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

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

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in the North West is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 207 228
Rank change year-on-year +17 +21 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 45 34 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.42% 0.72% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.81% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 39 34 64
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £41,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £69,375
90th Percentile - £77,500 £79,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 10,085 4,175 10,441
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 88.79% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,594 2,052 8,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,050 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,715 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -13.32%

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

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 West.

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

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

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

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

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

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the North West over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

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

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

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Manchester -12 27 £70,000 +21.74% 2
Lancashire - 9 £45,000 - 1
Merseyside -7 6 - - 2
Cheshire +11 3 £65,000 -16.13%
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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 West region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 45 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 17 (37.78%) React
3 14 (31.11%) TypeScript
4 12 (26.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 12 (26.67%) JavaScript
5 11 (24.44%) DevOps
6 6 (13.33%) E-Commerce
6 6 (13.33%) Git
7 4 (8.89%) Agile
7 4 (8.89%) CI/CD
7 4 (8.89%) Mentoring
7 4 (8.89%) User Experience
7 4 (8.89%) UX Design
7 4 (8.89%) Web Development
8 3 (6.67%) CSS
8 3 (6.67%) Figma
8 3 (6.67%) HTML
8 3 (6.67%) Java
8 3 (6.67%) Performance Optimisation
9 2 (4.44%) Accessibility
9 2 (4.44%) Clean Code
10 1 (2.22%) .NET
10 1 (2.22%) AI
10 1 (2.22%) Analytics
10 1 (2.22%) AngularJS
10 1 (2.22%) Architectural Patterns
10 1 (2.22%) Azure
10 1 (2.22%) C#
10 1 (2.22%) Claude Code
10 1 (2.22%) CMS

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (2.22%) CMS
1 1 (2.22%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.67%) Figma
2 1 (2.22%) Azure
2 1 (2.22%) Contentful
2 1 (2.22%) GitHub
2 1 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.22%) Vercel
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) Claude Code
2 1 (2.22%) Gradle
2 1 (2.22%) gulp
2 1 (2.22%) webpack
2 1 (2.22%) Xcode
General
1 5 (11.11%) Marketing
2 4 (8.89%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (37.78%) React
2 3 (6.67%) CSS
2 3 (6.67%) HTML
3 1 (2.22%) .NET
3 1 (2.22%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.22%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (2.22%) Next.js
3 1 (2.22%) React Native
3 1 (2.22%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (2.22%) TanStack
3 1 (2.22%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.22%) Animation
3 1 (2.22%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 12 (26.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 11 (24.44%) DevOps
4 6 (13.33%) E-Commerce
5 4 (8.89%) Agile
5 4 (8.89%) CI/CD
5 4 (8.89%) Mentoring
5 4 (8.89%) User Experience
5 4 (8.89%) UX Design
5 4 (8.89%) Web Development
6 3 (6.67%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (4.44%) Clean Code
8 1 (2.22%) Architectural Patterns
8 1 (2.22%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (2.22%) Continuous Deployment
8 1 (2.22%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
8 1 (2.22%) Digital Innovation
8 1 (2.22%) Incident Response
8 1 (2.22%) Lead Generation
8 1 (2.22%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.11%) TypeScript
2 12 (26.67%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.67%) Java
4 1 (2.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
1 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.22%) QA