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 £58,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 406 422
Rank change year-on-year -44 +16 -94
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 242 236 469
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.60% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.67% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 216 197 446
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

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 75,019 34,985 79,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 89.49% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 50,497 21,159 60,456
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,129
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,550
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.74% -12.42%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +11 91 £60,000 +9.09% 17
London -61 62 £80,000 +6.67% 19
North West +3 39 £62,500 +13.64% 6
South West -27 37 £45,000 -18.18% 8
Yorkshire -23 35 £50,000 +42.86% 5
South East +1 26 £45,000 -21.74% 7
North East -29 17 £60,000 +3.00% 6
Midlands -38 14 £55,000 +15.79% 4
West Midlands -22 13 £55,000 +12.82% 1
East of England -24 7 £65,000 -1.83% 7
East Midlands -41 1 £55,000 +22.22% 3
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 12 May 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.

1 213 (88.02%) Front End Development
2 95 (39.26%) JavaScript
3 94 (38.84%) React
4 78 (32.23%) TypeScript
5 48 (19.83%) User Experience
6 39 (16.12%) CSS
7 34 (14.05%) Full-Stack Development
8 32 (13.22%) UX Design
9 31 (12.81%) HTML
10 28 (11.57%) Agile
11 27 (11.16%) Git
11 27 (11.16%) Vue
12 26 (10.74%) Accessibility
13 25 (10.33%) DevOps
14 23 (9.50%) E-Commerce
15 21 (8.68%) Web Development
16 19 (7.85%) Problem-Solving
17 17 (7.02%) SaaS
18 16 (6.61%) Node.js
19 15 (6.20%) CI/CD
19 15 (6.20%) Jest
19 15 (6.20%) REST
20 14 (5.79%) AI
20 14 (5.79%) AngularJS
20 14 (5.79%) Data Visualisation
20 14 (5.79%) Mentoring
20 14 (5.79%) Python
20 14 (5.79%) Visualisation
21 13 (5.37%) Azure
21 13 (5.37%) CRM

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 (2.07%) CMS
2 1 (0.41%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.41%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.41%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.02%) SaaS
2 13 (5.37%) Azure
3 11 (4.55%) Figma
4 8 (3.31%) AWS
4 8 (3.31%) npm
5 3 (1.24%) GitHub
6 2 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.83%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (0.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 2 (0.83%) Serverless
6 2 (0.83%) Vercel
6 2 (0.83%) Yarn
7 1 (0.41%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.41%) Algolia
7 1 (0.41%) DigitalOcean
7 1 (0.41%) Sentry
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.83%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.41%) MySQL
3 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (11.16%) Git
2 8 (3.31%) webpack
3 7 (2.89%) Vite
4 6 (2.48%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.24%) gulp
6 2 (0.83%) JIRA
6 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.41%) GitLab
7 1 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.41%) Storybook
7 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
General
1 18 (7.44%) Social Skills
2 11 (4.55%) Finance
2 11 (4.55%) Retail
3 10 (4.13%) Public Sector
4 8 (3.31%) Legal
5 7 (2.89%) Law
6 6 (2.48%) Banking
6 6 (2.48%) Front Office
7 5 (2.07%) Marketing
8 2 (0.83%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.83%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.41%) Automotive
9 1 (0.41%) Games
9 1 (0.41%) iGaming
9 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (38.84%) React
2 39 (16.12%) CSS
3 31 (12.81%) HTML
4 27 (11.16%) Vue
5 16 (6.61%) Node.js
6 15 (6.20%) Jest
6 15 (6.20%) REST
7 14 (5.79%) AngularJS
8 11 (4.55%) .NET
9 10 (4.13%) RESTful
10 8 (3.31%) HTML5
10 8 (3.31%) Sass
10 8 (3.31%) Tailwind CSS
10 8 (3.31%) WebSockets
11 7 (2.89%) Next.js
12 6 (2.48%) CSS3
12 6 (2.48%) GraphQL
12 6 (2.48%) React Native
13 5 (2.07%) Redux
14 4 (1.65%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.74%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (3.31%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.48%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.48%) Fixed Income
4 6 (2.48%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.24%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.83%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.83%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.83%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.41%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.41%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.83%) Android
1 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (88.02%) Front End Development
2 48 (19.83%) User Experience
3 34 (14.05%) Full-Stack Development
4 32 (13.22%) UX Design
5 28 (11.57%) Agile
6 25 (10.33%) DevOps
7 23 (9.50%) E-Commerce
8 21 (8.68%) Web Development
9 19 (7.85%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (6.20%) CI/CD
11 14 (5.79%) AI
11 14 (5.79%) Data Visualisation
11 14 (5.79%) Mentoring
11 14 (5.79%) Visualisation
12 13 (5.37%) CRM
12 13 (5.37%) Performance Optimisation
13 12 (4.96%) Software Engineering
14 11 (4.55%) Clean Code
14 11 (4.55%) Responsive Web Design
15 10 (4.13%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 95 (39.26%) JavaScript
2 78 (32.23%) TypeScript
3 14 (5.79%) Python
4 7 (2.89%) Java
5 6 (2.48%) C#
5 6 (2.48%) PHP
6 4 (1.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (4.55%) Security Cleared
2 6 (2.48%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.07%) DV Cleared
4 4 (1.65%) Degree
5 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.74%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.72%) WCAG
3 6 (2.48%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.41%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (1.24%) Adobe
1 3 (1.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.83%) SAP