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 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 504 409
Rank change year-on-year -41 -95 -91
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 219 133 382
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.21% 0.31% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.34% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 176 105 235
10th Percentile £43,481 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
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 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 96,276 39,048 61,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.61% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 67,273 23,161 35,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,281
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -0.51% -7.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.77% -2.39% -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 10 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 10 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 +12 100 £69,305 +15.51% 19
North West +10 54 £60,000 - 12
South East -44 38 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Midlands -20 30 £45,242 +6.45% 8
London -68 27 £80,000 +4.92% 69
Yorkshire -12 23 £70,000 +86.67% 3
North East -50 23 £65,000 -22.39% 4
East Midlands -20 17 £45,000 -5.26% 6
West Midlands -40 13 £69,305 +73.26% 2
South West -67 12 £53,750 +13.16% 10
East of England -35 8 £65,000 +36.84% 3
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 10 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.

1 202 (92.24%) Front End Development
2 93 (42.47%) TypeScript
3 83 (37.90%) JavaScript
4 74 (33.79%) React
5 51 (23.29%) Agile
6 47 (21.46%) Mentoring
7 45 (20.55%) CSS
7 45 (20.55%) HTML
8 42 (19.18%) Accessibility
9 35 (15.98%) AI
9 35 (15.98%) CI/CD
9 35 (15.98%) E-Commerce
10 33 (15.07%) User Experience
11 30 (13.70%) Full-Stack Development
12 28 (12.79%) Performance Optimisation
13 26 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (11.42%) AWS
14 25 (11.42%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (10.96%) Security Cleared
16 23 (10.50%) Azure
16 23 (10.50%) Roadmaps
17 21 (9.59%) Collaborative Working
17 21 (9.59%) SC Cleared
18 20 (9.13%) Technical Leadership
18 20 (9.13%) UX Design
19 19 (8.68%) Design Patterns
19 19 (8.68%) DevOps
20 18 (8.22%) Node.js
21 17 (7.76%) Vue
22 16 (7.31%) 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 (3.20%) CMS
1 7 (3.20%) Headless CMS
2 2 (0.91%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (2.74%) Magento
2 2 (0.91%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.42%) AWS
2 23 (10.50%) Azure
3 7 (3.20%) Figma
4 5 (2.28%) SaaS
5 4 (1.83%) GitHub
5 4 (1.83%) Vercel
6 3 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.91%) Contentful
7 2 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.91%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.91%) Supabase
8 1 (0.46%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.46%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.46%) GCP
8 1 (0.46%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.37%) Wireless
2 1 (0.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.28%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.91%) Data Hub
3 2 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.91%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (6.85%) Git
2 5 (2.28%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.37%) Claude Code
3 3 (1.37%) JIRA
4 2 (0.91%) Gradle
4 2 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.91%) Xcode
5 1 (0.46%) Babel
5 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.46%) gulp
5 1 (0.46%) Storybook
5 1 (0.46%) webpack
General
1 34 (15.53%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.50%) Finance
3 21 (9.59%) Public Sector
4 10 (4.57%) Marketing
5 9 (4.11%) Retail
6 7 (3.20%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.28%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.37%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.46%) Law
9 1 (0.46%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (33.79%) React
2 45 (20.55%) CSS
2 45 (20.55%) HTML
3 18 (8.22%) Node.js
4 17 (7.76%) Vue
5 16 (7.31%) Playwright
6 14 (6.39%) React Native
7 13 (5.94%) AngularJS
7 13 (5.94%) REST
8 12 (5.48%) .NET
8 12 (5.48%) Next.js
9 11 (5.02%) GraphQL
10 6 (2.74%) HTML5
11 5 (2.28%) CSS3
11 5 (2.28%) Material-UI
11 5 (2.28%) WebSockets
12 4 (1.83%) Jest
12 4 (1.83%) Sass
12 4 (1.83%) Tailwind CSS
12 4 (1.83%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.31%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (1.83%) Algorithms
3 3 (1.37%) Mobile App
3 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.37%) PropTech
4 2 (0.91%) Animation
4 2 (0.91%) Cloud Native
4 2 (0.91%) Hedge funds
4 2 (0.91%) Online Gambling
5 1 (0.46%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.46%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (92.24%) Front End Development
2 51 (23.29%) Agile
3 47 (21.46%) Mentoring
4 35 (15.98%) AI
4 35 (15.98%) CI/CD
4 35 (15.98%) E-Commerce
5 33 (15.07%) User Experience
6 30 (13.70%) Full-Stack Development
7 28 (12.79%) Performance Optimisation
8 26 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (11.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (10.50%) Roadmaps
11 21 (9.59%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (9.13%) Technical Leadership
12 20 (9.13%) UX Design
13 19 (8.68%) Design Patterns
13 19 (8.68%) DevOps
14 16 (7.31%) Code Quality
14 16 (7.31%) Web Development
15 15 (6.85%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 93 (42.47%) TypeScript
2 83 (37.90%) JavaScript
3 12 (5.48%) Python
4 7 (3.20%) C#
5 5 (2.28%) SQL
6 3 (1.37%) PHP
7 1 (0.46%) Ruby
7 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (10.96%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.59%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.74%) Degree
4 3 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.18%) Accessibility
2 15 (6.85%) QA
3 14 (6.39%) WCAG
4 1 (0.46%) WAI
4 1 (0.46%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 2 (0.91%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (2.28%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.91%) SAP
3 1 (0.46%) Adobe
3 1 (0.46%) OpenAI