Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Job Trends

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
UK

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 378 350
Rank change year-on-year -133 -28 -69
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 143 410 422
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.66% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.70% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 119 239 381
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,704 58,391 48,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.00% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 31,404 32,367 37,457
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Trend

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

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 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
England -109 123 £60,000 -14.29% 51
UK excluding London -67 94 £55,000 -8.33% 39
Work from Home -35 65 £61,250 -12.50% 22
London -19 33 £80,000 +3.23% 24
South East -3 31 £55,000 -21.43% 14
North of England -7 31 £59,250 +3.04% 13
North West +33 22 £60,000 +4.35% 7
South West +3 10 £45,000 -18.18% 4
West Midlands +26 7 £45,000 +23.29% 4
Midlands +5 7 £45,000 -21.74% 4
Wales +4 7 £75,000 +57.89%
Yorkshire -21 6 £48,686 +0.38% 3
East of England +14 4 £40,000 -25.58% 1
Scotland -10 4 £65,000 +36.84% 2
North East -3 3 £58,500 -14.91% 3

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 127 (88.81%) Front End Development
2 79 (55.24%) React
3 75 (52.45%) JavaScript
4 70 (48.95%) Agile
5 66 (46.15%) CSS
6 64 (44.76%) User Experience
7 61 (42.66%) HTML
8 54 (37.76%) TypeScript
9 49 (34.27%) Git
10 48 (33.57%) Accessibility
11 34 (23.78%) UX Design
12 31 (21.68%) Azure
13 27 (18.88%) CI/CD
13 27 (18.88%) Responsive Web Design
13 27 (18.88%) Vue
14 25 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
15 24 (16.78%) Node.js
15 24 (16.78%) Wireframes
16 23 (16.08%) GitHub
17 20 (13.99%) Clean Code
17 20 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (13.99%) Jest
17 20 (13.99%) Mentoring
18 17 (11.89%) Software Engineering
19 16 (11.19%) AngularJS
19 16 (11.19%) AWS
19 16 (11.19%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
19 16 (11.19%) DevOps
19 16 (11.19%) Next.js
19 16 (11.19%) QA

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (3.50%) CMS
1 5 (3.50%) Umbraco
2 3 (2.10%) Drupal
3 2 (1.40%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (4.20%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.40%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.70%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.70%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.68%) Azure
2 23 (16.08%) GitHub
3 16 (11.19%) AWS
4 10 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (6.29%) Figma
6 8 (5.59%) SaaS
7 7 (4.90%) npm
8 6 (4.20%) Miro
9 2 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.40%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.40%) Serverless
10 1 (0.70%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon EMR
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon MSK
10 1 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.70%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.40%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.80%) MySQL
2 4 (2.80%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (2.10%) Redis
4 2 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.40%) Metadata
4 2 (1.40%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.70%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 49 (34.27%) Git
2 16 (11.19%) webpack
3 12 (8.39%) Storybook
4 11 (7.69%) Cypress.io
5 8 (5.59%) gulp
5 8 (5.59%) JIRA
6 6 (4.20%) Axure RP
6 6 (4.20%) Babel
6 6 (4.20%) Visual Studio
7 5 (3.50%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (2.10%) GitLab
8 3 (2.10%) Jenkins
8 3 (2.10%) Vite
9 2 (1.40%) CircleCI
9 2 (1.40%) Grunt
9 2 (1.40%) Maven
10 1 (0.70%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.70%) Protractor
10 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.99%) Finance
3 14 (9.79%) Retail
4 7 (4.90%) Legal
4 7 (4.90%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.50%) Law
7 3 (2.10%) Marketing
8 2 (1.40%) Banking
8 2 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.40%) Publishing
9 1 (0.70%) Automotive
9 1 (0.70%) Games
9 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (55.24%) React
2 66 (46.15%) CSS
3 61 (42.66%) HTML
4 27 (18.88%) Vue
5 24 (16.78%) Node.js
6 20 (13.99%) Jest
7 16 (11.19%) AngularJS
7 16 (11.19%) Next.js
8 15 (10.49%) .NET
8 15 (10.49%) REST
9 14 (9.79%) Sass
10 13 (9.09%) RESTful
11 12 (8.39%) HTML5
11 12 (8.39%) Tailwind CSS
12 11 (7.69%) CSS3
12 11 (7.69%) GraphQL
13 8 (5.59%) JSON
13 8 (5.59%) Nuxt
13 8 (5.59%) Redux
13 8 (5.59%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.29%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.90%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (4.90%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.50%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.80%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.10%) W3C
7 2 (1.40%) Blog
7 2 (1.40%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.40%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.70%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.70%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.20%) Android
1 6 (4.20%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.40%) Linux
2 2 (1.40%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (88.81%) Front End Development
2 70 (48.95%) Agile
3 64 (44.76%) User Experience
4 34 (23.78%) UX Design
5 27 (18.88%) CI/CD
5 27 (18.88%) Responsive Web Design
6 25 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (16.78%) Wireframes
8 20 (13.99%) Clean Code
8 20 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (13.99%) Mentoring
9 17 (11.89%) Software Engineering
10 16 (11.19%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
10 16 (11.19%) DevOps
11 15 (10.49%) API Integration
12 14 (9.79%) Full-Stack Development
13 12 (8.39%) AI
14 11 (7.69%) Mobile Development
14 11 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
15 10 (6.99%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 75 (52.45%) JavaScript
2 54 (37.76%) TypeScript
3 11 (7.69%) C#
4 5 (3.50%) PHP
4 5 (3.50%) Python
5 3 (2.10%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.40%) Java
6 2 (1.40%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.40%) Ruby
7 1 (0.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (8.39%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.29%) Degree
3 7 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.20%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (33.57%) Accessibility
2 16 (11.19%) QA
3 8 (5.59%) GDPR
3 8 (5.59%) WCAG
4 5 (3.50%) PERC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.70%) Grafana
1 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (4.20%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.10%) Adobe
2 3 (2.10%) DevExpress
3 1 (0.70%) Bloomberg
3 1 (0.70%) Concur
3 1 (0.70%) Netlify
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle