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 5 May 2024.

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

 6 months to
5 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 334 181
Rank change year-on-year -83 -153 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 600 1,041 3,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 1.01% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 1.10% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 523 721 1,625
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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 -87 497 £60,000 -4.00% 150
UK excluding London -73 442 £55,000 - 105
Work from Home -63 294 £57,500 -11.54% 78
London -67 138 £75,000 +7.14% 59
North of England -13 106 £50,000 - 41
South East -47 98 £60,000 +9.09% 17
North West +32 80 £52,500 -4.55% 26
Scotland -43 73 £52,500 -15.32% 9
South West -5 67 £50,000 -6.98% 14
Midlands +17 62 £42,500 -22.73% 11
West Midlands +36 45 £45,000 -14.29% 7
Yorkshire +11 25 £36,250 -13.69% 12
East of England -22 22 £71,500 +2.14% 7
East Midlands -27 17 £37,500 -31.82% 4
Wales -15 10 £80,000 +52.38% 7
Northern Ireland +23 4 - - 1
North East -16 1 £37,500 -21.05% 3

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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.

1 560 (93.33%) Front End Development
2 355 (59.17%) React
3 348 (58.00%) JavaScript
4 299 (49.83%) CSS
5 275 (45.83%) HTML
6 259 (43.17%) TypeScript
7 194 (32.33%) Agile
8 174 (29.00%) User Experience
9 172 (28.67%) AngularJS
10 136 (22.67%) Node.js
11 129 (21.50%) Problem-Solving
12 127 (21.17%) Git
13 126 (21.00%) Degree
14 121 (20.17%) Social Skills
15 108 (18.00%) HTML5
16 96 (16.00%) AWS
17 85 (14.17%) UX Design
18 84 (14.00%) Finance
18 84 (14.00%) Vue
19 83 (13.83%) Azure
19 83 (13.83%) CSS3
20 79 (13.17%) PHP
21 71 (11.83%) Computer Science
22 70 (11.67%) Software Engineering
23 69 (11.50%) Web Development
23 69 (11.50%) Redux
24 68 (11.33%) Sass
24 68 (11.33%) C#
25 65 (10.83%) Docker
25 65 (10.83%) Jest

