Front End Development Job Trends in the South East

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Front End Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 208 218
Rank change year-on-year -28 +10 -28
Permanent jobs citing Front End Development 59 70 187
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.40% 0.90% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.99% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 58 50 165
10th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £41,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,325 £83,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Front End Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,490 7,060 14,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.40% 90.28% 81.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,421 3,414 10,381
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,969 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Front End Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Front End Development job vacancy trend in the South East

Front End Development
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Front End Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front End Development in the South East over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Front End Development in the South East

Front End Development
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Front End Development within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Surrey -16 22 £55,000 -10.78% 6
Kent -16 14 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Hampshire -36 12 £51,250 -8.89% 6
Thames Valley -7 7 £40,000 -33.33% 8
East Sussex -13 4 £45,000 -45.45% 4
Oxfordshire -17 4 £40,000 -33.33%
Buckinghamshire -11 3 £51,500 - 5
Front End Development
England

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (3.39%) IIS
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 17 (28.81%) Azure
2 13 (22.03%) GitHub
3 10 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (11.86%) AWS
4 7 (11.86%) SaaS
5 2 (3.39%) Figma
5 2 (3.39%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.69%) GCP
6 1 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) MongoDB
1 4 (6.78%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.69%) MySQL
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Git
1 2 (3.39%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.39%) JIRA
1 2 (3.39%) JUnit
2 1 (1.69%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.69%) GitLab
2 1 (1.69%) Selenium
2 1 (1.69%) Storybook
General
1 11 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (13.56%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.17%) Retail
4 4 (6.78%) Finance
5 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.69%) Electronics
6 1 (1.69%) Local Government
6 1 (1.69%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 53 (89.83%) Developer
2 32 (54.24%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 12 (20.34%) Full-Stack Developer
4 10 (16.95%) .NET Developer
4 10 (16.95%) React Developer
5 9 (15.25%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 8 (13.56%) Senior
7 7 (11.86%) Senior Developer
7 7 (11.86%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 5 (8.47%) Applications Developer
8 5 (8.47%) ASP.NET MVC Developer
8 5 (8.47%) Digital Developer
8 5 (8.47%) Software Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) Web Developer
9 4 (6.78%) Java Developer
9 4 (6.78%) SaaS Developer
9 4 (6.78%) Senior React Developer
10 3 (5.08%) Graduate
10 3 (5.08%) Graduate Developer
10 3 (5.08%) Graduate Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (49.15%) React
2 22 (37.29%) .NET
3 13 (22.03%) CSS
3 13 (22.03%) HTML
4 10 (16.95%) Bootstrap
4 10 (16.95%) React Native
5 5 (8.47%) RESTful
6 3 (5.08%) .NET Core
6 3 (5.08%) Electron
6 3 (5.08%) Laravel
7 2 (3.39%) Blazor
7 2 (3.39%) JSON
7 2 (3.39%) WinForms
8 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.69%) Next.js
8 1 (1.69%) OpenAPI
8 1 (1.69%) SOAP
8 1 (1.69%) Vue
8 1 (1.69%) Web Services
8 1 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.39%) AI Agents
2 2 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.69%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Linux
1 2 (3.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.12%) Agile
2 15 (25.42%) Full-Stack Development
3 14 (23.73%) DevOps
4 13 (22.03%) Clean Code
5 12 (20.34%) E-Commerce
6 11 (18.64%) AI
7 10 (16.95%) API Integration
7 10 (16.95%) B2B
7 10 (16.95%) B2C
7 10 (16.95%) Mobile Application Development
7 10 (16.95%) Unit Testing
7 10 (16.95%) Wireframes
8 9 (15.25%) User Experience
9 8 (13.56%) Web Development
10 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (10.17%) CI/CD
11 6 (10.17%) Microservices
12 5 (8.47%) Computer Science
12 5 (8.47%) MVC
12 5 (8.47%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.12%) TypeScript
2 11 (18.64%) JavaScript
2 11 (18.64%) SQL
3 10 (16.95%) C#
4 7 (11.86%) Python
5 6 (10.17%) Java
6 2 (3.39%) PHP
7 1 (1.69%) C++
7 1 (1.69%) Go
7 1 (1.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.47%) Degree
2 4 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.39%) Dynatrace
2 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.69%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle