Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Job Trends in the North of England

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England > North of England

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in the North of England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 218 201
Rank change year-on-year -3 -17 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 42 67 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.40% 0.72% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.77% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 37 32 75
10th Percentile £45,546 £29,750 £33,600
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,875 £42,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £63,750 £78,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,750 £100,000 £79,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £71,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 9,306 8,733 7,511
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.60% 94.03% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 5,328 4,160 5,956
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,993
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -1.84% -2.87%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancy trend in the North of England

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in the North of England

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the North of England

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
North West +17 19 £60,000 +4.35% 21
Yorkshire -11 14 £48,686 +0.38% 26
North East +1 9 £59,500 -0.83% 7
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Front-End Developer (Client-Side 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 North of England region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 42 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 27 (64.29%) CSS
2 27 (64.29%) JavaScript
3 24 (57.14%) React
4 22 (52.38%) HTML
5 17 (40.48%) Agile
6 13 (30.95%) Git
7 12 (28.57%) TypeScript
8 11 (26.19%) Accessibility
9 9 (21.43%) Mentoring
10 8 (19.05%) Node.js
10 8 (19.05%) User Experience
11 7 (16.67%) AWS
11 7 (16.67%) CI/CD
12 6 (14.29%) Clean Code
12 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (14.29%) TDD
13 5 (11.90%) API Integration
13 5 (11.90%) CMS
13 5 (11.90%) Jest
13 5 (11.90%) REST
13 5 (11.90%) Validation
14 4 (9.52%) Coaching
14 4 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
14 4 (9.52%) Design Patterns
14 4 (9.52%) RESTful
14 4 (9.52%) Svelte
14 4 (9.52%) Web Development
14 4 (9.52%) Web Services
15 3 (7.14%) AngularJS

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (11.90%) CMS
2 2 (4.76%) Drupal
2 2 (4.76%) EPiServer
2 2 (4.76%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) AWS
2 3 (7.14%) npm
3 2 (4.76%) Figma
4 1 (2.38%) Azure
4 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Metadata
2 1 (2.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (30.95%) Git
2 2 (4.76%) Grunt
2 2 (4.76%) gulp
2 2 (4.76%) webpack
3 1 (2.38%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.38%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.38%) GitLab
3 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.38%) Maven
3 1 (2.38%) Protractor
3 1 (2.38%) SonarQube
3 1 (2.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Marketing
2 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (7.14%) Retail
3 1 (2.38%) Automotive
3 1 (2.38%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (64.29%) CSS
2 24 (57.14%) React
3 22 (52.38%) HTML
4 8 (19.05%) Node.js
5 5 (11.90%) Jest
5 5 (11.90%) REST
6 4 (9.52%) RESTful
6 4 (9.52%) Svelte
6 4 (9.52%) Web Services
7 3 (7.14%) AngularJS
7 3 (7.14%) CSS3
7 3 (7.14%) GraphQL
7 3 (7.14%) HTML5
7 3 (7.14%) Next.js
7 3 (7.14%) Sass
7 3 (7.14%) Vue
7 3 (7.14%) WebSockets
8 2 (4.76%) Redux
8 2 (4.76%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (2.38%) Mongoose
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (11.90%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.76%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.38%) Legacy Code
5 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Android
1 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 17 (40.48%) Agile
3 9 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 8 (19.05%) User Experience
5 7 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 6 (14.29%) Clean Code
6 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (14.29%) TDD
7 5 (11.90%) API Integration
7 5 (11.90%) Validation
8 4 (9.52%) Coaching
8 4 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (9.52%) Design Patterns
8 4 (9.52%) Web Development
9 3 (7.14%) B2B
9 3 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (7.14%) Customer Engagement
9 3 (7.14%) E-Commerce
9 3 (7.14%) Product Marketing
9 3 (7.14%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 27 (64.29%) JavaScript
2 12 (28.57%) TypeScript
3 2 (4.76%) Python
4 1 (2.38%) C#
4 1 (2.38%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.19%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft