Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contracts in the City of London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Central London > City of London

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in the City of London is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 155 150
Rank change year-on-year +47 -5 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 17 17 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.77% 0.47% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.49% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 30
10th Percentile £283 £443 £375
25th Percentile £363 £477 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £561 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% +2.05% +20.55%
75th Percentile £613 £652 £671
90th Percentile £738 £750 £689
Central London median daily rate £475 £611 £555
% change year-on-year -22.29% +10.14% +13.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 2,091 3,462 4,000
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 95.19% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,484 2,355 3,014
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £791 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £586 £560
% change year-on-year -6.18% +4.69% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 23 51
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £17.56 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -5.41% +105.84%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £44.10 £87.64 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +105.84%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the City of London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the City of London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the City of London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the City of London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) contract 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 contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 9 (52.94%) AngularJS
2 9 (52.94%) CSS
2 9 (52.94%) HTML
2 9 (52.94%) JavaScript
3 6 (35.29%) Web Development
4 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 4 (23.53%) jQuery
4 4 (23.53%) CSS3
4 4 (23.53%) RESTful
4 4 (23.53%) HTML5
4 4 (23.53%) React
4 4 (23.53%) TypeScript
4 4 (23.53%) User Experience
5 3 (17.65%) UX Design
5 3 (17.65%) Banking
6 2 (11.76%) Graphic Design
6 2 (11.76%) JSON
6 2 (11.76%) Investment Management
6 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) .NET
6 2 (11.76%) XML
6 2 (11.76%) Python
6 2 (11.76%) B2B
6 2 (11.76%) Back Office
6 2 (11.76%) C#
6 2 (11.76%) SEO
6 2 (11.76%) Social Media Marketing
6 2 (11.76%) AWS

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
2 1 (5.88%) npm
2 1 (5.88%) Yarn
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.88%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) Ant
2 1 (5.88%) Babel
2 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.88%) TeamCity
2 1 (5.88%) webpack
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Back Office
3 2 (11.76%) Marketing
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (52.94%) AngularJS
1 9 (52.94%) CSS
1 9 (52.94%) HTML
2 4 (23.53%) CSS3
2 4 (23.53%) HTML5
2 4 (23.53%) jQuery
2 4 (23.53%) React
2 4 (23.53%) RESTful
3 2 (11.76%) .NET
3 2 (11.76%) JSON
3 2 (11.76%) Next.js
3 2 (11.76%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 2 (11.76%) Vue
3 2 (11.76%) XML
4 1 (5.88%) Express.js
4 1 (5.88%) Laravel
4 1 (5.88%) Node.js
4 1 (5.88%) SAML
4 1 (5.88%) Web Services
4 1 (5.88%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Graphic Design
1 2 (11.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 6 (35.29%) Web Development
3 4 (23.53%) User Experience
4 3 (17.65%) UX Design
5 2 (11.76%) B2B
5 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.76%) DevOps
5 2 (11.76%) Fintech
5 2 (11.76%) Full Stack Development
5 2 (11.76%) Investment Management
5 2 (11.76%) SEO
5 2 (11.76%) Social Media Marketing
6 1 (5.88%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (5.88%) Asynchronous Programming
6 1 (5.88%) Code Quality
6 1 (5.88%) Continuous Delivery
6 1 (5.88%) Generative AI
6 1 (5.88%) Microservices
6 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.88%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) JavaScript
2 4 (23.53%) TypeScript
3 2 (11.76%) C#
3 2 (11.76%) Python
4 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Google