Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Jobs

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

The median Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 696 855 871
Rank change year-on-year +159 +16 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 34 44 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.044% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.047% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 30 38 42
10th Percentile £55,925 £67,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £94,694 £85,000 £101,875
90th Percentile £105,000 £92,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -13.33%

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 50,706 94,386 91,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 94.69% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27,254 67,482 57,423
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the UK

Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer).

Salary trend for Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the UK

Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

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

Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Top 10 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 Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 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 +125 29 £75,000 - 39
Work from Home +129 20 £80,126 +14.47% 34
UK excluding London +171 19 £65,000 -10.34% 30
London +109 13 £90,000 +5.88% 24
North of England +42 8 £57,500 -17.86% 12
North West -2 7 £57,500 -17.86% 10
South East +87 5 £65,000 -17.46% 12
Scotland - 4 £85,253 - 4
South West +100 2 £70,000 -3.45%
Yorkshire - 1 £56,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 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 Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 32 (94.12%) React
2 27 (79.41%) TypeScript
3 25 (73.53%) JavaScript
4 19 (55.88%) User Experience
5 18 (52.94%) Software Engineering
6 16 (47.06%) Agile
7 14 (41.18%) CI/CD
8 13 (38.24%) HTML
8 13 (38.24%) CSS
8 13 (38.24%) AWS
9 12 (35.29%) Finance
9 12 (35.29%) Next.js
10 10 (29.41%) Accessibility
10 10 (29.41%) Jest
10 10 (29.41%) DevOps
11 9 (26.47%) webpack
11 9 (26.47%) Kubernetes
11 9 (26.47%) Enzyme
11 9 (26.47%) Artificial Intelligence
12 8 (23.53%) Pair Programming
12 8 (23.53%) UX Design
12 8 (23.53%) Svelte
13 7 (20.59%) Redux
13 7 (20.59%) Front End Development
13 7 (20.59%) Git
13 7 (20.59%) Adobe
13 7 (20.59%) Code Quality
14 6 (17.65%) Customer Experience
14 6 (17.65%) Machine Learning
14 6 (17.65%) GraphQL

Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe XD
1 2 (5.88%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 13 (38.24%) AWS
2 5 (14.71%) Adobe Analytics
2 5 (14.71%) SaaS
3 4 (11.76%) GCP
3 4 (11.76%) Google Analytics
4 2 (5.88%) AWS Fargate
4 2 (5.88%) Figma
5 1 (2.94%) Azure
5 1 (2.94%) Datadog
5 1 (2.94%) GitHub
5 1 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) LoRaWAN
Development Applications
1 9 (26.47%) webpack
2 7 (20.59%) Git
3 5 (14.71%) Jenkins
3 5 (14.71%) Vite
4 4 (11.76%) Cypress.io
5 3 (8.82%) Storybook
6 1 (2.94%) Babel
6 1 (2.94%) Cucumber
6 1 (2.94%) GitLab
6 1 (2.94%) Selenium
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Banking
3 4 (11.76%) Games
3 4 (11.76%) Law
4 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Tech for Good
5 1 (2.94%) Advertising
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (94.12%) React
2 13 (38.24%) CSS
2 13 (38.24%) HTML
3 12 (35.29%) Next.js
4 10 (29.41%) Jest
5 9 (26.47%) Enzyme
6 8 (23.53%) Svelte
7 7 (20.59%) Redux
8 6 (17.65%) GraphQL
9 5 (14.71%) RESTful
10 4 (11.76%) Node.js
10 4 (11.76%) OpenAPI
10 4 (11.76%) Parceljs
10 4 (11.76%) React Native
10 4 (11.76%) Vue
10 4 (11.76%) WebAssembly
11 3 (8.82%) .NET
11 3 (8.82%) HTML5
12 2 (5.88%) AngularJS
12 2 (5.88%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Algorithms
1 4 (11.76%) Public Cloud
2 2 (5.88%) IoT
2 2 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (55.88%) User Experience
2 18 (52.94%) Software Engineering
3 16 (47.06%) Agile
4 14 (41.18%) CI/CD
5 10 (29.41%) DevOps
6 9 (26.47%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (23.53%) Pair Programming
7 8 (23.53%) UX Design
8 7 (20.59%) Code Quality
8 7 (20.59%) Front End Development
9 6 (17.65%) Customer Experience
9 6 (17.65%) Machine Learning
10 5 (14.71%) Analytics
10 5 (14.71%) Containerisation
10 5 (14.71%) Fintech
10 5 (14.71%) Generative AI
10 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
10 5 (14.71%) Micro Frontends
10 5 (14.71%) TDD
11 4 (11.76%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 27 (79.41%) TypeScript
2 25 (73.53%) JavaScript
3 5 (14.71%) Python
4 4 (11.76%) Go
5 2 (5.88%) C#
6 1 (2.94%) PHP
6 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.94%) Degree
1 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
1 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (29.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Adobe
2 5 (14.71%) Google
3 4 (11.76%) Tealium
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.94%) New Relic
4 1 (2.94%) Optimizely