Senior Front-End Developer Jobs in Scotland

Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer)
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer) salary in Scotland is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

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

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 260 213
Rank change year-on-year +115 -47 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Front-End Developer 4 23 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.14% 0.34% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.35% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -27.59% +68.60%
75th Percentile £61,875 £59,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £66,750 £60,000 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £71,500 £73,750
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.05% +13.46%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,560 6,531 4,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 96.88% 90.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,366 2,624 2,338
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,569
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,744 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Senior Front-End Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Senior Front-End Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Front-End Developer in Scotland

Senior Front-End Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Senior Front-End Developer in Scotland

Senior Front-End Developer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Front-End Developer in Scotland

Senior Front-End Developer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Edinburgh +18 2 £65,000 -
Dundee - 2 £52,500 -
Senior Front-End Developer
UK

Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior Front-End 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Front-End Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 4 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 4 (100.00%) React
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Web Development
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
3 1 (25.00%) REST
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) React Native
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Next.js
3 1 (25.00%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps

Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) Next.js
2 1 (25.00%) React Native
2 1 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
2 1 (25.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript