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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 158 166
Rank change year-on-year -67 +8 -19
Permanent jobs citing Front End Development 49 147 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.47% 1.61% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.83% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 40 85 115
10th Percentile £35,875 £52,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.00% +25.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £66,563 £81,250 £76,875
90th Percentile £75,500 £85,000 £91,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -

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 8,358 8,025 7,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.33% 87.90% 88.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,950 3,884 5,148
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,828 £45,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +9.43% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 +6 18 £50,000 -33.33% 13
Hampshire +14 13 £60,000 -7.69% 17
Thames Valley -42 9 £75,000 -3.23% 54
Oxfordshire +8 6 £75,000 - 8
East Sussex +9 4 £80,000 -5.88% 10
West Sussex +6 4 £30,000 - 12
Berkshire -32 2 £43,750 -42.62% 35
Buckinghamshire -4 1 £60,000 -25.00% 11
Isle of Wight - 1 £42,500 - 8
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 3 (6.12%) CMS
1 3 (6.12%) WordPress
2 2 (4.08%) IIS
3 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) MS Visio
2 3 (6.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (6.12%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (6.12%) Adobe XD
2 3 (6.12%) InDesign
2 3 (6.12%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 27 (55.10%) Azure
2 26 (53.06%) GitHub
3 14 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (12.24%) Miro
5 3 (6.12%) ChatGPT
5 3 (6.12%) Figma
5 3 (6.12%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (4.08%) npm
7 1 (2.04%) AWS
7 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.04%) MySQL
2 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.04%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Git
2 7 (14.29%) Storybook
3 6 (12.24%) Axure RP
4 2 (4.08%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 11 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Finance
3 7 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 5 (10.20%) Retail
5 4 (8.16%) Marketing
6 1 (2.04%) Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (89.80%) Developer
2 21 (42.86%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 13 (26.53%) Senior
3 13 (26.53%) Senior Developer
4 9 (18.37%) Applications Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Designer
7 3 (6.12%) Graphic Designer
7 3 (6.12%) React Developer
8 2 (4.08%) .NET Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Web Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Software Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Web Developer
9 1 (2.04%) Analyst
9 1 (2.04%) Junior
9 1 (2.04%) Junior Full-Stack Developer
9 1 (2.04%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (63.27%) React
2 25 (51.02%) CSS
2 25 (51.02%) HTML
3 22 (44.90%) .NET
4 12 (24.49%) Bootstrap
4 12 (24.49%) REST
5 10 (20.41%) React Native
6 9 (18.37%) Jest
7 8 (16.33%) Next.js
8 7 (14.29%) JSON
9 6 (12.24%) Vue
9 6 (12.24%) XML
10 4 (8.16%) CSS3
10 4 (8.16%) HTML5
11 3 (6.12%) AngularJS
11 3 (6.12%) Tailwind CSS
11 3 (6.12%) YAML
12 2 (4.08%) RESTful
12 2 (4.08%) Sass
13 1 (2.04%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.16%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (6.12%) Social Media
4 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Android
1 5 (10.20%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.98%) Agile
2 23 (46.94%) Wireframes
3 21 (42.86%) Clean Code
4 18 (36.73%) DevOps
4 18 (36.73%) User Experience
5 11 (22.45%) B2C
5 11 (22.45%) Unit Testing
6 10 (20.41%) API Integration
6 10 (20.41%) B2B
7 9 (18.37%) Mobile Application Development
8 8 (16.33%) CI/CD
8 8 (16.33%) UX Design
9 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (12.24%) Full-Stack Development
10 6 (12.24%) Mobile Development
10 6 (12.24%) MVC
10 6 (12.24%) Prototyping
10 6 (12.24%) UX Research
10 6 (12.24%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (44.90%) JavaScript
2 14 (28.57%) TypeScript
3 11 (22.45%) SQL
4 7 (14.29%) C#
5 1 (2.04%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (4.08%) Degree
2 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (26.53%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (6.12%) Adobe
2 2 (4.08%) Dynatrace
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow