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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Developer
Rank 139 208 193
Rank change year-on-year
+69 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 116 33 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.606% 0.459% 0.564%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.681% 0.479% 0.591%
Number of salaries quoted 100 32 37
Average salary £29,000 £26,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.47% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,900 £18,000 £29,600
10% offered a salary of more than £35,400 £33,150 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6899 6891 6432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.51% 95.87% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5861 6087 5695
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester +40 57 £29,000 +3.57%
Cheshire +45 38 £30,000 +20.00%
Merseyside +33 13 £28,750 +30.68%
Lancashire +4 8 £23,750 -5.00%
Front-End Developer
England

Front-End Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 175 (95.63%) CSS
2 165 (90.16%) JavaScript
3 154 (84.15%) HTML
4 90 (49.18%) jQuery
5 72 (39.34%) XHTML
6 68 (37.16%) HTML5
7 63 (34.43%) CSS3
8 57 (31.15%) PHP
9 44 (24.04%) E-Commerce
10 40 (21.86%) Ajax
11 39 (21.31%) Web Development
12 33 (18.03%) .NET
13 32 (17.49%) Photoshop
14 30 (16.39%) Marketing
15 27 (14.75%) Web Design
15 27 (14.75%) Adobe
15 27 (14.75%) Internet
16 26 (14.21%) ASP.NET
17 21 (11.48%) MySQL
17 21 (11.48%) WordPress
18 20 (10.93%) SEO
19 19 (10.38%) Degree
19 19 (10.38%) Git (software)
19 19 (10.38%) Social Media
20 18 (9.836%) Magento
20 18 (9.836%) Games
21 16 (8.743%) Agile Software Development
21 16 (8.743%) W3C
22 15 (8.197%) Fireworks
22 15 (8.197%) OO

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 175 (95.63%) CSS
2 154 (84.15%) HTML
3 90 (49.18%) jQuery
4 72 (39.34%) XHTML
5 68 (37.16%) HTML5
6 63 (34.43%) CSS3
7 40 (21.86%) Ajax
8 33 (18.03%) .NET
9 26 (14.21%) ASP.NET
10 13 (7.104%) XML
10 13 (7.104%) Spring
11 11 (6.011%) Struts
12 10 (5.464%) HTML5 Canvas
13 9 (4.918%) Sass
13 9 (4.918%) Flash
14 7 (3.825%) Hibernate
15 6 (3.279%) LESS
15 6 (3.279%) AngularJS
15 6 (3.279%) DOM
15 6 (3.279%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 21 (11.48%) WordPress
2 18 (9.836%) Magento
3 8 (4.372%) CMS
4 6 (3.279%) Drupal
5 5 (2.732%) Joomla!
6 2 (1.093%) Apache
7 1 (0.546%) Umbraco
Applications
1 32 (17.49%) Photoshop
2 15 (8.197%) Fireworks
3 7 (3.825%) MS Excel
4 3 (1.639%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (0.546%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 27 (14.75%) Internet
2 3 (1.639%) HTTP
3 1 (0.546%) Intranet
3 1 (0.546%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.48%) MySQL
2 5 (2.732%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.093%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.546%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 19 (10.38%) Git (software)
2 7 (3.825%) Subversion
3 6 (3.279%) Dreamweaver
4 3 (1.639%) QUnit
5 2 (1.093%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.093%) Selenium
General
1 30 (16.39%) Marketing
2 18 (9.836%) Games
3 15 (8.197%) Music
4 7 (3.825%) Retail
5 6 (3.279%) Finance
6 5 (2.732%) Advertising
7 3 (1.639%) Banking
8 1 (0.546%) Automotive
8 1 (0.546%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.38%) Social Media
2 16 (8.743%) W3C
3 11 (6.011%) Graphic Design
4 9 (4.918%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.825%) Open Source
5 7 (3.825%) Digital Media
6 4 (2.186%) Streaming Music
7 3 (1.639%) RIA
8 2 (1.093%) Social Network
9 1 (0.546%) Online Games
9 1 (0.546%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.546%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.650%) Linux
2 5 (2.732%) UNIX
3 4 (2.186%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.186%) Windows
3 4 (2.186%) Android
4 1 (0.546%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (24.04%) E-Commerce
2 39 (21.31%) Web Development
3 27 (14.75%) Web Design
4 20 (10.93%) SEO
5 16 (8.743%) Agile Software Development
6 15 (8.197%) OO
7 11 (6.011%) MVC
8 10 (5.464%) Unit Testing
9 4 (2.186%) Website Architecture
9 4 (2.186%) Responsive Web Design
9 4 (2.186%) Web Application Development
9 4 (2.186%) User Stories
9 4 (2.186%) TDD
9 4 (2.186%) Refactoring
10 3 (1.639%) Usability Testing
10 3 (1.639%) Software Testing
10 3 (1.639%) Mobile Application Development
11 2 (1.093%) Information Architecture
11 2 (1.093%) Progressive Enhancement
11 2 (1.093%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 165 (90.16%) JavaScript
2 57 (31.15%) PHP
3 14 (7.650%) Java
4 8 (4.372%) SQL
5 6 (3.279%) C#
6 4 (2.186%) PHP5
7 3 (1.639%) C++
7 3 (1.639%) Perl
7 3 (1.639%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.546%) Ruby
8 1 (0.546%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.546%) VBScript
8 1 (0.546%) VB
8 1 (0.546%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 19 (10.38%) Degree
2 5 (2.732%) MCP
2 5 (2.732%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.093%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.546%) Plesk
Vendors
1 27 (14.75%) Adobe
2 9 (4.918%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.279%) Google
4 3 (1.639%) Apple
4 3 (1.639%) Facebook
4 3 (1.639%) Twitter
Sale, Cheshire
HTML 5 / CSS 3 Permanent Position Sale area An experienced Front End Developer with good HTML and CSS skills is required to join my client, an expanding digital...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
With an already impressive catalogue of clients you'll be working across web, mobile and tablet mediums with the latest technology including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and JQuery to...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
You will report to the Development Manager, to define standards with JavaScript, CSS, (X) HTML and other technologies... You will be an expert with JavaScript, CSS and (X)...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Do you have experience in coding which adheres to usability, accessibility and SEO Industry best practice?... Have you worked on eCommerce or Front-end prototypes and do you...
