Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 338 306
Rank change year-on-year -64 -32 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 113 240 260
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.64% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.69% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 96 121 239
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,165 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,904 34,869 29,181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.17% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,945 17,378 22,098
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the UK excluding London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 of England -13 41 £59,500 +3.48% 136
South East -5 31 £55,000 -29.03% 131
North West +14 19 £60,000 +4.35% 80
South West -1 14 £45,000 -18.18% 58
Yorkshire -9 14 £48,686 +0.38% 47
West Midlands +27 11 £52,500 +43.84% 53
Midlands +7 11 £52,500 -8.70% 96
North East +1 8 £59,000 -1.67% 9
Wales +7 6 £75,000 +66.67% 27
Scotland -3 6 £65,000 +30.00% 27
East of England +12 4 £40,000 -25.58% 86
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
UK

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 December 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 of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 100 (88.50%) Front End Development
2 54 (47.79%) React
3 44 (38.94%) JavaScript
4 42 (37.17%) Agile
5 40 (35.40%) CSS
6 34 (30.09%) HTML
7 32 (28.32%) User Experience
8 29 (25.66%) Accessibility
8 29 (25.66%) TypeScript
9 23 (20.35%) Git
10 19 (16.81%) Azure
11 18 (15.93%) CI/CD
11 18 (15.93%) Clean Code
11 18 (15.93%) UX Design
12 17 (15.04%) Next.js
13 16 (14.16%) Wireframes
14 15 (13.27%) GitHub
15 14 (12.39%) REST
15 14 (12.39%) SaaS
16 13 (11.50%) Mentoring
16 13 (11.50%) Node.js
17 12 (10.62%) Jest
18 11 (9.73%) .NET
18 11 (9.73%) AWS
18 11 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
18 11 (9.73%) Mobile Development
18 11 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
18 11 (9.73%) Software Engineering
19 10 (8.85%) Storybook
20 9 (7.96%) API Integration

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (7.08%) CMS
2 5 (4.42%) Umbraco
3 3 (2.65%) Drupal
4 2 (1.77%) EPiServer
Applications
1 6 (5.31%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.77%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.81%) Azure
2 15 (13.27%) GitHub
3 14 (12.39%) SaaS
4 11 (9.73%) AWS
5 7 (6.19%) Figma
6 6 (5.31%) Miro
7 5 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.65%) npm
9 2 (1.77%) GitHub Copilot
10 1 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.88%) Firebase
10 1 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.88%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.65%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.77%) Metadata
3 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 23 (20.35%) Git
2 10 (8.85%) Storybook
3 6 (5.31%) Axure RP
4 3 (2.65%) webpack
5 2 (1.77%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.77%) Grunt
5 2 (1.77%) gulp
5 2 (1.77%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.88%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.88%) Babel
6 1 (0.88%) GitLab
6 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.88%) Maven
6 1 (0.88%) Protractor
6 1 (0.88%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.88%) Vite
General
1 23 (20.35%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.62%) Finance
3 9 (7.96%) Retail
4 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.54%) Marketing
6 1 (0.88%) Automotive
6 1 (0.88%) Games
6 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (47.79%) React
2 40 (35.40%) CSS
3 34 (30.09%) HTML
4 17 (15.04%) Next.js
5 14 (12.39%) REST
6 13 (11.50%) Node.js
7 12 (10.62%) Jest
8 11 (9.73%) .NET
9 9 (7.96%) Vue
10 7 (6.19%) RESTful
10 7 (6.19%) Web Services
11 6 (5.31%) AngularJS
11 6 (5.31%) JSON
11 6 (5.31%) XML
12 5 (4.42%) YAML
13 4 (3.54%) CSS3
13 4 (3.54%) HTML5
13 4 (3.54%) Ionic Framework
13 4 (3.54%) Sass
13 4 (3.54%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.19%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (5.31%) Mobile App
3 4 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.65%) W3C
5 2 (1.77%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.88%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.42%) Android
1 5 (4.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (88.50%) Front End Development
2 42 (37.17%) Agile
3 32 (28.32%) User Experience
4 18 (15.93%) CI/CD
4 18 (15.93%) Clean Code
4 18 (15.93%) UX Design
5 16 (14.16%) Wireframes
6 13 (11.50%) Mentoring
7 11 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (9.73%) Mobile Development
7 11 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (9.73%) Software Engineering
8 9 (7.96%) API Integration
8 9 (7.96%) Wealth Management
9 8 (7.08%) Web Development
10 7 (6.19%) CRM
10 7 (6.19%) DevOps
10 7 (6.19%) MVC
10 7 (6.19%) TDD
11 6 (5.31%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 44 (38.94%) JavaScript
2 29 (25.66%) TypeScript
3 6 (5.31%) C#
4 3 (2.65%) Python
4 3 (2.65%) VB.NET
5 2 (1.77%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.88%) Java
6 1 (0.88%) PHP
6 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (0.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (0.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (25.66%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.54%) WCAG
3 3 (2.65%) GDPR
4 2 (1.77%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Grafana
1 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.65%) DevExpress