Front End Development Job Trends in Leicester

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring Front End Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 29 43
Rank change year-on-year -31 +14 +7
Permanent jobs citing Front End Development 5 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.59% 0.56% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.68% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £44,282 - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 - -
90th Percentile £70,300 - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £66,500 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +27.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicester

Front End Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 632 147 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 74.62% 81.67% 77.87%
Number of salaries quoted 420 77 180
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £28,725
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £82,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% - -14.29%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Front End Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Front End Development job vacancy trend in Leicester

Front End Development
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Front End Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front End Development in Leicester over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Front End Development in Leicester

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 2 (40.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 3 (60.00%) Lead Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Node.js
1 4 (80.00%) React
2 3 (60.00%) Material-UI
3 2 (40.00%) Next.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Micro Frontends
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) People Management
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) SOA
4 1 (20.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft