Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Job Trends in Essex

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
East of England > Essex

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) salary in Essex is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year -17.24% +5.45% -27.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 553 526 400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.71% 94.27% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 387 286 284
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,425 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £55,000 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +12.70% +2.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £52,647 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +0.28% +1.40%

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancy trend in Essex

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancies in Essex.

Salary distribution trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancies in Essex

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) within the Essex region over the 6 months to 3 November 2025. 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
Colchester - 1 £42,500 -
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
East of England

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 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 Essex region featuring Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) gulp
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Sass
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Three.js
1 1 (100.00%) webpack

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) gulp
1 1 (100.00%) webpack
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Sass
1 1 (100.00%) Three.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes