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

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

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) salary in London is £88,805 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 465 486
Rank change year-on-year +120 +21 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 40 40 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.31% 0.17% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.18% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36 28 78
10th Percentile £53,750 £77,500 £63,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £84,375 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,805 £87,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -7.89% +22.58%
75th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £116,250
90th Percentile £132,500 £116,725 £151,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +7.14%

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 11,521 22,183 33,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 94.12% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7,470 16,676 24,569
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £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 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
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 Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) within the London region over the 6 months to 6 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 +38 10 £80,000 - 2
East London - 2 - -
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 36 (90.00%) React
2 35 (87.50%) TypeScript
3 28 (70.00%) User Experience
4 23 (57.50%) AWS
5 22 (55.00%) JavaScript
5 22 (55.00%) Software Engineering
6 20 (50.00%) Finance
7 19 (47.50%) Front End Development
8 18 (45.00%) CSS
9 17 (42.50%) Agile
10 15 (37.50%) HTML
11 14 (35.00%) Fintech
12 13 (32.50%) GCP
13 10 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
13 10 (25.00%) Node.js
14 9 (22.50%) Front Office
14 9 (22.50%) Investment Management
14 9 (22.50%) Banking
14 9 (22.50%) Fixed Income
14 9 (22.50%) Redux
14 9 (22.50%) Next.js
14 9 (22.50%) Figma
15 8 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
15 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
16 7 (17.50%) Greenfield Project
16 7 (17.50%) React Native
16 7 (17.50%) DevOps
16 7 (17.50%) UX Design
17 6 (15.00%) Python
17 6 (15.00%) Code Quality

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 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 4 (10.00%) Apache
1 4 (10.00%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (5.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.50%) CMS
3 1 (2.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Chatbot
2 2 (5.00%) Adobe XD
2 2 (5.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 23 (57.50%) AWS
2 13 (32.50%) GCP
3 9 (22.50%) Figma
4 5 (12.50%) Azure
4 5 (12.50%) SaaS
5 2 (5.00%) npm
5 2 (5.00%) Yarn
6 1 (2.50%) GitHub
6 1 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.50%) Vercel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Apache Ignite
2 2 (5.00%) Couchbase
2 2 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Git
1 3 (7.50%) webpack
2 2 (5.00%) Artifactory
2 2 (5.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.00%) JIRA
2 2 (5.00%) TeamCity
3 1 (2.50%) Babel
3 1 (2.50%) Jasmine
General
1 20 (50.00%) Finance
2 9 (22.50%) Banking
2 9 (22.50%) Front Office
3 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.00%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (90.00%) React
2 18 (45.00%) CSS
3 15 (37.50%) HTML
4 10 (25.00%) Node.js
5 9 (22.50%) Next.js
5 9 (22.50%) Redux
6 7 (17.50%) React Native
7 5 (12.50%) gRPC
7 5 (12.50%) OpenFin
8 4 (10.00%) GraphQL
8 4 (10.00%) Protocol Buffers
8 4 (10.00%) Svelte
9 3 (7.50%) Jest
9 3 (7.50%) RESTful
10 2 (5.00%) .NET
10 2 (5.00%) AngularJS
10 2 (5.00%) Material-UI
10 2 (5.00%) OAuth2
10 2 (5.00%) Playwright
10 2 (5.00%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Fixed Income
2 7 (17.50%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (12.50%) Product Ownership
4 4 (10.00%) Mobile App
5 2 (5.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Android
1 3 (7.50%) Apple iOS
1 3 (7.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (70.00%) User Experience
2 22 (55.00%) Software Engineering
3 19 (47.50%) Front End Development
4 17 (42.50%) Agile
5 14 (35.00%) Fintech
6 10 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 9 (22.50%) Investment Management
8 8 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
9 7 (17.50%) DevOps
9 7 (17.50%) UX Design
10 6 (15.00%) Code Quality
11 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (10.00%) Asset Management
12 4 (10.00%) Performance Attribution
12 4 (10.00%) Web Application Development
13 3 (7.50%) Mentoring
13 3 (7.50%) Microservices
13 3 (7.50%) Prototyping
13 3 (7.50%) Software Testing
13 3 (7.50%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 35 (87.50%) TypeScript
2 22 (55.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (15.00%) Python
4 3 (7.50%) C#
5 2 (5.00%) Java
5 2 (5.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (5.00%) Adobe
2 1 (2.50%) OpenAI