Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Jobs in Edinburgh

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

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in Edinburgh is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 81 124
Rank change year-on-year -5 +43 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 9 34 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.98% 2.23% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 2.32% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 21
10th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -3.23% +30.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £74,000 £74,554 -
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -15.32% +30.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 849 1,464 2,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 95.87% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 420 1,034 1,200
10th Percentile £29,375 £32,575 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

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

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

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

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

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Edinburgh region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 8 (88.89%) React
3 7 (77.78%) TypeScript
3 7 (77.78%) CSS
4 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
5 5 (55.56%) User Experience
6 4 (44.44%) REST
7 3 (33.33%) Product Management
7 3 (33.33%) WebSockets
7 3 (33.33%) HTML
7 3 (33.33%) Finance
7 3 (33.33%) QA
7 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
8 2 (22.22%) React Native
8 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (22.22%) Next.js
8 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (22.22%) Jest
8 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
8 2 (22.22%) RESTful
8 2 (22.22%) HTML5
9 1 (11.11%) Mocha
9 1 (11.11%) Node.js
9 1 (11.11%) CSS3
9 1 (11.11%) Git
9 1 (11.11%) UX Design
9 1 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
9 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
9 1 (11.11%) Jasmine
9 1 (11.11%) AngularJS

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Google Ads
1 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) ESLint
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) Jasmine
1 1 (11.11%) Karma Test Runner
1 1 (11.11%) Mocha
1 1 (11.11%) webpack
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) React
2 7 (77.78%) CSS
3 4 (44.44%) REST
4 3 (33.33%) HTML
4 3 (33.33%) WebSockets
5 2 (22.22%) HTML5
5 2 (22.22%) Jest
5 2 (22.22%) Next.js
5 2 (22.22%) React Native
5 2 (22.22%) RESTful
6 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 1 (11.11%) Bootstrap
6 1 (11.11%) CSS3
6 1 (11.11%) Enzyme
6 1 (11.11%) Express.js
6 1 (11.11%) GraphQL
6 1 (11.11%) Node.js
6 1 (11.11%) Redux
6 1 (11.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 5 (55.56%) User Experience
3 3 (33.33%) Product Management
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) Clean Code
5 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Vision
5 1 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
5 1 (11.11%) IT Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Micro Frontends
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) SEO
5 1 (11.11%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) TypeScript
2 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google