The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Front-End Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Developer
Rank 124 159 213
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +54
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 972 880 648
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 2.223% 1.641% 1.117%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.379% 1.746% 1.194%
Number of salaries quoted 897 831 616
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40860 50394 54260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.96% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34360 43737 45781
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Front-End Developer
England

Front-End Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Front-End Developer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Front-End Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Front-End Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Front-End Developer across the London region.

London Front-End Developer Salary Trend

Front-End Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Front-End Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Front-End Developer Salary Histogram

Front-End Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London -16 158 £45,000 +7.14%
Kingston Upon Thames +9 11 £37,500 -2.59%
Surbiton +9 7 £35,000 -17.64%
Twickenham +8 7 £39,250 +20.76%
Docklands, London - 6 £55,000 -
Chessington +3 4 £51,000 +45.71%
Croydon +8 3 £31,000 -17.33%
Uxbridge - 3 £25,000 -
Hammersmith - 3 £45,000 -
Wimbledon -5 2 £35,500 +61.36%
Bromley - 1 £23,000 -
Canary Wharf - 1 £75,000 -
Paddington - 1 £40,000 -
Edgware - 1 £36,500 -
Hounslow - 1 £50,000 -
Front-End Developer
England

Front-End Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Front-End Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Front-End Developer in their job title.

1 1691 (92.81%) CSS
2 1599 (87.76%) JavaScript
3 1360 (74.64%) HTML5
4 1274 (69.92%) jQuery
5 1140 (62.57%) HTML
6 1067 (58.56%) CSS3
7 570 (31.28%) Ajax
8 402 (22.06%) PHP
9 389 (21.35%) OO
10 387 (21.24%) E-Commerce
11 372 (20.42%) XHTML
12 357 (19.59%) Web Development
13 345 (18.94%) Agile Software Development
14 303 (16.63%) .NET
15 298 (16.36%) XML
16 292 (16.03%) JSON
17 274 (15.04%) Photoshop
18 256 (14.05%) Java
19 255 (14.00%) MVC
20 250 (13.72%) Git (software)
21 196 (10.76%) CMS
22 194 (10.65%) Subversion
23 183 (10.04%) C#
24 180 (9.879%) ASP.NET
25 179 (9.824%) MySQL
25 179 (9.824%) TDD
26 171 (9.385%) Scrum
27 156 (8.562%) Sass
28 154 (8.452%) Finance
28 154 (8.452%) SEO

