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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 110 162
Rank change year-on-year -38 +52 +5
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 17 118 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.50% 2.19% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 2.67% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16 44 21
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.58% -28.18% +3.77%
75th Percentile £58,750 £49,063 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,281 £55,875 £68,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -

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 2,891 4,419 3,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.63% 82.15% 93.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,817 2,054 2,537
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,929
90th Percentile £80,500 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 November 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 4 November 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 -2 9 £56,250 +12.50% 15
Warwickshire +20 3 £35,000 -6.67% 2
Worcestershire +2 1 £40,000 +33.33% 1
Wolverhampton -4 1 £34,000 - 8
Shropshire -5 1 £47,500 +11.76% 3
Solihull - 1 £90,000 - 1
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 4 (23.53%) CMS
2 3 (17.65%) Umbraco
2 3 (17.65%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Figma
3 2 (11.76%) AWS
3 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
3 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Functions
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) GitHub
4 1 (5.88%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (17.65%) Relational Database
3 2 (11.76%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Git
2 2 (11.76%) Moq
2 2 (11.76%) MSTest
2 2 (11.76%) NSubstitute
2 2 (11.76%) NUnit
3 1 (5.88%) webpack
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 4 (23.53%) Web Developer
3 3 (17.65%) iOS Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Lead
3 3 (17.65%) Lead Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Lead iOS Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Lead Mobile Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Mobile Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Integration Specialist
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Graduate Web Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Website Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (52.94%) CSS
1 9 (52.94%) HTML
2 6 (35.29%) AngularJS
3 4 (23.53%) RESTful
4 3 (17.65%) .NET
4 3 (17.65%) Core Animation
4 3 (17.65%) Core Data
4 3 (17.65%) Entity Framework
4 3 (17.65%) SVG
4 3 (17.65%) UIKit
5 2 (11.76%) .NET Framework
5 2 (11.76%) HTML5
5 2 (11.76%) Node.js
5 2 (11.76%) React
5 2 (11.76%) Vue
5 2 (11.76%) Web Services
5 2 (11.76%) YAML
6 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (5.88%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Animation
1 3 (17.65%) Cloud Native
1 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (17.65%) W3C
2 1 (5.88%) CMDB
2 1 (5.88%) Digital Media
2 1 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Android
1 3 (17.65%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Design Patterns
1 5 (29.41%) Front End Development
2 4 (23.53%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) Responsive Web Design
3 3 (17.65%) Android Development
3 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
3 3 (17.65%) Content Management
3 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (17.65%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
3 3 (17.65%) iOS Development
3 3 (17.65%) Mobile Development
3 3 (17.65%) Mobile First
3 3 (17.65%) MVC
3 3 (17.65%) Push Notifications
3 3 (17.65%) Software Architecture
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (17.65%) User Stories
3 3 (17.65%) Wireframes
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) JavaScript
2 7 (41.18%) C#
3 4 (23.53%) PHP
4 3 (17.65%) SQL
4 3 (17.65%) Swift
5 2 (11.76%) Python
5 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
2 3 (17.65%) GDPR
3 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Google