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 £59,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 235 194
Rank change year-on-year -16 -41 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 36 71 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.37% 0.57% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.60% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 30 32 88
10th Percentile £45,909 £29,600 £35,875
25th Percentile £46,563 £44,375 £43,641
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £66,563 £74,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £100,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,734 11,754 7,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 95.00% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,066 6,226 5,680
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% +0.95%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 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
North West +11 26 £60,000 - 39
Yorkshire -9 7 £47,372 -5.26% 8
North East +4 3 £58,500 - 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 8 November 2025, 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 35 (97.22%) Front End Development
2 28 (77.78%) JavaScript
3 26 (72.22%) CSS
4 25 (69.44%) HTML
5 22 (61.11%) React
6 20 (55.56%) Agile
7 15 (41.67%) TypeScript
8 13 (36.11%) Node.js
9 11 (30.56%) Accessibility
9 11 (30.56%) AWS
10 10 (27.78%) Git
10 10 (27.78%) User Experience
11 8 (22.22%) TDD
12 7 (19.44%) WebSockets
13 6 (16.67%) Clean Code
13 6 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
13 6 (16.67%) HTML5
13 6 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
13 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (16.67%) React Native
13 6 (16.67%) Software Engineering
13 6 (16.67%) Web Development
14 5 (13.89%) AngularJS
14 5 (13.89%) Architectural Patterns
14 5 (13.89%) CMS
14 5 (13.89%) CSS3
14 5 (13.89%) Design Patterns
14 5 (13.89%) Low Latency
14 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
14 5 (13.89%) Redis

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 (13.89%) CMS
2 2 (5.56%) Drupal
2 2 (5.56%) EPiServer
2 2 (5.56%) Umbraco
3 1 (2.78%) Confluence
3 1 (2.78%) Headless CMS
3 1 (2.78%) Strapi
3 1 (2.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.78%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (30.56%) AWS
2 4 (11.11%) npm
3 3 (8.33%) Azure
4 2 (5.56%) Figma
5 1 (2.78%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.78%) CloudFront
5 1 (2.78%) GitHub
5 1 (2.78%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) Broadband
1 1 (2.78%) HTTP
1 1 (2.78%) Internet
1 1 (2.78%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) Redis
2 3 (8.33%) Hazelcast
2 3 (8.33%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.56%) Metadata
3 2 (5.56%) MySQL
4 1 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (27.78%) Git
2 3 (8.33%) Cypress.io
3 2 (5.56%) Grunt
3 2 (5.56%) gulp
3 2 (5.56%) JIRA
3 2 (5.56%) webpack
4 1 (2.78%) Artifactory
4 1 (2.78%) GitLab
4 1 (2.78%) Jasmine
4 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.78%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (2.78%) Maven
4 1 (2.78%) Protractor
4 1 (2.78%) Selenium
4 1 (2.78%) SonarQube
4 1 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.78%) Automotive
3 1 (2.78%) Games
3 1 (2.78%) Health Technology
3 1 (2.78%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (72.22%) CSS
2 25 (69.44%) HTML
3 22 (61.11%) React
4 13 (36.11%) Node.js
5 7 (19.44%) WebSockets
6 6 (16.67%) HTML5
6 6 (16.67%) React Native
7 5 (13.89%) AngularJS
7 5 (13.89%) CSS3
7 5 (13.89%) Sass
8 4 (11.11%) REST
8 4 (11.11%) Web Services
9 3 (8.33%) Jest
9 3 (8.33%) Next.js
9 3 (8.33%) RESTful
9 3 (8.33%) Tailwind CSS
10 2 (5.56%) LESS
10 2 (5.56%) Redux
10 2 (5.56%) Svelte
10 2 (5.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (5.56%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.78%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.78%) NHS
3 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Android
1 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (97.22%) Front End Development
2 20 (55.56%) Agile
3 10 (27.78%) User Experience
4 8 (22.22%) TDD
5 6 (16.67%) Clean Code
5 6 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
5 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 6 (16.67%) Web Development
6 5 (13.89%) Architectural Patterns
6 5 (13.89%) Design Patterns
6 5 (13.89%) Low Latency
6 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
6 5 (13.89%) Scrum
6 5 (13.89%) Software Testing
6 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (11.11%) AI
7 4 (11.11%) Coaching
7 4 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 28 (77.78%) JavaScript
2 15 (41.67%) TypeScript
3 2 (5.56%) Java
3 2 (5.56%) Python
4 1 (2.78%) C#
4 1 (2.78%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (30.56%) Accessibility
2 4 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) Salesforce