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 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 469 451
Rank change year-on-year -12 -18 -108
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 264 180 370
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.41% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.46% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 230 149 327
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,400 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £74,375 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £92,625 £95,000 £97,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +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 84,621 39,389 73,475
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 90.67% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,428 23,865 52,103
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £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 £75,925 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +23 98 £65,000 +8.33% 8
London -43 61 £82,500 +10.00% 5
North West +23 51 £55,000 -8.33% 6
South East -4 45 £45,000 +5.88% 6
Yorkshire -10 32 £70,000 +86.67% 1
South West -45 29 £45,000 -5.26% 3
Midlands -39 16 £49,375 +3.95% 3
North East -39 15 £62,500 +10.62% 1
East of England -18 11 £65,000 -1.83% 1
West Midlands -23 11 £82,500 +65.00% 2
East Midlands -33 5 £43,750 -2.78% 1
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 26 July 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.

1 233 (88.26%) Front End Development
2 110 (41.67%) JavaScript
3 98 (37.12%) TypeScript
4 92 (34.85%) React
5 44 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
6 43 (16.29%) User Experience
7 38 (14.39%) CSS
8 36 (13.64%) Agile
9 35 (13.26%) Accessibility
10 34 (12.88%) HTML
11 31 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (11.36%) AI
12 30 (11.36%) E-Commerce
13 29 (10.98%) DevOps
13 29 (10.98%) Vue
13 29 (10.98%) Web Development
14 28 (10.61%) Mentoring
15 27 (10.23%) Performance Optimisation
15 27 (10.23%) UX Design
16 25 (9.47%) CI/CD
16 25 (9.47%) Git
17 19 (7.20%) AngularJS
17 19 (7.20%) AWS
17 19 (7.20%) Azure
17 19 (7.20%) Python
18 18 (6.82%) Security Cleared
19 16 (6.06%) Node.js
19 16 (6.06%) REST
20 15 (5.68%) .NET
21 14 (5.30%) Code Quality

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 (2.65%) CMS
2 6 (2.27%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Magento
2 2 (0.76%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.20%) AWS
1 19 (7.20%) Azure
2 11 (4.17%) Figma
3 9 (3.41%) SaaS
4 7 (2.65%) npm
5 4 (1.52%) GitHub
6 3 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.14%) Vercel
7 2 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.76%) Contentful
7 2 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.76%) Serverless
7 2 (0.76%) Yarn
8 1 (0.38%) Algolia
8 1 (0.38%) DigitalOcean
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.27%) MongoDB
1 6 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.76%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.38%) MySQL
3 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (9.47%) Git
2 8 (3.03%) Cypress.io
3 7 (2.65%) Vite
3 7 (2.65%) webpack
4 3 (1.14%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.76%) Gradle
5 2 (0.76%) gulp
5 2 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.76%) Xcode
6 1 (0.38%) Babel
6 1 (0.38%) JIRA
6 1 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 27 (10.23%) Social Skills
2 18 (6.82%) Finance
3 12 (4.55%) Retail
4 10 (3.79%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.03%) Marketing
6 7 (2.65%) Law
7 6 (2.27%) Legal
8 5 (1.89%) Banking
8 5 (1.89%) Front Office
9 3 (1.14%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.76%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.76%) Legal Technology
10 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Automotive
11 1 (0.38%) Games
11 1 (0.38%) iGaming
11 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (34.85%) React
2 38 (14.39%) CSS
3 34 (12.88%) HTML
4 29 (10.98%) Vue
5 19 (7.20%) AngularJS
6 16 (6.06%) Node.js
6 16 (6.06%) REST
7 15 (5.68%) .NET
8 12 (4.55%) Jest
8 12 (4.55%) React Native
9 10 (3.79%) HTML5
9 10 (3.79%) Playwright
9 10 (3.79%) Tailwind CSS
9 10 (3.79%) WebSockets
10 9 (3.41%) CSS3
10 9 (3.41%) Sass
11 5 (1.89%) GraphQL
11 5 (1.89%) Next.js
11 5 (1.89%) RESTful
12 3 (1.14%) Electron
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.44%) Greenfield Project
2 16 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.27%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.27%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.89%) Fixed Income
4 5 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (1.52%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.14%) PropTech
7 2 (0.76%) Animation
7 2 (0.76%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.76%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.76%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.38%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.38%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (88.26%) Front End Development
2 44 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 43 (16.29%) User Experience
4 36 (13.64%) Agile
5 31 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (11.36%) AI
6 30 (11.36%) E-Commerce
7 29 (10.98%) DevOps
7 29 (10.98%) Web Development
8 28 (10.61%) Mentoring
9 27 (10.23%) Performance Optimisation
9 27 (10.23%) UX Design
10 25 (9.47%) CI/CD
11 14 (5.30%) Code Quality
11 14 (5.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (4.55%) Data Visualisation
12 12 (4.55%) Roadmaps
12 12 (4.55%) Scrum
12 12 (4.55%) Visualisation
13 11 (4.17%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 110 (41.67%) JavaScript
2 98 (37.12%) TypeScript
3 19 (7.20%) Python
4 7 (2.65%) C#
5 6 (2.27%) Java
5 6 (2.27%) PHP
6 3 (1.14%) SQL
7 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (6.82%) Security Cleared
2 13 (4.92%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.65%) Degree
4 4 (1.52%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (13.26%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.55%) QA
3 8 (3.03%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (1.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.76%) SAP
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe