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 £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 195 276
Rank change year-on-year -40 +81 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 80 46 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.49% 0.72% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.79% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 74 43 96
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,625 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,188 £69,125 £69,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -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 14,984 5,855 15,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 91.73% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,697 3,800 12,299
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.02%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,460 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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
Yorkshire -31 34 £48,686 -2.14% 3
North West -31 33 £60,000 +9.09% 11
North East -28 13 £59,000 +4.42% 6
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 9 April 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 80 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 28 (35.00%) JavaScript
3 25 (31.25%) React
4 22 (27.50%) CSS
5 19 (23.75%) HTML
6 15 (18.75%) TypeScript
7 12 (15.00%) Agile
7 12 (15.00%) Git
8 11 (13.75%) User Experience
9 10 (12.50%) Accessibility
10 9 (11.25%) Mentoring
11 8 (10.00%) CI/CD
11 8 (10.00%) Web Development
12 7 (8.75%) Clean Code
12 7 (8.75%) DevOps
13 6 (7.50%) Full-Stack Development
14 5 (6.25%) Jest
14 5 (6.25%) TDD
14 5 (6.25%) Validation
15 4 (5.00%) Coaching
15 4 (5.00%) Continuous Integration
15 4 (5.00%) Design Patterns
15 4 (5.00%) E-Procurement
15 4 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
15 4 (5.00%) Software Engineering
15 4 (5.00%) Web Services
16 3 (3.75%) AngularJS
16 3 (3.75%) API Integration
16 3 (3.75%) B2B
16 3 (3.75%) C#

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 3 (3.75%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.50%) AWS
2 1 (1.25%) Azure
2 1 (1.25%) npm
2 1 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.25%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 12 (15.00%) Git
2 1 (1.25%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.25%) gulp
2 1 (1.25%) Protractor
2 1 (1.25%) webpack
General
1 15 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.75%) Banking
3 3 (3.75%) Marketing
3 3 (3.75%) Retail
4 1 (1.25%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (31.25%) React
2 22 (27.50%) CSS
3 19 (23.75%) HTML
4 5 (6.25%) Jest
5 4 (5.00%) Web Services
6 3 (3.75%) AngularJS
6 3 (3.75%) GraphQL
6 3 (3.75%) Next.js
6 3 (3.75%) REST
6 3 (3.75%) RESTful
6 3 (3.75%) Svelte
6 3 (3.75%) Vue
7 1 (1.25%) .NET
7 1 (1.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (8.75%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.75%) Legacy Code
4 3 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 12 (15.00%) Agile
3 11 (13.75%) User Experience
4 9 (11.25%) Mentoring
5 8 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 8 (10.00%) Web Development
6 7 (8.75%) Clean Code
6 7 (8.75%) DevOps
7 6 (7.50%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (6.25%) TDD
8 5 (6.25%) Validation
9 4 (5.00%) Coaching
9 4 (5.00%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (5.00%) Design Patterns
9 4 (5.00%) E-Procurement
9 4 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (5.00%) Software Engineering
10 3 (3.75%) Customer Requirements
10 3 (3.75%) Presales
10 3 (3.75%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 28 (35.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (18.75%) TypeScript
3 3 (3.75%) C#
3 3 (3.75%) Java
3 3 (3.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.25%) DV Cleared
1 1 (1.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.25%) QA