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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Developer
Rank 192 183 198
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 24 32 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.457% 0.578% 0.298%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.474% 0.605% 0.314%
Number of salaries quoted 24 32 18
Average salary £30,000 £27,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,150 £22,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5064 5285 5727
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.53% 95.48% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4455 4564 4906
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South 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 South West region.

South West Front-End Developer Salary Trend

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 South West 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
Bristol 0 12 £31,000 +16.98%
Somerset 0 6 £30,000 +50.00%
Dorset -20 3 £27,500 +1.85%
Wiltshire +6 2 £32,500 +31.31%
Devon +2 1 £25,000 -20.00%
Front-End Developer
England

Front-End Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 46 (90.20%) CSS
2 41 (80.39%) HTML
3 39 (76.47%) JavaScript
4 28 (54.90%) jQuery
5 23 (45.10%) HTML5
6 18 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
7 14 (27.45%) CSS3
8 12 (23.53%) Ajax
9 11 (21.57%) JSON
9 11 (21.57%) MySQL
10 10 (19.61%) Oracle
10 10 (19.61%) Photoshop
10 10 (19.61%) Marketing
10 10 (19.61%) Web Development
11 9 (17.65%) Web Services
12 8 (15.69%) Java
12 8 (15.69%) CMS
13 7 (13.73%) Scrum
13 7 (13.73%) MVC
13 7 (13.73%) PHP
13 7 (13.73%) .NET
13 7 (13.73%) ASP.NET
13 7 (13.73%) E-Commerce
13 7 (13.73%) Backbone.js
14 6 (11.76%) XML
14 6 (11.76%) XHTML
14 6 (11.76%) SQL Server
14 6 (11.76%) Finance
15 5 (9.804%) Python
15 5 (9.804%) MS Excel

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 46 (90.20%) CSS
2 41 (80.39%) HTML
3 28 (54.90%) jQuery
4 23 (45.10%) HTML5
5 14 (27.45%) CSS3
6 12 (23.53%) Ajax
7 11 (21.57%) JSON
8 9 (17.65%) Web Services
9 7 (13.73%) .NET
9 7 (13.73%) ASP.NET
9 7 (13.73%) Backbone.js
10 6 (11.76%) XML
10 6 (11.76%) XHTML
11 5 (9.804%) Spine.js
11 5 (9.804%) HTML5 Canvas
11 5 (9.804%) Django
12 4 (7.843%) XSLT
12 4 (7.843%) Java EE
13 3 (5.882%) Hibernate
13 3 (5.882%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 8 (15.69%) CMS
2 5 (9.804%) WordPress
2 5 (9.804%) Drupal
3 4 (7.843%) Liferay
4 2 (3.922%) Magento
Applications
1 10 (19.61%) Photoshop
2 5 (9.804%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.922%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (3.922%) InDesign
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.922%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.57%) MySQL
2 6 (11.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.843%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (5.882%) JUnit
3 1 (1.961%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (19.61%) Marketing
2 6 (11.76%) Finance
3 4 (7.843%) Games
4 3 (5.882%) Banking
5 1 (1.961%) Retail
5 1 (1.961%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.804%) W3C
1 5 (9.804%) Open Source
2 2 (3.922%) Graphic Design
2 2 (3.922%) Social Media
3 1 (1.961%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.961%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.843%) Android
1 4 (7.843%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (19.61%) Web Development
3 7 (13.73%) Scrum
3 7 (13.73%) MVC
3 7 (13.73%) E-Commerce
4 4 (7.843%) Marketing Analytics
4 4 (7.843%) Analytics
4 4 (7.843%) OOP
5 3 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (3.922%) Project Management
6 2 (3.922%) Content Management
6 2 (3.922%) Internet Marketing
7 1 (1.961%) Email Marketing
7 1 (1.961%) Marketing Management
7 1 (1.961%) Online Marketing
7 1 (1.961%) Direct Marketing
Programming Languages
1 39 (76.47%) JavaScript
2 8 (15.69%) Java
3 7 (13.73%) PHP
4 5 (9.804%) Python
5 3 (5.882%) SQL
6 2 (3.922%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (3.922%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.843%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (19.61%) Oracle
2 5 (9.804%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.843%) IBM
3 4 (7.843%) Business Objects
4 3 (5.882%) Adobe
5 2 (3.922%) Zend
5 2 (3.922%) Facebook
5 2 (3.922%) Twitter
Bath, South West
Front End HTML 5 Developer Wanted Bath £25-£35k Front End/HTML5 Developer Junior- Mid-Level required by Digital Consultancy, My client is a young and ambitious company...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Christchurch, Dorset
The Role: -Development of Front End landing pages -Microsites -Creating of innovative and creative Social Media Campaigns (Facebook / Twitter) -Brainstorming of exciting new ideas within the Digital team...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Exeter, South West
Necessary Skills: Strong Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 Some knowledge of PHP / MySQL Knowledge of mobile development Knowledge of design and attention to detail UX experience Knowledge of coding for...
greywood
Salary: £20000 - £29999 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Swindon, South West
They are now expanding their IT department and require a Web Designer to take ownership of the creative and design side of their E-Commerce site and other...
Novate IT
Posted: 24 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Applicants will come from a commercial Web Design background and have extensive experience in HTML(5), CSS and JavaScript/jQuery, coupled with strong design and UX/UI skills.
Novate IT Ltd
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The Front End Website Developer will be experienced in most of the following: HTML/HTML5/XHTML CSS/CSS3 JQuery Implementing large scale User Interfaces Photoshop UX Design Agile/...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
South West
People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy,...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum + excellent benefits scheme
Posted: 23 May 2013