The most in-demand skills for Front End Developers

Demand for Front End development skills quantified using cord data

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Typescript

React Native

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React

Redux

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cord have analysed the average number of messages received by Front End developers with specific primary skills, allowing Front End developers to make more informed decisions based on relative demand for their skills.

Graph showing the average number of message requests received on cord by Front End developers with different primary skills

The data show that TypeScript and React Native are the most in-demand skill for Front End developers, with Front End Developers listing either of these skills receiving, on average, 15 message requests each.

The next most in-demand skills are Node.js, React, Redux and Angular.

Of the top ten most in-demand skills, the least in-demand was C# - which averaged 8.0 message requests per engineer listing this as a skill.

Terminology

"Primary skills" refer to the skills that engineers identify as part of their primary skillset when they create their profiles on cord. They can select multiple skills.

"Message requests" are messages sent by companies to engineers, regardless of whether or not the engineer accepts that request.