Front End Development Job Trends in Cheshire

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Front End Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 47 82
Rank change year-on-year -28 +35 +11
Permanent jobs citing Front End Development 7 3 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.43% 0.70% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.79% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 9
10th Percentile £48,000 £43,150 -
25th Percentile - £44,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £65,000 £51,000 £58,750
90th Percentile - £52,650 -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,847
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.78% -10.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,254 380 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 76.89% 88.17% 81.58%
Number of salaries quoted 568 213 829
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,100 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,355 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,875 £77,500 £78,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -9.09%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Front End Development job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Front End Development
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front End Development in Cheshire over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Front End Development in Cheshire

Front End Development
Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 24 March 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
Warrington - 3 £65,000 - 2
Chester -7 2 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Macclesfield - 1 £50,000 -
Front End Development
North West

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Web Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Django Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Python/Django Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Shopify Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Django
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Web Development
2 1 (14.29%) API Design
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility