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 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 493 389 317
Rank change year-on-year -104 -72 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 136 373 439
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.61% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.65% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 110 226 398
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,700
25th Percentile £49,813 £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 £75,938 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £108,750 £92,500
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 39,503 57,609 45,052
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 94.92% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 25,237 32,617 34,902
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,410 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.55% -4.32% -

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 6 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 6 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 -27 41 £78,750 +1.61% 112
North of England -21 35 £59,250 -1.25% 48
South East -31 30 £55,000 -21.43% 89
North West +24 25 £60,000 - 34
Midlands +17 10 £42,500 -34.62% 6
West Midlands +43 8 £40,000 +9.59% 2
South West +12 7 £52,500 +5.00% 7
Yorkshire -3 7 £47,372 -5.26% 10
East of England +27 6 £43,750 - 1
North East -5 3 £58,500 - 4
East Midlands 0 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 6 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.

1 120 (88.24%) Front End Development
2 88 (64.71%) JavaScript
3 83 (61.03%) React
4 79 (58.09%) CSS
5 72 (52.94%) Agile
6 70 (51.47%) HTML
7 63 (46.32%) User Experience
8 57 (41.91%) TypeScript
9 45 (33.09%) Git
10 40 (29.41%) Accessibility
11 31 (22.79%) UX Design
12 29 (21.32%) Azure
12 29 (21.32%) CI/CD
12 29 (21.32%) Node.js
12 29 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (19.85%) Vue
13 27 (19.85%) Wireframes
14 25 (18.38%) Responsive Web Design
15 23 (16.91%) GitHub
15 23 (16.91%) Software Engineering
16 22 (16.18%) AngularJS
17 21 (15.44%) Clean Code
17 21 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
17 21 (15.44%) REST
18 19 (13.97%) Jest
18 19 (13.97%) Mentoring
19 18 (13.24%) Next.js
20 17 (12.50%) AWS
20 17 (12.50%) QA
20 17 (12.50%) Sass

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 (8.09%) CMS
2 6 (4.41%) Umbraco
3 5 (3.68%) Drupal
3 5 (3.68%) WordPress
4 4 (2.94%) Confluence
5 2 (1.47%) EPiServer
5 2 (1.47%) nginx
6 1 (0.74%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.74%) Strapi
Applications
1 6 (4.41%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.94%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.47%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.47%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.47%) Elementor
3 2 (1.47%) Sketch
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.74%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (21.32%) Azure
2 23 (16.91%) GitHub
3 17 (12.50%) AWS
4 11 (8.09%) Figma
5 9 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (5.88%) npm
7 6 (4.41%) Miro
8 3 (2.21%) SaaS
9 2 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.47%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.47%) Serverless
9 2 (1.47%) Vercel
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon Cognito
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.74%) CloudFront
10 1 (0.74%) Firebase
10 1 (0.74%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.47%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.74%) Broadband
2 1 (0.74%) HTTP
2 1 (0.74%) Internet
2 1 (0.74%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.68%) Redis
2 5 (3.68%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.94%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.21%) Hazelcast
4 3 (2.21%) Metadata
4 3 (2.21%) MySQL
5 2 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (33.09%) Git
2 13 (9.56%) webpack
3 12 (8.82%) Cypress.io
4 10 (7.35%) gulp
4 10 (7.35%) Storybook
5 8 (5.88%) JIRA
6 6 (4.41%) Axure RP
7 4 (2.94%) Babel
7 4 (2.94%) Visual Studio
7 4 (2.94%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (2.21%) Vite
9 2 (1.47%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.47%) GitLab
9 2 (1.47%) Grunt
9 2 (1.47%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.74%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.74%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.74%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.74%) Selenium
10 1 (0.74%) SonarQube
General
1 32 (23.53%) Finance
1 32 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.82%) Retail
3 8 (5.88%) Law
3 8 (5.88%) Legal
4 7 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.68%) Marketing
6 4 (2.94%) Games
6 4 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.47%) Publishing
9 1 (0.74%) Automotive
9 1 (0.74%) Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.74%) Front Office
9 1 (0.74%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.74%) iGaming
9 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (61.03%) React
2 79 (58.09%) CSS
3 70 (51.47%) HTML
4 29 (21.32%) Node.js
5 27 (19.85%) Vue
6 22 (16.18%) AngularJS
7 21 (15.44%) REST
8 19 (13.97%) Jest
9 18 (13.24%) Next.js
10 17 (12.50%) Sass
11 16 (11.76%) HTML5
12 15 (11.03%) .NET
12 15 (11.03%) RESTful
13 14 (10.29%) Tailwind CSS
14 13 (9.56%) GraphQL
15 11 (8.09%) CSS3
15 11 (8.09%) JSON
15 11 (8.09%) WebSockets
16 10 (7.35%) Redux
17 8 (5.88%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.62%) Mobile App
1 9 (6.62%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.94%) Market Risk
5 3 (2.21%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.21%) W3C
6 2 (1.47%) Animation
6 2 (1.47%) Blog
6 2 (1.47%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.47%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.74%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.74%) Mobile Games
7 1 (0.74%) NHS
7 1 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.74%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.68%) Android
1 5 (3.68%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.21%) Linux
3 2 (1.47%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.47%) Unix
4 1 (0.74%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (88.24%) Front End Development
2 72 (52.94%) Agile
3 63 (46.32%) User Experience
4 31 (22.79%) UX Design
5 29 (21.32%) CI/CD
5 29 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (19.85%) Wireframes
7 25 (18.38%) Responsive Web Design
8 23 (16.91%) Software Engineering
9 21 (15.44%) Clean Code
9 21 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (13.97%) Mentoring
11 16 (11.76%) DevOps
12 15 (11.03%) Full-Stack Development
12 15 (11.03%) Performance Optimisation
12 15 (11.03%) Scrum
12 15 (11.03%) Web Development
13 14 (10.29%) API Integration
14 12 (8.82%) Computer Science
14 12 (8.82%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 88 (64.71%) JavaScript
2 57 (41.91%) TypeScript
3 10 (7.35%) C#
4 8 (5.88%) Python
5 4 (2.94%) PHP
6 3 (2.21%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.47%) Dart
7 2 (1.47%) Java
7 2 (1.47%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.47%) Ruby
7 2 (1.47%) SQL
8 1 (0.74%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (6.62%) Degree
2 8 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.41%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (29.41%) Accessibility
2 17 (12.50%) QA
3 7 (5.15%) GDPR
4 5 (3.68%) WCAG
5 4 (2.94%) PERC
System Software
1 2 (1.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Grafana
1 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (4.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.94%) Adobe
3 3 (2.21%) DevExpress
4 2 (1.47%) Guidewire
4 2 (1.47%) Netlify
5 1 (0.74%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.74%) Concur
5 1 (0.74%) Rollbar
5 1 (0.74%) Salesforce