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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Developer
Rank 147 150 152
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 57 35 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.134% 0.768% 0.575%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.182% 0.801% 0.601%
Number of salaries quoted 45 31 22
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £22,000 £23,575
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £36,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +25 25 £32,500 +30.00%
Birmingham -23 6 £45,000 +26.76%
Wolverhampton +4 5 £27,500 -26.66%
Walsall - 4 £30,000 -
Shropshire +1 3 £26,500 +47.22%
Worcestershire +3 2 £24,500 -32.87%
Staffordshire 0 2 £32,500 +54.76%
Solihull -15 2 £45,000 +28.57%
Front-End Developer
England

Front-End Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 147 (99.32%) CSS
2 135 (91.22%) JavaScript
3 111 (75.00%) HTML
4 96 (64.86%) HTML5
5 89 (60.14%) CSS3
6 82 (55.41%) jQuery
7 63 (42.57%) .NET
8 46 (31.08%) Photoshop
9 41 (27.70%) Adobe
10 33 (22.30%) XHTML
11 31 (20.95%) ASP.NET
12 29 (19.59%) MVC
12 29 (19.59%) Mobile App
13 26 (17.57%) Ajax
14 24 (16.22%) Windows
15 23 (15.54%) CMS
16 21 (14.19%) C#
16 21 (14.19%) Microsoft
17 20 (13.51%) PHP
17 20 (13.51%) Facebook
18 19 (12.84%) ASP.NET MVC
18 19 (12.84%) Web Design
18 19 (12.84%) Degree
18 19 (12.84%) Web Development
19 18 (12.16%) WinForms
20 17 (11.49%) Agile Software Development
20 17 (11.49%) Advertising
21 16 (10.81%) SEO
21 16 (10.81%) JSON
22 15 (10.14%) WPF

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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
1 147 (99.32%) CSS
2 111 (75.00%) HTML
3 96 (64.86%) HTML5
4 89 (60.14%) CSS3
5 82 (55.41%) jQuery
6 63 (42.57%) .NET
7 33 (22.30%) XHTML
8 31 (20.95%) ASP.NET
9 26 (17.57%) Ajax
10 19 (12.84%) ASP.NET MVC
11 18 (12.16%) WinForms
12 16 (10.81%) JSON
13 15 (10.14%) WPF
14 8 (5.405%) KnockoutJS
15 7 (4.730%) Sass
15 7 (4.730%) Web Services
16 6 (4.054%) SOAP
16 6 (4.054%) Django
16 6 (4.054%) LESS
16 6 (4.054%) REST
Application Platforms
1 23 (15.54%) CMS
2 10 (6.757%) WordPress
3 9 (6.081%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (2.027%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (2.027%) Joomla!
4 3 (2.027%) Drupal
5 2 (1.351%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.676%) Apache
6 1 (0.676%) SharePoint
Applications
1 46 (31.08%) Photoshop
2 13 (8.784%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (4.730%) Fireworks
4 1 (0.676%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.676%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.027%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.351%) FTP
1 2 (1.351%) Internet
2 1 (0.676%) HTTP
2 1 (0.676%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.108%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.054%) MySQL
3 1 (0.676%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (6.081%) Dreamweaver
2 5 (3.378%) Subversion
3 2 (1.351%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.676%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.676%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 17 (11.49%) Advertising
2 15 (10.14%) Finance
3 8 (5.405%) Marketing
4 3 (2.027%) Games
5 2 (1.351%) Automotive
6 1 (0.676%) Retail
6 1 (0.676%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.676%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 29 (19.59%) Mobile App
2 11 (7.432%) Graphic Design
2 11 (7.432%) Open Source
2 11 (7.432%) Visualisation
3 9 (6.081%) W3C
4 7 (4.730%) Social Media
5 4 (2.703%) Photography
5 4 (2.703%) Digital Media
5 4 (2.703%) New Media
6 3 (2.027%) Mashup
7 1 (0.676%) SaaS
7 1 (0.676%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.676%) Statistics
7 1 (0.676%) Blog
7 1 (0.676%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.676%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.22%) Windows
2 7 (4.730%) Apple iOS
2 7 (4.730%) Android
3 2 (1.351%) Linux
4 1 (0.676%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.676%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (19.59%) MVC
2 19 (12.84%) Web Design
2 19 (12.84%) Web Development
3 17 (11.49%) Agile Software Development
4 16 (10.81%) SEO
5 14 (9.459%) User Experience Design
6 13 (8.784%) Unit Testing
6 13 (8.784%) E-Commerce
7 10 (6.757%) Responsive Web Design
8 9 (6.081%) Integration Testing
9 8 (5.405%) Content Management
10 7 (4.730%) OOP
11 5 (3.378%) Progressive Enhancement
11 5 (3.378%) Product Management
11 5 (3.378%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (2.703%) Project Management
12 4 (2.703%) TDD
12 4 (2.703%) Scrum
13 3 (2.027%) Social Media Marketing
13 3 (2.027%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 135 (91.22%) JavaScript
2 21 (14.19%) C#
3 20 (13.51%) PHP
4 6 (4.054%) Python
5 4 (2.703%) Java
6 3 (2.027%) ActionScript 3.0
6 3 (2.027%) C
6 3 (2.027%) ActionScript
7 2 (1.351%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.351%) SQL
7 2 (1.351%) Ruby
8 1 (0.676%) Scala
8 1 (0.676%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (12.84%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.703%) QA
Vendors
1 41 (27.70%) Adobe
2 21 (14.19%) Microsoft
3 20 (13.51%) Facebook
4 9 (6.081%) Sitecore
5 5 (3.378%) Google
6 3 (2.027%) Twitter
6 3 (2.027%) hybris
6 3 (2.027%) EPiServer
6 3 (2.027%) IBM
6 3 (2.027%) BT
6 3 (2.027%) ATG
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