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Front-End Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Front-End Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1691 (92.81%) CSS
2 1360 (74.64%) HTML5
3 1274 (69.92%) jQuery
4 1140 (62.57%) HTML
5 1067 (58.56%) CSS3
6 570 (31.28%) Ajax
7 372 (20.42%) XHTML
8 303 (16.63%) .NET
9 298 (16.36%) XML
10 292 (16.03%) JSON
11 180 (9.879%) ASP.NET
12 156 (8.562%) Sass
13 139 (7.629%) Flash
13 139 (7.629%) Backbone.js
14 131 (7.190%) Node.js
15 113 (6.202%) Web Services
16 101 (5.543%) DOM
17 90 (4.940%) ASP.NET MVC
18 87 (4.775%) Spring
19 71 (3.897%) LESS
Application Platforms
1 196 (10.76%) CMS
2 143 (7.849%) WordPress
3 53 (2.909%) Drupal
4 48 (2.634%) Magento
5 42 (2.305%) Apache
6 32 (1.756%) Tomcat
7 28 (1.537%) Umbraco
8 18 (0.988%) Amazon AWS
9 14 (0.768%) Joomla!
10 10 (0.549%) Sitecore CMS
10 10 (0.549%) SharePoint Server
10 10 (0.549%) SharePoint
11 7 (0.384%) IIS
12 6 (0.329%) ColdFusion
13 5 (0.274%) Facebook Platform
13 5 (0.274%) TeamSite
13 5 (0.274%) EPiServer CMS
14 4 (0.220%) Confluence
14 4 (0.220%) Amazon SQS
14 4 (0.220%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 274 (15.04%) Photoshop
2 84 (4.610%) Adobe Illustrator
3 24 (1.317%) Fireworks
4 23 (1.262%) MS Excel
5 6 (0.329%) InDesign
6 5 (0.274%) MS Office
7 4 (0.220%) MS Project
7 4 (0.220%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.165%) Google Apps
9 1 (0.055%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.055%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 20 (1.098%) WebTrends
2 13 (0.714%) Google Analytics
3 2 (0.110%) Apache OFBiz
4 1 (0.055%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.055%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 99 (5.434%) Internet
2 71 (3.897%) HTTP
3 7 (0.384%) Intranet
4 6 (0.329%) FTP
4 6 (0.329%) SSH
5 5 (0.274%) SMTP
5 5 (0.274%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.220%) SSL
6 4 (0.220%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.165%) GSM
8 2 (0.110%) AMQP
9 1 (0.055%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (9.824%) MySQL
2 34 (1.866%) SQL Server
3 11 (0.604%) MongoDB
4 9 (0.494%) Big Data
4 9 (0.494%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.384%) DB2
6 6 (0.329%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.329%) Hadoop
6 6 (0.329%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.274%) Redis
7 5 (0.274%) QlikView
7 5 (0.274%) CouchDB
8 4 (0.220%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (0.220%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.165%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (0.110%) Pentaho
10 2 (0.110%) Oracle BI EE
10 2 (0.110%) JasperReports
10 2 (0.110%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.110%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 250 (13.72%) Git (software)
2 194 (10.65%) Subversion
3 89 (4.885%) Maven
4 83 (4.555%) Ant
5 52 (2.854%) Visual Studio
6 34 (1.866%) Dreamweaver
7 32 (1.756%) Jasmine
8 31 (1.701%) GitHub
9 30 (1.647%) PhoneGap
10 26 (1.427%) JUnit
11 23 (1.262%) Eclipse
12 22 (1.207%) QUnit
13 20 (1.098%) Mercurial
14 17 (0.933%) JIRA
14 17 (0.933%) Selenium
14 17 (0.933%) Team Foundation Server
14 17 (0.933%) Jenkins
15 9 (0.494%) Xcode
16 7 (0.384%) TortoiseSVN
17 6 (0.329%) Aptana Studio
General
1 154 (8.452%) Finance
2 140 (7.684%) Games
3 126 (6.915%) Marketing
4 93 (5.104%) Retail
5 83 (4.555%) Banking
6 59 (3.238%) Publishing
7 53 (2.909%) Investment Banking
8 50 (2.744%) Music
9 32 (1.756%) Advertising
10 26 (1.427%) Legal
11 19 (1.043%) Multimedia
12 17 (0.933%) Financial Institution
13 12 (0.659%) Law
14 11 (0.604%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.274%) Back Office
15 5 (0.274%) Billing
16 4 (0.220%) Interactive Media
16 4 (0.220%) Music Industry
16 4 (0.220%) Pharmaceutical
17 2 (0.110%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 104 (5.708%) Mobile App
2 100 (5.488%) Open Source
3 84 (4.610%) Digital Media
4 72 (3.952%) Social Media
5 67 (3.677%) W3C
6 59 (3.238%) Social Network
7 56 (3.074%) iPad
8 47 (2.580%) Computer Science
9 38 (2.086%) Online Games
10 37 (2.031%) Blog
11 35 (1.921%) iPhone
12 26 (1.427%) Social Gaming
13 24 (1.317%) Graphic Design
14 23 (1.262%) New Media
15 22 (1.207%) RIA
16 21 (1.153%) Heroku
17 20 (1.098%) Visualisation
17 20 (1.098%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 18 (0.988%) Semantic Web
19 15 (0.823%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 131 (7.190%) Apple iOS
2 100 (5.488%) Android
3 65 (3.568%) Linux
4 47 (2.580%) UNIX
5 22 (1.207%) Windows
6 3 (0.165%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.110%) Windows Phone 7
7 2 (0.110%) webOS
7 2 (0.110%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (0.110%) Windows 8
7 2 (0.110%) Windows Phone
8 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (21.35%) OO
2 387 (21.24%) E-Commerce
3 357 (19.59%) Web Development
4 345 (18.94%) Agile Software Development
5 255 (14.00%) MVC
6 179 (9.824%) TDD
7 171 (9.385%) Scrum
8 154 (8.452%) SEO
9 116 (6.367%) Unit Testing
10 84 (4.610%) Web Design
11 71 (3.897%) BDD
12 58 (3.183%) Software Engineering
12 58 (3.183%) Graceful Degradation
13 57 (3.128%) Kanban
14 56 (3.074%) OOP
15 53 (2.909%) Continuous Integration
16 51 (2.799%) Progressive Enhancement
17 50 (2.744%) Content Management
18 48 (2.634%) Web Accessibility
19 42 (2.305%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1599 (87.76%) JavaScript
2 402 (22.06%) PHP
3 256 (14.05%) Java
4 183 (10.04%) C#
5 122 (6.696%) Ruby
6 86 (4.720%) SQL
7 75 (4.116%) ActionScript
8 44 (2.415%) ActionScript 3.0
9 26 (1.427%) Python
10 25 (1.372%) PL/SQL
11 16 (0.878%) ActionScript 2.0
11 16 (0.878%) Objective-C
12 9 (0.494%) Perl
12 9 (0.494%) Scala
13 8 (0.439%) Bash shell
13 8 (0.439%) Groovy
13 8 (0.439%) PHP5
14 6 (0.329%) C++
15 5 (0.274%) C
15 5 (0.274%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 127 (6.970%) Degree
2 1 (0.055%) PMI Certification
2 1 (0.055%) PhD
2 1 (0.055%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.055%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (1.701%) QA
2 25 (1.372%) WAI
3 13 (0.714%) WCAG
4 2 (0.110%) Section 508
Systems Management
1 1 (0.055%) Plesk
Vendors
1 121 (6.641%) Facebook
2 103 (5.653%) Adobe
3 96 (5.269%) Twitter
4 70 (3.842%) Google
5 43 (2.360%) Microsoft
6 37 (2.031%) Sencha
7 29 (1.592%) Oracle
8 27 (1.482%) Zend
9 21 (1.153%) EPiServer
10 17 (0.933%) hybris
11 13 (0.714%) ATG
11 13 (0.714%) Sitecore
12 11 (0.604%) JBoss
12 11 (0.604%) IBM
13 9 (0.494%) Sony
14 6 (0.329%) Nokia
15 5 (0.274%) Telerik
15 5 (0.274%) Apple
15 5 (0.274%) Ektron
16 4 (0.220%) Sybase
City of London
Essential experience: *Excellent html4/5, css2/3 *Strong JavaScript *Experience in producing wire-frames, designs and mock ups *Experience in common web technologies *Experience in mobile technologies is...
Mint
