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 28 August 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 492 489 437
Rank change year-on-year -3 -52 -112
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 254 154 355
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.35% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.39% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 218 127 271
10th Percentile £42,313 £36,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +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 90,911 39,566 69,469
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 90.44% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 64,152 23,916 45,861
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 28 August 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 28 August 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 +22 106 £69,653 +16.09% 10
North West +7 56 £67,153 +11.92% 6
South East -27 41 £50,000 - 8
London -56 41 £85,000 +13.33% 45
Yorkshire -15 31 £70,000 +86.67% 1
Midlands -19 29 £45,483 +7.02% 10
South West -59 22 £50,000 +5.26% 6
North East -37 19 £65,000 +15.04% 3
East Midlands -17 16 £45,242 +0.54% 4
West Midlands -29 13 £69,305 +70.07% 6
East of England -21 11 £65,000 +18.18% 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 28 August 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.

1 227 (89.37%) Front End Development
2 101 (39.76%) TypeScript
3 97 (38.19%) JavaScript
4 85 (33.46%) React
5 44 (17.32%) Agile
6 42 (16.54%) Mentoring
7 41 (16.14%) Accessibility
7 41 (16.14%) CSS
8 40 (15.75%) Full-Stack Development
9 39 (15.35%) E-Commerce
9 39 (15.35%) User Experience
10 38 (14.96%) HTML
11 34 (13.39%) AI
12 30 (11.81%) CI/CD
12 30 (11.81%) Performance Optimisation
13 27 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (10.24%) DevOps
14 26 (10.24%) UX Design
15 25 (9.84%) Web Development
16 23 (9.06%) AWS
16 23 (9.06%) Node.js
16 23 (9.06%) Vue
17 21 (8.27%) Azure
18 20 (7.87%) Python
19 19 (7.48%) Git
19 19 (7.48%) Security Cleared
20 18 (7.09%) Code Quality
21 17 (6.69%) REST
21 17 (6.69%) Roadmaps

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 (3.15%) CMS
2 7 (2.76%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.39%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.36%) Magento
2 2 (0.79%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 23 (9.06%) AWS
2 21 (8.27%) Azure
3 10 (3.94%) Figma
4 8 (3.15%) SaaS
5 5 (1.97%) Vercel
6 4 (1.57%) GitHub
7 3 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.79%) Contentful
8 2 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.79%) npm
8 2 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 2 (0.79%) Serverless
8 2 (0.79%) Supabase
9 1 (0.39%) Algolia
9 1 (0.39%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.39%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.39%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.97%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.97%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.79%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 19 (7.48%) Git
2 6 (2.36%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.18%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.79%) Gradle
4 2 (0.79%) gulp
4 2 (0.79%) JIRA
4 2 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.79%) Vite
4 2 (0.79%) webpack
4 2 (0.79%) Xcode
5 1 (0.39%) Babel
5 1 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.39%) Storybook
5 1 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 31 (12.20%) Social Skills
2 23 (9.06%) Finance
3 14 (5.51%) Public Sector
4 12 (4.72%) Retail
5 10 (3.94%) Marketing
6 6 (2.36%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.18%) Banking
7 3 (1.18%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.79%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (0.79%) Front Office
8 2 (0.79%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.79%) Law
8 2 (0.79%) Legal
8 2 (0.79%) Legal Technology
9 1 (0.39%) Automotive
9 1 (0.39%) Games
9 1 (0.39%) iGaming
9 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (33.46%) React
2 41 (16.14%) CSS
3 38 (14.96%) HTML
4 23 (9.06%) Node.js
4 23 (9.06%) Vue
5 17 (6.69%) REST
6 15 (5.91%) AngularJS
6 15 (5.91%) Playwright
7 14 (5.51%) React Native
8 12 (4.72%) .NET
9 11 (4.33%) GraphQL
10 8 (3.15%) Jest
10 8 (3.15%) Next.js
10 8 (3.15%) Tailwind CSS
11 7 (2.76%) Sass
11 7 (2.76%) WebSockets
12 5 (1.97%) CSS3
12 5 (1.97%) HTML5
12 5 (1.97%) Material-UI
13 4 (1.57%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (5.91%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (1.97%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.57%) Algorithms
4 4 (1.57%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.18%) PropTech
6 2 (0.79%) Animation
6 2 (0.79%) Fixed Income
6 2 (0.79%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.39%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.39%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.39%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.39%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (89.37%) Front End Development
2 44 (17.32%) Agile
3 42 (16.54%) Mentoring
4 40 (15.75%) Full-Stack Development
5 39 (15.35%) E-Commerce
5 39 (15.35%) User Experience
6 34 (13.39%) AI
7 30 (11.81%) CI/CD
7 30 (11.81%) Performance Optimisation
8 27 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (10.24%) DevOps
9 26 (10.24%) UX Design
10 25 (9.84%) Web Development
11 18 (7.09%) Code Quality
12 17 (6.69%) Roadmaps
13 15 (5.91%) TDD
13 15 (5.91%) Technical Leadership
14 13 (5.12%) Responsive Web Design
15 12 (4.72%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 101 (39.76%) TypeScript
2 97 (38.19%) JavaScript
3 20 (7.87%) Python
4 7 (2.76%) C#
5 5 (1.97%) PHP
6 3 (1.18%) SQL
7 1 (0.39%) Java
7 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (7.48%) Security Cleared
2 14 (5.51%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.36%) Degree
4 4 (1.57%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (16.14%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.91%) QA
3 13 (5.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.79%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (2.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.79%) Adobe
2 2 (0.79%) SAP
3 1 (0.39%) OpenAI