Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Jobs

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
UK

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 410 334 180
Rank change year-on-year -76 -154 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 604 1,088 3,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 1.03% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 1.13% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 526 737 1,648
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £95,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the UK

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the UK

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the UK

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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
England -64 504 £60,000 -4.00% 141
UK excluding London -67 443 £52,500 -4.55% 101
Work from Home -64 297 £57,500 -11.54% 80
London -55 143 £75,000 +7.14% 54
North of England -2 108 £50,000 - 38
South East -48 101 £60,000 +9.09% 16
North West +33 82 £52,500 -4.55% 26
Scotland -41 73 £50,000 -19.35% 12
Midlands -1 64 £42,500 -22.73% 9
South West -3 63 £50,000 -9.09% 13
West Midlands +47 46 £46,250 -13.95% 5
Yorkshire +17 25 £36,250 -11.59% 10
East of England -16 22 £71,500 +5.93% 10
East Midlands -37 18 £40,000 -27.27% 4
Wales -26 8 £90,000 +71.43% 5
Northern Ireland +22 4 - -
North East -5 1 £37,500 -21.05% 2

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 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 featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 562 (93.05%) Front End Development
2 354 (58.61%) React
3 352 (58.28%) JavaScript
4 305 (50.50%) CSS
5 283 (46.85%) HTML
6 260 (43.05%) TypeScript
7 195 (32.28%) Agile
8 180 (29.80%) User Experience
9 174 (28.81%) AngularJS
10 135 (22.35%) Node.js
11 128 (21.19%) Git
12 127 (21.03%) Degree
13 126 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
14 120 (19.87%) Social Skills
15 114 (18.87%) HTML5
16 97 (16.06%) AWS
17 88 (14.57%) UX Design
18 87 (14.40%) Finance
18 87 (14.40%) Vue
19 85 (14.07%) Azure
19 85 (14.07%) CSS3
20 80 (13.25%) PHP
21 72 (11.92%) Software Engineering
21 72 (11.92%) Computer Science
22 71 (11.75%) Sass
23 70 (11.59%) C#
24 68 (11.26%) Web Development
25 67 (11.09%) Docker
25 67 (11.09%) Redux
26 65 (10.76%) Jest

