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 £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 391 407
Rank change year-on-year -67 +16 -77
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 234 245 479
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.65% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.73% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 213 206 455
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 73,857 33,630 78,447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 88.90% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 48,471 21,358 59,868
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.06%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 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 28 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 -16 85 £59,000 +7.27% 17
London -55 63 £85,000 +13.33% 15
South West -32 40 £45,000 -18.18% 6
North West -20 39 £62,500 +13.64% 10
Yorkshire -32 33 £50,000 +53.85% 4
South East -34 28 £45,000 -41.94% 8
North East -37 13 £60,000 +6.19% 3
West Midlands -22 8 £55,000 +12.82% 4
Midlands -49 8 £55,000 +15.79% 5
East of England -35 6 £67,500 +1.95% 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 28 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.

1 204 (87.18%) Front End Development
2 96 (41.03%) JavaScript
3 92 (39.32%) React
4 74 (31.62%) TypeScript
5 47 (20.09%) User Experience
6 44 (18.80%) CSS
7 37 (15.81%) Full-Stack Development
8 36 (15.38%) HTML
9 33 (14.10%) UX Design
10 31 (13.25%) Agile
11 30 (12.82%) Git
12 29 (12.39%) Accessibility
12 29 (12.39%) Vue
13 23 (9.83%) E-Commerce
14 22 (9.40%) DevOps
15 21 (8.97%) Node.js
16 20 (8.55%) Web Development
17 18 (7.69%) SaaS
18 17 (7.26%) Jest
19 16 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
20 14 (5.98%) CI/CD
20 14 (5.98%) Data Visualisation
20 14 (5.98%) Performance Optimisation
20 14 (5.98%) Python
20 14 (5.98%) Software Engineering
20 14 (5.98%) Visualisation
21 13 (5.56%) Clean Code
21 13 (5.56%) CRM
21 13 (5.56%) REST
22 12 (5.13%) AngularJS

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 (2.14%) CMS
2 1 (0.43%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.43%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.43%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.69%) SaaS
2 12 (5.13%) Azure
3 10 (4.27%) Figma
4 8 (3.42%) AWS
4 8 (3.42%) npm
5 5 (2.14%) GitHub
6 4 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.28%) Serverless
8 2 (0.85%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (0.85%) Vercel
8 2 (0.85%) Yarn
9 1 (0.43%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.43%) Algolia
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.43%) DigitalOcean
9 1 (0.43%) Sentry
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.85%) Data Hub
1 2 (0.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.43%) MySQL
2 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (12.82%) Git
2 8 (3.42%) Cypress.io
3 7 (2.99%) Vite
3 7 (2.99%) webpack
4 4 (1.71%) JIRA
4 4 (1.71%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.85%) gulp
5 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.43%) GitLab
6 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.43%) Storybook
6 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 22 (9.40%) Social Skills
2 14 (5.98%) Retail
3 10 (4.27%) Public Sector
4 8 (3.42%) Legal
5 7 (2.99%) Law
6 6 (2.56%) Banking
6 6 (2.56%) Front Office
7 5 (2.14%) Marketing
8 4 (1.71%) Finance
9 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.43%) Automotive
10 1 (0.43%) Games
10 1 (0.43%) iGaming
10 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (39.32%) React
2 44 (18.80%) CSS
3 36 (15.38%) HTML
4 29 (12.39%) Vue
5 21 (8.97%) Node.js
6 17 (7.26%) Jest
7 13 (5.56%) REST
8 12 (5.13%) AngularJS
8 12 (5.13%) RESTful
9 10 (4.27%) Tailwind CSS
10 9 (3.85%) .NET
10 9 (3.85%) Sass
11 8 (3.42%) GraphQL
11 8 (3.42%) HTML5
12 7 (2.99%) Next.js
13 6 (2.56%) CSS3
13 6 (2.56%) Nuxt
13 6 (2.56%) WebSockets
14 5 (2.14%) Redux
15 4 (1.71%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.97%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (2.99%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.56%) Fixed Income
4 6 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.14%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.28%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.85%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.85%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.43%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.85%) Android
1 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (87.18%) Front End Development
2 47 (20.09%) User Experience
3 37 (15.81%) Full-Stack Development
4 33 (14.10%) UX Design
5 31 (13.25%) Agile
6 23 (9.83%) E-Commerce
7 22 (9.40%) DevOps
8 20 (8.55%) Web Development
9 16 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (5.98%) CI/CD
10 14 (5.98%) Data Visualisation
10 14 (5.98%) Performance Optimisation
10 14 (5.98%) Software Engineering
10 14 (5.98%) Visualisation
11 13 (5.56%) Clean Code
11 13 (5.56%) CRM
12 12 (5.13%) API Integration
12 12 (5.13%) Mentoring
12 12 (5.13%) Responsive Web Design
13 10 (4.27%) AI
Programming Languages
1 96 (41.03%) JavaScript
2 74 (31.62%) TypeScript
3 14 (5.98%) Python
4 7 (2.99%) Java
5 6 (2.56%) C#
5 6 (2.56%) PHP
6 4 (1.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (3.42%) Security Cleared
2 4 (1.71%) DV Cleared
2 4 (1.71%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.85%) Degree
4 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (12.39%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.27%) WCAG
3 6 (2.56%) QA
4 2 (0.85%) GDPR
4 2 (0.85%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (1.28%) Adobe
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.43%) SAP