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 9 December 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 489 380 321
Rank change year-on-year -109 -59 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 123 368 404
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.66% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.70% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 102 223 365
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,875 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +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 44,402 52,240 42,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 93.83% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28,028 29,074 33,507
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 9 December 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 9 December 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 -19 33 £80,000 +3.23% 17
South East -3 31 £55,000 -21.43% 12
North of England -7 31 £59,250 +3.04% 17
North West +33 22 £60,000 +4.35% 7
South West +3 10 £45,000 -18.18% 6
West Midlands +26 7 £45,000 +23.29% 4
Midlands +5 7 £45,000 -21.74% 4
Yorkshire -21 6 £48,686 +0.38% 5
East of England +14 4 £40,000 -25.58% 1
North East -3 3 £58,500 -14.91% 5
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 9 December 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.

1 109 (88.62%) Front End Development
2 68 (55.28%) React
3 66 (53.66%) JavaScript
4 65 (52.85%) Agile
5 59 (47.97%) CSS
6 54 (43.90%) HTML
6 54 (43.90%) User Experience
7 45 (36.59%) TypeScript
8 40 (32.52%) Accessibility
8 40 (32.52%) Git
9 33 (26.83%) UX Design
10 30 (24.39%) Azure
11 27 (21.95%) Vue
12 26 (21.14%) CI/CD
13 24 (19.51%) Wireframes
14 22 (17.89%) Node.js
15 20 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (16.26%) GitHub
15 20 (16.26%) Responsive Web Design
16 19 (15.45%) Jest
17 18 (14.63%) Clean Code
17 18 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
18 17 (13.82%) Mentoring
19 16 (13.01%) Software Engineering
20 15 (12.20%) .NET
20 15 (12.20%) AngularJS
20 15 (12.20%) DevOps
20 15 (12.20%) Next.js
20 15 (12.20%) REST
21 14 (11.38%) API Integration

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 (4.07%) CMS
1 5 (4.07%) Umbraco
2 2 (1.63%) Drupal
2 2 (1.63%) EPiServer
3 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (4.88%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.63%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.81%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.81%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 30 (24.39%) Azure
2 20 (16.26%) GitHub
3 13 (10.57%) AWS
4 9 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (7.32%) Figma
5 8 (6.50%) SaaS
6 6 (4.88%) Miro
7 5 (4.07%) npm
8 1 (0.81%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.81%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.81%) Firebase
8 1 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.63%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.81%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.25%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.44%) Redis
4 2 (1.63%) Metadata
4 2 (1.63%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.63%) MySQL
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.81%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 40 (32.52%) Git
2 11 (8.94%) Storybook
3 10 (8.13%) Cypress.io
3 10 (8.13%) webpack
4 8 (6.50%) gulp
5 6 (4.88%) Axure RP
5 6 (4.88%) JIRA
5 6 (4.88%) Visual Studio
6 5 (4.07%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (2.44%) GitLab
8 2 (1.63%) Grunt
8 2 (1.63%) Jenkins
8 2 (1.63%) Vite
9 1 (0.81%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.81%) Babel
9 1 (0.81%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.81%) Maven
9 1 (0.81%) Protractor
9 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.63%) Finance
3 14 (11.38%) Retail
4 6 (4.88%) Legal
5 4 (3.25%) Law
5 4 (3.25%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.63%) Marketing
6 2 (1.63%) Publishing
7 1 (0.81%) Automotive
7 1 (0.81%) Banking
7 1 (0.81%) Games
7 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (55.28%) React
2 59 (47.97%) CSS
3 54 (43.90%) HTML
4 27 (21.95%) Vue
5 22 (17.89%) Node.js
6 19 (15.45%) Jest
7 15 (12.20%) .NET
7 15 (12.20%) AngularJS
7 15 (12.20%) Next.js
7 15 (12.20%) REST
8 13 (10.57%) RESTful
9 12 (9.76%) Tailwind CSS
10 11 (8.94%) GraphQL
11 9 (7.32%) Sass
12 8 (6.50%) JSON
12 8 (6.50%) Nuxt
12 8 (6.50%) Redux
12 8 (6.50%) WebSockets
13 7 (5.69%) Web Services
14 6 (4.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.69%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (5.69%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.44%) W3C
5 2 (1.63%) Blog
5 2 (1.63%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.63%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.63%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.81%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.88%) Android
1 6 (4.88%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.63%) Linux
2 2 (1.63%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (88.62%) Front End Development
2 65 (52.85%) Agile
3 54 (43.90%) User Experience
4 33 (26.83%) UX Design
5 26 (21.14%) CI/CD
6 24 (19.51%) Wireframes
7 20 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (16.26%) Responsive Web Design
8 18 (14.63%) Clean Code
8 18 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (13.82%) Mentoring
10 16 (13.01%) Software Engineering
11 15 (12.20%) DevOps
12 14 (11.38%) API Integration
13 13 (10.57%) Full-Stack Development
14 11 (8.94%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
14 11 (8.94%) Mobile Development
14 11 (8.94%) Performance Optimisation
15 10 (8.13%) Web Development
16 9 (7.32%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (53.66%) JavaScript
2 45 (36.59%) TypeScript
3 11 (8.94%) C#
4 5 (4.07%) Python
5 3 (2.44%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.63%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.63%) PHP
6 2 (1.63%) Ruby
7 1 (0.81%) Java
7 1 (0.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (5.69%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.88%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.44%) Degree
4 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (32.52%) Accessibility
2 14 (11.38%) QA
3 8 (6.50%) GDPR
4 7 (5.69%) WCAG
5 5 (4.07%) PERC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) Grafana
1 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (4.88%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.44%) Adobe
2 3 (2.44%) DevExpress
3 1 (0.81%) Bloomberg
3 1 (0.81%) Concur