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 45 (7.45%) WordPress
2 34 (5.63%) CMS
3 11 (1.82%) nginx
4 10 (1.66%) Apache
4 10 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.99%) Ethereum
6 4 (0.66%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.50%) Confluence
7 3 (0.50%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.50%) Moodle
8 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (2.98%) Adobe XD
2 9 (1.49%) Photoshop
3 6 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.66%) Maya
5 3 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (3.31%) Shopify
2 6 (0.99%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 97 (16.06%) AWS
2 85 (14.07%) Azure
3 33 (5.46%) SaaS
4 29 (4.80%) Figma
5 20 (3.31%) GitHub
6 19 (3.15%) npm
7 16 (2.65%) GCP
8 12 (1.99%) Google Analytics
9 7 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (0.99%) WeChat
11 3 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 3 (0.50%) BigCommerce
11 3 (0.50%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.50%) Google Play
11 3 (0.50%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.33%) dbt
12 2 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.33%) Google Tag Manager
12 2 (0.33%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.32%) HTTP
1 8 (1.32%) Internet
2 7 (1.16%) OpenVPN
3 6 (0.99%) DNS
4 4 (0.66%) MQTT
5 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.99%) MySQL
1 12 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
1 12 (1.99%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.66%) Apache Ignite
3 8 (1.32%) Redis
4 6 (0.99%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.50%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.33%) Metabase
7 2 (0.33%) Power BI
7 2 (0.33%) Power Query
7 2 (0.33%) Tableau
8 1 (0.17%) GIS
8 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 128 (21.19%) Git
2 53 (8.77%) Cypress.io
3 52 (8.61%) Selenium
4 24 (3.97%) webpack
5 19 (3.15%) gulp
6 17 (2.81%) Storybook
7 16 (2.65%) JIRA
8 15 (2.48%) Cucumber
9 13 (2.15%) Visual Studio
10 8 (1.32%) PostCSS
11 7 (1.16%) GitLab
11 7 (1.16%) Jenkins
11 7 (1.16%) Vite
12 6 (0.99%) ESLint
12 6 (0.99%) Grunt
12 6 (0.99%) rollup.js
13 4 (0.66%) Babel
13 4 (0.66%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.66%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.66%) Jasmine
General
1 120 (19.87%) Social Skills
2 87 (14.40%) Finance
3 29 (4.80%) Games
4 25 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (4.14%) Marketing
5 22 (3.64%) Retail
6 13 (2.15%) Advertising
6 13 (2.15%) Public Sector
7 12 (1.99%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (1.82%) Financial Institution
8 11 (1.82%) Manufacturing
8 11 (1.82%) Tech for Good
9 10 (1.66%) Front Office
10 7 (1.16%) Electronics
10 7 (1.16%) Mandarin Language
10 7 (1.16%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.83%) Health Technology
11 5 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.66%) Banking
12 4 (0.66%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 354 (58.61%) React
2 305 (50.50%) CSS
3 283 (46.85%) HTML
4 174 (28.81%) AngularJS
5 135 (22.35%) Node.js
6 114 (18.87%) HTML5
7 87 (14.40%) Vue
8 85 (14.07%) CSS3
9 71 (11.75%) Sass
10 67 (11.09%) Redux
11 65 (10.76%) Jest
12 51 (8.44%) Express.js
13 48 (7.95%) jQuery
14 46 (7.62%) GraphQL
15 44 (7.28%) Next.js
16 30 (4.97%) .NET
16 30 (4.97%) RESTful
16 30 (4.97%) Tailwind CSS
17 27 (4.47%) React Native
18 22 (3.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.96%) Greenfield Project
2 25 (4.14%) Mobile App
3 24 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.98%) Onboarding
5 11 (1.82%) Animation
6 10 (1.66%) Fixed Income
6 10 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.49%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.16%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.16%) Social Media
9 6 (0.99%) Blockchain
9 6 (0.99%) Web3
10 5 (0.83%) Hackathon
10 5 (0.83%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.66%) Arduino
11 4 (0.66%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.66%) IoT
11 4 (0.66%) iPhone
11 4 (0.66%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.82%) Android
2 9 (1.49%) Linux
3 7 (1.16%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.16%) CentOS
4 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (93.05%) Front End Development
2 195 (32.28%) Agile
3 180 (29.80%) User Experience
4 126 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (14.57%) UX Design
6 72 (11.92%) Computer Science
6 72 (11.92%) Software Engineering
7 68 (11.26%) Web Development
8 62 (10.26%) DevOps
9 58 (9.60%) Artificial Intelligence
10 55 (9.11%) Full Stack Development
11 48 (7.95%) E-Commerce
12 44 (7.28%) Actionable Insight
13 40 (6.62%) Mentoring
14 39 (6.46%) CI/CD
14 39 (6.46%) Propensity Modelling
15 36 (5.96%) Clean Code
15 36 (5.96%) Unit Testing
16 35 (5.79%) Analytics
17 31 (5.13%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 352 (58.28%) JavaScript
2 260 (43.05%) TypeScript
3 80 (13.25%) PHP
4 70 (11.59%) C#
5 39 (6.46%) Python
6 36 (5.96%) Java
7 31 (5.13%) SQL
8 7 (1.16%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.83%) GLSL
11 3 (0.50%) Bash
11 3 (0.50%) Ruby
12 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.33%) JSX
12 2 (0.33%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.33%) Lisp
13 1 (0.17%) C++
13 1 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 127 (21.03%) Degree
2 48 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 45 (7.45%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (0.83%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.33%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.33%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.95%) WCAG
2 25 (4.14%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.32%) QA
4 2 (0.33%) WAI
5 1 (0.17%) GDPR
5 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 67 (11.09%) Docker
2 4 (0.66%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 46 (7.62%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.17%) cPanel
2 1 (0.17%) Plesk
2 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (6.46%) Google
2 35 (5.79%) Adobe
3 23 (3.81%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.32%) DevExpress
5 7 (1.16%) SAP
5 7 (1.16%) WooCommerce
6 5 (0.83%) Xamarin
7 4 (0.66%) NVIDIA
8 3 (0.50%) IBM
8 3 (0.50%) OutSystems
9 2 (0.33%) Apple
9 2 (0.33%) F5
9 2 (0.33%) Facebook
10 1 (0.17%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.17%) BT
10 1 (0.17%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.17%) Mapbox
10 1 (0.17%) Mitel
10 1 (0.17%) Salesforce