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 £58,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 358 375
Rank change year-on-year -90 +17 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 207 275 498
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.72% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.80% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 189 219 470
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 62,487 34,309 72,190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 90.23% 94.41%
Number of salaries quoted 40,738 21,159 56,617
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 23 March 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 23 March 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 72 £55,000 - 20
London -53 62 £85,000 +9.68% 25
Yorkshire -22 31 £47,372 -4.78% 3
South West -17 30 £45,000 -18.18% 8
North West -22 29 £62,500 +13.64% 12
South East -31 26 £55,000 -29.03% 8
North East -22 12 £59,000 +4.42% 5
West Midlands +3 9 £55,000 +12.82% 3
Midlands -53 9 £55,000 +15.79% 5
East of England -20 1 £80,000 +20.82%
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 23 March 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.

1 185 (89.37%) Front End Development
2 93 (44.93%) JavaScript
3 87 (42.03%) React
4 63 (30.43%) TypeScript
4 63 (30.43%) User Experience
5 61 (29.47%) CSS
6 54 (26.09%) Agile
6 54 (26.09%) HTML
7 44 (21.26%) Git
8 40 (19.32%) Accessibility
9 39 (18.84%) UX Design
10 33 (15.94%) Vue
11 24 (11.59%) Full-Stack Development
12 23 (11.11%) Azure
12 23 (11.11%) CI/CD
12 23 (11.11%) Node.js
13 22 (10.63%) Jest
14 19 (9.18%) Mentoring
15 18 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
15 18 (8.70%) Responsive Web Design
15 18 (8.70%) REST
16 17 (8.21%) SaaS
17 16 (7.73%) API Integration
17 16 (7.73%) E-Commerce
17 16 (7.73%) Performance Optimisation
17 16 (7.73%) RESTful
17 16 (7.73%) Web Development
18 15 (7.25%) AngularJS
18 15 (7.25%) DevOps
19 14 (6.76%) Cypress.io

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 (2.42%) CMS
2 1 (0.48%) Confluence
2 1 (0.48%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.48%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.42%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.48%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.48%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.11%) Azure
2 17 (8.21%) SaaS
3 13 (6.28%) GitHub
4 9 (4.35%) Figma
5 8 (3.86%) AWS
5 8 (3.86%) npm
6 7 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.42%) Miro
8 3 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.45%) Serverless
9 2 (0.97%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (0.97%) Vercel
9 2 (0.97%) Yarn
10 1 (0.48%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.48%) Algolia
10 1 (0.48%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.48%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.48%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.97%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.48%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.42%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.93%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.48%) MySQL
3 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 44 (21.26%) Git
2 14 (6.76%) Cypress.io
3 10 (4.83%) webpack
4 8 (3.86%) Vite
5 7 (3.38%) JIRA
5 7 (3.38%) Visual Studio
6 5 (2.42%) Axure RP
6 5 (2.42%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (1.93%) gulp
8 1 (0.48%) Babel
8 1 (0.48%) GitLab
8 1 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.48%) Protractor
8 1 (0.48%) Storybook
8 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 28 (13.53%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.14%) Retail
3 11 (5.31%) Legal
4 10 (4.83%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.35%) Law
6 5 (2.42%) Front Office
7 4 (1.93%) Banking
7 4 (1.93%) Marketing
8 3 (1.45%) Finance
9 2 (0.97%) Automotive
9 2 (0.97%) Games
9 2 (0.97%) Publishing
10 1 (0.48%) iGaming
10 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (42.03%) React
2 61 (29.47%) CSS
3 54 (26.09%) HTML
4 33 (15.94%) Vue
5 23 (11.11%) Node.js
6 22 (10.63%) Jest
7 18 (8.70%) REST
8 16 (7.73%) RESTful
9 15 (7.25%) AngularJS
10 13 (6.28%) Tailwind CSS
11 12 (5.80%) GraphQL
12 9 (4.35%) HTML5
12 9 (4.35%) Nuxt
13 8 (3.86%) .NET
13 8 (3.86%) JSON
13 8 (3.86%) Sass
14 7 (3.38%) CSS3
14 7 (3.38%) Next.js
15 6 (2.90%) Redux
15 6 (2.90%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.18%) Greenfield Project
2 9 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.90%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.42%) Fixed Income
5 5 (2.42%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.93%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.97%) Blog
7 2 (0.97%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.48%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.48%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.45%) Linux
2 2 (0.97%) Android
2 2 (0.97%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.97%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (89.37%) Front End Development
2 63 (30.43%) User Experience
3 54 (26.09%) Agile
4 39 (18.84%) UX Design
5 24 (11.59%) Full-Stack Development
6 23 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 19 (9.18%) Mentoring
8 18 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (8.70%) Responsive Web Design
9 16 (7.73%) API Integration
9 16 (7.73%) E-Commerce
9 16 (7.73%) Performance Optimisation
9 16 (7.73%) Web Development
10 15 (7.25%) DevOps
11 14 (6.76%) Wireframes
12 13 (6.28%) Software Engineering
13 12 (5.80%) Clean Code
13 12 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (5.31%) Data Visualisation
14 11 (5.31%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 93 (44.93%) JavaScript
2 63 (30.43%) TypeScript
3 9 (4.35%) C#
4 7 (3.38%) Java
4 7 (3.38%) Python
5 4 (1.93%) PHP
5 4 (1.93%) SQL
6 2 (0.97%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (3.86%) Security Cleared
2 4 (1.93%) DV Cleared
2 4 (1.93%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.97%) Degree
4 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (19.32%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.31%) QA
3 10 (4.83%) WCAG
4 5 (2.42%) GDPR
4 5 (2.42%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.48%) Grafana
1 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (1.45%) Adobe
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.48%) SAP