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 £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 476 486
Rank change year-on-year +109 +10 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 36 41 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.28% 0.17% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.18% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 33 29 77
10th Percentile £55,000 £77,500 £63,750
25th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +22.58%
75th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £116,250
90th Percentile £132,500 £114,650 £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 11,673 22,210 32,647
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.15% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,263 16,626 24,091
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £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 £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 14 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 14 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 +34 10 £80,000 - 7
East London - 2 - - 1
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 14 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 33 (91.67%) React
2 32 (88.89%) TypeScript
3 25 (69.44%) User Experience
4 19 (52.78%) JavaScript
5 18 (50.00%) AWS
6 17 (47.22%) CSS
6 17 (47.22%) Finance
6 17 (47.22%) Software Engineering
6 17 (47.22%) Front End Development
7 14 (38.89%) Agile
7 14 (38.89%) HTML
8 12 (33.33%) Fintech
9 10 (27.78%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (25.00%) Figma
10 9 (25.00%) Next.js
11 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
11 8 (22.22%) DevOps
11 8 (22.22%) GCP
12 7 (19.44%) React Native
12 7 (19.44%) Redux
12 7 (19.44%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (19.44%) Banking
12 7 (19.44%) Fixed Income
12 7 (19.44%) Front Office
12 7 (19.44%) Investment Management
12 7 (19.44%) UX Design
13 6 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
13 6 (16.67%) Code Quality
14 5 (13.89%) OpenFin
14 5 (13.89%) SaaS

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 2 (5.56%) Apache
1 2 (5.56%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (5.56%) Confluence
2 1 (2.78%) CMS
2 1 (2.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Chatbot
2 2 (5.56%) Adobe XD
2 2 (5.56%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 18 (50.00%) AWS
2 9 (25.00%) Figma
3 8 (22.22%) GCP
4 5 (13.89%) SaaS
5 3 (8.33%) Azure
6 2 (5.56%) npm
6 2 (5.56%) Yarn
7 1 (2.78%) GitHub
7 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.78%) Vercel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Apache Ignite
2 1 (2.78%) Couchbase
2 1 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Git
1 3 (8.33%) webpack
2 2 (5.56%) Artifactory
2 2 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.56%) JIRA
2 2 (5.56%) TeamCity
3 1 (2.78%) Babel
3 1 (2.78%) Jasmine
General
1 17 (47.22%) Finance
2 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Banking
3 7 (19.44%) Front Office
4 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (91.67%) React
2 17 (47.22%) CSS
3 14 (38.89%) HTML
4 9 (25.00%) Next.js
5 7 (19.44%) React Native
5 7 (19.44%) Redux
6 5 (13.89%) Node.js
6 5 (13.89%) OpenFin
7 4 (11.11%) GraphQL
7 4 (11.11%) Svelte
8 3 (8.33%) gRPC
8 3 (8.33%) Jest
8 3 (8.33%) RESTful
9 2 (5.56%) Material-UI
9 2 (5.56%) OAuth
9 2 (5.56%) OAuth2
9 2 (5.56%) Playwright
9 2 (5.56%) Protocol Buffers
9 2 (5.56%) Vert.x
10 1 (2.78%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Fixed Income
1 7 (19.44%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (13.89%) Product Ownership
3 4 (11.11%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.56%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Linux
2 3 (8.33%) Android
2 3 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (69.44%) User Experience
2 17 (47.22%) Front End Development
2 17 (47.22%) Software Engineering
3 14 (38.89%) Agile
4 12 (33.33%) Fintech
5 10 (27.78%) Artificial Intelligence
6 8 (22.22%) DevOps
7 7 (19.44%) Investment Management
7 7 (19.44%) UX Design
8 6 (16.67%) Code Quality
8 6 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
9 4 (11.11%) Web Application Development
10 3 (8.33%) Conversational UI
10 3 (8.33%) Design Patterns
10 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (8.33%) Prototyping
10 3 (8.33%) Wireframes
11 2 (5.56%) Business Strategy
11 2 (5.56%) CI/CD
11 2 (5.56%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 32 (88.89%) TypeScript
2 19 (52.78%) JavaScript
3 4 (11.11%) Python
4 3 (8.33%) C#
5 2 (5.56%) Java
5 2 (5.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) Adobe
2 1 (2.78%) OpenAI