20.00%) Mobile First
2 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 4 (20.00%) User Experience
3 3 (15.00%) B2B
3 3 (15.00%) B2C
3 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (15.00%) MVC
3 3 (15.00%) Pay per click
3 3 (15.00%) Project Management
3 3 (15.00%) Search Engine Marketing
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (35.00%) C#
3 4 (20.00%) SQL
4 3 (15.00%) PHP
4 3 (15.00%) Swift
5 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (20.00%) GDPR
3 3 (15.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) Adobe
3 1 (5.00%) Ahrefs
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle