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 £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 420 424
Rank change year-on-year +51 +4 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Front-End Developer 17 21 46
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.13% 0.12% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.13% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 38
10th Percentile £67,500 £68,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £70,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £94,875 £93,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +10.71% -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 11,825 16,458 17,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 94.79% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,602 10,018 14,586
10th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -

Senior Front-End Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Front-End Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior Front-End Developer job vacancy trend 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
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer in London over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Front-End Developer 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 21 November 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 +53 1 £70,000 -24.32% 12
Senior Front-End Developer
England

Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, Senior Front-End Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 17 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 14 (82.35%) TypeScript
3 12 (70.59%) JavaScript
3 12 (70.59%) User Experience
4 11 (64.71%) Agile
5 10 (58.82%) CSS
5 10 (58.82%) React
6 9 (52.94%) Accessibility
6 9 (52.94%) Node.js
6 9 (52.94%) QA
7 8 (47.06%) UX Design
8 7 (41.18%) CI/CD
8 7 (41.18%) DevOps
8 7 (41.18%) Mentoring
8 7 (41.18%) Nuxt
8 7 (41.18%) Responsive Web Design
9 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
9 6 (35.29%) HTML
9 6 (35.29%) Software Engineering
9 6 (35.29%) Visualisation
10 5 (29.41%) Analytics
10 5 (29.41%) API Integration
10 5 (29.41%) Azure
10 5 (29.41%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (29.41%) Backlog Management
10 5 (29.41%) Customer-Centricity
10 5 (29.41%) Cypress.io
10 5 (29.41%) E-Commerce
10 5 (29.41%) Full-Stack Development
10 5 (29.41%) GDPR

Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Adobe XD
1 2 (11.76%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
1 5 (29.41%) Azure DevOps
1 5 (29.41%) GitHub
2 2 (11.76%) Figma
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Cypress.io
1 5 (29.41%) Git
1 5 (29.41%) JIRA
1 5 (29.41%) Visual Studio
1 5 (29.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Retail
3 4 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (23.53%) Law
3 4 (23.53%) Legal
3 4 (23.53%) Marketing
4 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (58.82%) CSS
1 10 (58.82%) React
2 9 (52.94%) Node.js
3 7 (41.18%) Nuxt
4 6 (35.29%) HTML
5 5 (29.41%) GraphQL
5 5 (29.41%) Jest
5 5 (29.41%) RESTful
5 5 (29.41%) Tailwind CSS
5 5 (29.41%) Vitest
5 5 (29.41%) Vue
6 4 (23.53%) D3.js
6 4 (23.53%) Highcharts JS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Product Ownership
2 4 (23.53%) Cloud Native
2 4 (23.53%) Market Risk
3 2 (11.76%) Client/Server
3 2 (11.76%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 12 (70.59%) User Experience
3 11 (64.71%) Agile
4 8 (47.06%) UX Design
5 7 (41.18%) CI/CD
5 7 (41.18%) DevOps
5 7 (41.18%) Mentoring
5 7 (41.18%) Responsive Web Design
6 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
6 6 (35.29%) Software Engineering
6 6 (35.29%) Visualisation
7 5 (29.41%) Analytics
7 5 (29.41%) API Integration
7 5 (29.41%) Backlog Management
7 5 (29.41%) Customer-Centricity
7 5 (29.41%) E-Commerce
7 5 (29.41%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (29.41%) Pair Programming
7 5 (29.41%) Performance Optimisation
7 5 (29.41%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 14 (82.35%) TypeScript
2 12 (70.59%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) Accessibility
1 9 (52.94%) QA
2 5 (29.41%) GDPR
2 5 (29.41%) PERC
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Adobe