Front End Development Jobs

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Front End Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Front End Development over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 218 85
Rank change year-on-year -1 -133 -17
Permanent jobs citing Front End Development 1,365 1,604 7,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 1.72% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.80% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,098 1,120 2,985
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £75,772 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Front End Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,730 89,109 165,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.44% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 62,034 53,947 83,947
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Front End Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Front End Development in the UK

Front End Development
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Front End Development.

Salary trend for Front End Development in the UK

Front End Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front End Development over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Front End Development in the UK

Front End Development
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 Development within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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 -13 1,119 £60,000 -7.69% 303
UK excluding London +39 988 £52,500 -4.55% 189
Work from Home +7 682 £60,000 -7.69% 183
London -92 302 £77,500 +10.71% 116
North of England +50 268 £51,250 -0.49% 57
South East -28 183 £60,000 - 39
Midlands +51 167 £44,000 -20.00% 36
North West +23 152 £55,000 -8.33% 34
Scotland -1 139 £52,500 -12.50% 7
South West +13 132 £50,000 - 22
West Midlands +69 114 £47,500 -13.64% 18
Yorkshire +70 90 £45,000 -4.76% 17
East of England -37 56 £65,620 +0.95% 24
East Midlands -8 52 £42,500 -34.62% 18
North East 0 26 £52,500 +31.25% 6
Wales -10 22 £70,000 +33.33% 3
Northern Ireland +15 21 £55,000 - 2

Front End Development
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 70 (5.13%) CMS
2 57 (4.18%) WordPress
3 37 (2.71%) Tuxedo
4 28 (2.05%) Apache
5 20 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
6 18 (1.32%) Cloud Foundry
7 14 (1.03%) Headless CMS
8 12 (0.88%) Confluence
9 11 (0.81%) nginx
10 8 (0.59%) IIS
11 7 (0.51%) Ethereum
12 6 (0.44%) SharePoint
13 5 (0.37%) Kentico
14 4 (0.29%) Umbraco
15 3 (0.22%) SAS
16 2 (0.15%) Drupal
17 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
17 1 (0.073%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (1.47%) Adobe XD
2 16 (1.17%) Photoshop
3 7 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.29%) Maya
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.29%) Sketch
6 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.15%) Notion
7 1 (0.073%) InVision
7 1 (0.073%) Revit
Business Applications
1 23 (1.68%) Shopify
2 8 (0.59%) Magento
3 4 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 301 (22.05%) AWS
2 275 (20.15%) Azure
3 83 (6.08%) SaaS
4 67 (4.91%) GCP
5 51 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (3.37%) Figma
7 43 (3.15%) GitHub
8 27 (1.98%) npm
9 20 (1.47%) Serverless
10 19 (1.39%) Google Analytics
11 15 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (0.81%) Power Platform
13 10 (0.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 9 (0.66%) dbt
14 9 (0.66%) Firebase
14 9 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (0.59%) Google Tag Manager
16 7 (0.51%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.95%) HTTP
2 11 (0.81%) Internet
3 7 (0.51%) DNS
3 7 (0.51%) MQTT
4 6 (0.44%) OpenVPN
4 6 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.15%) SSH
6 1 (0.073%) Broadband
6 1 (0.073%) SAN
6 1 (0.073%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 73 (5.35%) MySQL
3 59 (4.32%) Relational Database
4 40 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
5 31 (2.27%) MongoDB
6 24 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 23 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (1.47%) Apache Ignite
9 19 (1.39%) Redis
10 16 (1.17%) GIS
10 16 (1.17%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.88%) MS Access
12 10 (0.73%) Big Data
13 9 (0.66%) Power BI
14 7 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.44%) MariaDB
16 5 (0.37%) Tableau
17 4 (0.29%) Data Lake
18 3 (0.22%) Event Store
18 3 (0.22%) Looker
Development Applications
1 255 (18.68%) Git
2 72 (5.27%) Cypress.io
3 45 (3.30%) JIRA
4 44 (3.22%) Selenium
5 43 (3.15%) webpack
6 36 (2.64%) Jenkins
7 30 (2.20%) gulp
8 29 (2.12%) Visual Studio
9 27 (1.98%) Cucumber
10 26 (1.90%) Bitbucket
11 22 (1.61%) Jasmine
11 22 (1.61%) Storybook
12 21 (1.54%) GitLab
13 18 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
14 17 (1.25%) Karma Test Runner
15 11 (0.81%) Grunt
15 11 (0.81%) Postman
16 9 (0.66%) Subversion
17 8 (0.59%) IntelliJ
17 8 (0.59%) Vite
General
1 302 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 202 (14.80%) Finance
3 84 (6.15%) Marketing
4 83 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 57 (4.18%) Law
7 54 (3.96%) Public Sector
8 53 (3.88%) Retail
9 41 (3.00%) Banking
10 40 (2.93%) Manufacturing
11 28 (2.05%) Games
12 24 (1.76%) Front Office
13 23 (1.68%) Tech for Good
14 18 (1.32%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.25%) Automotive
16 16 (1.17%) Electronics
16 16 (1.17%) Investment Banking
16 16 (1.17%) Legal
17 14 (1.03%) Health Technology
17 14 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,071 (78.46%) Developer
2 596 (43.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 450 (32.97%) Senior
4 350 (25.64%) Senior Developer
5 206 (15.09%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 172 (12.60%) Lead
7 157 (11.50%) React Developer
8 117 (8.57%) Full Stack Developer
9 115 (8.42%) Software Engineer
10 94 (6.89%) Software Developer
11 80 (5.86%) Lead Developer
12 62 (4.54%) .NET Developer
13 61 (4.47%) Senior React Developer
14 58 (4.25%) Web Developer
15 55 (4.03%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
16 53 (3.88%) PHP Developer
17 48 (3.52%) UI Developer
18 46 (3.37%) Senior Software Developer
19 42 (3.08%) JavaScript Developer
20 39 (2.86%) Senior Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 639 (46.81%) CSS
1 639 (46.81%) React
2 609 (44.62%) HTML
3 314 (23.00%) AngularJS
4 260 (19.05%) Node.js
5 256 (18.75%) .NET
6 193 (14.14%) Vue
7 152 (11.14%) RESTful
8 143 (10.48%) HTML5
9 125 (9.16%) CSS3
9 125 (9.16%) Sass
10 107 (7.84%) jQuery
11 100 (7.33%) .NET Core
12 96 (7.03%) REST
13 91 (6.67%) ASP.NET
14 86 (6.30%) Redux
15 84 (6.15%) Jest
16 70 (5.13%) .NET Framework
17 65 (4.76%) GraphQL
17 65 (4.76%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
2 54 (3.96%) Mobile App
3 51 (3.74%) Onboarding
4 34 (2.49%) Product Ownership
5 30 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (1.54%) Algorithms
6 21 (1.54%) Cloud Native
7 20 (1.47%) Client/Server
7 20 (1.47%) Fixed Income
8 19 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 16 (1.17%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.10%) Private Cloud
11 12 (0.88%) Operational Technology
11 12 (0.88%) Public Cloud
12 11 (0.81%) Blockchain
13 10 (0.73%) Social Media
13 10 (0.73%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.66%) Animation
14 9 (0.66%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.59%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.44%) Linux
2 22 (1.61%) Android
3 15 (1.10%) Apple iOS
3 15 (1.10%) Windows
4 6 (0.44%) CentOS
5 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.073%) Unix
8 1 (0.073%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (33.77%) Agile
2 372 (27.25%) User Experience
3 325 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 297 (21.76%) Full Stack Development
5 287 (21.03%) Software Engineering
6 221 (16.19%) Computer Science
7 204 (14.95%) UX Design
8 201 (14.73%) DevOps
9 181 (13.26%) Web Development
10 167 (12.23%) Mentoring
11 146 (10.70%) CI/CD
12 119 (8.72%) E-Commerce
13 113 (8.28%) Continuous Integration
14 99 (7.25%) TDD
15 97 (7.11%) Test Automation
16 83 (6.08%) Clean Code
16 83 (6.08%) MVC
17 78 (5.71%) Artificial Intelligence
17 78 (5.71%) Roadmaps
18 75 (5.49%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 805 (58.97%) JavaScript
2 470 (34.43%) TypeScript
3 289 (21.17%) C#
4 228 (16.70%) SQL
5 189 (13.85%) Java
6 150 (10.99%) Python
7 149 (10.92%) PHP
8 43 (3.15%) T-SQL
9 42 (3.08%) COBOL
9 42 (3.08%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 41 (3.00%) Go
11 35 (2.56%) Ruby
12 17 (1.25%) VB.NET
13 12 (0.88%) C
13 12 (0.88%) C++
13 12 (0.88%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.59%) Rust
15 6 (0.44%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.37%) GLSL
17 4 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 263 (19.27%) Degree
2 111 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 111 (8.13%) Security Cleared
3 90 (6.59%) SC Cleared
4 38 (2.78%) Master's Degree
5 32 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (0.44%) HND
7 5 (0.37%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.37%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.15%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.073%) CIPD
9 1 (0.073%) PhD
9 1 (0.073%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.073%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (8.06%) Accessibility
2 52 (3.81%) QA
3 49 (3.59%) WCAG
4 12 (0.88%) WAI
5 9 (0.66%) GDPR
6 5 (0.37%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.073%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.073%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.073%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.073%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 126 (9.23%) Docker
2 6 (0.44%) Firmware
3 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.22%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 80 (5.86%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.88%) Terraform
3 8 (0.59%) Ansible
4 4 (0.29%) Rancher
5 1 (0.073%) Packer
5 1 (0.073%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.073%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 113 (8.28%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.76%) Google
3 54 (3.96%) Adobe
4 46 (3.37%) Oracle
5 42 (3.08%) Micro Focus
6 17 (1.25%) SAP
7 11 (0.81%) WooCommerce
8 9 (0.66%) DevExpress
9 8 (0.59%) Facebook
10 7 (0.51%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.44%) NVIDIA
12 5 (0.37%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.37%) Xamarin
13 4 (0.29%) Mercator
13 4 (0.29%) Sybase
13 4 (0.29%) VMware
14 3 (0.22%) F5
14 3 (0.22%) OutSystems
15 2 (0.15%) Conga
15 2 (0.15%) DocuSign