Senior Front-End Developer Job Trends in Cardiff

Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer)
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer) salary in Cardiff is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 56 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Front-End Developer 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.34% 0.35% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.36% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £68,250 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £69,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £81,875 -
90th Percentile - £83,750 -
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +25.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 278 548 379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.86% 97.16% 97.18%
Number of salaries quoted 193 387 325
10th Percentile £27,025 £30,000 £33,170
25th Percentile £43,750 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,190 £73,250
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -0.52%

Senior Front-End Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Front-End Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Senior Front-End Developer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Senior Front-End Developer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for Senior Front-End Developer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Front-End Developer job vacancies in Cardiff

Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Senior Front-End Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Senior Front-End Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Laravel
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (100.00%) GitHub
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Laravel
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript