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 £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 354 346
Rank change year-on-year -107 -8 -56
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 142 344 385
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.71% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.77% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 124 203 354
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,150 £37,875
25th Percentile £49,938 £52,500 £48,028
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,625 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -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 48,271 44,715 46,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 92.72% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,563 23,396 36,518
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,419
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -9 48 £60,000 +4.35% 44
London -31 32 £85,000 +9.68% 19
South East -8 26 £55,000 -21.43% 41
North West +10 20 £61,250 +8.89% 18
Yorkshire -16 15 £48,686 +0.38% 18
North East +7 13 £59,500 -0.83% 8
South West -20 13 £45,000 -18.18% 22
West Midlands +18 11 £52,500 +8.81% 10
Midlands 0 11 £52,500 -10.64% 22
East of England +15 4 £40,000 -25.58% 25
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 15 January 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.

1 126 (88.73%) Front End Development
2 75 (52.82%) React
3 68 (47.89%) JavaScript
4 65 (45.77%) Agile
4 65 (45.77%) CSS
5 59 (41.55%) HTML
6 55 (38.73%) User Experience
7 43 (30.28%) Git
7 43 (30.28%) TypeScript
8 37 (26.06%) Accessibility
9 35 (24.65%) UX Design
10 29 (20.42%) Azure
10 29 (20.42%) CI/CD
11 27 (19.01%) Vue
12 24 (16.90%) Wireframes
13 21 (14.79%) Jest
14 20 (14.08%) Responsive Web Design
15 19 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (13.38%) Mentoring
16 18 (12.68%) Clean Code
16 18 (12.68%) GitHub
16 18 (12.68%) Node.js
16 18 (12.68%) REST
17 17 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
18 16 (11.27%) AngularJS
18 16 (11.27%) API Integration
18 16 (11.27%) Next.js
19 15 (10.56%) GraphQL
19 15 (10.56%) Software Engineering
20 14 (9.86%) RESTful

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 8 (5.63%) CMS
2 5 (3.52%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.41%) Drupal
3 2 (1.41%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.70%) Confluence
4 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (4.23%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (20.42%) Azure
2 18 (12.68%) GitHub
3 13 (9.15%) AWS
3 13 (9.15%) SaaS
4 9 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (6.34%) Figma
5 6 (4.23%) Miro
6 4 (2.82%) npm
7 2 (1.41%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.70%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.70%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Sentry
8 1 (0.70%) Serverless
8 1 (0.70%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.41%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.93%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.82%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.70%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.70%) MySQL
4 1 (0.70%) Redis
Development Applications
1 43 (30.28%) Git
2 11 (7.75%) Cypress.io
2 11 (7.75%) webpack
3 9 (6.34%) gulp
4 8 (5.63%) Storybook
5 7 (4.93%) Visual Studio
6 6 (4.23%) Axure RP
6 6 (4.23%) JIRA
7 5 (3.52%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (2.11%) GitLab
9 2 (1.41%) Grunt
9 2 (1.41%) Jenkins
9 2 (1.41%) Vite
10 1 (0.70%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.70%) Babel
10 1 (0.70%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.70%) Maven
10 1 (0.70%) Protractor
10 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.68%) Retail
3 11 (7.75%) Finance
4 5 (3.52%) Legal
4 5 (3.52%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.82%) Marketing
6 3 (2.11%) Law
7 2 (1.41%) Publishing
8 1 (0.70%) Automotive
8 1 (0.70%) Games
8 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (52.82%) React
2 65 (45.77%) CSS
3 59 (41.55%) HTML
4 27 (19.01%) Vue
5 21 (14.79%) Jest
6 18 (12.68%) Node.js
6 18 (12.68%) REST
7 16 (11.27%) AngularJS
7 16 (11.27%) Next.js
8 15 (10.56%) GraphQL
9 14 (9.86%) RESTful
10 12 (8.45%) .NET
10 12 (8.45%) Tailwind CSS
11 8 (5.63%) JSON
11 8 (5.63%) Nuxt
11 8 (5.63%) Redux
11 8 (5.63%) Sass
12 7 (4.93%) Web Services
13 6 (4.23%) WebSockets
13 6 (4.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.04%) Greenfield Project
2 9 (6.34%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (4.93%) Mobile App
4 6 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.11%) W3C
7 2 (1.41%) Blog
7 2 (1.41%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.41%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.41%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.41%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.41%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.23%) Android
1 6 (4.23%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.41%) Linux
2 2 (1.41%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (88.73%) Front End Development
2 65 (45.77%) Agile
3 55 (38.73%) User Experience
4 35 (24.65%) UX Design
5 29 (20.42%) CI/CD
6 24 (16.90%) Wireframes
7 20 (14.08%) Responsive Web Design
8 19 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (13.38%) Mentoring
9 18 (12.68%) Clean Code
10 17 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (11.27%) API Integration
12 15 (10.56%) Software Engineering
13 13 (9.15%) DevOps
14 12 (8.45%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
14 12 (8.45%) Full-Stack Development
15 10 (7.04%) E-Commerce
15 10 (7.04%) Mobile Development
15 10 (7.04%) Web Development
16 9 (6.34%) AI
Programming Languages
1 68 (47.89%) JavaScript
2 43 (30.28%) TypeScript
3 12 (8.45%) C#
4 5 (3.52%) Python
5 3 (2.11%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.41%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.41%) Ruby
7 1 (0.70%) Java
7 1 (0.70%) PHP
7 1 (0.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (5.63%) Security Cleared
2 7 (4.93%) DV Cleared
3 4 (2.82%) Degree
4 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (26.06%) Accessibility
2 13 (9.15%) QA
3 8 (5.63%) GDPR
4 7 (4.93%) WCAG
5 5 (3.52%) PERC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.70%) Grafana
1 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (3.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.11%) DevExpress
3 2 (1.41%) Adobe
4 1 (0.70%) Bloomberg
4 1 (0.70%) Concur
4 1 (0.70%) SAP