Web Developer Jobs

Web Developer
UK

The median Web Developer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 555 527
Rank change year-on-year +47 -28 -204
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 454 439 1,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.47% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.51% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 375 344 561
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,621 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +9.29% +14.38%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 102,423 85,496 164,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 91.22% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 72,429 55,387 85,689
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,564 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Web Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Web Developer in the UK

Web Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Web Developer.

Salary trend for Web Developer in the UK

Web Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Developer over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in the UK

Web Developer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 2024. 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
UK excluding London +13 397 £42,500 -5.56% 99
England +37 395 £42,500 -15.00% 95
Work from Home -16 162 £45,000 -14.29% 42
North of England +66 95 £40,000 -11.11% 24
Midlands +51 93 £42,500 -9.57% 18
South East -101 58 £40,000 -11.11% 20
West Midlands +42 55 £42,500 -20.93% 10
South West +10 55 £40,000 - 9
East of England +8 54 £40,000 - 12
North West +25 47 £45,000 - 11
Yorkshire +93 41 £38,750 -29.55% 11
London +10 38 £55,750 -14.89% 12
East Midlands +2 38 £42,500 +22.00% 8
Wales +27 21 £45,000 +20.00% 7
Scotland -67 12 - - 7
Northern Ireland +24 10 £45,000 - 2
North East -31 7 £35,000 -17.65% 2

Web Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 June 2024, Web Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Web Developer in the job title.

1 407 (89.65%) Web Development
2 285 (62.78%) JavaScript
3 240 (52.86%) HTML
4 236 (51.98%) CSS
5 181 (39.87%) PHP
6 135 (29.74%) .NET
7 107 (23.57%) MySQL
8 97 (21.37%) C#
8 97 (21.37%) Full Stack Development
9 89 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (19.60%) Marketing
10 88 (19.38%) Git
11 84 (18.50%) Social Skills
12 83 (18.28%) Laravel
13 80 (17.62%) SQL
14 79 (17.40%) CMS
15 75 (16.52%) Vue
16 74 (16.30%) React
16 74 (16.30%) jQuery
16 74 (16.30%) WordPress
17 72 (15.86%) MVC
17 72 (15.86%) AngularJS
18 71 (15.64%) E-Commerce
19 64 (14.10%) SQL Server
20 61 (13.44%) User Experience
21 58 (12.78%) Front End Development
22 54 (11.89%) Azure
23 53 (11.67%) Agile
23 53 (11.67%) ASP.NET
24 47 (10.35%) DevOps

