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 £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 590 715
Rank change year-on-year -39 +125 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Front-End Developer 83 69 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.091% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 64 66 157
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,563 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% -7.14%

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 85,551 39,541 91,790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 89.78% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,475 22,949 67,336
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%

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 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Front-End Developer in the UK

Senior Front-End Developer
Top 15 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 17 May 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 -56 67 £70,000 +5.66% 20
UK excluding London -29 53 £65,000 +13.04% 15
North of England -22 29 £62,500 +16.28%
Work from Home +28 24 £65,000 - 8
London -42 22 £85,000 +25.93% 5
North West +7 12 £62,500 +19.05%
Yorkshire - 10 £80,000 -
South East -19 8 £75,000 -3.23% 3
North East -33 7 £60,000 +7.62%
Scotland 0 6 £65,000 +23.81%
West Midlands -25 5 - - 1
Midlands -28 5 - - 2
East of England -22 2 £72,500 +3.57% 4
Wales - 2 £54,085 -
South West -48 1 £70,000 +3.70% 6

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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 83 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 45 (54.22%) React
3 35 (42.17%) JavaScript
4 29 (34.94%) TypeScript
5 21 (25.30%) CSS
6 20 (24.10%) User Experience
7 18 (21.69%) HTML
8 15 (18.07%) Agile
9 14 (16.87%) Accessibility
10 13 (15.66%) E-Commerce
10 13 (15.66%) Mentoring
11 12 (14.46%) CI/CD
11 12 (14.46%) Git
12 10 (12.05%) AI
13 8 (9.64%) Azure
13 8 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (9.64%) REST
13 8 (9.64%) Security Cleared
13 8 (9.64%) UX Design
14 7 (8.43%) Degree
14 7 (8.43%) End-to-End Testing
14 7 (8.43%) Next.js
14 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
14 7 (8.43%) Software Engineering
15 6 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 6 (7.23%) CSS3
15 6 (7.23%) GraphQL
15 6 (7.23%) HTML5
15 6 (7.23%) Responsive Web Design
15 6 (7.23%) RESTful

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 4 (4.82%) CMS
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.64%) Azure
2 5 (6.02%) AWS
3 4 (4.82%) Figma
3 4 (4.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 3 (3.61%) SaaS
5 2 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.41%) Serverless
5 2 (2.41%) Vercel
6 1 (1.20%) Algolia
6 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.20%) GCP
6 1 (1.20%) npm
6 1 (1.20%) Sentry
6 1 (1.20%) Yarn
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (14.46%) Git
2 5 (6.02%) webpack
3 4 (4.82%) Babel
4 3 (3.61%) Vite
5 2 (2.41%) JIRA
6 1 (1.20%) TeamCity
General
1 13 (15.66%) Retail
2 10 (12.05%) Social Skills
3 7 (8.43%) Finance
4 5 (6.02%) Legal
5 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Marketing
7 1 (1.20%) Banking
7 1 (1.20%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (54.22%) React
2 21 (25.30%) CSS
3 18 (21.69%) HTML
4 8 (9.64%) REST
5 7 (8.43%) Next.js
6 6 (7.23%) CSS3
6 6 (7.23%) GraphQL
6 6 (7.23%) HTML5
6 6 (7.23%) RESTful
6 6 (7.23%) Vue
7 4 (4.82%) React Native
7 4 (4.82%) Sass
8 3 (3.61%) Jest
8 3 (3.61%) jQuery
8 3 (3.61%) Playwright
9 2 (2.41%) Node.js
9 2 (2.41%) Web Services
10 1 (1.20%) .NET
10 1 (1.20%) .NET Framework
10 1 (1.20%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.43%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (7.23%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (4.82%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.82%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.61%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.20%) Android
1 1 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 20 (24.10%) User Experience
3 15 (18.07%) Agile
4 13 (15.66%) E-Commerce
4 13 (15.66%) Mentoring
5 12 (14.46%) CI/CD
6 10 (12.05%) AI
7 8 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (9.64%) UX Design
8 7 (8.43%) End-to-End Testing
8 7 (8.43%) Software Engineering
9 6 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (7.23%) Responsive Web Design
9 6 (7.23%) Technical Architecture
10 5 (6.02%) API Integration
10 5 (6.02%) Code Quality
10 5 (6.02%) Computer Science
10 5 (6.02%) Multichannel Retail
10 5 (6.02%) Web Development
11 4 (4.82%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 35 (42.17%) JavaScript
2 29 (34.94%) TypeScript
3 3 (3.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (9.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.43%) Degree
2 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.87%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.82%) QA
3 1 (1.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.20%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (4.82%) SAP
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