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 £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 347 273 165
Rank change year-on-year -74 -108 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 470 1,626 2,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 1.31% 2.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 1.38% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 378 1,076 1,763
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +22.38% +6.22%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% +9.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 50,797 118,142 122,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 95.32% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 37,144 73,821 84,079
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

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 4 December 2023.

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Top 17 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 4 December 2023. 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 -42 432 £60,000 -7.69% 239
UK excluding London -49 307 £57,500 -4.17% 146
Work from Home -86 240 £65,000 -7.14% 166
London -10 153 £70,000 - 126
North of England +46 105 £55,000 -8.33% 45
South East +28 98 £60,000 - 50
North West +50 54 £60,000 - 33
Yorkshire +38 48 £50,000 -33.33% 10
Midlands +49 40 £55,000 -8.33% 18
South West +13 26 £52,500 -30.00% 11
West Midlands +94 21 £55,000 -21.43% 15
Scotland -33 20 £55,000 - 11
East Midlands +4 19 £55,000 +10.00% 3
East of England +68 8 £62,500 +19.05% 6
Northern Ireland +23 5 - - 3
Wales -13 5 £40,000 -20.00% 3
North East +33 3 £57,500 -23.33% 2

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 2023, 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.

1 429 (91.28%) Front End Development
2 307 (65.32%) JavaScript
3 271 (57.66%) React
4 243 (51.70%) HTML
5 241 (51.28%) CSS
6 205 (43.62%) TypeScript
7 180 (38.30%) AngularJS
8 176 (37.45%) Agile
9 138 (29.36%) Azure
10 134 (28.51%) User Experience
11 112 (23.83%) Git
12 107 (22.77%) Degree
13 106 (22.55%) Node.js
14 105 (22.34%) DevOps
15 103 (21.91%) Social Skills
16 98 (20.85%) HTML5
17 84 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
18 81 (17.23%) UX Design
19 78 (16.60%) Vue
20 71 (15.11%) CSS3
21 70 (14.89%) AWS
21 70 (14.89%) Web Development
22 64 (13.62%) C#
23 58 (12.34%) Express.js
23 58 (12.34%) Docker
24 54 (11.49%) .NET
24 54 (11.49%) TDD
25 52 (11.06%) PHP
25 52 (11.06%) Actionable Insight
26 49 (10.43%) Kubernetes

