Senior Front-End Developer Job Trends in London

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

The median Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer) salary in London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 448 433
Rank change year-on-year +77 -15 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Front-End Developer 16 11 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.057% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.060% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 53
10th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £58,750
25th Percentile £65,625 £56,250 £63,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 - £87,500
90th Percentile £82,625 - £110,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - -6.67%

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 10,900 18,392 21,003
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 95.37% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,112 11,566 17,358
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,250
Median % change year-on-year - -1.02% +4.64%
75th Percentile £97,313 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Senior Front-End Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Front-End Developer in London

Senior Front-End Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Front-End Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Front-End Developer job vacancies in London

Senior Front-End 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 Senior Front-End Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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 - 4 £70,000 -
Senior Front-End Developer
England

Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Senior Front-End 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 Senior Front-End Developer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) React
1 16 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 12 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 11 (68.75%) User Experience
4 10 (62.50%) TypeScript
4 10 (62.50%) CSS
4 10 (62.50%) Finance
5 9 (56.25%) Software Engineering
5 9 (56.25%) Agile
5 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
6 7 (43.75%) QA
6 7 (43.75%) SDLC
7 6 (37.50%) Visualisation
7 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
7 6 (37.50%) HTML
7 6 (37.50%) Onboarding
8 5 (31.25%) Wireframes
8 5 (31.25%) Degree
8 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
9 4 (25.00%) Highcharts JS
9 4 (25.00%) Node.js
9 4 (25.00%) D3.js
9 4 (25.00%) Cloud Native
9 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
9 4 (25.00%) Operational Stability
9 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (25.00%) Law
9 4 (25.00%) Legal
9 4 (25.00%) Scrum
9 4 (25.00%) Market Risk

Senior Front-End 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 3 (18.75%) Liferay
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Adobe XD
1 2 (12.50%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
1 3 (18.75%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) Figma
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (25.00%) Law
3 4 (25.00%) Legal
3 4 (25.00%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (100.00%) React
2 10 (62.50%) CSS
3 6 (37.50%) HTML
4 4 (25.00%) D3.js
4 4 (25.00%) Highcharts JS
4 4 (25.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Onboarding
2 4 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (25.00%) Market Risk
2 4 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (12.50%) Client/Server
3 2 (12.50%) Data Structures
3 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 11 (68.75%) User Experience
3 9 (56.25%) Agile
3 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
3 9 (56.25%) Software Engineering
4 7 (43.75%) SDLC
5 6 (37.50%) Visualisation
6 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
6 5 (31.25%) Wireframes
7 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 4 (25.00%) Design Patterns
7 4 (25.00%) Operational Stability
7 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (25.00%) Scrum
7 4 (25.00%) UX Design
8 3 (18.75%) B2C
8 3 (18.75%) Code Quality
8 3 (18.75%) Data Entry
8 3 (18.75%) TDD
8 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 10 (62.50%) TypeScript
3 2 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) QA
2 4 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 3 (18.75%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe