The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End Web Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Front-End Web Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Web Developer
Rank 107 130 114
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Web Developer 9 4 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.425% 0.136% 0.299%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.455% 0.144% 0.315%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 2
Average daily rate £215 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.84% +13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £325 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £343 £298
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £350 £275
% change year-on-year
-35.71% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £39.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 -
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1980 2769 2539
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.40% 93.86% 94.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1018 1292 1115
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 285 325
Average hourly rate £22.66 £23.59 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.92% +24.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Front-End Web Developer
England

Front-End Web Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Front-End Web Developer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Front-End Web Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Front-End Web Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Front-End Web Developer across the East of England region.

East of England Front-End Web Developer Daily Rate Trend

Front-End Web Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Front-End Web Developer across the East of England region.

East of England Front-End Web Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Front-End Web Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Web Developer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Essex - 6 £215 -
Hertfordshire +5 2 £300 -7.69%
Cambridgeshire - 1 £275 -
Front-End Web Developer
England

Front-End Web Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Front-End Web Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Front-End Web Developer in their job title.

1 12 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 10 (83.33%) jQuery
2 10 (83.33%) CSS
3 6 (50.00%) HTML
3 6 (50.00%) Ajax
3 6 (50.00%) HTML5
4 5 (41.67%) CSS3
5 4 (33.33%) JSON
6 3 (25.00%) XML
6 3 (25.00%) XSLT
6 3 (25.00%) .NET
6 3 (25.00%) Photoshop
7 2 (16.67%) SCSS
7 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
7 2 (16.67%) C#
7 2 (16.67%) XQuery
7 2 (16.67%) XHTML
7 2 (16.67%) PHP
7 2 (16.67%) XPath
8 1 (8.333%) WPF
8 1 (8.333%) Drupal
8 1 (8.333%) Tandem
8 1 (8.333%) TDD
8 1 (8.333%) Ruby
8 1 (8.333%) PhoneGap
8 1 (8.333%) Appcelerator Titanium
8 1 (8.333%) Sencha Touch
8 1 (8.333%) Compatibility Testing
8 1 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (8.333%) GIMP

Front-End Web Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Front-End Web Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Front-End Web Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (83.33%) jQuery
1 10 (83.33%) CSS
2 6 (50.00%) HTML
2 6 (50.00%) Ajax
2 6 (50.00%) HTML5
3 5 (41.67%) CSS3
4 4 (33.33%) JSON
5 3 (25.00%) XML
5 3 (25.00%) XSLT
5 3 (25.00%) .NET
6 2 (16.67%) SCSS
6 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
6 2 (16.67%) XHTML
7 1 (8.333%) WPF
7 1 (8.333%) Sencha Touch
7 1 (8.333%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (8.333%) GIMP
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) PhoneGap
1 1 (8.333%) Appcelerator Titanium
1 1 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) TDD
1 1 (8.333%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
1 1 (8.333%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (16.67%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) XQuery
2 2 (16.67%) PHP
2 2 (16.67%) XPath
3 1 (8.333%) Ruby
3 1 (8.333%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.333%) Sencha
Witham, Essex
Job Title: Contract Front End Web Developer Location: Witham, Essex Rate £230 to £250 per day Duration: 6 months with possible extensions Skills: XHTML, JavaScript, jQuery, XSLT, XML,...
Coburg Banks IT
Rate: £230 - £250 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Witham, South East
A new contract opportunity for a Front End Web Developer for one of our clients based in Essex.The successful candidate is required to work in a small...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £150 - £250 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013