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 £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 383 347
Rank change year-on-year -118 -36 -102
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 168 410 466
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.60% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.63% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 132 243 422
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £108,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -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 45,700 64,689 50,755
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 95.04% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,478 36,679 39,389
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,219 £42,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -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 7 November 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 7 November 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 -91 139 £60,000 -14.29% 251
UK excluding London -95 102 £55,000 -15.38% 201
Work from Home -47 82 £57,500 -17.86% 128
London -26 41 £78,750 +1.61% 112
North of England -19 36 £59,250 -1.25% 55
South East -34 30 £55,000 -21.43% 111
North West +16 26 £60,000 - 41
Midlands +17 10 £42,500 -34.62% 6
South West +15 9 £45,000 -14.29% 8
West Midlands +35 8 £40,000 +9.59% 2
Wales +9 7 £75,000 +50.00% 6
Yorkshire -1 7 £47,372 -5.26% 10
East of England +30 6 £43,750 - 1
Scotland -13 4 - - 9
North East 0 3 £58,500 - 4
East Midlands +4 2 £47,500 -32.14% 4

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

For the 6 months to 7 November 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.

1 148 (88.10%) Front End Development
2 109 (64.88%) JavaScript
3 101 (60.12%) React
4 95 (56.55%) CSS
5 89 (52.98%) HTML
6 88 (52.38%) Agile
7 77 (45.83%) User Experience
8 74 (44.05%) TypeScript
9 66 (39.29%) Git
10 53 (31.55%) Accessibility
11 42 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
12 35 (20.83%) CI/CD
12 35 (20.83%) Responsive Web Design
13 34 (20.24%) Node.js
14 33 (19.64%) UX Design
15 31 (18.45%) Azure
16 29 (17.26%) AWS
16 29 (17.26%) HTML5
16 29 (17.26%) Software Engineering
17 28 (16.67%) AngularJS
17 28 (16.67%) Wireframes
18 27 (16.07%) Mentoring
18 27 (16.07%) Vue
19 26 (15.48%) GitHub
20 25 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
21 24 (14.29%) Clean Code
22 23 (13.69%) CSS3
22 23 (13.69%) REST
22 23 (13.69%) Sass
23 22 (13.10%) Computer Science

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 12 (7.14%) CMS
2 6 (3.57%) Drupal
2 6 (3.57%) Umbraco
3 5 (2.98%) WordPress
4 4 (2.38%) Confluence
5 2 (1.19%) EPiServer
5 2 (1.19%) Headless CMS
5 2 (1.19%) nginx
6 1 (0.60%) MetaMask
6 1 (0.60%) Strapi
Applications
1 6 (3.57%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.38%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.19%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.19%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.19%) Elementor
3 2 (1.19%) Sketch
4 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.60%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Magento
2 1 (0.60%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 31 (18.45%) Azure
2 29 (17.26%) AWS
3 26 (15.48%) GitHub
4 12 (7.14%) Figma
5 11 (6.55%) npm
6 10 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (4.76%) Amazon S3
8 6 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (3.57%) Miro
8 6 (3.57%) Serverless
9 5 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.98%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (2.98%) SaaS
10 4 (2.38%) Amazon EMR
10 4 (2.38%) Amazon MSK
11 3 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (1.79%) AWS KMS
12 2 (1.19%) Contentful
12 2 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.19%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.19%) HTTP
1 2 (1.19%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.60%) Broadband
2 1 (0.60%) Internet
2 1 (0.60%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.17%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.98%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.98%) MySQL
3 5 (2.98%) Redis
3 5 (2.98%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.38%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (1.79%) Hazelcast
5 3 (1.79%) Metadata
5 3 (1.79%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 66 (39.29%) Git
2 20 (11.90%) webpack
3 14 (8.33%) Cypress.io
4 12 (7.14%) Storybook
5 10 (5.95%) Babel
5 10 (5.95%) gulp
5 10 (5.95%) JIRA
6 6 (3.57%) Axure RP
6 6 (3.57%) Jenkins
7 5 (2.98%) Maven
7 5 (2.98%) Vite
8 4 (2.38%) Visual Studio
8 4 (2.38%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (1.19%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.19%) CircleCI
9 2 (1.19%) GitLab
9 2 (1.19%) Grunt
9 2 (1.19%) Protractor
10 1 (0.60%) PostCSS
10 1 (0.60%) SonarQube
General
1 48 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.02%) Finance
3 13 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.14%) Law
4 12 (7.14%) Retail
5 11 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (5.36%) Legal
7 8 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.57%) Games
8 6 (3.57%) Marketing
9 5 (2.98%) Banking
10 2 (1.19%) Automotive
10 2 (1.19%) iGaming
10 2 (1.19%) Publishing
11 1 (0.60%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.60%) Front Office
11 1 (0.60%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (60.12%) React
2 95 (56.55%) CSS
3 89 (52.98%) HTML
4 34 (20.24%) Node.js
5 29 (17.26%) HTML5
6 28 (16.67%) AngularJS
7 27 (16.07%) Vue
8 23 (13.69%) CSS3
8 23 (13.69%) REST
8 23 (13.69%) Sass
9 21 (12.50%) Jest
10 20 (11.90%) Next.js
11 16 (9.52%) .NET
11 16 (9.52%) RESTful
12 15 (8.93%) Tailwind CSS
13 14 (8.33%) GraphQL
14 12 (7.14%) JSON
15 11 (6.55%) WebSockets
16 10 (5.95%) Redux
17 9 (5.36%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.95%) Mobile App
1 10 (5.95%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.38%) Market Risk
6 3 (1.79%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.79%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.79%) W3C
7 2 (1.19%) Animation
7 2 (1.19%) Blog
7 2 (1.19%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.19%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.60%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.60%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.60%) Mobile Games
8 1 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.60%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.98%) Android
1 5 (2.98%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.79%) Linux
3 2 (1.19%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.19%) Unix
4 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (88.10%) Front End Development
2 88 (52.38%) Agile
3 77 (45.83%) User Experience
4 42 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (20.83%) CI/CD
5 35 (20.83%) Responsive Web Design
6 33 (19.64%) UX Design
7 29 (17.26%) Software Engineering
8 28 (16.67%) Wireframes
9 27 (16.07%) Mentoring
10 25 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (14.29%) Clean Code
12 22 (13.10%) Computer Science
13 21 (12.50%) DevOps
14 19 (11.31%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
14 19 (11.31%) Scrum
15 18 (10.71%) Full-Stack Development
16 16 (9.52%) TDD
17 15 (8.93%) Performance Optimisation
17 15 (8.93%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 109 (64.88%) JavaScript
2 74 (44.05%) TypeScript
3 11 (6.55%) C#
4 9 (5.36%) PHP
5 8 (4.76%) Python
6 6 (3.57%) Java
7 3 (1.79%) SQL
7 3 (1.79%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.19%) Dart
8 2 (1.19%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.19%) Ruby
9 1 (0.60%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (11.31%) Degree
2 17 (10.12%) Security Cleared
3 15 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (5.36%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (31.55%) Accessibility
2 19 (11.31%) QA
3 7 (4.17%) GDPR
4 6 (3.57%) WCAG
5 4 (2.38%) PERC
System Software
1 3 (1.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Grafana
1 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.38%) Adobe
2 4 (2.38%) Oracle
3 3 (1.79%) DevExpress
3 3 (1.79%) Netlify
4 2 (1.19%) Guidewire
5 1 (0.60%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.60%) Concur
5 1 (0.60%) Rollbar
5 1 (0.60%) Salesforce