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 £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 520 435
Rank change year-on-year -22 -85 -119
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 269 161 406
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.33% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.36% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 224 125 266
10th Percentile £43,804 £36,750 £40,938
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 106,506 44,266 74,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 89.67% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 73,200 26,014 44,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

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 16 September 2026.

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 16 September 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
England -15 235 £65,000 +8.33% 117
UK excluding London +3 221 £65,000 +18.18% 57
North of England +5 102 £69,653 +16.09% 19
Work from Home -17 92 £69,305 +15.51% 57
North West +13 55 £60,000 - 13
South East -34 41 £60,000 +41.18% 17
Midlands -13 30 £45,242 +6.45% 7
London -72 28 £80,000 +6.67% 70
Yorkshire -11 27 £70,000 +86.67% 2
North East -45 20 £65,000 -22.39% 4
South West -59 19 £50,000 +5.26% 5
East Midlands -18 17 £45,000 +2.86% 2
West Midlands -35 13 £69,305 +73.26% 5
Northern Ireland - 12 £65,000 - 5
East of England -28 11 £65,000 +36.84% 1
Wales -76 6 £48,961 -34.72% 2

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, 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.

1 244 (90.71%) Front End Development
2 103 (38.29%) TypeScript
3 96 (35.69%) React
4 94 (34.94%) JavaScript
5 51 (18.96%) Agile
6 47 (17.47%) CSS
7 43 (15.99%) HTML
8 41 (15.24%) Mentoring
9 40 (14.87%) Full-Stack Development
9 40 (14.87%) User Experience
10 39 (14.50%) AI
11 37 (13.75%) Accessibility
11 37 (13.75%) E-Commerce
12 33 (12.27%) CI/CD
13 30 (11.15%) Performance Optimisation
14 29 (10.78%) DevOps
14 29 (10.78%) Security Cleared
15 28 (10.41%) AWS
16 27 (10.04%) Azure
17 26 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
18 25 (9.29%) Node.js
19 24 (8.92%) Web Development
20 22 (8.18%) Git
20 22 (8.18%) UX Design
21 20 (7.43%) Vue
22 19 (7.06%) Python
22 19 (7.06%) SC Cleared
23 18 (6.69%) Design Patterns
23 18 (6.69%) Scrum

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 7 (2.60%) CMS
1 7 (2.60%) Headless CMS
2 2 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Blender
1 3 (1.12%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 6 (2.23%) Magento
2 2 (0.74%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 28 (10.41%) AWS
2 27 (10.04%) Azure
3 7 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (2.60%) Figma
3 7 (2.60%) SaaS
4 6 (2.23%) GitHub
5 4 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (1.49%) Vercel
6 3 (1.12%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (0.74%) Contentful
7 2 (0.74%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.74%) Supabase
8 1 (0.37%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.37%) GCP
8 1 (0.37%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.37%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.86%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.74%) Data Hub
3 2 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.74%) GIS
Development Applications
1 22 (8.18%) Git
2 7 (2.60%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.49%) JIRA
4 3 (1.12%) Babel
4 3 (1.12%) Claude Code
4 3 (1.12%) Storybook
5 2 (0.74%) Gradle
5 2 (0.74%) gulp
5 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.74%) webpack
5 2 (0.74%) Xcode
6 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
General
1 31 (11.52%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.92%) Finance
3 17 (6.32%) Public Sector
4 10 (3.72%) Marketing
4 10 (3.72%) Retail
5 7 (2.60%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.12%) Banking
6 3 (1.12%) Financial Institution
7 2 (0.74%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.37%) Front Office
8 1 (0.37%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (35.69%) React
2 47 (17.47%) CSS
3 43 (15.99%) HTML
4 25 (9.29%) Node.js
5 20 (7.43%) Vue
6 17 (6.32%) AngularJS
7 16 (5.95%) Next.js
7 16 (5.95%) Playwright
7 16 (5.95%) React Native
8 13 (4.83%) .NET
8 13 (4.83%) REST
9 11 (4.09%) GraphQL
10 9 (3.35%) Tailwind CSS
11 8 (2.97%) Jest
11 8 (2.97%) Sass
12 7 (2.60%) HTML5
12 7 (2.60%) RESTful
13 6 (2.23%) CSS3
13 6 (2.23%) Web Services
13 6 (2.23%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (4.46%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (3.72%) IoT
4 7 (2.60%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.49%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.12%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.12%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.12%) PropTech
7 2 (0.74%) Animation
7 2 (0.74%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.74%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.37%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.37%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.37%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.37%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (90.71%) Front End Development
2 51 (18.96%) Agile
3 41 (15.24%) Mentoring
4 40 (14.87%) Full-Stack Development
4 40 (14.87%) User Experience
5 39 (14.50%) AI
6 37 (13.75%) E-Commerce
7 33 (12.27%) CI/CD
8 30 (11.15%) Performance Optimisation
9 29 (10.78%) DevOps
10 26 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (8.92%) Web Development
12 22 (8.18%) UX Design
13 18 (6.69%) Design Patterns
13 18 (6.69%) Scrum
14 17 (6.32%) Code Quality
15 16 (5.95%) Collaborative Working
15 16 (5.95%) Roadmaps
15 16 (5.95%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 103 (38.29%) TypeScript
2 94 (34.94%) JavaScript
3 19 (7.06%) Python
4 8 (2.97%) C#
5 5 (1.86%) SQL
6 4 (1.49%) PHP
7 2 (0.74%) Dart
8 1 (0.37%) Java
8 1 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 29 (10.78%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.06%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.97%) DV Cleared
4 7 (2.60%) Degree
5 4 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.75%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.58%) QA
3 13 (4.83%) WCAG
4 5 (1.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 5 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.74%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (3.35%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.12%) SAP
3 2 (0.74%) Oracle
3 2 (0.74%) OutSystems
3 2 (0.74%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.37%) Adobe
4 1 (0.37%) OpenAI