Hudson
Salary: £17000 - £26000 per annum + overtime and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
With an already impressive catalogue of clients you'll be working across web, mobile and tablet mediums with the latest technology including HTML5, CSS3, SASS and LESS to...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 5 May 2013
UK North West
Front End Developer - £28,000 - £32,000A talented Front End Developer is required to join a fast growing Web Development team within a unique South Manchester business.We...
Premier Group
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
North West
We are looking for a specialist front-end web developer to translate designs created by the in-house design team into HTML, CSS and Javascript. You will be...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cheshire
This role will require the successful applicant to have strong HTML5 and CSS 2 / 3 experience including knowledge of CSS3 transitions and jQuery... Ideally you will also have...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Front End Developer / Web Developer, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Responsive Mobile Development- Macclesfield, £25,000-£35,000Key Words: Web Developer, Web Designer, HTML, CSS, Javascript, XHTML, Responsive Design, Mobile-...
OPUS
Salary: GBP25000 to GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Key Words: Web Developer, Web Designer, HTML, CSS, Javascript, XHTML, Responsive Design, Mobile... Thorough knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XHTML Awareness and understanding of internet standards and best...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 to £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Front End Developer / Web Developer - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Responsive DesignKey Words: ``Web Developer``, ``Front End Developer``, HTML, CSS, JavascriptMy client an international creative agency in the heart...
OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP28000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Very strong working knowledge of HTML / HTML5 2. Very strong working knowledge of CSS / CSS3 3. Very strong working knowledge of Javascript / jQuery 4. Strong working knowledge of...
Blueleaf
Salary: £Attractive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Front End Web Developer candidates should have a sound understanding of: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery. Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: HTML5, CSS3,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, North West
They have already gained the respect and partnership of one of the countries leading e-commerce businesses and are now looking for a Front End Developer - (HTML5, CSS3,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £27000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Manchester, North West
They have already gained the respect and partnership of one of the countries leading e-commerce businesses and are now looking for a Front End Developer - HTML5, CSS3,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £27000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Skills Web Development, Front End Development, HTML, HTML5, CSS (2/3), Jquery, Ecommerce, Javascript, YUI, User Experience / UX... This is a fantastic opportunity to join a newly created...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
5+ year’s development in Javascript. 2+ years experience with PHP. 2+ years experience with CSS2, CSS3, and HTML5 coding... TDD & Unit testing... Excellent JQuery skills. Knowledge of...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Windows, Linux, Unix, Degree or equivalent - £35k - £50k - Manchester My client is currently on the lookout for an experienced Senior Front End Developer ideally degree...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
With an already impressive catalogue of clients you'll be working across web, mobile, social media applications and tablet mediums with the latest technology including HTML5, CSS3, some...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Implementing object-oriented code (PHP, JavaScript / jQuery) to enhance the User Experience and User Interface... Actively promote and ensure compliance to web standards, W3C validation and progressive enhancement.....
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Experience of responsive and mobile web design.Additional InformationEXCITING DIGITAL AGENCY which covers the full spectrum; from branding, PR and advertising to website development, search marketing and video...
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
2 years experience with PHP - 2 years experience with CSS2, CSS3, and HTML5 coding... TDD & Unit testing. Desirable- JQuery skills - Knowledge of C++ QT framework for UI or...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 8 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Integrate HTML, CSS and JS into CMS templates with editable regions and settings. We use Wordpress and Zend - but the ability to adapt to new PHP CMS backends...
Reason Digital
Salary: From £25,000 to £32,000 per annum depending upon experience.
Posted: 27 April 2013