What's the average salary for a web developer?

Based on what some of my friends and colleagues have earned, somewhere between 25k and 30k.

http://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Web_Developer/Salary Is a small breakdown for UK, saying average is £24,465. That's presumably if you're working full-time for a company, not freelance.

I think London salaries tend to be different from the rest of the UK though.

Thank you all for the replies, I really appreciate them :)

I'm 18 years old and I'm thinking of applying for jobs next year. I have the choice to either go to university and get a degree in web technologies or start looking for a job. Do you think a degree is required in this industry?

Experience I think is the main thing, but a degree is extremely useful. From personal experience, I've got one higher (a-level I think it equates to), and managed to get a back-office job for a bank. When I was made redundant, it took me nearly a year to get another job, as there were so many I could do, but employers wanted someone with at least an HNC. The job I did get, I was very good at and liked by my team, but was taken from me by a graduate and I was shifted over to one side. Said graduate had no working experience whatsoever, and got sacked after 4 months as it turned out she had managed to completely wreck the work she was supposed to have done...She was also getting more money than I was, for less work...

Consider your options. At university, you're getting access not only to technologies that are up-to-date (very important. A friend's IT degree was useless as his uni didn't keep the curriculum in place with the tech). You are also getting the opportunity to network with people, something that is extremely valuable.

Personally, I would say go for it, and do your own portfolio work on the side.