Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Job Trends in the City of London

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Central London > City of London

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) salary in the City of London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 154 166
Rank change year-on-year +24 +12 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 4 11 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.17% 0.41% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.45% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile £73,875 - -
25th Percentile £77,813 £85,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +28.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - £108,500 -
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £90,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +28.57% -26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,173 2,445 2,683
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 92.09% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,627 1,587 2,388
10th Percentile £40,532 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £54,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% - -1.33%
75th Percentile £99,375 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancy trend in the City of London

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancies in the City of London

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the City of London

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 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 City of London region featuring Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) React
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (25.00%) API Development
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) CSS3
2 1 (25.00%) Dapper ORM
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Gamification
2 1 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) npm
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
2 1 (25.00%) Vite

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 (25.00%) npm
1 1 (25.00%) Yarn
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) Vite
1 1 (25.00%) webpack
General
1 1 (25.00%) Law
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) CSS3
2 1 (25.00%) Dapper ORM
2 1 (25.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
2 1 (25.00%) Vue
2 1 (25.00%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blockchain
1 1 (25.00%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) API Development
2 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Gamification
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) YouTube