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 20 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 269 203
Rank change year-on-year +9 -66 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 30 64 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.32% 0.45% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.48% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 26 30 96
10th Percentile £42,500 £28,975 £34,375
25th Percentile £48,750 £34,844 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,625 £72,188 £66,563
90th Percentile £78,750 £100,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -4.00%

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 8,172 13,394 8,311
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.01% 94.99% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,383 7,922 6,340
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,506 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

Job postings that featured Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +6 23 £60,000 -2.04% 14
Yorkshire +8 5 £37,500 +7.14% 4
North East +8 2 £83,750 - 3
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 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 29 (96.67%) Front End Development
2 22 (73.33%) JavaScript
3 21 (70.00%) CSS
3 21 (70.00%) React
4 19 (63.33%) HTML
5 16 (53.33%) Agile
6 15 (50.00%) TypeScript
7 13 (43.33%) Node.js
8 12 (40.00%) AWS
9 11 (36.67%) User Experience
10 8 (26.67%) HTML5
10 8 (26.67%) Software Engineering
11 7 (23.33%) WebSockets
11 7 (23.33%) Sass
11 7 (23.33%) Performance Optimisation
12 6 (20.00%) React Native
12 6 (20.00%) Clean Code
12 6 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
12 6 (20.00%) CSS3
13 5 (16.67%) RESTful
13 5 (16.67%) Scrum
13 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
13 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (16.67%) CMS
13 5 (16.67%) Low Latency
13 5 (16.67%) Redis
13 5 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
13 5 (16.67%) Accessibility
13 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (16.67%) CMS
2 2 (6.67%) Drupal
2 2 (6.67%) EPiServer
2 2 (6.67%) Umbraco
3 1 (3.33%) Confluence
3 1 (3.33%) Headless CMS
3 1 (3.33%) Strapi
3 1 (3.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Chatbot
1 2 (6.67%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Magento
1 1 (3.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (40.00%) AWS
2 4 (13.33%) Azure
3 3 (10.00%) npm
4 2 (6.67%) Amazon Cognito
4 2 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (6.67%) CloudFront
4 2 (6.67%) Figma
4 2 (6.67%) Serverless
5 1 (3.33%) GitHub
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Broadband
1 1 (3.33%) Internet
1 1 (3.33%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) Redis
2 3 (10.00%) Hazelcast
2 3 (10.00%) MongoDB
3 2 (6.67%) Metadata
3 2 (6.67%) MySQL
3 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Git
2 3 (10.00%) Cypress.io
3 2 (6.67%) Grunt
3 2 (6.67%) gulp
3 2 (6.67%) Jasmine
3 2 (6.67%) JIRA
3 2 (6.67%) Karma Test Runner
3 2 (6.67%) Selenium
3 2 (6.67%) webpack
4 1 (3.33%) Artifactory
4 1 (3.33%) GitLab
4 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
4 1 (3.33%) Maven
4 1 (3.33%) SonarQube
4 1 (3.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Law
2 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Cantonese Language
3 1 (3.33%) Health Technology
3 1 (3.33%) Mandarin Language
3 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (70.00%) CSS
1 21 (70.00%) React
2 19 (63.33%) HTML
3 13 (43.33%) Node.js
4 8 (26.67%) HTML5
5 7 (23.33%) Sass
5 7 (23.33%) WebSockets
6 6 (20.00%) CSS3
6 6 (20.00%) React Native
7 5 (16.67%) RESTful
8 4 (13.33%) REST
8 4 (13.33%) Tailwind CSS
9 3 (10.00%) AngularJS
9 3 (10.00%) LESS
9 3 (10.00%) Next.js
10 2 (6.67%) GraphQL
10 2 (6.67%) Redux
11 1 (3.33%) .NET Core
11 1 (3.33%) Mongoose
11 1 (3.33%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Client/Server
1 2 (6.67%) Graphic Design
1 2 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.33%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.33%) IoT
2 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.33%) NHS
2 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (3.33%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Android
1 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (96.67%) Front End Development
2 16 (53.33%) Agile
3 11 (36.67%) User Experience
4 8 (26.67%) Software Engineering
5 7 (23.33%) Performance Optimisation
6 6 (20.00%) Clean Code
6 6 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
7 5 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (16.67%) Low Latency
7 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (16.67%) Scrum
7 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
7 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (13.33%) TDD
8 4 (13.33%) UX Design
9 3 (10.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
9 3 (10.00%) Machine Learning
9 3 (10.00%) OOP
9 3 (10.00%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 22 (73.33%) JavaScript
2 15 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (6.67%) Java
3 2 (6.67%) Python
4 1 (3.33%) C#
4 1 (3.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Adobe
2 1 (3.33%) Salesforce