Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Jobs

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
UK

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in the UK is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 427 411 337
Rank change year-on-year -16 -74 -160
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 273 604 1,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.61% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.65% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 222 526 725
10th Percentile £35,061 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £102,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

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

Job postings that featured Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer).

Salary trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 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 30 April 2025.

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Top 16 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 30 April 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 -10 241 £65,000 +8.33% 150
UK excluding London -34 137 £55,000 - 108
London +77 114 £75,000 - 46
Work from Home +24 112 £60,000 +4.35% 91
North of England +22 45 £55,000 +10.00% 58
North West -16 32 £55,000 +4.76% 33
Midlands +18 21 £47,500 +11.76% 23
South West +69 20 £55,000 +10.00% 9
South East +33 19 £57,500 -4.17% 9
East of England +53 17 £66,212 -7.40% 4
Scotland +67 12 £47,500 -9.52% 3
East Midlands +42 11 £45,000 +12.50% 10
West Midlands +15 10 £48,750 +5.41% 12
North East +60 9 £56,500 +50.67% 18
Yorkshire +49 4 £32,500 -10.34% 9
Wales +35 3 £45,000 -50.00% 1

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 254 (93.04%) Front End Development
2 197 (72.16%) JavaScript
3 179 (65.57%) React
4 162 (59.34%) CSS
5 156 (57.14%) HTML
6 120 (43.96%) TypeScript
7 116 (42.49%) Agile
8 115 (42.12%) User Experience
9 75 (27.47%) Finance
10 67 (24.54%) AngularJS
11 65 (23.81%) AWS
12 64 (23.44%) Social Skills
13 61 (22.34%) UX Design
14 60 (21.98%) Git
15 54 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
16 51 (18.68%) HTML5
17 49 (17.95%) Docker
17 49 (17.95%) Vue
18 48 (17.58%) Web Development
19 45 (16.48%) Node.js
19 45 (16.48%) Code Quality
20 43 (15.75%) Accessibility
21 42 (15.38%) C#
21 42 (15.38%) E-Commerce
22 39 (14.29%) Degree
22 39 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
22 39 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
23 38 (13.92%) Azure
23 38 (13.92%) QA
23 38 (13.92%) Software Engineering

