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 £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 384 405
Rank change year-on-year -82 +21 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 222 244 486
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.66% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.74% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 204 207 460
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -6.43%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 71,244 33,167 77,837
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 89.24% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 46,642 21,273 59,781
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,066
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -21 82 £56,250 +2.27% 16
London -46 62 £85,000 +13.33% 22
South West -31 38 £45,000 -18.18% 2
North West -19 35 £60,000 +9.09% 8
Yorkshire -36 34 £48,686 +49.80% 3
South East -37 22 £50,000 -29.82% 8
North East -27 13 £59,000 +4.42% 5
West Midlands -25 8 £55,000 +12.82% 2
Midlands -48 8 £55,000 +15.79% 3
East of England -45 5 £75,000 +13.27% 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 18 April 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.

1 192 (86.49%) Front End Development
2 100 (45.05%) JavaScript
3 86 (38.74%) React
4 69 (31.08%) TypeScript
5 51 (22.97%) CSS
6 50 (22.52%) User Experience
7 43 (19.37%) HTML
8 38 (17.12%) Agile
9 34 (15.32%) Git
9 34 (15.32%) UX Design
10 33 (14.86%) Accessibility
11 29 (13.06%) Full-Stack Development
11 29 (13.06%) Vue
12 24 (10.81%) Web Development
13 23 (10.36%) Node.js
14 20 (9.01%) DevOps
15 19 (8.56%) Jest
16 18 (8.11%) SaaS
17 17 (7.66%) Mentoring
18 16 (7.21%) E-Commerce
19 15 (6.76%) CI/CD
19 15 (6.76%) Performance Optimisation
19 15 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
20 14 (6.31%) Data Visualisation
20 14 (6.31%) Python
20 14 (6.31%) Software Engineering
20 14 (6.31%) Visualisation
21 13 (5.86%) API Integration
21 13 (5.86%) Azure
21 13 (5.86%) Clean Code

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 (2.25%) CMS
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.45%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.45%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.11%) SaaS
2 13 (5.86%) Azure
3 10 (4.50%) Figma
4 8 (3.60%) AWS
5 7 (3.15%) npm
6 6 (2.70%) GitHub
7 5 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.35%) Serverless
9 2 (0.90%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (0.90%) Vercel
9 2 (0.90%) Yarn
10 1 (0.45%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.45%) Algolia
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.45%) DigitalOcean
10 1 (0.45%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.90%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.45%) Data Hub
2 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.45%) MySQL
2 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (15.32%) Git
2 9 (4.05%) Cypress.io
3 7 (3.15%) Vite
3 7 (3.15%) webpack
4 5 (2.25%) JIRA
4 5 (2.25%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.90%) gulp
7 1 (0.45%) GitLab
7 1 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.45%) Storybook
7 1 (0.45%) TeamCity
General
1 24 (10.81%) Social Skills
2 15 (6.76%) Retail
3 11 (4.95%) Public Sector
4 8 (3.60%) Legal
5 7 (3.15%) Law
6 6 (2.70%) Banking
6 6 (2.70%) Front Office
7 5 (2.25%) Marketing
8 4 (1.80%) Finance
9 2 (0.90%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.90%) Publishing
10 1 (0.45%) Automotive
10 1 (0.45%) Games
10 1 (0.45%) iGaming
10 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (38.74%) React
2 51 (22.97%) CSS
3 43 (19.37%) HTML
4 29 (13.06%) Vue
5 23 (10.36%) Node.js
6 19 (8.56%) Jest
7 13 (5.86%) RESTful
8 12 (5.41%) REST
9 11 (4.95%) AngularJS
9 11 (4.95%) Tailwind CSS
10 9 (4.05%) GraphQL
10 9 (4.05%) Sass
11 8 (3.60%) HTML5
12 7 (3.15%) Nuxt
13 6 (2.70%) .NET
13 6 (2.70%) CSS3
13 6 (2.70%) Next.js
13 6 (2.70%) WebSockets
14 5 (2.25%) Redux
14 5 (2.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.61%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (3.15%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.70%) Fixed Income
4 6 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
4 6 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.35%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.90%) Blog
8 2 (0.90%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.45%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.35%) Linux
2 2 (0.90%) Android
2 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (86.49%) Front End Development
2 50 (22.52%) User Experience
3 38 (17.12%) Agile
4 34 (15.32%) UX Design
5 29 (13.06%) Full-Stack Development
6 24 (10.81%) Web Development
7 20 (9.01%) DevOps
8 17 (7.66%) Mentoring
9 16 (7.21%) E-Commerce
10 15 (6.76%) CI/CD
10 15 (6.76%) Performance Optimisation
10 15 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (6.31%) Data Visualisation
11 14 (6.31%) Software Engineering
11 14 (6.31%) Visualisation
12 13 (5.86%) API Integration
12 13 (5.86%) Clean Code
12 13 (5.86%) CRM
12 13 (5.86%) Responsive Web Design
13 11 (4.95%) AI
Programming Languages
1 100 (45.05%) JavaScript
2 69 (31.08%) TypeScript
3 14 (6.31%) Python
4 7 (3.15%) Java
5 6 (2.70%) C#
5 6 (2.70%) PHP
6 4 (1.80%) SQL
7 2 (0.90%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (3.60%) Security Cleared
2 4 (1.80%) DV Cleared
2 4 (1.80%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.90%) Degree
4 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.86%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.05%) WCAG
3 5 (2.25%) QA
4 3 (1.35%) GDPR
4 3 (1.35%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (1.35%) Adobe
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.45%) SAP