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 £59,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 381 336
Rank change year-on-year -94 -45 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 143 391 404
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.65% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.69% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 118 235 364
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,563 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.36% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £105,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 42,051 56,729 43,891
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 94.29% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 27,089 31,796 34,125
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% -

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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
London -26 40 £80,000 +3.23% 17
North of England +13 39 £60,000 +4.35% 7
South East -19 30 £55,000 -21.43% 16
North West +49 29 £60,000 +4.35% 4
South West +16 12 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Midlands +23 10 £42,500 -29.17% 2
West Midlands +44 8 £40,000 +9.59% 2
Yorkshire +4 7 £47,372 -2.33% 2
East of England +14 6 £43,750 -18.60% 3
North East +7 3 £58,500 -14.91% 1
East Midlands +6 2 £47,500 -26.92%
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 25 November 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 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.

1 125 (87.41%) Front End Development
2 88 (61.54%) JavaScript
3 86 (60.14%) React
4 78 (54.55%) Agile
4 78 (54.55%) CSS
5 71 (49.65%) HTML
6 63 (44.06%) User Experience
7 62 (43.36%) TypeScript
8 46 (32.17%) Git
9 41 (28.67%) Accessibility
10 33 (23.08%) UX Design
11 30 (20.98%) Azure
11 30 (20.98%) CI/CD
11 30 (20.98%) Node.js
12 29 (20.28%) Vue
13 27 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (18.18%) Wireframes
15 24 (16.78%) Responsive Web Design
16 23 (16.08%) AngularJS
16 23 (16.08%) Clean Code
16 23 (16.08%) Software Engineering
17 22 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (15.38%) GitHub
18 21 (14.69%) Mentoring
19 19 (13.29%) Jest
19 19 (13.29%) Next.js
19 19 (13.29%) REST
20 18 (12.59%) RESTful
21 17 (11.89%) AWS
21 17 (11.89%) Full-Stack Development

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 10 (6.99%) CMS
2 5 (3.50%) Umbraco
3 4 (2.80%) Drupal
3 4 (2.80%) WordPress
4 3 (2.10%) Confluence
5 2 (1.40%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.70%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.70%) nginx
6 1 (0.70%) Strapi
Applications
1 6 (4.20%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.80%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.40%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.40%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.40%) Elementor
3 2 (1.40%) Sketch
4 1 (0.70%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 30 (20.98%) Azure
2 22 (15.38%) GitHub
3 17 (11.89%) AWS
4 11 (7.69%) Figma
5 9 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.90%) npm
7 6 (4.20%) Miro
7 6 (4.20%) SaaS
8 2 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.40%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.40%) Serverless
8 2 (1.40%) Vercel
9 1 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon Cognito
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.70%) Firebase
9 1 (0.70%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.40%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.70%) Broadband
2 1 (0.70%) HTTP
2 1 (0.70%) Internet
2 1 (0.70%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.59%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.50%) Redis
2 5 (3.50%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.80%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.10%) Hazelcast
4 3 (2.10%) MySQL
5 2 (1.40%) Metadata
6 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 46 (32.17%) Git
2 12 (8.39%) Cypress.io
2 12 (8.39%) webpack
3 10 (6.99%) Storybook
4 8 (5.59%) gulp
4 8 (5.59%) JIRA
5 6 (4.20%) Axure RP
6 5 (3.50%) Visual Studio
6 5 (3.50%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (2.10%) Babel
8 2 (1.40%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.40%) GitLab
8 2 (1.40%) Grunt
8 2 (1.40%) Jenkins
8 2 (1.40%) Vite
9 1 (0.70%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.70%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.70%) Maven
9 1 (0.70%) Selenium
9 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
General
1 34 (23.78%) Social Skills
2 31 (21.68%) Finance
3 13 (9.09%) Retail
4 8 (5.59%) Legal
5 7 (4.90%) Law
6 6 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.80%) Marketing
7 4 (2.80%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.10%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.10%) Games
9 2 (1.40%) Publishing
10 1 (0.70%) Automotive
10 1 (0.70%) Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Front Office
10 1 (0.70%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.70%) iGaming
10 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (60.14%) React
2 78 (54.55%) CSS
3 71 (49.65%) HTML
4 30 (20.98%) Node.js
5 29 (20.28%) Vue
6 23 (16.08%) AngularJS
7 19 (13.29%) Jest
7 19 (13.29%) Next.js
7 19 (13.29%) REST
8 18 (12.59%) RESTful
9 15 (10.49%) .NET
9 15 (10.49%) HTML5
9 15 (10.49%) Sass
10 14 (9.79%) Tailwind CSS
11 13 (9.09%) GraphQL
12 11 (7.69%) CSS3
12 11 (7.69%) JSON
12 11 (7.69%) WebSockets
13 9 (6.29%) Redux
14 8 (5.59%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.99%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.29%) Mobile App
3 8 (5.59%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.80%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.10%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.10%) Market Risk
6 3 (2.10%) W3C
7 2 (1.40%) Blog
7 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.40%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.70%) Animation
8 1 (0.70%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.70%) Mobile Games
8 1 (0.70%) NHS
8 1 (0.70%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.50%) Android
1 5 (3.50%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.40%) Linux
2 2 (1.40%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (87.41%) Front End Development
2 78 (54.55%) Agile
3 63 (44.06%) User Experience
4 33 (23.08%) UX Design
5 30 (20.98%) CI/CD
6 27 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (18.18%) Wireframes
8 24 (16.78%) Responsive Web Design
9 23 (16.08%) Clean Code
9 23 (16.08%) Software Engineering
10 22 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (14.69%) Mentoring
12 17 (11.89%) Full-Stack Development
13 16 (11.19%) DevOps
13 16 (11.19%) Performance Optimisation
14 15 (10.49%) API Integration
15 14 (9.79%) Web Development
16 13 (9.09%) Scrum
17 12 (8.39%) Code Quality
17 12 (8.39%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 88 (61.54%) JavaScript
2 62 (43.36%) TypeScript
3 11 (7.69%) C#
4 7 (4.90%) Python
5 4 (2.80%) PHP
6 3 (2.10%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.40%) Dart
7 2 (1.40%) Java
7 2 (1.40%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.40%) Ruby
7 2 (1.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (6.29%) Degree
2 8 (5.59%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.20%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (28.67%) Accessibility
2 17 (11.89%) QA
3 8 (5.59%) GDPR
4 6 (4.20%) WCAG
5 5 (3.50%) PERC
System Software
1 2 (1.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.70%) Grafana
1 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (4.20%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.80%) Adobe
3 3 (2.10%) DevExpress
4 2 (1.40%) Guidewire
4 2 (1.40%) Netlify
5 1 (0.70%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.70%) Concur
5 1 (0.70%) Salesforce