Front End Development Jobs in Edinburgh

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Front End Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Front End Development over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 70 117
Rank change year-on-year -7 +47 -57
Permanent jobs citing Front End Development 13 40 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.39% 2.66% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 2.97% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 11 28 26
10th Percentile - £45,000 £41,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £60,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +0.42% +24.48%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,813 £106,250
90th Percentile £73,250 £74,220 £110,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 913 1,348 1,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.54% 89.75% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 423 949 1,151
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £98,474 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +6.48%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Front End Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Front End Development in Edinburgh

Front End Development
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Front End Development in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Front End Development in Edinburgh

Front End Development
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front End Development in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Front End Development in Edinburgh

Front End Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Adobe XD
1 1 (7.69%) Notion
1 1 (7.69%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Figma
1 1 (7.69%) Google Ads
1 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) ESLint
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) Jasmine
1 1 (7.69%) Karma Test Runner
1 1 (7.69%) Mocha
1 1 (7.69%) webpack
General
1 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Developer
2 9 (69.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 5 (38.46%) Senior
4 4 (30.77%) Senior Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Web Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Web Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Angular Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Designer
6 1 (7.69%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
6 1 (7.69%) Java Developer
6 1 (7.69%) React Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) UI Designer
6 1 (7.69%) UI/UX Designer
6 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (76.92%) CSS
2 9 (69.23%) React
3 6 (46.15%) HTML
4 4 (30.77%) REST
5 3 (23.08%) React Native
5 3 (23.08%) WebSockets
6 2 (15.38%) HTML5
6 2 (15.38%) Jest
6 2 (15.38%) Next.js
6 2 (15.38%) RESTful
7 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
7 1 (7.69%) Bootstrap
7 1 (7.69%) CSS3
7 1 (7.69%) Enzyme
7 1 (7.69%) Express.js
7 1 (7.69%) GraphQL
7 1 (7.69%) Node.js
7 1 (7.69%) Redux
7 1 (7.69%) Spring
7 1 (7.69%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) User Experience
2 3 (23.08%) Product Management
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) Web Development
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Progressive Web App
3 2 (15.38%) UX Design
4 1 (7.69%) Clean Code
4 1 (7.69%) Code Quality
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Vision
4 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (7.69%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
4 1 (7.69%) Micro Frontends
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (7.69%) Prototyping
4 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.69%) Storyboarding
4 1 (7.69%) User Research
4 1 (7.69%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) JavaScript
2 8 (61.54%) TypeScript
3 2 (15.38%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Adobe
1 1 (7.69%) Google