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 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 476 364 340
Rank change year-on-year -112 -24 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 146 346 440
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.72% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.78% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 127 205 410
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,300 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,625 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £61,250 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.26% +12.50% -7.69%

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 49,569 44,148 52,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 92.27% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 31,460 23,079 41,799
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.15% -9.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -3 50 £60,000 +6.67% 32
London -53 33 £80,000 +3.23% 21
South East -1 26 £55,000 -29.03% 33
North West +9 20 £61,250 +11.36% 13
Yorkshire -16 17 £47,372 -2.33% 14
South West -7 14 £45,000 -18.18% 16
North East 0 13 £59,500 -0.83% 5
West Midlands +29 11 £52,500 -12.50% 9
Midlands -1 11 £52,500 -12.50% 16
East of England +8 4 £40,000 -25.58% 19
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 22 January 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.

1 130 (89.04%) Front End Development
2 75 (51.37%) React
3 69 (47.26%) JavaScript
4 65 (44.52%) Agile
4 65 (44.52%) CSS
5 58 (39.73%) HTML
6 56 (38.36%) User Experience
7 45 (30.82%) TypeScript
8 42 (28.77%) Git
9 38 (26.03%) Accessibility
10 34 (23.29%) UX Design
11 29 (19.86%) Azure
11 29 (19.86%) CI/CD
12 27 (18.49%) Vue
13 23 (15.75%) Wireframes
14 22 (15.07%) Jest
15 20 (13.70%) Node.js
16 19 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (13.01%) Mentoring
16 19 (13.01%) Responsive Web Design
17 18 (12.33%) Clean Code
17 18 (12.33%) GitHub
17 18 (12.33%) REST
18 17 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
19 16 (10.96%) API Integration
19 16 (10.96%) Next.js
20 15 (10.27%) AngularJS
20 15 (10.27%) GraphQL
20 15 (10.27%) Software Engineering
21 14 (9.59%) RESTful

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 (5.48%) CMS
2 5 (3.42%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.37%) Drupal
3 2 (1.37%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.68%) Confluence
4 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (4.11%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.37%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (19.86%) Azure
2 18 (12.33%) GitHub
3 13 (8.90%) AWS
3 13 (8.90%) SaaS
4 9 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (6.16%) Figma
5 6 (4.11%) Miro
6 4 (2.74%) npm
7 2 (1.37%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.68%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.68%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.68%) Sentry
8 1 (0.68%) Serverless
8 1 (0.68%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.37%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.68%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.74%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.37%) Metadata
4 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.68%) MySQL
4 1 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 42 (28.77%) Git
2 11 (7.53%) Cypress.io
3 10 (6.85%) webpack
4 8 (5.48%) gulp
4 8 (5.48%) Storybook
5 7 (4.79%) Visual Studio
6 6 (4.11%) Axure RP
6 6 (4.11%) JIRA
7 5 (3.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (2.05%) GitLab
9 2 (1.37%) Grunt
9 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
9 2 (1.37%) Vite
10 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.68%) Babel
10 1 (0.68%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.68%) Maven
10 1 (0.68%) Protractor
10 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (22.60%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.33%) Retail
3 12 (8.22%) Finance
4 7 (4.79%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.42%) Legal
6 4 (2.74%) Marketing
7 3 (2.05%) Law
8 2 (1.37%) Publishing
9 1 (0.68%) Automotive
9 1 (0.68%) Banking
9 1 (0.68%) Games
9 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (51.37%) React
2 65 (44.52%) CSS
3 58 (39.73%) HTML
4 27 (18.49%) Vue
5 22 (15.07%) Jest
6 20 (13.70%) Node.js
7 18 (12.33%) REST
8 16 (10.96%) Next.js
9 15 (10.27%) AngularJS
9 15 (10.27%) GraphQL
10 14 (9.59%) RESTful
11 13 (8.90%) Tailwind CSS
12 12 (8.22%) .NET
13 9 (6.16%) Sass
14 8 (5.48%) JSON
14 8 (5.48%) Nuxt
14 8 (5.48%) Redux
15 7 (4.79%) Web Services
16 6 (4.11%) HTML5
16 6 (4.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.53%) Greenfield Project
2 9 (6.16%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.48%) Mobile App
4 7 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.05%) W3C
8 2 (1.37%) Blog
8 2 (1.37%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.37%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.37%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.37%) Graphic Design
8 2 (1.37%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.11%) Android
1 6 (4.11%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.37%) Linux
2 2 (1.37%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (89.04%) Front End Development
2 65 (44.52%) Agile
3 56 (38.36%) User Experience
4 34 (23.29%) UX Design
5 29 (19.86%) CI/CD
6 23 (15.75%) Wireframes
7 19 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (13.01%) Mentoring
7 19 (13.01%) Responsive Web Design
8 18 (12.33%) Clean Code
9 17 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (10.96%) API Integration
11 15 (10.27%) Software Engineering
12 13 (8.90%) DevOps
12 13 (8.90%) Full-Stack Development
13 11 (7.53%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
13 11 (7.53%) Web Development
14 10 (6.85%) E-Commerce
14 10 (6.85%) Mobile Development
15 9 (6.16%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 69 (47.26%) JavaScript
2 45 (30.82%) TypeScript
3 12 (8.22%) C#
4 6 (4.11%) Python
5 3 (2.05%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.37%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.37%) PHP
6 2 (1.37%) Ruby
7 1 (0.68%) Java
7 1 (0.68%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (5.48%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.11%) DV Cleared
3 4 (2.74%) Degree
4 2 (1.37%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (26.03%) Accessibility
2 13 (8.90%) QA
3 8 (5.48%) GDPR
3 8 (5.48%) WCAG
4 5 (3.42%) PERC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) Grafana
1 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (3.42%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.05%) DevExpress
3 2 (1.37%) Adobe
4 1 (0.68%) Bloomberg
4 1 (0.68%) Concur
4 1 (0.68%) SAP