Front End Development Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Front End Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 136 170
Rank change year-on-year -22 +34 -30
Permanent jobs citing Front End Development 22 35 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.35% 1.24% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 1.33% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 18 17 45
10th Percentile £41,750 £43,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £45,313 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £66,212 £65,620
Median % change year-on-year -24.48% +0.90% +4.99%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,361 2,639 4,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.18% 93.42% 79.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,812 1,296 3,714
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,212 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Front End Development job vacancy trend in the East of England

Front End Development
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Front End Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front End Development in the East of England over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Front End Development in the East of England

Front End Development
Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Cambridgeshire -22 14 £50,000 -33.33% 10
Bedfordshire +8 4 £60,000 -
Essex -27 3 £75,000 - 4
Norfolk -26 1 £37,500 +1.35%
Front End Development
England

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (4.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) SaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (13.64%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (13.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Git
General
1 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Finance
2 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (81.82%) Developer
2 10 (45.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 5 (22.73%) Web Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Applications Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Designer
4 3 (13.64%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (13.64%) JavaScript Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) React Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Senior
4 3 (13.64%) Senior Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Senior Front-End Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Software Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) UI Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) UX Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Web Designer
5 2 (9.09%) .NET Developer
5 2 (9.09%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack C# Developer
5 2 (9.09%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (31.82%) React
2 5 (22.73%) AngularJS
2 5 (22.73%) Vue
3 3 (13.64%) Node.js
4 2 (9.09%) .NET
4 2 (9.09%) CSS
4 2 (9.09%) HTML
5 1 (4.55%) Django
5 1 (4.55%) GraphQL
5 1 (4.55%) REST
5 1 (4.55%) RESTful
5 1 (4.55%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
1 2 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) User Experience
1 8 (36.36%) Web Development
2 7 (31.82%) AI
3 6 (27.27%) Full-Stack Development
3 6 (27.27%) UX Design
4 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
5 4 (18.18%) Machine Learning
5 4 (18.18%) SDLC
6 3 (13.64%) Agile
6 3 (13.64%) Analytical Thinking
6 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) E-Commerce
6 3 (13.64%) Mathematics
6 3 (13.64%) Physics
6 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
7 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (9.09%) Wireframes
8 1 (4.55%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) JavaScript
2 7 (31.82%) TypeScript
3 5 (22.73%) C#
4 4 (18.18%) Python
5 3 (13.64%) Java
6 1 (4.55%) R
6 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Google