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Observatory · French front-end market

The real state of front-end hiring in France

Sourced numbers, my unfiltered read. I only publish what’s solid — the rest grows every month.

Snapshot · July 2026Updated every month
01 · Frameworks

Front-end framework share — global usage

In France it holds up better than elsewhere: on Free-Work, Angular often matches or beats React. The clean FR series is coming with the snapshots.

Self-reported developer usage (global/anglo bias), not real demand in French ads.

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Front-end framework share — global usage
ItemValue
React 44.7 %
Angular 18.2 %
Vue 17.6 %
Svelte 7.2 %
Source · Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025 · juil. 2025
Soon · v2

Pure front vs Fullstack

Fullstack is the #1 tech role by volume (HelloWork). But the exact “pure front vs fullstack” split in French ads exists in no public source — I measure it myself.

02 · The AI effect

The scissors effect: postings shrink, AI mentions soar

AI didn’t kill tech jobs — it shut the entry door. Juniors sit where the two blades cross.

France: −~50% postings since Dec 20223.4% of ads mention AI67% of firms plan to cut junior hiring
  • Dev postings volume
  • Ads mentioning AI

Index base 100 = Feb 2020, Indeed US/global (software-dev postings −34%; AI mentions +134%). The FR × pure-front version is the most differentiating public gap — own collection (v2).

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The scissors effect: postings shrink, AI mentions soar
PeriodDev postings volumeAds mentioning AI
fév. 2020 100 100
2022 210 —
fin 2025 66 234
Source · Indeed Hiring Lab — Labor Market Update · janv. 2026
03 · Remote & pay

Remote work — what French devs actually live

Full remote is receding, hybrid is settling in. Only ~18% work fully remote.

Breakdown by city / region — soon

Self-reported practice (SO 2025, France, n = 1,026), not the share of postings.

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Remote work — what French devs actually live
ItemValue
Full remote 18.1 %
Hybrid 32.8 %
On-site 49.1 %
Source · Stack Overflow Survey 2025 (Work, France) · juil. 2025

Freelance front-end daily rate by seniority

A junior at €299/day isn’t profitable after charges vs a €35k salary. Seniority (8+ yrs) is the real freelance entry ticket.

Average · 536 €/j

Median front-end salary ≈ €40k (WeLoveDevs, self-reported). Malt publishes no per-job history — year-over-year trend comes in v2.

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Freelance front-end daily rate by seniority
SeniorityValue
0–2 yrs 299 €/j
3–7 yrs 408 €/j
8–15 yrs 536 €/j
15 yrs + 585 €/j
Source · Malt Baromètre front-end 2026 · juil. 2026WeLoveDevs — salaires front-end · 27/06/2026
04 · Under construction

The data grows every month

What I don’t publish yet — because the clean number doesn’t exist in any public source. I build it, snapshot after snapshot.

Soon · v2

Winning stacks

In France, Angular + TypeScript + (Java or .NET) opens the most doors. The measured frequency of each combo comes with my own collection.

TypeScriptJava / Spring.NET / C#NodeRxJSNxTailwindCopilot / Claude Code
Soon · v2

Seniority breakdown

The direction is clear — the junior gate is closing (−19% APEC, 67% of firms). The exact split of postings by level? I’m building it, snapshot after snapshot.

Every month

These numbers move — I publish the analysis every month.

Dated snapshot, public sources, personal read. Follow the observatory to watch the French front-end market move for real.

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Method & sources

One rule: no invented figures. Every data point = a dated public source. Volatile or unsourceable numbers aren’t published — they move to “soon”.