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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 213 84
Rank change year-on-year -12 -129 -14
Permanent jobs citing Front End Development 1,327 1,648 7,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 1.74% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.82% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,084 1,130 2,981
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
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 1 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 1 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 -17 1,080 £60,000 -7.69% 309
UK excluding London +25 953 £52,500 -8.70% 183
Work from Home +3 660 £60,000 -7.69% 165
London -74 300 £77,500 +10.71% 124
North of England +50 263 £50,000 -1.48% 53
South East -52 170 £60,000 - 42
Midlands +73 158 £42,500 -22.73% 34
North West +26 150 £55,000 -8.33% 34
Scotland -5 142 £52,500 -12.50% 5
South West +16 126 £50,000 - 23
West Midlands +58 109 £47,500 -13.64% 18
Yorkshire +42 87 £45,000 -2.17% 15
East of England -34 52 £65,620 +0.95% 25
East Midlands +2 48 £41,250 -36.54% 16
North East +6 26 £52,500 +31.25% 4
Northern Ireland +16 21 £55,000 -
Wales -12 21 £70,000 +33.33% 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 68 (5.12%) CMS
2 55 (4.14%) WordPress
3 37 (2.79%) Tuxedo
4 24 (1.81%) Apache
5 18 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (1.36%) Cloud Foundry
6 14 (1.06%) Headless CMS
7 12 (0.90%) Confluence
8 11 (0.83%) nginx
9 7 (0.53%) IIS
10 6 (0.45%) Ethereum
11 5 (0.38%) Kentico
11 5 (0.38%) SharePoint
12 3 (0.23%) SAS
12 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.15%) Drupal
14 1 (0.075%) Apache Spark
14 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (1.58%) Adobe XD
2 16 (1.21%) Photoshop
3 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.30%) Maya
5 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.30%) Sketch
6 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.15%) Notion
7 1 (0.075%) InVision
7 1 (0.075%) Revit
Business Applications
1 23 (1.73%) Shopify
2 8 (0.60%) Magento
3 4 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 290 (21.85%) AWS
2 265 (19.97%) Azure
3 81 (6.10%) SaaS
4 65 (4.90%) GCP
5 49 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (3.62%) Figma
7 41 (3.09%) GitHub
8 27 (2.03%) npm
9 19 (1.43%) Google Analytics
9 19 (1.43%) Serverless
10 16 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
11 15 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (0.68%) dbt
12 9 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (0.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (0.60%) Firebase
13 8 (0.60%) Google Tag Manager
13 8 (0.60%) Power Platform
14 7 (0.53%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.06%) HTTP
2 11 (0.83%) Internet
3 8 (0.60%) MQTT
4 7 (0.53%) DNS
5 6 (0.45%) OpenVPN
5 6 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.15%) SSH
7 1 (0.075%) Broadband
7 1 (0.075%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 68 (5.12%) MySQL
3 59 (4.45%) Relational Database
4 40 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (2.19%) MongoDB
6 23 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 23 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (1.43%) Redis
8 18 (1.36%) Apache Ignite
8 18 (1.36%) NoSQL
9 16 (1.21%) GIS
10 11 (0.83%) MS Access
11 10 (0.75%) Big Data
12 7 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.45%) MariaDB
13 6 (0.45%) Power BI
14 3 (0.23%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.23%) Event Store
14 3 (0.23%) Looker
14 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 254 (19.14%) Git
2 70 (5.28%) Cypress.io
3 45 (3.39%) JIRA
4 44 (3.32%) Selenium
5 41 (3.09%) webpack
6 33 (2.49%) Jenkins
7 29 (2.19%) gulp
7 29 (2.19%) Visual Studio
8 28 (2.11%) Cucumber
9 27 (2.03%) Jasmine
10 26 (1.96%) Bitbucket
11 22 (1.66%) Storybook
12 21 (1.58%) Visual Studio Code
13 20 (1.51%) Karma Test Runner
14 19 (1.43%) GitLab
15 11 (0.83%) Postman
16 10 (0.75%) Grunt
17 9 (0.68%) Subversion
18 8 (0.60%) IntelliJ
18 8 (0.60%) Vite
General
1 299 (22.53%) Social Skills
2 202 (15.22%) Finance
3 86 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 84 (6.33%) Marketing
5 63 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
6 60 (4.52%) Law
7 55 (4.14%) Public Sector
8 53 (3.99%) Retail
9 42 (3.17%) Banking
10 41 (3.09%) Manufacturing
11 27 (2.03%) Games
12 22 (1.66%) Front Office
12 22 (1.66%) Tech for Good
13 19 (1.43%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.28%) Automotive
14 17 (1.28%) Electronics
15 16 (1.21%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.13%) Legal
17 14 (1.06%) Health Technology
17 14 (1.06%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 1,039 (78.30%) Developer
2 579 (43.63%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 438 (33.01%) Senior
4 340 (25.62%) Senior Developer
5 200 (15.07%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 168 (12.66%) Lead
7 149 (11.23%) React Developer
8 114 (8.59%) Full Stack Developer
9 109 (8.21%) Software Engineer
10 93 (7.01%) Software Developer
11 78 (5.88%) Lead Developer
12 59 (4.45%) Senior React Developer
13 58 (4.37%) .NET Developer
14 56 (4.22%) Web Developer
15 53 (3.99%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
16 52 (3.92%) PHP Developer
17 49 (3.69%) UI Developer
18 46 (3.47%) Senior Software Developer
19 39 (2.94%) Full Stack Engineer
19 39 (2.94%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 622 (46.87%) CSS
2 617 (46.50%) React
3 594 (44.76%) HTML
4 305 (22.98%) AngularJS
5 254 (19.14%) Node.js
6 250 (18.84%) .NET
7 183 (13.79%) Vue
8 150 (11.30%) RESTful
9 139 (10.47%) HTML5
10 127 (9.57%) Sass
11 121 (9.12%) CSS3
12 108 (8.14%) jQuery
13 100 (7.54%) .NET Core
14 96 (7.23%) REST
15 89 (6.71%) ASP.NET
16 85 (6.41%) Redux
17 83 (6.25%) Jest
18 66 (4.97%) .NET Framework
19 64 (4.82%) Express.js
19 64 (4.82%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.54%) Greenfield Project
2 54 (4.07%) Mobile App
3 51 (3.84%) Onboarding
4 34 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (1.81%) Cloud Native
7 20 (1.51%) Client/Server
8 19 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 18 (1.36%) Fixed Income
10 17 (1.28%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.13%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.13%) Private Cloud
12 12 (0.90%) Blockchain
12 12 (0.90%) Operational Technology
12 12 (0.90%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.75%) Social Media
14 9 (0.68%) Animation
14 9 (0.68%) IoT
14 9 (0.68%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.47%) Linux
2 22 (1.66%) Android
3 15 (1.13%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.98%) Windows
5 6 (0.45%) CentOS
6 5 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.075%) Unix
8 1 (0.075%) VMS
8 1 (0.075%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (33.91%) Agile
2 364 (27.43%) User Experience
3 318 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (21.85%) Full Stack Development
5 280 (21.10%) Software Engineering
6 217 (16.35%) Computer Science
7 199 (15.00%) DevOps
7 199 (15.00%) UX Design
8 173 (13.04%) Web Development
9 164 (12.36%) Mentoring
10 140 (10.55%) CI/CD
11 119 (8.97%) E-Commerce
12 111 (8.36%) Continuous Integration
13 99 (7.46%) Test Automation
14 98 (7.39%) TDD
15 83 (6.25%) MVC
16 78 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
16 78 (5.88%) Clean Code
17 77 (5.80%) Roadmaps
18 76 (5.73%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 777 (58.55%) JavaScript
2 463 (34.89%) TypeScript
3 286 (21.55%) C#
4 217 (16.35%) SQL
5 184 (13.87%) Java
6 145 (10.93%) PHP
7 137 (10.32%) Python
8 45 (3.39%) T-SQL
9 42 (3.17%) COBOL
9 42 (3.17%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 39 (2.94%) Go
11 34 (2.56%) Ruby
12 17 (1.28%) VB.NET
13 11 (0.83%) C
13 11 (0.83%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.60%) C++
15 7 (0.53%) Rust
16 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.38%) GLSL
18 4 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 261 (19.67%) Degree
2 108 (8.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 103 (7.76%) Security Cleared
4 86 (6.48%) SC Cleared
5 36 (2.71%) Master's Degree
6 31 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (0.45%) HND
8 5 (0.38%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.38%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.15%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.075%) CIPD
10 1 (0.075%) PhD
10 1 (0.075%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.075%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (8.36%) Accessibility
2 49 (3.69%) WCAG
3 48 (3.62%) QA
4 15 (1.13%) WAI
5 9 (0.68%) GDPR
6 5 (0.38%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.075%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.075%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.075%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.075%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 123 (9.27%) Docker
2 7 (0.53%) Firmware
3 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.23%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 76 (5.73%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.90%) Terraform
3 7 (0.53%) Ansible
4 4 (0.30%) Rancher
5 1 (0.075%) Packer
5 1 (0.075%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.075%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (8.29%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.97%) Google
3 57 (4.30%) Adobe
4 46 (3.47%) Oracle
5 42 (3.17%) Micro Focus
6 18 (1.36%) SAP
7 11 (0.83%) WooCommerce
8 9 (0.68%) DevExpress
9 8 (0.60%) Facebook
10 7 (0.53%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.53%) NVIDIA
11 5 (0.38%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.38%) Xamarin
12 4 (0.30%) Mercator
12 4 (0.30%) Sybase
12 4 (0.30%) VMware
13 3 (0.23%) OutSystems
14 2 (0.15%) Conga
14 2 (0.15%) DocuSign
14 2 (0.15%) IBM