Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Jobs in London

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
England > London

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) salary in London is £87,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 469 484 449
Rank change year-on-year +15 -35 -109
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 40 145 526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.41% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.43% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 28 76 167
10th Percentile £77,500 £64,375 £63,750
25th Percentile £84,375 £72,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £96,250 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +24.19% +13.97%
75th Percentile £102,500 £116,250 £95,625
90th Percentile £116,725 £151,250 £103,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,176 33,447 64,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.02% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,669 24,574 34,911
10th Percentile £38,084 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in London

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in London.

Salary trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in London

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in London

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) within the London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Central London +43 2 - - 1
West London - 1 £85,000 -
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
England

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 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 across the London region featuring Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 39 (97.50%) React
2 38 (95.00%) TypeScript
3 31 (77.50%) Software Engineering
4 27 (67.50%) Node.js
5 25 (62.50%) Agile
6 24 (60.00%) User Experience
6 24 (60.00%) Front End Development
7 22 (55.00%) Finance
8 17 (42.50%) JavaScript
8 17 (42.50%) GCP
9 16 (40.00%) Redux
9 16 (40.00%) AWS
10 15 (37.50%) Fintech
11 13 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (27.50%) Full Stack Development
12 11 (27.50%) GraphQL
12 11 (27.50%) REST
13 10 (25.00%) Investment Management
13 10 (25.00%) Protocol Buffers
13 10 (25.00%) Apache
13 10 (25.00%) Python
13 10 (25.00%) Front Office
13 10 (25.00%) Fixed Income
13 10 (25.00%) Asset Management
13 10 (25.00%) Performance Attribution
13 10 (25.00%) Apache Ignite
13 10 (25.00%) gRPC
13 10 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
14 9 (22.50%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (22.50%) HTML

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (25.00%) Apache
1 10 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 17 (42.50%) GCP
2 16 (40.00%) AWS
3 7 (17.50%) SaaS
4 3 (7.50%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (7.50%) Serverless
5 2 (5.00%) Figma
5 2 (5.00%) Firebase
6 1 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.50%) Datadog
6 1 (2.50%) GitHub
6 1 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.00%) Apache Ignite
2 3 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (5.00%) MySQL
3 2 (5.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) webpack
2 5 (12.50%) GitLab
3 3 (7.50%) Storybook
4 2 (5.00%) Crashlytics
4 2 (5.00%) Vite
5 1 (2.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 22 (55.00%) Finance
2 10 (25.00%) Front Office
3 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (17.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (17.50%) Law
5 4 (10.00%) Legal
6 3 (7.50%) Marketing
7 1 (2.50%) Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Retail
7 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (97.50%) React
2 27 (67.50%) Node.js
3 16 (40.00%) Redux
4 11 (27.50%) GraphQL
4 11 (27.50%) REST
5 10 (25.00%) gRPC
5 10 (25.00%) Protocol Buffers
6 9 (22.50%) CSS
6 9 (22.50%) HTML
7 8 (20.00%) React Native
8 6 (15.00%) Jest
8 6 (15.00%) Next.js
9 4 (10.00%) Playwright
10 3 (7.50%) Apollo GraphQL
10 3 (7.50%) Celery
10 3 (7.50%) Django
11 2 (5.00%) Ruby on Rails
11 2 (5.00%) Tailwind CSS
12 1 (2.50%) Nuxt
12 1 (2.50%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) Fixed Income
2 9 (22.50%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.50%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.50%) Virtual Team
5 2 (5.00%) Cloud Native
5 2 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Android
1 2 (5.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (77.50%) Software Engineering
2 25 (62.50%) Agile
3 24 (60.00%) Front End Development
3 24 (60.00%) User Experience
4 15 (37.50%) Fintech
5 13 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (27.50%) Full Stack Development
7 10 (25.00%) Asset Management
7 10 (25.00%) Investment Management
7 10 (25.00%) Performance Attribution
8 7 (17.50%) Architectural Patterns
8 7 (17.50%) Performance Metrics
8 7 (17.50%) Process Improvement
8 7 (17.50%) Web Application Development
9 5 (12.50%) B2B
9 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
9 5 (12.50%) Code Quality
9 5 (12.50%) Test Automation
10 4 (10.00%) A/B Testing
10 4 (10.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (95.00%) TypeScript
2 17 (42.50%) JavaScript
3 10 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (5.00%) Kotlin
4 2 (5.00%) Ruby
4 2 (5.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 3 (7.50%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.50%) Degree
2 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) Accessibility
1 7 (17.50%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Consul
1 3 (7.50%) Packer
1 3 (7.50%) Terraform
2 2 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.50%) Grafana
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Google
2 2 (5.00%) Amplitude
3 1 (2.50%) Spotify