Front End Development Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Front End Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 67 71
Rank change year-on-year +21 +4 -8
Permanent jobs citing Front End Development 18 15 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.05% 1.71% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 1.98% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £42,813 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £54,688 - £53,750
90th Percentile £72,500 - -
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £71,250 £77,500
% change year-on-year -29.82% -8.06% +30.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Front End Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 665 757 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 75.91% 86.51% 87.34%
Number of salaries quoted 472 325 410
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,625 £82,500 £90,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Front End Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Front End Development job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Front End Development
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Front End Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front End Development in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Front End Development in Cambridgeshire

Front End Development
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front End Development within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Cambridge +5 13 £50,000 - 11
Peterborough - 4 £40,000 - 3
Front End Development
East of England

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) SaaS
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (16.67%) Redis
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) GitLab
General
1 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 4 (22.22%) React Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Designer
3 3 (16.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Full-Stack C# Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (16.67%) JavaScript Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) UI Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) UX Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Web Designer
3 3 (16.67%) Web Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) Principal Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (61.11%) React
2 9 (50.00%) Vue
3 6 (33.33%) .NET
3 6 (33.33%) AngularJS
4 3 (16.67%) Node.js
4 3 (16.67%) Web Services
4 3 (16.67%) YAML
5 1 (5.56%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (5.56%) CSS
5 1 (5.56%) HTML
5 1 (5.56%) HTML5
5 1 (5.56%) Kafka
5 1 (5.56%) Micronaut
5 1 (5.56%) Spring
5 1 (5.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
1 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
1 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
1 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Android
1 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Full-Stack Development
1 7 (38.89%) User Experience
2 6 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 6 (33.33%) UX Design
3 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 4 (22.22%) Machine Learning
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) AI
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (16.67%) Clean Code
4 3 (16.67%) Dependency Injection
4 3 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 3 (16.67%) Physics
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Push Notifications
4 3 (16.67%) Scrum
4 3 (16.67%) SDLC
4 3 (16.67%) SOLID
4 3 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 6 (33.33%) C#
3 5 (27.78%) Java
3 5 (27.78%) TypeScript
4 4 (22.22%) Python
5 3 (16.67%) VB.NET
6 1 (5.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Istio
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) DevExpress
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Huawei