Everything you need to know about senior frontend developers in Manchester
Pubished 28th January 2021
There are currently 1280 senior frontend developers in Manchester and 32% of them have changed jobs in the last year. The average permanent salary is £60,000 and the average daily rate is £500 in Manchester.
Fast stats on senior frontend developers in Manchester
LinkedIn Talent Insights, January 2021
Senior frontend developers in Manchester
Changed jobs in the last year
Avg. Contractor daily rate
Avg. perm salary
Gender diversity for frontend developers in Manchester
The senior frontend development workforce in Manchester has a male majority of 84% whilst 16% are female.
What schools are producing frontend developers?
Among the universities where most graduates are placed into senior frontend development roles in Manchester, The Manchester Metropolitan University comes out on top with 153 professionals. The University of Salford comes in second with 96 professionals followed by The University of Manchester with 74.
Top 3 fields of study for frontend developers
The number of senior frontend developers in Manchester that studied in the field
Computer Science
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
University degrees
75% of Manchester's senior frontend developer talent have a bachelor's degree while 19% have a master's degree.
Top 3 most common skills among frontend developers
The number of senior frontend developers that list the skill on their LinkedIn profile
Web Development
JavaScript
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Most common skills among frontend developers in Manchester
90% of senior frontend developers in Manchester list Web Development as a skill on their LinkedIn profile while 64% list JavaScript and 63% list Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
Fastest growing skills among frontend developers in Manchester
TypeScript, GraphQL and Python are the fastest-growing skills that senior frontend developers in Manchester list on their LinkedIn profile.
Fastest growing titles among frontend developers in Manchester
Frontend Engineer, Frontend Web Developer and Senior Frontend Developer are the three fastest-growing titles among senior frontend developers in Manchester.
Most common titles among frontend developers
Web Developer, Frontend Developer and Frontend Web Developer are the three most common titles among senior frontend developers in Manchester.
Companies using frontend developers
AO, CDL Software, Auto Trader UK are the top three employers of senior frontend developers in Manchester.
Industries hiring frontend developers
Internet, IT & Services and Computer Software are the top three industries in Manchester where senior frontend developers are currently employed.

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