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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 97 163
Rank change year-on-year -51 +66 -17
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 20 127 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.63% 2.26% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 2.76% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 18 52 20
10th Percentile £32,125 £30,000 £37,025
25th Percentile £34,688 £32,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -27.27% +2.80%
75th Percentile £58,438 £50,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £69,868 £61,875 £70,125
England median annual salary £51,250 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% -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 2,784 4,602 3,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 87.08% 81.76% 93.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,717 2,167 2,623
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,610
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +1.33%

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 15 October 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 October 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 +6 9 £57,500 +15.00% 10
Warwickshire +23 3 £35,000 -6.67% 2
Willenhall - 2 £45,000 -
Worcestershire +6 1 £40,000 +33.33%
Shropshire -1 1 £47,500 +11.76% 3
Wolverhampton -2 1 £34,000 - 6
Halesowen - 1 £37,500 -
Solihull - 1 £90,000 -
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 6 (30.00%) CMS
2 3 (15.00%) Umbraco
3 2 (10.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Figma
3 2 (10.00%) AWS
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%) Azure Functions
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) GitHub
4 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
4 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (10.00%) MySQL
4 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 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Marketing
3 3 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
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
4 2 (10.00%) Architect
4 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Integration Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Web Manager
5 1 (5.00%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Graduate Web Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Python Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (55.00%) HTML
2 10 (50.00%) CSS
3 6 (30.00%) AngularJS
4 4 (20.00%) RESTful
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%) React
5 3 (15.00%) SVG
5 3 (15.00%) UIKit
6 2 (10.00%) .NET Framework
6 2 (10.00%) Node.js
6 2 (10.00%) Vue
6 2 (10.00%) Web Services
6 2 (10.00%) YAML
7 1 (5.00%) Django
7 1 (5.00%) jQuery
7 1 (5.00%) REST
7 1 (5.00%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Animation
1 3 (15.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (15.00%) W3C
2 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.00%) CMDB
2 1 (5.00%) Digital Media
2 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
2 4 (20.00%) Agile
2 4 (20.00%) Logistics
2 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 4 (20.00%) SEO
3 3 (15.00%) Android Development
3 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (15.00%) Content Management
3 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (15.00%) iOS Development
3 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (15.00%) Mobile Development
3 3 (15.00%) MVC
3 3 (15.00%) Project Management
3 3 (15.00%) Software Architecture
3 3 (15.00%) User Experience
3 3 (15.00%) User Stories
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%) Python
4 3 (15.00%) Swift
5 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (15.00%) GDPR
3 2 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) Ahrefs
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle