Senior Front-End Developer Job Trends

Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer)
UK

The median Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer) salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
13 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 700 615 709
Rank change year-on-year -85 +94 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Front-End Developer 74 66 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.075% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 53 57 152
10th Percentile £52,000 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% +7.69%

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 92,998 44,238 95,769
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 89.85% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 63,730 26,125 68,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%

Senior Front-End Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Front-End Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Front-End Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Front-End Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Front-End Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Front-End Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Front-End Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Front-End Developer in the UK

Senior Front-End Developer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 July 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 -58 65 £80,000 +20.75% 9
UK excluding London -55 41 £67,500 +22.73% 9
London -30 27 £80,000 +14.29% 1
Work from Home -14 17 £80,000 +18.52% 5
North of England -22 17 £65,000 +16.59% 3
North West -14 10 £65,000 +18.18% 2
South East -15 10 £85,000 +47.83% 2
Yorkshire - 7 £62,500 - 1
West Midlands -18 6 - - 1
Midlands -31 6 - - 1
East of England -16 3 £65,000 -13.33%
South West -62 2 £61,875 -6.60% 2
Wales - 2 £54,085 -
Scotland +7 1 £65,000 +23.81%

Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 July 2026, Senior Front-End 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 Senior Front-End Developer in the job title.

1 73 (98.65%) Front End Development
2 31 (41.89%) JavaScript
3 30 (40.54%) React
4 25 (33.78%) TypeScript
5 20 (27.03%) User Experience
6 17 (22.97%) AI
7 16 (21.62%) CSS
7 16 (21.62%) HTML
8 15 (20.27%) Accessibility
9 13 (17.57%) Agile
9 13 (17.57%) Mentoring
10 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (16.22%) Vue
11 11 (14.86%) E-Commerce
12 10 (13.51%) Azure
13 8 (10.81%) CI/CD
13 8 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (9.46%) Security Cleared
14 7 (9.46%) UX Design
15 6 (8.11%) AWS
15 6 (8.11%) Code Quality
15 6 (8.11%) Git
15 6 (8.11%) Software Engineering
15 6 (8.11%) Web Development
16 5 (6.76%) CSS3
16 5 (6.76%) End-to-End Testing
16 5 (6.76%) HTML5
16 5 (6.76%) Multichannel Retail
16 5 (6.76%) QA
16 5 (6.76%) React Native

Senior Front-End 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 3 (4.05%) CMS
2 2 (2.70%) Headless CMS
3 1 (1.35%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.51%) Azure
2 6 (8.11%) AWS
3 4 (5.41%) Figma
4 3 (4.05%) SaaS
4 3 (4.05%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 3 (4.05%) Vercel
5 2 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.70%) Contentful
5 2 (2.70%) GitHub
5 2 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (2.70%) Serverless
6 1 (1.35%) Algolia
6 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.35%) GCP
6 1 (1.35%) npm
6 1 (1.35%) Yarn
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Git
2 3 (4.05%) Babel
2 3 (4.05%) Claude Code
2 3 (4.05%) Vite
2 3 (4.05%) webpack
3 2 (2.70%) Gradle
3 2 (2.70%) JIRA
3 2 (2.70%) Xcode
4 1 (1.35%) TeamCity
General
1 8 (10.81%) Finance
1 8 (10.81%) Retail
2 5 (6.76%) Legal
3 4 (5.41%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.70%) Legal Technology
4 2 (2.70%) Marketing
5 1 (1.35%) Banking
5 1 (1.35%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (40.54%) React
2 16 (21.62%) CSS
2 16 (21.62%) HTML
3 12 (16.22%) Vue
4 5 (6.76%) CSS3
4 5 (6.76%) HTML5
4 5 (6.76%) React Native
4 5 (6.76%) REST
5 4 (5.41%) Next.js
6 3 (4.05%) .NET
6 3 (4.05%) Electron
6 3 (4.05%) Playwright
6 3 (4.05%) RESTful
6 3 (4.05%) Sass
7 2 (2.70%) GraphQL
7 2 (2.70%) jQuery
7 2 (2.70%) Node.js
7 2 (2.70%) TanStack
7 2 (2.70%) Web Services
7 2 (2.70%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.41%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.05%) Algorithms
2 3 (4.05%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.05%) PropTech
3 2 (2.70%) Animation
3 2 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (98.65%) Front End Development
2 20 (27.03%) User Experience
3 17 (22.97%) AI
4 13 (17.57%) Agile
4 13 (17.57%) Mentoring
5 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (14.86%) E-Commerce
7 8 (10.81%) CI/CD
7 8 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (9.46%) UX Design
9 6 (8.11%) Code Quality
9 6 (8.11%) Software Engineering
9 6 (8.11%) Web Development
10 5 (6.76%) End-to-End Testing
10 5 (6.76%) Multichannel Retail
10 5 (6.76%) Responsive Web Design
11 4 (5.41%) Scrum
11 4 (5.41%) SDLC
11 4 (5.41%) Sprint Planning
11 4 (5.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 31 (41.89%) JavaScript
2 25 (33.78%) TypeScript
3 3 (4.05%) SQL
4 2 (2.70%) C#
4 2 (2.70%) Python
5 1 (1.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (9.46%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.76%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.41%) Degree
4 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.27%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.76%) QA
3 1 (1.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.05%) SAP
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