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 £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 490 461
Rank change year-on-year +13 -29 -123
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 271 176 340
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.40% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.45% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 234 147 297
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%

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 86,335 39,475 70,908
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 90.65% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 60,644 23,957 49,503
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,075 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +26 104 £65,000 +8.33% 9
London -45 60 £85,000 +17.24% 8
North West +25 56 £55,000 -8.33% 6
South East -11 45 £45,000 - 7
Yorkshire -3 32 £70,000 +86.67% 2
South West -51 28 £45,000 -5.26% 6
Midlands -33 19 £43,750 -5.41% 4
North East -40 16 £62,500 +2.88% 1
West Midlands -31 13 £82,500 +69.23%
East of England -17 11 £65,000 -1.83% 1
East Midlands -28 6 £43,125 -4.17% 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 1 August 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.

1 239 (88.19%) Front End Development
2 114 (42.07%) JavaScript
3 105 (38.75%) TypeScript
4 98 (36.16%) React
5 44 (16.24%) Full-Stack Development
5 44 (16.24%) User Experience
6 39 (14.39%) CSS
7 38 (14.02%) Agile
8 37 (13.65%) Accessibility
9 35 (12.92%) HTML
10 33 (12.18%) AI
11 32 (11.81%) Mentoring
11 32 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (11.07%) E-Commerce
12 30 (11.07%) Performance Optimisation
13 29 (10.70%) DevOps
13 29 (10.70%) Web Development
14 28 (10.33%) CI/CD
14 28 (10.33%) UX Design
14 28 (10.33%) Vue
15 25 (9.23%) Git
16 21 (7.75%) AWS
16 21 (7.75%) Azure
17 20 (7.38%) Python
17 20 (7.38%) Security Cleared
18 19 (7.01%) AngularJS
19 18 (6.64%) REST
20 16 (5.90%) Code Quality
21 15 (5.54%) .NET
21 15 (5.54%) Continuous Improvement

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 7 (2.58%) CMS
2 6 (2.21%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.37%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Magento
2 2 (0.74%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 21 (7.75%) AWS
1 21 (7.75%) Azure
2 12 (4.43%) Figma
3 9 (3.32%) SaaS
4 7 (2.58%) npm
5 4 (1.48%) GitHub
5 4 (1.48%) Vercel
6 3 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.74%) Contentful
7 2 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.74%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.74%) Serverless
7 2 (0.74%) Yarn
8 1 (0.37%) Algolia
8 1 (0.37%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.37%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.21%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.85%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.74%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 25 (9.23%) Git
2 8 (2.95%) Cypress.io
3 7 (2.58%) Vite
3 7 (2.58%) webpack
4 3 (1.11%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.74%) Gradle
5 2 (0.74%) gulp
5 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.74%) Xcode
6 1 (0.37%) Babel
6 1 (0.37%) JIRA
6 1 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 30 (11.07%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.49%) Finance
3 12 (4.43%) Retail
4 10 (3.69%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.32%) Marketing
6 7 (2.58%) Law
7 6 (2.21%) Legal
8 5 (1.85%) Banking
8 5 (1.85%) Front Office
9 3 (1.11%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.11%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.74%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.74%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.37%) Automotive
11 1 (0.37%) Games
11 1 (0.37%) iGaming
11 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (36.16%) React
2 39 (14.39%) CSS
3 35 (12.92%) HTML
4 28 (10.33%) Vue
5 19 (7.01%) AngularJS
6 18 (6.64%) REST
7 15 (5.54%) .NET
8 14 (5.17%) Node.js
8 14 (5.17%) React Native
9 13 (4.80%) Playwright
10 12 (4.43%) Jest
11 10 (3.69%) HTML5
11 10 (3.69%) Tailwind CSS
11 10 (3.69%) WebSockets
12 9 (3.32%) CSS3
12 9 (3.32%) Sass
13 6 (2.21%) GraphQL
14 5 (1.85%) Next.js
14 5 (1.85%) RESTful
15 3 (1.11%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.64%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (6.27%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (2.21%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.21%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.85%) Fixed Income
4 5 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (1.48%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.11%) PropTech
7 2 (0.74%) Animation
7 2 (0.74%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.74%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.74%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.37%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.37%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.37%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (88.19%) Front End Development
2 44 (16.24%) Full-Stack Development
2 44 (16.24%) User Experience
3 38 (14.02%) Agile
4 33 (12.18%) AI
5 32 (11.81%) Mentoring
5 32 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (11.07%) E-Commerce
6 30 (11.07%) Performance Optimisation
7 29 (10.70%) DevOps
7 29 (10.70%) Web Development
8 28 (10.33%) CI/CD
8 28 (10.33%) UX Design
9 16 (5.90%) Code Quality
10 15 (5.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (5.17%) Roadmaps
11 14 (5.17%) Scrum
12 13 (4.80%) Sprint Planning
13 12 (4.43%) Data Visualisation
13 12 (4.43%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 114 (42.07%) JavaScript
2 105 (38.75%) TypeScript
3 20 (7.38%) Python
4 7 (2.58%) C#
5 6 (2.21%) Java
6 5 (1.85%) PHP
7 4 (1.48%) SQL
8 1 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (7.38%) Security Cleared
2 15 (5.54%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.58%) Degree
4 4 (1.48%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.65%) Accessibility
2 14 (5.17%) QA
3 7 (2.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.74%) SAP
3 1 (0.37%) Adobe