Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Jobs in London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England > London

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 371 303
Rank change year-on-year +85 -68 -148
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 113 139 411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.89% 0.59% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.63% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 91 125 320
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,651 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88,750 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £116,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,488 22,226 33,689
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 94.11% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,483 16,726 24,705
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £60,775
% change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in London.

Salary trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Central London +32 19 £77,500 +10.71% 8
South London +21 9 £34,000 -47.69% 1
East London +3 5 £80,000 +3.90% 1
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 104 (92.04%) Front End Development
2 79 (69.91%) JavaScript
3 77 (68.14%) React
4 69 (61.06%) Agile
5 61 (53.98%) User Experience
6 58 (51.33%) CSS
7 55 (48.67%) Finance
8 52 (46.02%) HTML
9 50 (44.25%) TypeScript
10 37 (32.74%) UX Design
10 37 (32.74%) AWS
11 34 (30.09%) Social Skills
12 33 (29.20%) AngularJS
13 30 (26.55%) Docker
14 29 (25.66%) Collaborative Working
15 26 (23.01%) Responsive Web Design
15 26 (23.01%) Asset Management
16 25 (22.12%) Node.js
17 24 (21.24%) Redux
17 24 (21.24%) Accessibility
18 23 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
18 23 (20.35%) Fintech
19 22 (19.47%) Wireframes
19 22 (19.47%) Next.js
19 22 (19.47%) Sass
20 21 (18.58%) Web Development
20 21 (18.58%) CI/CD
20 21 (18.58%) DevOps
21 20 (17.70%) QA
22 19 (16.81%) Mentoring

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (11.50%) nginx
2 11 (9.73%) CMS
3 7 (6.19%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (4.42%) Liferay
5 4 (3.54%) Apache
5 4 (3.54%) WordPress
6 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Adobe XD
2 3 (2.65%) Sketch
2 3 (2.65%) Trello
3 2 (1.77%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 37 (32.74%) AWS
2 17 (15.04%) Figma
3 12 (10.62%) SaaS
4 11 (9.73%) Azure
5 9 (7.96%) GCP
6 8 (7.08%) Amazon EC2
6 8 (7.08%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (7.08%) Power Platform
7 7 (6.19%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (6.19%) Serverless
8 6 (5.31%) Amazon S3
8 6 (5.31%) GitHub
9 5 (4.42%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (4.42%) Entra ID
10 4 (3.54%) npm
11 3 (2.65%) Asana
11 3 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.77%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
13 1 (0.88%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.19%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.54%) Apache Ignite
3 2 (1.77%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.88%) Metadata
4 1 (0.88%) Mixpanel
4 1 (0.88%) Redis
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (13.27%) Git
1 15 (13.27%) Jasmine
2 10 (8.85%) webpack
3 9 (7.96%) Karma Test Runner
4 8 (7.08%) JIRA
4 8 (7.08%) Mocha
5 6 (5.31%) Grunt
5 6 (5.31%) Jenkins
6 5 (4.42%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.65%) Vite
8 2 (1.77%) Babel
8 2 (1.77%) GitLab
9 1 (0.88%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.88%) gulp
9 1 (0.88%) Selenium
General
1 55 (48.67%) Finance
2 34 (30.09%) Social Skills
3 15 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.62%) Banking
5 10 (8.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (7.96%) Front Office
7 6 (5.31%) Financial Institution
7 6 (5.31%) Retail Banking
8 4 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.65%) Marketing
10 2 (1.77%) Games
11 1 (0.88%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.88%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (68.14%) React
2 58 (51.33%) CSS
3 52 (46.02%) HTML
4 33 (29.20%) AngularJS
5 25 (22.12%) Node.js
6 24 (21.24%) Redux
7 22 (19.47%) Next.js
7 22 (19.47%) Sass
8 18 (15.93%) RESTful
9 16 (14.16%) .NET
9 16 (14.16%) HTML5
9 16 (14.16%) Vue
10 13 (11.50%) CSS3
11 11 (9.73%) Bootstrap
11 11 (9.73%) RxJS
12 10 (8.85%) Jest
13 9 (7.96%) NgRx
14 8 (7.08%) JWT
14 8 (7.08%) MobX
15 7 (6.19%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 10 (8.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (7.96%) Fixed Income
4 6 (5.31%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (5.31%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.42%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.54%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.88%) Derivative
8 1 (0.88%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.88%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.65%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.77%) Linux
3 1 (0.88%) Android
3 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (92.04%) Front End Development
2 69 (61.06%) Agile
3 61 (53.98%) User Experience
4 37 (32.74%) UX Design
5 29 (25.66%) Collaborative Working
6 26 (23.01%) Asset Management
6 26 (23.01%) Responsive Web Design
7 23 (20.35%) Fintech
7 23 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (19.47%) Wireframes
9 21 (18.58%) CI/CD
9 21 (18.58%) DevOps
9 21 (18.58%) Web Development
10 19 (16.81%) Mentoring
11 17 (15.04%) Software Engineering
12 16 (14.16%) Data Visualisation
12 16 (14.16%) Visualisation
13 14 (12.39%) Code Quality
13 14 (12.39%) E-Commerce
14 13 (11.50%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 79 (69.91%) JavaScript
2 50 (44.25%) TypeScript
3 14 (12.39%) C#
3 14 (12.39%) Python
4 4 (3.54%) SQL
5 2 (1.77%) PHP
6 1 (0.88%) C
6 1 (0.88%) Go
6 1 (0.88%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.88%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (8.85%) Degree
2 5 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (21.24%) Accessibility
2 20 (17.70%) QA
3 5 (4.42%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 30 (26.55%) Docker
2 5 (4.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (13.27%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.85%) Adobe
3 2 (1.77%) Oracle
4 1 (0.88%) Apple
4 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.88%) Hitachi