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 4 October 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 544 502 412
Rank change year-on-year -42 -90 -107
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 228 131 378
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.30% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.33% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 187 102 234
10th Percentile £43,674 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,375 £49,813 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,938 £83,750
90th Percentile £91,000 £95,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +16.67%

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 96,623 39,251 63,188
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 90.47% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 67,718 23,170 36,636
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,875 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £54,987 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.20% -0.02% -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 4 October 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 4 October 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 +11 102 £69,305 +15.51% 56
North West +13 55 £60,000 - 29
South East -36 38 £60,000 +9.09% 34
Midlands -24 30 £45,242 +6.45% 27
London -83 28 £85,000 +13.33% 68
Yorkshire -23 25 £70,000 +86.67% 14
North East -40 22 £65,000 -22.39% 13
East Midlands -30 17 £45,000 -5.26% 13
South West -58 17 £53,750 +13.16% 22
West Midlands -34 13 £69,305 +73.26% 14
East of England -32 9 £65,000 +36.84% 16
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 4 October 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.

1 208 (91.23%) Front End Development
2 95 (41.67%) TypeScript
3 88 (38.60%) JavaScript
4 77 (33.77%) React
5 49 (21.49%) Agile
6 45 (19.74%) Mentoring
7 43 (18.86%) CSS
7 43 (18.86%) HTML
8 41 (17.98%) Accessibility
9 35 (15.35%) E-Commerce
10 34 (14.91%) AI
10 34 (14.91%) CI/CD
10 34 (14.91%) Full-Stack Development
10 34 (14.91%) User Experience
11 28 (12.28%) Performance Optimisation
12 27 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
13 26 (11.40%) Security Cleared
14 25 (10.96%) AWS
14 25 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (9.65%) Roadmaps
16 21 (9.21%) Azure
16 21 (9.21%) DevOps
16 21 (9.21%) UX Design
17 20 (8.77%) SC Cleared
18 19 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
18 19 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
18 19 (8.33%) Web Development
19 18 (7.89%) Design Patterns
19 18 (7.89%) Node.js
20 17 (7.46%) Vue

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 (3.07%) CMS
1 7 (3.07%) Headless CMS
2 2 (0.88%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (2.63%) Magento
2 2 (0.88%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 25 (10.96%) AWS
2 21 (9.21%) Azure
3 7 (3.07%) Figma
4 5 (2.19%) SaaS
5 4 (1.75%) GitHub
5 4 (1.75%) Vercel
6 2 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.88%) Contentful
6 2 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (0.88%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 2 (0.88%) Supabase
7 1 (0.44%) Azure AI
7 1 (0.44%) GCP
7 1 (0.44%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.32%) Wireless
2 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.19%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.88%) Data Hub
3 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.88%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (6.58%) Git
2 5 (2.19%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.32%) Claude Code
3 3 (1.32%) JIRA
4 2 (0.88%) Gradle
4 2 (0.88%) gulp
4 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.88%) webpack
4 2 (0.88%) Xcode
5 1 (0.44%) Babel
5 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.44%) Storybook
General
1 34 (14.91%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.09%) Finance
3 20 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 10 (4.39%) Marketing
5 9 (3.95%) Retail
6 7 (3.07%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.19%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.32%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.44%) Banking
9 1 (0.44%) Front Office
9 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (33.77%) React
2 43 (18.86%) CSS
2 43 (18.86%) HTML
3 18 (7.89%) Node.js
4 17 (7.46%) Vue
5 16 (7.02%) Playwright
6 15 (6.58%) AngularJS
7 14 (6.14%) React Native
8 13 (5.70%) REST
9 12 (5.26%) .NET
9 12 (5.26%) Next.js
10 11 (4.82%) GraphQL
11 6 (2.63%) WebSockets
12 5 (2.19%) HTML5
12 5 (2.19%) Material-UI
13 4 (1.75%) CSS3
13 4 (1.75%) Jest
13 4 (1.75%) Sass
13 4 (1.75%) Tailwind CSS
13 4 (1.75%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (1.75%) Algorithms
2 4 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (1.32%) Mobile App
3 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.32%) PropTech
4 2 (0.88%) Animation
4 2 (0.88%) Cloud Native
4 2 (0.88%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.44%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.44%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.44%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.44%) Online Gambling
5 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (91.23%) Front End Development
2 49 (21.49%) Agile
3 45 (19.74%) Mentoring
4 35 (15.35%) E-Commerce
5 34 (14.91%) AI
5 34 (14.91%) CI/CD
5 34 (14.91%) Full-Stack Development
5 34 (14.91%) User Experience
6 28 (12.28%) Performance Optimisation
7 27 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (9.65%) Roadmaps
10 21 (9.21%) DevOps
10 21 (9.21%) UX Design
11 19 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
11 19 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
11 19 (8.33%) Web Development
12 18 (7.89%) Design Patterns
13 16 (7.02%) Code Quality
14 15 (6.58%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 95 (41.67%) TypeScript
2 88 (38.60%) JavaScript
3 15 (6.58%) Python
4 7 (3.07%) C#
5 4 (1.75%) SQL
6 3 (1.32%) PHP
7 1 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (11.40%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.77%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.63%) Degree
4 4 (1.75%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.98%) Accessibility
2 15 (6.58%) QA
3 13 (5.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (2.19%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.88%) SAP
3 1 (0.44%) Adobe
3 1 (0.44%) OpenAI