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 45 (7.50%) WordPress
2 34 (5.67%) CMS
3 11 (1.83%) nginx
4 10 (1.67%) Apache
4 10 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.00%) Ethereum
6 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.50%) Confluence
7 3 (0.50%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.50%) Moodle
8 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (2.83%) Adobe XD
2 9 (1.50%) Photoshop
3 6 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.67%) Maya
5 3 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (3.33%) Shopify
2 6 (1.00%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 96 (16.00%) AWS
2 83 (13.83%) Azure
3 35 (5.83%) SaaS
4 26 (4.33%) Figma
5 21 (3.50%) GitHub
6 19 (3.17%) npm
7 17 (2.83%) GCP
8 12 (2.00%) Google Analytics
9 7 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.00%) WeChat
11 3 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 3 (0.50%) BigCommerce
11 3 (0.50%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.50%) Google Play
11 3 (0.50%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.33%) dbt
12 2 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.33%) Google Tag Manager
12 2 (0.33%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.50%) Internet
2 8 (1.33%) HTTP
3 7 (1.17%) OpenVPN
4 6 (1.00%) DNS
5 4 (0.67%) MQTT
6 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.17%) MySQL
2 12 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.67%) Apache Ignite
4 9 (1.50%) Redis
5 5 (0.83%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.33%) Metabase
8 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.33%) Power BI
8 2 (0.33%) Power Query
8 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.33%) Tableau
9 1 (0.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 127 (21.17%) Git
2 51 (8.50%) Cypress.io
2 51 (8.50%) Selenium
3 26 (4.33%) webpack
4 17 (2.83%) gulp
4 17 (2.83%) Storybook
5 16 (2.67%) JIRA
6 14 (2.33%) Cucumber
7 13 (2.17%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.33%) Jenkins
9 7 (1.17%) GitLab
10 6 (1.00%) ESLint
10 6 (1.00%) Grunt
10 6 (1.00%) PostCSS
11 5 (0.83%) Vite
12 4 (0.67%) Babel
12 4 (0.67%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.67%) IntelliJ
12 4 (0.67%) rollup.js
13 3 (0.50%) Maven
General
1 121 (20.17%) Social Skills
2 84 (14.00%) Finance
3 25 (4.17%) Games
3 25 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (4.17%) Marketing
4 21 (3.50%) Retail
5 13 (2.17%) Advertising
5 13 (2.17%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (1.83%) Financial Institution
7 11 (1.83%) Manufacturing
7 11 (1.83%) Tech for Good
8 10 (1.67%) Front Office
9 7 (1.17%) Electronics
9 7 (1.17%) Mandarin Language
9 7 (1.17%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.83%) Banking
10 5 (0.83%) Health Technology
10 5 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.67%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 355 (59.17%) React
2 299 (49.83%) CSS
3 275 (45.83%) HTML
4 172 (28.67%) AngularJS
5 136 (22.67%) Node.js
6 108 (18.00%) HTML5
7 84 (14.00%) Vue
8 83 (13.83%) CSS3
9 69 (11.50%) Redux
10 68 (11.33%) Sass
11 65 (10.83%) Jest
12 51 (8.50%) Express.js
13 49 (8.17%) jQuery
14 47 (7.83%) GraphQL
15 45 (7.50%) Next.js
16 29 (4.83%) .NET
16 29 (4.83%) Tailwind CSS
17 27 (4.50%) React Native
17 27 (4.50%) RESTful
18 23 (3.83%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.00%) Greenfield Project
2 26 (4.33%) Mobile App
3 21 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 17 (2.83%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.67%) Fixed Income
5 10 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (1.50%) Animation
6 9 (1.50%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.17%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.17%) Social Media
8 6 (1.00%) Blockchain
8 6 (1.00%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.00%) Web3
9 5 (0.83%) Hackathon
10 4 (0.67%) Arduino
10 4 (0.67%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.67%) IoT
10 4 (0.67%) iPhone
10 4 (0.67%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.83%) Android
2 9 (1.50%) Linux
3 7 (1.17%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.17%) CentOS
4 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (93.33%) Front End Development
2 194 (32.33%) Agile
3 174 (29.00%) User Experience
4 129 (21.50%) Problem-Solving
5 85 (14.17%) UX Design
6 71 (11.83%) Computer Science
7 70 (11.67%) Software Engineering
8 69 (11.50%) Web Development
9 61 (10.17%) DevOps
10 57 (9.50%) Artificial Intelligence
11 53 (8.83%) Full Stack Development
12 47 (7.83%) E-Commerce
13 44 (7.33%) Actionable Insight
14 40 (6.67%) CI/CD
14 40 (6.67%) Mentoring
15 38 (6.33%) Propensity Modelling
16 36 (6.00%) Clean Code
17 35 (5.83%) Unit Testing
18 34 (5.67%) Analytics
19 29 (4.83%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 348 (58.00%) JavaScript
2 259 (43.17%) TypeScript
3 79 (13.17%) PHP
4 68 (11.33%) C#
5 38 (6.33%) Python
6 34 (5.67%) Java
7 32 (5.33%) SQL
8 7 (1.17%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.00%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.83%) GLSL
11 3 (0.50%) Bash
11 3 (0.50%) Ruby
12 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.33%) JSX
12 2 (0.33%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.33%) Lisp
13 1 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 126 (21.00%) Degree
2 49 (8.17%) Security Cleared
3 46 (7.67%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (0.83%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.33%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.33%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.83%) WCAG
2 25 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.33%) QA
4 2 (0.33%) WAI
5 1 (0.17%) GDPR
5 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 65 (10.83%) Docker
2 4 (0.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.17%) cPanel
2 1 (0.17%) Plesk
2 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (6.50%) Google
2 33 (5.50%) Adobe
3 22 (3.67%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.33%) DevExpress
5 7 (1.17%) SAP
5 7 (1.17%) WooCommerce
6 5 (0.83%) Xamarin
7 4 (0.67%) NVIDIA
8 3 (0.50%) OutSystems
9 2 (0.33%) Apple
9 2 (0.33%) F5
9 2 (0.33%) Facebook
9 2 (0.33%) IBM
10 1 (0.17%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.17%) BT
10 1 (0.17%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.17%) Mapbox
10 1 (0.17%) Mitel
10 1 (0.17%) Salesforce
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