Front End Development Job Trends in the Midlands

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Front End Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 138 160
Rank change year-on-year -84 +22 +9
Permanent jobs citing Front End Development 54 100 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.34% 1.79% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 2.06% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 35 34 67
10th Percentile £41,250 £34,875 -
25th Percentile £43,804 £42,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £80,500 £77,625 £70,200
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Front End Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,072 4,865 7,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.66% 86.98% 80.50%
Number of salaries quoted 7,800 2,822 3,526
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,031 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,281 £45,445 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -9.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Front End Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Front End Development job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Front End Development
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Front End Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front End Development in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Front End Development in the Midlands

Front End Development
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front End Development within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 October 2026. 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
West Midlands -62 31 £70,000 +27.27% 25
East Midlands -65 23 £45,000 -21.74% 15
Front End Development
England

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.26%) CMS
1 5 (9.26%) Headless CMS
2 4 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.70%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Magento
2 4 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (40.74%) AWS
2 17 (31.48%) Azure
3 6 (11.11%) SaaS
3 6 (11.11%) Serverless
4 5 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.41%) Azure Functions
5 4 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (7.41%) GCP
5 4 (7.41%) Google Ads
5 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Advertising
5 4 (7.41%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.70%) AWS IoT
6 2 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.85%) GitHub
7 1 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.70%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.85%) MySQL
4 1 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Git
2 2 (3.70%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) Subversion
3 1 (1.85%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.85%) NUnit
General
1 19 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.22%) Finance
3 11 (20.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.41%) Advertising
6 4 (7.41%) Marketing
7 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (74.07%) Developer
2 30 (55.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 20 (37.04%) Senior
4 18 (33.33%) React Developer
5 16 (29.63%) Lead
6 15 (27.78%) Senior Developer
6 15 (27.78%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 11 (20.37%) Lead Developer
8 8 (14.81%) Senior React Developer
9 7 (12.96%) E-Commerce Developer
10 4 (7.41%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 4 (7.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 4 (7.41%) Lead Dynamics 365 Developer
10 4 (7.41%) Software Engineer
11 3 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
11 3 (5.56%) Python Engineer
11 3 (5.56%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
12 2 (3.70%) C# .NET Developer
12 2 (3.70%) Full-Stack C# Developer
12 2 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (46.30%) React
2 12 (22.22%) REST
3 11 (20.37%) Node.js
4 9 (16.67%) Playwright
5 8 (14.81%) GraphQL
6 5 (9.26%) .NET
6 5 (9.26%) CSS
6 5 (9.26%) HTML
6 5 (9.26%) Material-UI
6 5 (9.26%) RESTful
7 4 (7.41%) AngularJS
7 4 (7.41%) JSON
7 4 (7.41%) XML
7 4 (7.41%) XSLT
8 2 (3.70%) Next.js
8 2 (3.70%) Terraform
9 1 (1.85%) .NET Core
9 1 (1.85%) Jest
9 1 (1.85%) NgRx
9 1 (1.85%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 4 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.41%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (7.41%) Taxonomies
2 4 (7.41%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.70%) IoT
3 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.85%) NHS
4 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.74%) CI/CD
2 21 (38.89%) Agile
3 19 (35.19%) E-Commerce
4 18 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 17 (31.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (27.78%) AI
6 15 (27.78%) Technical Leadership
7 13 (24.07%) Code Quality
7 13 (24.07%) Full-Stack Development
8 12 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
9 11 (20.37%) LLM
9 11 (20.37%) Scrum
9 11 (20.37%) Software Engineering
10 10 (18.52%) Sprint Planning
10 10 (18.52%) Time Management
11 9 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
11 9 (16.67%) Progressive Enhancement
12 8 (14.81%) SDLC
12 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 24 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 9 (16.67%) C#
4 8 (14.81%) Go
5 5 (9.26%) Python
6 3 (5.56%) Java
7 2 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.78%) Accessibility
2 10 (18.52%) QA
3 5 (9.26%) WCAG
4 4 (7.41%) GDPR
5 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.41%) Facebook
2 4 (7.41%) Google
2 4 (7.41%) Instagram
2 4 (7.41%) TikTok