Web Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 79 (17.40%) CMS
2 74 (16.30%) WordPress
3 20 (4.41%) Umbraco
4 18 (3.96%) Apache
5 13 (2.86%) IIS
6 11 (2.42%) Headless CMS
7 9 (1.98%) nginx
8 7 (1.54%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.88%) Drupal
10 3 (0.66%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.44%) Kentico
12 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.22%) EPiServer
Applications
1 11 (2.42%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.76%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.88%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.22%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 16 (3.52%) Shopify
2 15 (3.30%) Magento
3 4 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.66%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.44%) CiviCRM
5 2 (0.44%) OpenCart
5 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.22%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 54 (11.89%) Azure
2 44 (9.69%) AWS
3 25 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (1.54%) Figma
5 7 (1.54%) GitHub
5 7 (1.54%) SaaS
6 5 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (0.88%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.88%) npm
7 4 (0.88%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 3 (0.66%) GCP
8 3 (0.66%) Google Analytics
8 3 (0.66%) Sage Pay
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.44%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.42%) DNS
2 10 (2.20%) SSL
3 7 (1.54%) Firewall
4 5 (1.10%) Internet
5 4 (0.88%) MQTT
6 2 (0.44%) HTTP
6 2 (0.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (23.57%) MySQL
2 64 (14.10%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.86%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.76%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.10%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.88%) MS Access
6 4 (0.88%) Power BI
6 4 (0.88%) Redis
7 3 (0.66%) Big Data
7 3 (0.66%) Power Query
8 2 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.44%) phpMyAdmin
9 1 (0.22%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 88 (19.38%) Git
2 15 (3.30%) JIRA
3 12 (2.64%) Subversion
4 8 (1.76%) Selenium
5 7 (1.54%) gulp
5 7 (1.54%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.32%) JMeter
7 5 (1.10%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.88%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.88%) Storybook
8 4 (0.88%) webpack
9 3 (0.66%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.44%) git-flow
10 2 (0.44%) Mocha
10 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.22%) Moq
11 1 (0.22%) NUnit
11 1 (0.22%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.22%) PowerBuilder
11 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 89 (19.60%) Marketing
2 84 (18.50%) Social Skills
3 22 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (3.52%) Retail
5 14 (3.08%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.64%) Law
7 8 (1.76%) Finance
8 5 (1.10%) Games
8 5 (1.10%) iGaming
9 3 (0.66%) Back Office
9 3 (0.66%) Legal
9 3 (0.66%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.44%) Automotive
10 2 (0.44%) Banking
11 1 (0.22%) Billing
11 1 (0.22%) Electronics
11 1 (0.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.22%) Local Government
11 1 (0.22%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (52.86%) HTML
2 236 (51.98%) CSS
3 135 (29.74%) .NET
4 83 (18.28%) Laravel
5 75 (16.52%) Vue
6 74 (16.30%) jQuery
6 74 (16.30%) React
7 72 (15.86%) AngularJS
8 53 (11.67%) ASP.NET
9 46 (10.13%) .NET Core
10 40 (8.81%) LAMP
11 39 (8.59%) HTML5
12 37 (8.15%) Sass
13 35 (7.71%) Node.js
14 29 (6.39%) .NET Framework
15 26 (5.73%) REST
16 25 (5.51%) CSS3
17 24 (5.29%) ASP.NET MVC
18 21 (4.63%) Entity Framework
19 20 (4.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.52%) Mobile App
2 15 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (1.76%) Graphic Design
4 8 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.54%) Animation
5 7 (1.54%) Video Editing
6 6 (1.32%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.32%) Social Media
7 5 (1.10%) Digital Media
7 5 (1.10%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.10%) IoT
8 4 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.88%) Life Science
9 3 (0.66%) Arduino
9 3 (0.66%) BBC
9 3 (0.66%) Distributed Applications
9 3 (0.66%) Industry 4.0
9 3 (0.66%) Photography
9 3 (0.66%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.37%) Linux
2 16 (3.52%) Windows
3 4 (0.88%) Android
3 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.88%) VMS
4 3 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (89.65%) Web Development
2 97 (21.37%) Full Stack Development
3 89 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (15.86%) MVC
5 71 (15.64%) E-Commerce
6 61 (13.44%) User Experience
7 58 (12.78%) Front End Development
8 53 (11.67%) Agile
9 47 (10.35%) DevOps
10 41 (9.03%) OOP
11 32 (7.05%) SEO
12 29 (6.39%) Computer Science
13 28 (6.17%) Collaborative Working
14 27 (5.95%) Content Management
14 27 (5.95%) CRM
14 27 (5.95%) OO
14 27 (5.95%) Performance Optimisation
15 23 (5.07%) Project Management
15 23 (5.07%) Software Engineering
15 23 (5.07%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 285 (62.78%) JavaScript
2 181 (39.87%) PHP
3 97 (21.37%) C#
4 80 (17.62%) SQL
5 30 (6.61%) TypeScript
6 21 (4.63%) T-SQL
7 15 (3.30%) Python
8 12 (2.64%) VB.NET
9 9 (1.98%) Java
10 7 (1.54%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.88%) VBA
12 2 (0.44%) VB
12 2 (0.44%) XPath
13 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.22%) C
13 1 (0.22%) Delphi
13 1 (0.22%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (8.59%) Degree
2 19 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.44%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.29%) Accessibility
2 20 (4.41%) QA
3 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 30 (6.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.32%) Rancher
3 4 (0.88%) cPanel
3 4 (0.88%) Terraform
4 3 (0.66%) Plesk
Vendors
1 37 (8.15%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.29%) Adobe
3 15 (3.30%) Google
4 12 (2.64%) WooCommerce
5 4 (0.88%) SAP
5 4 (0.88%) Sitecore
6 3 (0.66%) Hotjar
6 3 (0.66%) HubSpot
6 3 (0.66%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.22%) Salesforce