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (6.23%) CMS
2 15 (5.49%) WordPress
3 13 (4.76%) nginx
4 8 (2.93%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.83%) Apache
5 5 (1.83%) Liferay
6 4 (1.47%) Confluence
6 4 (1.47%) Headless CMS
7 3 (1.10%) Strapi
8 2 (0.73%) Drupal
9 1 (0.37%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.37%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (2.93%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.20%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.83%) Sketch
4 4 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.10%) Photoshop
5 3 (1.10%) Trello
6 2 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.73%) InDesign
7 1 (0.37%) Moqups
7 1 (0.37%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.10%) Shopify
3 1 (0.37%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 65 (23.81%) AWS
2 38 (13.92%) Azure
3 25 (9.16%) Figma
4 18 (6.59%) SaaS
5 16 (5.86%) GCP
5 16 (5.86%) Serverless
6 12 (4.40%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (3.30%) npm
8 9 (3.30%) Power Platform
9 8 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (2.56%) GitHub
10 7 (2.56%) Stripe
11 6 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.20%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.83%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.10%) Asana
13 3 (1.10%) CloudFront
13 3 (1.10%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.73%) HTTP
2 1 (0.37%) Broadband
2 1 (0.37%) Internet
2 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.37%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.30%) Relational Database
1 9 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.93%) MySQL
3 7 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.83%) Apache Ignite
5 3 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.10%) Redis
6 2 (0.73%) Big Data
6 2 (0.73%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.73%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.37%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.37%) Metadata
7 1 (0.37%) Mixpanel
7 1 (0.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 60 (21.98%) Git
2 27 (9.89%) webpack
3 21 (7.69%) Jasmine
4 15 (5.49%) JIRA
4 15 (5.49%) Karma Test Runner
5 14 (5.13%) Babel
5 14 (5.13%) Cypress.io
6 13 (4.76%) Mocha
7 8 (2.93%) Jenkins
7 8 (2.93%) Vite
8 7 (2.56%) Selenium
9 6 (2.20%) Grunt
10 3 (1.10%) gulp
10 3 (1.10%) Subversion
11 2 (0.73%) GitLab
11 2 (0.73%) JUnit
11 2 (0.73%) rollup.js
12 1 (0.37%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.37%) ESLint
12 1 (0.37%) Protractor
General
1 75 (27.47%) Finance
2 64 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 22 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.59%) Games
6 14 (5.13%) Marketing
7 11 (4.03%) Banking
8 10 (3.66%) Front Office
9 8 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.20%) Retail
10 6 (2.20%) Retail Banking
11 5 (1.83%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.47%) Advertising
12 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.10%) iGaming
13 3 (1.10%) Legal
13 3 (1.10%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.10%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.73%) Law
14 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (65.57%) React
2 162 (59.34%) CSS
3 156 (57.14%) HTML
4 67 (24.54%) AngularJS
5 51 (18.68%) HTML5
6 49 (17.95%) Vue
7 45 (16.48%) Node.js
8 37 (13.55%) Redux
9 36 (13.19%) Sass
10 35 (12.82%) .NET
11 34 (12.45%) Next.js
12 33 (12.09%) CSS3
13 30 (10.99%) Jest
13 30 (10.99%) RESTful
14 22 (8.06%) REST
15 18 (6.59%) Bootstrap
15 18 (6.59%) Tailwind CSS
16 16 (5.86%) WebSockets
17 14 (5.13%) React Native
17 14 (5.13%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 13 (4.76%) Virtual Team
3 12 (4.40%) Data Structures
4 10 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (3.66%) Fixed Income
4 10 (3.66%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (3.30%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.56%) Educational Technology
6 7 (2.56%) Learning Management System
6 7 (2.56%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.20%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.47%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.47%) Sports Betting
10 3 (1.10%) Mobile Games
11 2 (0.73%) 3D Graphics
11 2 (0.73%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.73%) Cybercrime
12 1 (0.37%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.37%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.47%) Apple iOS
1 4 (1.47%) Linux
2 2 (0.73%) Android
3 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (93.04%) Front End Development
2 116 (42.49%) Agile
3 115 (42.12%) User Experience
4 61 (22.34%) UX Design
5 54 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (17.58%) Web Development
7 45 (16.48%) Code Quality
8 42 (15.38%) E-Commerce
9 39 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
9 39 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
10 38 (13.92%) Software Engineering
11 37 (13.55%) CI/CD
12 33 (12.09%) DevOps
13 32 (11.72%) Computer Science
13 32 (11.72%) Mentoring
14 29 (10.62%) Fintech
15 27 (9.89%) Asset Management
15 27 (9.89%) Wireframes
16 25 (9.16%) Test Automation
17 24 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 197 (72.16%) JavaScript
2 120 (43.96%) TypeScript
3 42 (15.38%) C#
4 31 (11.36%) Python
5 29 (10.62%) PHP
6 20 (7.33%) SQL
7 6 (2.20%) C++
8 3 (1.10%) Java
8 3 (1.10%) R
9 2 (0.73%) Julia
9 2 (0.73%) Ruby
10 1 (0.37%) C
10 1 (0.37%) Go
10 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 39 (14.29%) Degree
2 11 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (0.73%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (15.75%) Accessibility
2 38 (13.92%) QA
3 15 (5.49%) WCAG
4 5 (1.83%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (17.95%) Docker
2 5 (1.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (10.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (11.72%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.96%) Adobe
3 7 (2.56%) ANSYS
4 6 (2.20%) PayPal
5 4 (1.47%) Google
5 4 (1.47%) Oracle
6 3 (1.10%) Twitter
7 2 (0.73%) Apple
7 2 (0.73%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.73%) Mercator
8 1 (0.37%) Hitachi
8 1 (0.37%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.37%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.37%) SAP
8 1 (0.37%) Spotify