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 £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 426 418
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 -78
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 266 219 510
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 0.55% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.62% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 235 184 463
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,150 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £63,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -4.00%

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 77,803 35,497 89,090
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.90% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 54,705 20,597 65,984
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,341
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +9.52% -13.32%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 +19 108 £61,250 +8.41% 6
London -58 66 £80,000 +14.29% 8
North West 0 45 £62,500 +8.70% 4
Yorkshire -6 43 £70,000 +86.67%
South West -30 33 £45,000 -5.26% 2
South East -7 32 £45,000 +5.88% 4
North East -31 20 £59,500 +2.15% 2
East of England -22 12 £65,000 -1.83% 4
Midlands -31 11 £55,000 +15.79% 4
West Midlands -23 9 £68,750 +37.50% 2
East Midlands -31 2 £55,000 +22.22% 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 14 June 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.

1 235 (88.35%) Front End Development
2 105 (39.47%) JavaScript
3 93 (34.96%) React
4 88 (33.08%) TypeScript
5 50 (18.80%) User Experience
6 40 (15.04%) CSS
7 39 (14.66%) Full-Stack Development
8 34 (12.78%) HTML
9 32 (12.03%) Agile
10 30 (11.28%) DevOps
10 30 (11.28%) Vue
11 29 (10.90%) UX Design
12 28 (10.53%) Web Development
13 27 (10.15%) Accessibility
13 27 (10.15%) Git
14 26 (9.77%) E-Commerce
15 25 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
16 24 (9.02%) AI
17 21 (7.89%) CI/CD
18 20 (7.52%) AngularJS
19 19 (7.14%) Mentoring
20 18 (6.77%) Azure
20 18 (6.77%) Node.js
20 18 (6.77%) Python
21 17 (6.39%) Performance Optimisation
22 16 (6.02%) Jest
23 15 (5.64%) .NET
24 14 (5.26%) AWS
24 14 (5.26%) Data Visualisation
24 14 (5.26%) REST

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 5 (1.88%) CMS
2 3 (1.13%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 18 (6.77%) Azure
2 14 (5.26%) AWS
3 11 (4.14%) Figma
3 11 (4.14%) SaaS
4 7 (2.63%) npm
5 5 (1.88%) GitHub
6 4 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.50%) Vercel
7 3 (1.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.75%) Contentful
8 2 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.75%) Serverless
8 2 (0.75%) Yarn
9 1 (0.38%) Algolia
9 1 (0.38%) DigitalOcean
9 1 (0.38%) Sentry
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.50%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.75%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.38%) MySQL
4 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (10.15%) Git
2 8 (3.01%) Cypress.io
2 8 (3.01%) webpack
3 7 (2.63%) Vite
4 3 (1.13%) Claude Code
4 3 (1.13%) gulp
5 2 (0.75%) Gradle
5 2 (0.75%) JIRA
5 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.75%) Xcode
6 1 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 19 (7.14%) Social Skills
2 13 (4.89%) Finance
3 12 (4.51%) Retail
4 10 (3.76%) Public Sector
5 7 (2.63%) Law
5 7 (2.63%) Marketing
6 6 (2.26%) Banking
6 6 (2.26%) Front Office
6 6 (2.26%) Legal
7 3 (1.13%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.75%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.75%) Legal Technology
9 1 (0.38%) Automotive
9 1 (0.38%) Games
9 1 (0.38%) iGaming
9 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (34.96%) React
2 40 (15.04%) CSS
3 34 (12.78%) HTML
4 30 (11.28%) Vue
5 20 (7.52%) AngularJS
6 18 (6.77%) Node.js
7 16 (6.02%) Jest
8 15 (5.64%) .NET
9 14 (5.26%) REST
10 11 (4.14%) Tailwind CSS
11 10 (3.76%) React Native
12 9 (3.38%) Sass
12 9 (3.38%) WebSockets
13 8 (3.01%) HTML5
14 7 (2.63%) CSS3
14 7 (2.63%) Next.js
14 7 (2.63%) Playwright
14 7 (2.63%) RESTful
15 4 (1.50%) GraphQL
16 3 (1.13%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.65%) Greenfield Project
2 10 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.01%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.26%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.26%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.26%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.50%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.13%) PropTech
8 2 (0.75%) Animation
8 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.75%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.75%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.75%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.38%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.38%) Android
1 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (88.35%) Front End Development
2 50 (18.80%) User Experience
3 39 (14.66%) Full-Stack Development
4 32 (12.03%) Agile
5 30 (11.28%) DevOps
6 29 (10.90%) UX Design
7 28 (10.53%) Web Development
8 26 (9.77%) E-Commerce
9 25 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (9.02%) AI
11 21 (7.89%) CI/CD
12 19 (7.14%) Mentoring
13 17 (6.39%) Performance Optimisation
14 14 (5.26%) Data Visualisation
14 14 (5.26%) Visualisation
15 13 (4.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (4.89%) Software Engineering
16 12 (4.51%) Clean Code
17 11 (4.14%) Code Quality
18 10 (3.76%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 105 (39.47%) JavaScript
2 88 (33.08%) TypeScript
3 18 (6.77%) Python
4 8 (3.01%) C#
5 7 (2.63%) Java
6 6 (2.26%) PHP
7 4 (1.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (4.51%) Security Cleared
2 8 (3.01%) Degree
3 7 (2.63%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.88%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.15%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.38%) QA
3 8 (3.01%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (1.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.13%) SAP
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe