Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Jobs

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
UK

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 345 180
Rank change year-on-year -71 -165 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 599 960 3,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.97% 2.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.07% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 522 676 1,588
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Trend

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

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
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 Developer (Client-Side Developer) within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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 -68 494 £60,000 -4.00% 141
UK excluding London -45 446 £52,500 -4.55% 87
Work from Home -47 307 £57,500 -11.54% 127
London -81 133 £77,250 +10.36% 54
North of England -10 110 £50,000 -1.96% 26
South East -45 93 £60,000 +9.09% 26
North West +21 78 £52,500 -4.55% 16
Scotland -30 74 £55,000 -8.33% 2
South West +17 70 £50,000 -4.76% 8
Midlands +4 63 £42,000 -21.86% 16
West Midlands +26 45 £42,500 -19.05% 9
Yorkshire +15 31 £37,500 -11.76% 10
East of England -27 21 £71,500 -4.67% 7
East Midlands -11 18 £40,000 -38.46% 7
Wales -15 11 £80,000 +52.38% 2
Northern Ireland +26 4 - -
North East -14 1 £37,500 -6.25%

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 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 Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 561 (93.66%) Front End Development
2 362 (60.43%) React
3 353 (58.93%) JavaScript
4 298 (49.75%) CSS
5 272 (45.41%) HTML
6 267 (44.57%) TypeScript
7 192 (32.05%) Agile
8 180 (30.05%) User Experience
9 167 (27.88%) AngularJS
10 141 (23.54%) Node.js
11 129 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
12 126 (21.04%) Degree
13 125 (20.87%) Git
14 120 (20.03%) Social Skills
15 102 (17.03%) HTML5
16 99 (16.53%) AWS
17 87 (14.52%) Finance
18 85 (14.19%) Vue
19 83 (13.86%) Azure
20 82 (13.69%) UX Design
21 80 (13.36%) CSS3
22 72 (12.02%) Software Engineering
22 72 (12.02%) PHP
22 72 (12.02%) Redux
23 71 (11.85%) Computer Science
24 69 (11.52%) Web Development
25 68 (11.35%) Sass
26 66 (11.02%) C#
27 65 (10.85%) DevOps
28 64 (10.68%) Jest

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 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:

Application Platforms
1 41 (6.84%) WordPress
2 34 (5.68%) CMS
3 16 (2.67%) Apache
3 16 (2.67%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.34%) nginx
5 6 (1.00%) Ethereum
6 4 (0.67%) Confluence
6 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.33%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.17%) IIS
8 1 (0.17%) Moodle
8 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (2.67%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.34%) Photoshop
3 6 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.67%) Maya
5 3 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (3.34%) Shopify
2 6 (1.00%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 99 (16.53%) AWS
2 83 (13.86%) Azure
3 33 (5.51%) SaaS
4 26 (4.34%) Figma
5 25 (4.17%) GCP
6 21 (3.51%) GitHub
7 18 (3.01%) npm
8 13 (2.17%) Google Analytics
9 10 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.00%) WeChat
11 4 (0.67%) Storyblok
12 3 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 3 (0.50%) BigCommerce
12 3 (0.50%) Google Ads
12 3 (0.50%) Google Play
12 3 (0.50%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (0.50%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 2 (0.33%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.50%) Internet
2 8 (1.34%) HTTP
3 6 (1.00%) OpenVPN
4 5 (0.83%) DNS
5 4 (0.67%) MQTT
6 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.67%) Apache Ignite
2 13 (2.17%) MySQL
3 12 (2.00%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.50%) Redis
6 5 (0.83%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.33%) Metabase
7 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.33%) Power BI
7 2 (0.33%) Power Query
7 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.33%) Tableau
8 1 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 125 (20.87%) Git
2 46 (7.68%) Cypress.io
3 45 (7.51%) Selenium
4 29 (4.84%) webpack
5 17 (2.84%) gulp
5 17 (2.84%) JIRA
5 17 (2.84%) Storybook
6 14 (2.34%) Visual Studio
7 13 (2.17%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.34%) Jenkins
9 6 (1.00%) ESLint
9 6 (1.00%) GitLab
9 6 (1.00%) Grunt
10 5 (0.83%) PostCSS
11 4 (0.67%) Babel
11 4 (0.67%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.67%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.67%) Vite
12 3 (0.50%) Maven
12 3 (0.50%) rollup.js
General
1 120 (20.03%) Social Skills
2 87 (14.52%) Finance
3 27 (4.51%) Marketing
4 24 (4.01%) Games
4 24 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (3.34%) Retail
6 16 (2.67%) Front Office
7 13 (2.17%) Public Sector
8 12 (2.00%) Advertising
8 12 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (2.00%) Tech for Good
9 11 (1.84%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.67%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.17%) Banking
11 7 (1.17%) Electronics
11 7 (1.17%) Health Technology
11 7 (1.17%) Mandarin Language
11 7 (1.17%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (60.43%) React
2 298 (49.75%) CSS
3 272 (45.41%) HTML
4 167 (27.88%) AngularJS
5 141 (23.54%) Node.js
6 102 (17.03%) HTML5
7 85 (14.19%) Vue
8 80 (13.36%) CSS3
9 72 (12.02%) Redux
10 68 (11.35%) Sass
11 64 (10.68%) Jest
12 51 (8.51%) Express.js
12 51 (8.51%) jQuery
13 49 (8.18%) GraphQL
14 44 (7.35%) Next.js
15 31 (5.18%) .NET
16 30 (5.01%) Tailwind CSS
17 27 (4.51%) React Native
17 27 (4.51%) REST
18 24 (4.01%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.34%) Greenfield Project
2 28 (4.67%) Mobile App
3 19 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 16 (2.67%) Fixed Income
4 16 (2.67%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.50%) Client/Server
6 8 (1.34%) Animation
6 8 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.17%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.17%) Social Media
7 7 (1.17%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.00%) Blockchain
8 6 (1.00%) Web3
9 5 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.83%) Hackathon
9 5 (0.83%) Life Science
9 5 (0.83%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.67%) iPhone
10 4 (0.67%) NHS
10 4 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.84%) Android
2 8 (1.34%) Linux
3 7 (1.17%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.00%) CentOS
5 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (93.66%) Front End Development
2 192 (32.05%) Agile
3 180 (30.05%) User Experience
4 129 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
5 82 (13.69%) UX Design
6 72 (12.02%) Software Engineering
7 71 (11.85%) Computer Science
8 69 (11.52%) Web Development
9 65 (10.85%) DevOps
10 58 (9.68%) Full Stack Development
11 55 (9.18%) Artificial Intelligence
12 48 (8.01%) E-Commerce
13 44 (7.35%) Actionable Insight
14 42 (7.01%) Mentoring
15 40 (6.68%) CI/CD
16 36 (6.01%) Clean Code
16 36 (6.01%) Propensity Modelling
17 35 (5.84%) Analytics
17 35 (5.84%) Unit Testing
18 30 (5.01%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 353 (58.93%) JavaScript
2 267 (44.57%) TypeScript
3 72 (12.02%) PHP
4 66 (11.02%) C#
5 43 (7.18%) Python
6 31 (5.18%) SQL
7 30 (5.01%) Java
8 6 (1.00%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.00%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.83%) GLSL
10 3 (0.50%) Bash
10 3 (0.50%) JSX
10 3 (0.50%) Ruby
11 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.33%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.33%) Lisp
12 1 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 126 (21.04%) Degree
2 48 (8.01%) Security Cleared
3 45 (7.51%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (0.83%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.67%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.33%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.17%) CIPD
8 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.18%) WCAG
2 26 (4.34%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.34%) QA
4 2 (0.33%) WAI
5 1 (0.17%) GDPR
5 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 61 (10.18%) Docker
2 4 (0.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (7.01%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.17%) Plesk
2 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (6.84%) Google
2 32 (5.34%) Adobe
3 22 (3.67%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.34%) DevExpress
5 7 (1.17%) SAP
5 7 (1.17%) WooCommerce
6 5 (0.83%) Xamarin
7 4 (0.67%) NVIDIA
8 3 (0.50%) OutSystems
9 2 (0.33%) Apple
9 2 (0.33%) F5
9 2 (0.33%) Facebook
9 2 (0.33%) IBM
10 1 (0.17%) BT
10 1 (0.17%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.17%) Mapbox
10 1 (0.17%) Mitel
10 1 (0.17%) Salesforce