The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 22 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Developer
Rank 124 164 152
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 57 13 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.388% 0.353% 0.437%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.452% 0.366% 0.456%
Number of salaries quoted 47 12 17
Average salary £29,000 £28,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.57% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,600 £22,850 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £37,250 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3925 3555 3731
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.59% 96.45% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3408 3171 3415
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £56,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Front-End Developer
North West

Front-End Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 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
Stockport - 12 £29,000 -
Salford - 2 £30,000 -
Sale - 1 £22,500 -
Front-End Developer
North West

Front-End Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 83 (91.21%) CSS
2 76 (83.52%) HTML
3 75 (82.42%) JavaScript
4 41 (45.05%) jQuery
5 36 (39.56%) XHTML
6 30 (32.97%) HTML5
7 28 (30.77%) E-Commerce
8 27 (29.67%) CSS3
9 26 (28.57%) Web Development
10 23 (25.27%) PHP
11 21 (23.08%) Ajax
12 18 (19.78%) .NET
13 17 (18.68%) ASP.NET
14 14 (15.38%) Java
15 13 (14.29%) Adobe
15 13 (14.29%) Spring
16 12 (13.19%) Linux
16 12 (13.19%) WordPress
17 11 (12.09%) Git (software)
17 11 (12.09%) Marketing
17 11 (12.09%) Struts
17 11 (12.09%) Games
17 11 (12.09%) Web Design
18 10 (10.99%) Photoshop
18 10 (10.99%) MySQL
18 10 (10.99%) Music
18 10 (10.99%) Degree
19 9 (9.890%) Magento
19 9 (9.890%) SEO
20 8 (8.791%) W3C

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 83 (91.21%) CSS
2 76 (83.52%) HTML
3 41 (45.05%) jQuery
4 36 (39.56%) XHTML
5 30 (32.97%) HTML5
6 27 (29.67%) CSS3
7 21 (23.08%) Ajax
8 18 (19.78%) .NET
9 17 (18.68%) ASP.NET
10 13 (14.29%) Spring
11 11 (12.09%) Struts
12 7 (7.692%) Hibernate
12 7 (7.692%) XML
13 6 (6.593%) DOM
14 5 (5.495%) JDBC
14 5 (5.495%) Semantic HTML
14 5 (5.495%) Sass
14 5 (5.495%) LESS
14 5 (5.495%) .NET Framework
15 4 (4.396%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 12 (13.19%) WordPress
2 9 (9.890%) Magento
3 7 (7.692%) CMS
4 3 (3.297%) Joomla!
5 1 (1.099%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (10.99%) Photoshop
2 6 (6.593%) MS Excel
3 4 (4.396%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.692%) Internet
2 2 (2.198%) HTTP
3 1 (1.099%) Intranet
3 1 (1.099%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.99%) MySQL
2 2 (2.198%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.099%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 11 (12.09%) Git (software)
2 4 (4.396%) Subversion
3 2 (2.198%) Selenium
General
1 11 (12.09%) Marketing
1 11 (12.09%) Games
2 10 (10.99%) Music
3 3 (3.297%) Finance
3 3 (3.297%) Advertising
3 3 (3.297%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.791%) W3C
2 7 (7.692%) Social Media
3 6 (6.593%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.396%) Graphic Design
4 4 (4.396%) Streaming Music
4 4 (4.396%) Open Source
5 3 (3.297%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.099%) Online Games
6 1 (1.099%) Social Network
6 1 (1.099%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.19%) Linux
2 4 (4.396%) UNIX
2 4 (4.396%) Windows
3 1 (1.099%) Mac OS X
3 1 (1.099%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.099%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (30.77%) E-Commerce
2 26 (28.57%) Web Development
3 11 (12.09%) Web Design
4 9 (9.890%) SEO
5 6 (6.593%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (6.593%) MVC
6 4 (4.396%) Refactoring
6 4 (4.396%) Website Architecture
6 4 (4.396%) Web Application Development
7 3 (3.297%) Responsive Web Design
7 3 (3.297%) Usability Testing
8 2 (2.198%) User Stories
8 2 (2.198%) Software Testing
8 2 (2.198%) Information Security
9 1 (1.099%) TDD
9 1 (1.099%) CRM
9 1 (1.099%) OO
9 1 (1.099%) Mobile Application Development
9 1 (1.099%) Change Control
9 1 (1.099%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (82.42%) JavaScript
2 23 (25.27%) PHP
3 14 (15.38%) Java
4 6 (6.593%) SQL
5 4 (4.396%) PHP5
6 2 (2.198%) C#
7 1 (1.099%) VBScript
7 1 (1.099%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.099%) ActionScript
7 1 (1.099%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 10 (10.99%) Degree
2 5 (5.495%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (5.495%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.198%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.099%) Plesk
Vendors
1 13 (14.29%) Adobe
2 6 (6.593%) Google
2 6 (6.593%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.297%) Facebook
4 2 (2.198%) Twitter
4 2 (2.198%) Apple
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Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 5 May 2013
Manchester, North West
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OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP28000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £27000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
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Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £27000 per annum + Benefits
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Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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