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits and Bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013
Hammersmith and Fulham, London
Frontend Developer - Hammersmith - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQueryFrontend Developer - Hammersmith - £30k - £42k - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL My client is a successful organisation that specialises in providing a global...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Key Skills: Proven frontend development JavaScript jQuery HTML CSS Whilst not essential, the ideal Front End Web Developer will have UI and/or design skills. The ability to...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
North West London
A fascinating opportunity has raisen for a London-based Junior Front-End Developer well-versed in all aspects of HTML, CSS, Javascript and JQuery, with at least 2...
Nuepc
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
You will join a talented team working on market leading products and solutions.Technically you will have excellent experience of Front End Development using Object Orientated (OO) JavaScript...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
Experienced and passionate Front End Developer wanted to join London's leading e-commerce company in London, building a world beating store and its applications... This will see...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £50000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Skills/Experience required: **2-4 Years commercial experience **Good knowledge of CSS **Hand coding HTML and XHTML **Use of javascript and jquery **SEO-Friendly **WC3 Coding techniques **Understanding...
Gregory James
Salary: £20000 to £29000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Urgent Requirement *** Front End Javascript Developer Prism Digital are looking for a Front End Javascript Developer to join a leading social ad start-up company... Have a portfolio...
Prism Digital
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Gym + Life Assurance + Other
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Urgent Requirement *** Front End Javascript Developer Prism Digital are looking for an expert Front End Javascript Developer to join a leading social ad start-up company... Experience with...
Prism Digital
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Gym + Life Assurance + Other
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
HTML / CSS / JAVASCRIPT / JQUERY / FRONT END / UI DEVELOPER / PYTHON / DJANGO LONDON £50,000 TO £55,000 I am currently with a leading online company who are looking for...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Central London / West End
A great opportunity for Web Developer to join a highly-successful and fast growing agency. This role will suit a self motivated individual who wants to make a...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 to 35,000
Posted: 22 May 2013
South East London
This is an exciting opportunity for a Front End JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP Web Developer to join a thriving, outgoing team of developers who are passionate about the...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The role will consist of working on highly technical and industry leading application development which means the successful Frontend Web Developer (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) will have to have...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
Role Responsibilities *Extensive work with JavaScript and CSS layer... *Produce high quality HTML... *Excellent knowledge of HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. *Expert knowledge of JQuery... *An understanding of PHP.
Stott & May
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Front-end Developer, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Ruby, Dotcom *AMAZING START-UP OPPORTUNITY WITH EQUITY ON OFFER!* Front-end Developer is urgently needed by a London based VC...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £15000 - £20000 per annum + EQUITY & FREE KINDLE
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
They require a flexible, motivated individual, who combines attention to detail, technical excellence and a flair for design.You must be able to:- Code using HTML, CSS and...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
As a successful international company a small amount of travel will be expected The successful Front End Developer ( HTML / CSS / JavaScript ) will be in an ideal situation for...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £35000.00 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
As a successful international company a small amount of travel will be expected The successful Front End Developer ( HTML / CSS / JavaScript ) will be in an ideal situation for...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £50000.00 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Central London / West End
Reporting to the Head of Development, you will be responsible for developing the product website using JavaScript (JQuery), HTML5 and CSS3... Understanding of Agile methodologies and development with ...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 to 55,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Key Skills: Front End developer / HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript / JQuery... Essential: 1st Class / 2:1 Degree from a top 20 university CSS3 HTML5 JQuery Google Analytics Advanced knowledge of...
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum - + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Central London / West End
They are looking for a Front End Developer with strong exposure to Flash and JavaScript... It is essential that you have strong understanding of Flash ActionScript 1.0,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
East London
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Front End Developer with experience with HTML, CSS and User Interface development to work with the latest cutting edge technologies...
Experis IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
HTML, CSS, Javascript, Front End Developer Do you enjoy making websites usable?... Established and successful E-Commerce company is looking for an additional Front End Developer to join...
e-Recruiter
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits + Shares + Holidays
Posted: 21 May 2013
Uxbridge, South East
HMTL , CSS, Front end Developer Excellent opportunity for a Front End Developer for an agency that is a market leader in its niche. The successful Front End Developer...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
Keywords: Frontend Developer, xhtml, html, css, css3, javascript, JQuery, canvas, JSON, XML A world leader in Mobile Advertising is seeking a strong Front End web developer to join...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013