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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 420 351 180
Rank change year-on-year -69 -171 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 597 999 3,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.99% 2.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 1.08% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 520 691 1,611
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,125 £46,625 £45,000
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 £90,250 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
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 £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 10 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 10 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 -70 492 £60,000 -4.00% 127
UK excluding London -69 441 £55,000 - 90
Work from Home -61 298 £57,500 -11.54% 75
London -67 137 £75,000 +7.14% 46
North of England -4 106 £50,000 - 37
South East -50 95 £60,000 +9.09% 12
North West +22 79 £52,500 -8.70% 22
Scotland -35 74 £55,000 -11.29% 7
South West +6 68 £50,000 -6.98% 12
Midlands -9 61 £42,500 -22.73% 11
West Midlands +17 44 £46,250 -11.90% 6
Yorkshire +19 26 £37,500 -10.71% 12
East of England -19 22 £71,500 -4.67% 5
East Midlands -26 17 £37,500 -37.50% 5
Wales -19 11 £80,000 +52.38% 5
Northern Ireland +20 4 - - 2
North East -15 1 £37,500 -21.05% 3

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 558 (93.47%) Front End Development
2 357 (59.80%) React
3 348 (58.29%) JavaScript
4 293 (49.08%) CSS
5 269 (45.06%) HTML
6 263 (44.05%) TypeScript
7 192 (32.16%) Agile
8 173 (28.98%) User Experience
9 169 (28.31%) AngularJS
10 137 (22.95%) Node.js
11 128 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
12 125 (20.94%) Git
13 124 (20.77%) Degree
14 120 (20.10%) Social Skills
15 104 (17.42%) HTML5
16 98 (16.42%) AWS
17 85 (14.24%) Finance
18 84 (14.07%) Azure
19 83 (13.90%) UX Design
19 83 (13.90%) Vue
20 81 (13.57%) CSS3
21 74 (12.40%) PHP
22 72 (12.06%) Software Engineering
22 72 (12.06%) Redux
23 69 (11.56%) Computer Science
24 67 (11.22%) Web Development
25 66 (11.06%) C#
25 66 (11.06%) Sass
26 65 (10.89%) Jest
27 64 (10.72%) Docker

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 42 (7.04%) WordPress
2 33 (5.53%) CMS
3 12 (2.01%) Apache
3 12 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.84%) nginx
5 6 (1.01%) Ethereum
6 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.50%) Confluence
8 2 (0.34%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.34%) Moodle
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (2.85%) Adobe XD
2 9 (1.51%) Photoshop
3 6 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.67%) Maya
5 3 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (3.35%) Shopify
2 6 (1.01%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 98 (16.42%) AWS
2 84 (14.07%) Azure
3 35 (5.86%) SaaS
4 26 (4.36%) Figma
5 21 (3.52%) GCP
5 21 (3.52%) GitHub
6 18 (3.02%) npm
7 12 (2.01%) Google Analytics
8 8 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.01%) WeChat
10 3 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 3 (0.50%) BigCommerce
10 3 (0.50%) Google Ads
10 3 (0.50%) Google Play
10 3 (0.50%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.34%) dbt
11 2 (0.34%) Google Tag Manager
11 2 (0.34%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.51%) Internet
2 8 (1.34%) HTTP
3 7 (1.17%) OpenVPN
4 5 (0.84%) DNS
5 4 (0.67%) MQTT
6 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.18%) MySQL
2 12 (2.01%) Apache Ignite
2 12 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.51%) Redis
4 5 (0.84%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.34%) Metabase
7 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.34%) Power BI
7 2 (0.34%) Power Query
7 2 (0.34%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.34%) Tableau
8 1 (0.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 125 (20.94%) Git
2 48 (8.04%) Cypress.io
2 48 (8.04%) Selenium
3 28 (4.69%) webpack
4 17 (2.85%) Storybook
5 16 (2.68%) JIRA
6 15 (2.51%) gulp
7 14 (2.35%) Cucumber
8 13 (2.18%) Visual Studio
9 10 (1.68%) Jenkins
10 7 (1.17%) GitLab
11 6 (1.01%) ESLint
11 6 (1.01%) Grunt
12 5 (0.84%) PostCSS
13 4 (0.67%) Babel
13 4 (0.67%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.67%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.67%) Vite
14 3 (0.50%) Jasmine
14 3 (0.50%) Maven
General
1 120 (20.10%) Social Skills
2 85 (14.24%) Finance
3 25 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (4.19%) Marketing
4 24 (4.02%) Games
5 21 (3.52%) Retail
6 13 (2.18%) Advertising
6 13 (2.18%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.01%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.01%) Front Office
8 11 (1.84%) Financial Institution
8 11 (1.84%) Manufacturing
8 11 (1.84%) Tech for Good
9 7 (1.17%) Banking
9 7 (1.17%) Electronics
9 7 (1.17%) Mandarin Language
9 7 (1.17%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.01%) Health Technology
11 5 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.67%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 357 (59.80%) React
2 293 (49.08%) CSS
3 269 (45.06%) HTML
4 169 (28.31%) AngularJS
5 137 (22.95%) Node.js
6 104 (17.42%) HTML5
7 83 (13.90%) Vue
8 81 (13.57%) CSS3
9 72 (12.06%) Redux
10 66 (11.06%) Sass
11 65 (10.89%) Jest
12 51 (8.54%) Express.js
13 49 (8.21%) jQuery
14 45 (7.54%) GraphQL
15 43 (7.20%) Next.js
16 29 (4.86%) .NET
17 27 (4.52%) React Native
17 27 (4.52%) Tailwind CSS
18 25 (4.19%) RESTful
19 24 (4.02%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.03%) Greenfield Project
2 26 (4.36%) Mobile App
3 21 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 17 (2.85%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.01%) Fixed Income
6 10 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.51%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.34%) Animation
9 7 (1.17%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.17%) Social Media
10 6 (1.01%) Blockchain
10 6 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.01%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.01%) Web3
11 5 (0.84%) Hackathon
11 5 (0.84%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.67%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.67%) IoT
12 4 (0.67%) Life Science
12 4 (0.67%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.84%) Android
2 9 (1.51%) Linux
3 7 (1.17%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.17%) CentOS
4 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 558 (93.47%) Front End Development
2 192 (32.16%) Agile
3 173 (28.98%) User Experience
4 128 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (13.90%) UX Design
6 72 (12.06%) Software Engineering
7 69 (11.56%) Computer Science
8 67 (11.22%) Web Development
9 62 (10.39%) DevOps
10 56 (9.38%) Artificial Intelligence
11 55 (9.21%) Full Stack Development
12 47 (7.87%) E-Commerce
13 44 (7.37%) Actionable Insight
14 43 (7.20%) CI/CD
15 42 (7.04%) Mentoring
16 36 (6.03%) Clean Code
16 36 (6.03%) Propensity Modelling
17 35 (5.86%) Unit Testing
18 34 (5.70%) Analytics
19 29 (4.86%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 348 (58.29%) JavaScript
2 263 (44.05%) TypeScript
3 74 (12.40%) PHP
4 66 (11.06%) C#
5 40 (6.70%) Python
6 34 (5.70%) Java
7 32 (5.36%) SQL
8 7 (1.17%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.01%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.84%) GLSL
11 3 (0.50%) Bash
11 3 (0.50%) Ruby
12 2 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.34%) JSX
12 2 (0.34%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.34%) Lisp
13 1 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 124 (20.77%) Degree
2 50 (8.38%) Security Cleared
3 47 (7.87%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (0.84%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.34%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.37%) WCAG
2 25 (4.19%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.35%) QA
4 2 (0.34%) WAI
5 1 (0.17%) GDPR
5 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 64 (10.72%) Docker
2 4 (0.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 43 (7.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.17%) Plesk
2 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (6.87%) Google
2 33 (5.53%) Adobe
3 22 (3.69%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.34%) DevExpress
5 7 (1.17%) SAP
5 7 (1.17%) WooCommerce
6 5 (0.84%) Xamarin
7 4 (0.67%) NVIDIA
8 3 (0.50%) OutSystems
9 2 (0.34%) Apple
9 2 (0.34%) F5
9 2 (0.34%) Facebook
9 2 (0.34%) IBM
10 1 (0.17%) Atlassian
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