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 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 489 386 327
Rank change year-on-year -103 -59 -74
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 131 375 473
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.61% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.64% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 102 228 420
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,313 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,188 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £108,750 £93,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -6.61%

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 38,683 58,873 47,777
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 95.21% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 23,360 33,692 36,861
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,252 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 -3 44 £75,000 -3.23% 64
North of England -25 30 £60,000 - 45
South East -36 28 £55,000 -21.43% 60
North West +8 23 £60,000 -4.00% 32
Midlands -4 10 £42,500 -34.62% 8
West Midlands +38 8 £40,000 +9.59% 3
South West +13 6 £53,750 +7.50% 5
East of England +9 6 £43,750 -41.67% 2
Yorkshire -14 5 £37,500 -25.00% 9
North East -2 2 £83,750 - 4
East Midlands -3 2 £47,500 -32.14% 4
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 21 October 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.

1 117 (89.31%) Front End Development
2 88 (67.18%) React
3 86 (65.65%) JavaScript
4 75 (57.25%) CSS
5 69 (52.67%) Agile
6 67 (51.15%) User Experience
7 65 (49.62%) HTML
8 63 (48.09%) TypeScript
9 43 (32.82%) Git
10 35 (26.72%) UX Design
11 34 (25.95%) Accessibility
12 30 (22.90%) CI/CD
12 30 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (22.14%) Node.js
14 28 (21.37%) Azure
14 28 (21.37%) Wireframes
15 27 (20.61%) Vue
16 26 (19.85%) Software Engineering
17 24 (18.32%) Responsive Web Design
18 23 (17.56%) AngularJS
18 23 (17.56%) AWS
18 23 (17.56%) GitHub
19 22 (16.79%) Clean Code
19 22 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
19 22 (16.79%) REST
20 20 (15.27%) Sass
21 19 (14.50%) HTML5
22 18 (13.74%) DevOps
22 18 (13.74%) Next.js
23 17 (12.98%) 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 11 (8.40%) CMS
2 6 (4.58%) Umbraco
3 5 (3.82%) Drupal
3 5 (3.82%) WordPress
4 4 (3.05%) Confluence
4 4 (3.05%) nginx
5 2 (1.53%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.76%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.76%) Strapi
Applications
1 6 (4.58%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.05%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.53%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.53%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.53%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.53%) Elementor
3 2 (1.53%) Sketch
4 1 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 28 (21.37%) Azure
2 23 (17.56%) AWS
2 23 (17.56%) GitHub
3 13 (9.92%) Figma
4 10 (7.63%) npm
5 7 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.58%) Miro
7 5 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (3.05%) Serverless
9 3 (2.29%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.29%) SaaS
10 2 (1.53%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (1.53%) Cloudflare
10 2 (1.53%) CloudFront
10 2 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.53%) Vercel
11 1 (0.76%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.76%) AWS KMS
11 1 (0.76%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.76%) Broadband
1 1 (0.76%) HTTP
1 1 (0.76%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.76%) Internet
1 1 (0.76%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.82%) Metadata
2 5 (3.82%) MongoDB
2 5 (3.82%) Redis
2 5 (3.82%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.29%) Hazelcast
3 3 (2.29%) MySQL
4 2 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 43 (32.82%) Git
2 15 (11.45%) webpack
3 12 (9.16%) Cypress.io
3 12 (9.16%) gulp
4 10 (7.63%) Storybook
5 6 (4.58%) Axure RP
5 6 (4.58%) Babel
5 6 (4.58%) JIRA
6 4 (3.05%) Jenkins
7 3 (2.29%) Vite
8 2 (1.53%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.53%) GitLab
8 2 (1.53%) Grunt
8 2 (1.53%) Jasmine
8 2 (1.53%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (1.53%) Selenium
8 2 (1.53%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.53%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.76%) Maven
9 1 (0.76%) Subversion
General
1 36 (27.48%) Finance
2 26 (19.85%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.87%) Law
4 8 (6.11%) Legal
4 8 (6.11%) Retail
5 7 (5.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.05%) Games
6 4 (3.05%) Marketing
7 3 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.29%) Fire and Rescue
7 3 (2.29%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.53%) Banking
8 2 (1.53%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.76%) Automotive
9 1 (0.76%) Front Office
9 1 (0.76%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.76%) iGaming
9 1 (0.76%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (67.18%) React
2 75 (57.25%) CSS
3 65 (49.62%) HTML
4 29 (22.14%) Node.js
5 27 (20.61%) Vue
6 23 (17.56%) AngularJS
7 22 (16.79%) REST
8 20 (15.27%) Sass
9 19 (14.50%) HTML5
10 18 (13.74%) Next.js
11 17 (12.98%) RESTful
12 16 (12.21%) Jest
13 15 (11.45%) .NET
14 13 (9.92%) CSS3
14 13 (9.92%) WebSockets
15 12 (9.16%) Tailwind CSS
16 11 (8.40%) GraphQL
17 10 (7.63%) JSON
17 10 (7.63%) Redux
18 8 (6.11%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.87%) Mobile App
2 7 (5.34%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.82%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.82%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (3.05%) Client/Server
4 4 (3.05%) Market Risk
5 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.29%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.29%) Smart City
5 3 (2.29%) W3C
6 2 (1.53%) Animation
6 2 (1.53%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.53%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.76%) Blog
7 1 (0.76%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.76%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.76%) IoT
7 1 (0.76%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.82%) Android
1 5 (3.82%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.05%) Linux
3 3 (2.29%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (89.31%) Front End Development
2 69 (52.67%) Agile
3 67 (51.15%) User Experience
4 35 (26.72%) UX Design
5 30 (22.90%) CI/CD
5 30 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (21.37%) Wireframes
7 26 (19.85%) Software Engineering
8 24 (18.32%) Responsive Web Design
9 22 (16.79%) Clean Code
9 22 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (13.74%) DevOps
11 17 (12.98%) Scrum
12 15 (11.45%) Web Development
13 14 (10.69%) Computer Science
13 14 (10.69%) Mentoring
13 14 (10.69%) Performance Optimisation
14 12 (9.16%) API Integration
14 12 (9.16%) Full-Stack Development
14 12 (9.16%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 86 (65.65%) JavaScript
2 63 (48.09%) TypeScript
3 10 (7.63%) C#
3 10 (7.63%) Python
4 4 (3.05%) PHP
5 3 (2.29%) R
5 3 (2.29%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.53%) Dart
6 2 (1.53%) Java
6 2 (1.53%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.53%) SQL
7 1 (0.76%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (6.87%) Degree
2 8 (6.11%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.58%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (25.95%) Accessibility
2 15 (11.45%) QA
3 5 (3.82%) GDPR
4 4 (3.05%) WCAG
5 2 (1.53%) PERC
System Software
1 5 (3.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.76%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (4.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.82%) Adobe
3 3 (2.29%) DevExpress
4 2 (1.53%) Guidewire
4 2 (1.53%) Netlify
5 1 (0.76%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.76%) Concur
5 1 (0.76%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.76%) Rollbar
5 1 (0.76%) Salesforce