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 £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 488 435
Rank change year-on-year -5 -53 -109
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 258 162 352
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.37% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.41% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 220 135 293
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £73,125 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%

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 88,542 39,676 68,922
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.61% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 62,156 23,891 46,902
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -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 13 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 13 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 +15 99 £65,000 +8.33% 13
North West +26 55 £57,500 -4.17% 7
London -64 53 £85,000 +13.33% 12
South East +7 44 £55,000 +25.71% 5
Yorkshire -2 28 £70,000 +86.67% 3
South West -38 27 £50,000 +5.26% 4
Midlands -38 20 £49,375 +9.72% 7
North East -44 16 £62,500 +2.88% 3
West Midlands -29 12 - - 5
East of England -19 11 £65,000 -13.33% 1
East Midlands -26 8 £49,375 +9.72% 2
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 13 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.

1 228 (88.37%) Front End Development
2 105 (40.70%) JavaScript
3 103 (39.92%) TypeScript
4 95 (36.82%) React
5 44 (17.05%) Full-Stack Development
6 39 (15.12%) CSS
7 38 (14.73%) User Experience
8 37 (14.34%) Accessibility
8 37 (14.34%) Agile
9 36 (13.95%) AI
10 35 (13.57%) HTML
11 34 (13.18%) Mentoring
12 32 (12.40%) E-Commerce
13 31 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (11.63%) CI/CD
14 30 (11.63%) Performance Optimisation
15 28 (10.85%) DevOps
16 27 (10.47%) Vue
16 27 (10.47%) Web Development
17 24 (9.30%) Git
17 24 (9.30%) UX Design
18 22 (8.53%) AWS
18 22 (8.53%) Azure
19 21 (8.14%) Python
20 20 (7.75%) Security Cleared
21 19 (7.36%) REST
22 17 (6.59%) AngularJS
22 17 (6.59%) Code Quality
22 17 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
23 16 (6.20%) Node.js

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 (2.71%) CMS
2 6 (2.33%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.39%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.94%) Magento
2 2 (0.78%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 22 (8.53%) AWS
1 22 (8.53%) Azure
2 12 (4.65%) Figma
3 10 (3.88%) SaaS
4 5 (1.94%) npm
4 5 (1.94%) Vercel
5 4 (1.55%) GitHub
6 3 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.78%) Contentful
7 2 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.78%) Serverless
7 2 (0.78%) Supabase
8 1 (0.39%) Algolia
8 1 (0.39%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.39%) GCP
8 1 (0.39%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.39%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.94%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.78%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 24 (9.30%) Git
2 8 (3.10%) Cypress.io
3 5 (1.94%) Vite
3 5 (1.94%) webpack
4 3 (1.16%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.78%) Gradle
5 2 (0.78%) gulp
5 2 (0.78%) JIRA
5 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.78%) Xcode
6 1 (0.39%) Babel
6 1 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.39%) Storybook
6 1 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 32 (12.40%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.91%) Finance
3 11 (4.26%) Retail
4 9 (3.49%) Marketing
4 9 (3.49%) Public Sector
5 5 (1.94%) Banking
5 5 (1.94%) Legal
6 4 (1.55%) Front Office
6 4 (1.55%) Law
7 3 (1.16%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.78%) Legal Technology
9 1 (0.39%) Automotive
9 1 (0.39%) Games
9 1 (0.39%) iGaming
9 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (36.82%) React
2 39 (15.12%) CSS
3 35 (13.57%) HTML
4 27 (10.47%) Vue
5 19 (7.36%) REST
6 17 (6.59%) AngularJS
7 16 (6.20%) Node.js
8 15 (5.81%) Playwright
9 14 (5.43%) React Native
10 13 (5.04%) .NET
11 11 (4.26%) Jest
12 9 (3.49%) Tailwind CSS
12 9 (3.49%) WebSockets
13 8 (3.10%) CSS3
13 8 (3.10%) GraphQL
13 8 (3.10%) HTML5
13 8 (3.10%) Sass
14 7 (2.71%) Next.js
15 4 (1.55%) Redux
15 4 (1.55%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (6.59%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (2.33%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.33%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.55%) Algorithms
4 4 (1.55%) Fixed Income
4 4 (1.55%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.16%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.16%) PropTech
6 2 (0.78%) Animation
6 2 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.78%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.39%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.39%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.39%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.39%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (88.37%) Front End Development
2 44 (17.05%) Full-Stack Development
3 38 (14.73%) User Experience
4 37 (14.34%) Agile
5 36 (13.95%) AI
6 34 (13.18%) Mentoring
7 32 (12.40%) E-Commerce
8 31 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (11.63%) CI/CD
9 30 (11.63%) Performance Optimisation
10 28 (10.85%) DevOps
11 27 (10.47%) Web Development
12 24 (9.30%) UX Design
13 17 (6.59%) Code Quality
13 17 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (6.20%) Roadmaps
15 12 (4.65%) End-to-End Testing
15 12 (4.65%) Fintech
15 12 (4.65%) Responsive Web Design
15 12 (4.65%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 105 (40.70%) JavaScript
2 103 (39.92%) TypeScript
3 21 (8.14%) Python
4 7 (2.71%) C#
5 6 (2.33%) PHP
6 5 (1.94%) Java
7 3 (1.16%) SQL
8 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (7.75%) Security Cleared
2 15 (5.81%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.71%) Degree
4 4 (1.55%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.34%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.81%) QA
3 7 (2.71%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (1.94%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.78%) Adobe
2 2 (0.78%) SAP
3 1 (0.39%) OpenAI