Senior Front-End Developer Jobs 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 £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 464 502
Rank change year-on-year +102 +38 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Front-End Developer 33 38 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.16% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.17% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 27 34 77
10th Percentile - £65,000 £58,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £66,875 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.23% +6.90%
75th Percentile £80,625 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £100,000 £112,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £71,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.14% -3.45%

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 12,022 22,793 28,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 94.43% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7,327 16,720 21,972
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,653 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,249 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.07% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer in London.

Salary trend for Senior Front-End Developer 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 6 July 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 6 July 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 +37 6 £70,000 - 10
East London - 4 £80,000 -
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 6 July 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 33 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 23 (69.70%) Agile
3 22 (66.67%) Finance
3 22 (66.67%) JavaScript
4 21 (63.64%) CSS
5 20 (60.61%) React
6 18 (54.55%) User Experience
7 17 (51.52%) HTML
7 17 (51.52%) QA
8 14 (42.42%) TypeScript
9 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
10 12 (36.36%) Mentoring
11 10 (30.30%) Next.js
11 10 (30.30%) Software Engineering
12 9 (27.27%) Computer Science
12 9 (27.27%) UX Design
12 9 (27.27%) SDLC
12 9 (27.27%) Wireframes
13 8 (24.24%) Onboarding
13 8 (24.24%) C#
13 8 (24.24%) .NET
14 7 (21.21%) B2C
15 6 (18.18%) Adobe
15 6 (18.18%) Scrum
15 6 (18.18%) Figma
16 5 (15.15%) Code Quality
16 5 (15.15%) Accessibility
16 5 (15.15%) Software Quality Assurance
16 5 (15.15%) TDD
16 5 (15.15%) Degree

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 5 (15.15%) Liferay
2 1 (3.03%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Adobe XD
1 2 (6.06%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Figma
2 5 (15.15%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (15.15%) Entra ID
3 3 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.03%) Git
General
1 22 (66.67%) Finance
2 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (12.12%) Law
3 4 (12.12%) Legal
3 4 (12.12%) Marketing
4 2 (6.06%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (63.64%) CSS
2 20 (60.61%) React
3 17 (51.52%) HTML
4 10 (30.30%) Next.js
5 8 (24.24%) .NET
6 5 (15.15%) Node.js
6 5 (15.15%) Vue
7 4 (12.12%) D3.js
7 4 (12.12%) Highcharts JS
7 4 (12.12%) Sass
8 2 (6.06%) AngularJS
8 2 (6.06%) GraphQL
8 2 (6.06%) Playwright
8 2 (6.06%) React Native
8 2 (6.06%) RESTful
8 2 (6.06%) Vitest
9 1 (3.03%) Svelte
9 1 (3.03%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.12%) Cloud Native
2 4 (12.12%) Market Risk
2 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
2 4 (12.12%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (12.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (6.06%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 23 (69.70%) Agile
3 18 (54.55%) User Experience
4 12 (36.36%) Mentoring
5 10 (30.30%) Software Engineering
6 9 (27.27%) Computer Science
6 9 (27.27%) SDLC
6 9 (27.27%) UX Design
6 9 (27.27%) Wireframes
7 7 (21.21%) B2C
8 6 (18.18%) Scrum
9 5 (15.15%) Code Quality
9 5 (15.15%) Fintech
9 5 (15.15%) Identity Management
9 5 (15.15%) TDD
9 5 (15.15%) Test Automation
9 5 (15.15%) Visualisation
10 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
10 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
10 4 (12.12%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 22 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 14 (42.42%) TypeScript
3 8 (24.24%) C#
4 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (51.52%) QA
2 5 (15.15%) Accessibility
2 5 (15.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Adobe
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft