Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Job Trends in England

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
UK > England

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 497 442
Rank change year-on-year +20 -55 -124
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 260 158 346
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.36% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.40% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 222 132 287
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £92,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 89,225 39,845 68,510
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.60% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 62,704 24,052 46,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,019 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,350 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.45% - -8.33%

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

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancy trend in England

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

Salary distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in England

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

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in England over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) within the England region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
North of England +10 100 £65,000 +8.33% 15
North West +12 55 £57,500 -4.17% 9
London -60 50 £85,000 +13.33% 33
South East -18 43 £50,000 +14.29% 5
Yorkshire -7 29 £70,000 +86.67% 3
South West -56 27 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Midlands -21 25 £45,000 - 10
North East -50 16 £62,500 +2.88% 3
East Midlands -13 13 £45,000 - 4
West Midlands -19 12 - - 6
East of England -15 11 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
UK

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 August 2026, Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 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 England region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 231 (88.85%) Front End Development
2 103 (39.62%) TypeScript
3 102 (39.23%) JavaScript
4 95 (36.54%) React
5 42 (16.15%) Full-Stack Development
6 39 (15.00%) CSS
7 38 (14.62%) Agile
7 38 (14.62%) User Experience
8 37 (14.23%) Accessibility
8 37 (14.23%) E-Commerce
9 36 (13.85%) AI
10 35 (13.46%) HTML
10 35 (13.46%) Mentoring
11 31 (11.92%) Performance Optimisation
11 31 (11.92%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (11.54%) CI/CD
13 28 (10.77%) DevOps
14 27 (10.38%) Vue
14 27 (10.38%) Web Development
15 24 (9.23%) Git
15 24 (9.23%) UX Design
16 23 (8.85%) AWS
16 23 (8.85%) Azure
17 21 (8.08%) Python
18 19 (7.31%) REST
18 19 (7.31%) Security Cleared
19 18 (6.92%) Code Quality
19 18 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
20 17 (6.54%) AngularJS
20 17 (6.54%) Node.js

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.08%) CMS
2 7 (2.69%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.31%) Magento
2 2 (0.77%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 23 (8.85%) AWS
1 23 (8.85%) Azure
2 12 (4.62%) Figma
3 9 (3.46%) SaaS
4 5 (1.92%) npm
4 5 (1.92%) Vercel
5 4 (1.54%) GitHub
6 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.77%) Contentful
7 2 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.77%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.77%) Serverless
7 2 (0.77%) Supabase
8 1 (0.38%) Algolia
8 1 (0.38%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.38%) GCP
8 1 (0.38%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.31%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.92%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.77%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 24 (9.23%) Git
2 8 (3.08%) Cypress.io
3 5 (1.92%) Vite
3 5 (1.92%) webpack
4 3 (1.15%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.77%) Gradle
5 2 (0.77%) gulp
5 2 (0.77%) JIRA
5 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.77%) Xcode
6 1 (0.38%) Babel
6 1 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.38%) Storybook
6 1 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 33 (12.69%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.85%) Finance
3 12 (4.62%) Retail
4 9 (3.46%) Marketing
5 8 (3.08%) Public Sector
6 5 (1.92%) Legal
6 5 (1.92%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.54%) Banking
7 4 (1.54%) Law
8 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.15%) Front Office
9 2 (0.77%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.77%) Legal Technology
10 1 (0.38%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Automotive
10 1 (0.38%) Games
10 1 (0.38%) iGaming
10 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (36.54%) React
2 39 (15.00%) CSS
3 35 (13.46%) HTML
4 27 (10.38%) Vue
5 19 (7.31%) REST
6 17 (6.54%) AngularJS
6 17 (6.54%) Node.js
7 15 (5.77%) Playwright
8 14 (5.38%) React Native
9 13 (5.00%) .NET
10 11 (4.23%) Jest
11 10 (3.85%) GraphQL
12 9 (3.46%) Tailwind CSS
13 8 (3.08%) CSS3
13 8 (3.08%) HTML5
13 8 (3.08%) Next.js
13 8 (3.08%) Sass
13 8 (3.08%) WebSockets
14 4 (1.54%) Material-UI
14 4 (1.54%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.92%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (6.54%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (2.31%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.31%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.54%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.15%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.15%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.15%) PropTech
6 2 (0.77%) Animation
6 2 (0.77%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.38%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.38%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.38%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (88.85%) Front End Development
2 42 (16.15%) Full-Stack Development
3 38 (14.62%) Agile
3 38 (14.62%) User Experience
4 37 (14.23%) E-Commerce
5 36 (13.85%) AI
6 35 (13.46%) Mentoring
7 31 (11.92%) Performance Optimisation
7 31 (11.92%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (11.54%) CI/CD
9 28 (10.77%) DevOps
10 27 (10.38%) Web Development
11 24 (9.23%) UX Design
12 18 (6.92%) Code Quality
12 18 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (6.54%) Roadmaps
14 14 (5.38%) Responsive Web Design
15 12 (4.62%) End-to-End Testing
15 12 (4.62%) Scrum
15 12 (4.62%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 103 (39.62%) TypeScript
2 102 (39.23%) JavaScript
3 21 (8.08%) Python
4 7 (2.69%) C#
5 6 (2.31%) PHP
6 3 (1.15%) Java
6 3 (1.15%) SQL
7 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (7.31%) Security Cleared
2 14 (5.38%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.69%) Degree
4 4 (1.54%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.23%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.77%) QA
3 6 (2.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (2.31%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.77%) Adobe
2 2 (0.77%) SAP
3 1 (0.38%) OpenAI