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 14 (2.98%) Confluence
2 12 (2.55%) CMS
3 8 (1.70%) WordPress
4 4 (0.85%) Apache
5 3 (0.64%) nginx
6 2 (0.43%) IIS
6 2 (0.43%) Moodle
6 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.21%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 14 (2.98%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.70%) Sketch
3 3 (0.64%) FileZilla
4 2 (0.43%) InDesign
4 2 (0.43%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Shopify
2 4 (0.85%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 138 (29.36%) Azure
2 70 (14.89%) AWS
3 38 (8.09%) SaaS
4 23 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (4.89%) Figma
5 12 (2.55%) npm
6 8 (1.70%) Google Analytics
7 4 (0.85%) GCP
7 4 (0.85%) GitHub
8 3 (0.64%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.64%) Sumo Logic
9 2 (0.43%) BigCommerce
9 2 (0.43%) PaaS
10 1 (0.21%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.21%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.21%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.21%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.21%) Serverless
10 1 (0.21%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.85%) HTTP
1 4 (0.85%) Intranet
2 3 (0.64%) FTP
2 3 (0.64%) Internet
3 1 (0.21%) DNS
3 1 (0.21%) OpenVPN
3 1 (0.21%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.47%) MySQL
2 14 (2.98%) NoSQL
2 14 (2.98%) Relational Database
3 10 (2.13%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (1.91%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.43%) Redis
7 1 (0.21%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 112 (23.83%) Git
2 38 (8.09%) Cypress.io
3 28 (5.96%) Selenium
4 22 (4.68%) Jasmine
5 21 (4.47%) Jenkins
6 19 (4.04%) JIRA
7 16 (3.40%) gulp
8 15 (3.19%) GitLab
9 13 (2.77%) webpack
10 11 (2.34%) Maven
10 11 (2.34%) Subversion
11 8 (1.70%) Mocha
11 8 (1.70%) Mockito
12 7 (1.49%) Karma Test Runner
13 6 (1.28%) Artifactory
13 6 (1.28%) Grunt
13 6 (1.28%) SonarQube
13 6 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (1.28%) Vite
14 5 (1.06%) rollup.js
General
1 103 (21.91%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.15%) Finance
3 25 (5.32%) Games
4 22 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.13%) Retail
6 9 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.91%) Marketing
7 8 (1.70%) Banking
8 6 (1.28%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.06%) Advertising
10 3 (0.64%) Legal
10 3 (0.64%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.43%) Automotive
11 2 (0.43%) Back Office
11 2 (0.43%) Electronics
11 2 (0.43%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.43%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.21%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.21%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (57.66%) React
2 243 (51.70%) HTML
3 241 (51.28%) CSS
4 180 (38.30%) AngularJS
5 106 (22.55%) Node.js
6 98 (20.85%) HTML5
7 78 (16.60%) Vue
8 71 (15.11%) CSS3
9 58 (12.34%) Express.js
10 54 (11.49%) .NET
11 45 (9.57%) Sass
12 41 (8.72%) Jest
13 40 (8.51%) Next.js
14 39 (8.30%) Redux
15 33 (7.02%) REST
16 30 (6.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 28 (5.96%) Tailwind CSS
18 24 (5.11%) RESTful
19 21 (4.47%) JSON
20 19 (4.04%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
2 19 (4.04%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.19%) Mobile App
3 15 (3.19%) Product Ownership
4 8 (1.70%) Animation
5 6 (1.28%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.28%) Online Games
6 5 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (0.85%) Algorithms
7 4 (0.85%) Hedge funds
7 4 (0.85%) iPhone
7 4 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (0.85%) Sports Betting
7 4 (0.85%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.64%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.64%) Educational Technology
8 3 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (0.64%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.43%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.49%) Linux
2 5 (1.06%) Windows
3 4 (0.85%) Android
4 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) CentOS
5 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (91.28%) Front End Development
2 176 (37.45%) Agile
3 134 (28.51%) User Experience
4 105 (22.34%) DevOps
5 84 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (17.23%) UX Design
7 70 (14.89%) Web Development
8 54 (11.49%) TDD
9 52 (11.06%) Actionable Insight
10 48 (10.21%) CI/CD
11 42 (8.94%) Full Stack Development
11 42 (8.94%) Mentoring
12 39 (8.30%) Scrum
12 39 (8.30%) Software Engineering
13 38 (8.09%) Computer Science
14 37 (7.87%) E-Commerce
15 31 (6.60%) Artificial Intelligence
15 31 (6.60%) Microservices
15 31 (6.60%) Unit Testing
16 26 (5.53%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 307 (65.32%) JavaScript
2 205 (43.62%) TypeScript
3 64 (13.62%) C#
4 52 (11.06%) PHP
5 41 (8.72%) Java
6 30 (6.38%) SQL
7 7 (1.49%) Python
8 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.21%) C++
9 1 (0.21%) JSX
9 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 107 (22.77%) Degree
2 11 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.91%) SC Cleared
3 9 (1.91%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.53%) WCAG
2 19 (4.04%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.55%) QA
4 8 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 58 (12.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 49 (10.43%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.43%) Ansible
3 1 (0.21%) cPanel
3 1 (0.21%) Grafana
3 1 (0.21%) Kibana
Vendors
1 32 (6.81%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.53%) Adobe
3 20 (4.26%) Google
4 8 (1.70%) IBM
5 5 (1.06%) Rollbar
6 3 (0.64%) Atlassian
6 3 (0.64%) Optimizely
7 2 (0.43%) SAP
7 2 (0.43%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.21%) New Relic
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle
8 1 (0.21%) Sitecore