Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Jobs in Central London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
London > Central London

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in Central London is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 173 220
Rank change year-on-year +32 +47 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 20 20 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.79% 0.53% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.55% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 24
10th Percentile £53,000 £56,625 £59,750
25th Percentile £60,313 £66,250 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -15.15% +26.92%
75th Percentile £95,313 £76,563 £102,500
90th Percentile £98,125 £86,750 £103,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,298 3,615 5,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 95.23% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,646 2,833 4,231
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Central London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Central London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Central London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2025. 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
City of London +34 11 £80,000 +14.29% 9
Camden -4 6 - -
Southwark -3 3 £65,000 -
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
London

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 across the Central London region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) React
2 14 (70.00%) Front End Development
3 11 (55.00%) JavaScript
4 10 (50.00%) Agile
4 10 (50.00%) Web Development
5 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
5 9 (45.00%) CSS
5 9 (45.00%) HTML
6 8 (40.00%) User Experience
7 7 (35.00%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (35.00%) Power Platform
7 7 (35.00%) Accessibility
7 7 (35.00%) CMS
7 7 (35.00%) Content Management
8 6 (30.00%) Workflow
8 6 (30.00%) Python
8 6 (30.00%) AWS
8 6 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (30.00%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (25.00%) TypeScript
9 5 (25.00%) GitHub
9 5 (25.00%) Git
9 5 (25.00%) UX Design
9 5 (25.00%) Finance
10 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
10 4 (20.00%) nginx
10 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
10 4 (20.00%) RESTful
10 4 (20.00%) Node.js
10 4 (20.00%) Wireframes

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 7 (35.00%) CMS
2 4 (20.00%) nginx
3 2 (10.00%) Liferay
4 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Dynamics 365
1 7 (35.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (30.00%) AWS
3 5 (25.00%) GitHub
4 3 (15.00%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (15.00%) Azure
5 2 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (10.00%) npm
6 1 (5.00%) Amazon S3
6 1 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (5.00%) Figma
6 1 (5.00%) PaaS
6 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (5.00%) Serverless
6 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Metadata
2 1 (5.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Git
2 2 (10.00%) Babel
2 2 (10.00%) gulp
2 2 (10.00%) webpack
3 1 (5.00%) GitLab
3 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (5.00%) JIRA
3 1 (5.00%) Vite
General
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Fire and Rescue
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (100.00%) React
2 9 (45.00%) CSS
2 9 (45.00%) HTML
3 4 (20.00%) Node.js
3 4 (20.00%) Redux
3 4 (20.00%) RESTful
4 3 (15.00%) HTML5
4 3 (15.00%) Vue
5 2 (10.00%) CSS3
5 2 (10.00%) OAuth
5 2 (10.00%) REST
5 2 (10.00%) Sass
5 2 (10.00%) Svelte
6 1 (5.00%) AngularJS
6 1 (5.00%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (5.00%) Bootstrap
6 1 (5.00%) Jest
6 1 (5.00%) JWT
6 1 (5.00%) Keycloak
6 1 (5.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (10.00%) Smart City
2 1 (5.00%) Derivative
2 1 (5.00%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (5.00%) Android
3 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Front End Development
2 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 10 (50.00%) Web Development
3 8 (40.00%) User Experience
4 7 (35.00%) Content Management
5 6 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (30.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (30.00%) Workflow
6 5 (25.00%) UX Design
7 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 4 (20.00%) Wireframes
8 3 (15.00%) DevOps
8 3 (15.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 3 (15.00%) SDLC
9 2 (10.00%) Data Science
9 2 (10.00%) Data Sharing
9 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
9 2 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (30.00%) Python
3 5 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (10.00%) R
4 2 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (5.00%) C
5 1 (5.00%) C#
5 1 (5.00%) Go
5 1 (5.00%) Kotlin
5 1 (5.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.00%) QA
2 2 (10.00%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Docker
2 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe
2 1 (5.00%) Atlassian