The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Front-End 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 Essex 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 Developer
Rank 40 - 43
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 6 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.511% - 1.737%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.662% - 1.832%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
Average daily rate £215 - £525
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 - £505
10% offered a daily rate of more than £245 - £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
-5.45% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
- +79.48%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
361 384 382
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 90.93% 94.12% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 181 172
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 59 72
Average hourly rate £28.00 £26.28 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.54% -4.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £40.60 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Front-End Developer
East of England

Front-End Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Front-End Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Front-End Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Front-End Developer Daily Rate Trend

Front-End Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Front-End Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Front-End 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 Developer within the Essex 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
Chelmsford - 4 £215 -
Witham - 1 £200 -
Front-End Developer
East of England

Front-End Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Front-End 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 Developer in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (100.00%) CSS
2 8 (88.89%) jQuery
2 8 (88.89%) HTML5
3 7 (77.78%) CSS3
3 7 (77.78%) Ajax
4 4 (44.44%) JSON
4 4 (44.44%) Photoshop
4 4 (44.44%) XML
4 4 (44.44%) XSLT
4 4 (44.44%) XHTML
5 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 3 (33.33%) PHP
6 2 (22.22%) SQL
6 2 (22.22%) .NET
6 2 (22.22%) J2EE
6 2 (22.22%) ASP
6 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
6 2 (22.22%) HTML
6 2 (22.22%) Java
6 2 (22.22%) OO
6 2 (22.22%) MVC
6 2 (22.22%) SEO
6 2 (22.22%) JSP
6 2 (22.22%) Adobe
6 2 (22.22%) XQuery
6 2 (22.22%) Omniture
6 2 (22.22%) Google
6 2 (22.22%) XPath
6 2 (22.22%) CMS

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Front-End 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) CSS
2 8 (88.89%) jQuery
2 8 (88.89%) HTML5
3 7 (77.78%) CSS3
3 7 (77.78%) Ajax
4 4 (44.44%) JSON
4 4 (44.44%) XML
4 4 (44.44%) XSLT
4 4 (44.44%) XHTML
5 2 (22.22%) .NET
5 2 (22.22%) J2EE
5 2 (22.22%) ASP
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
5 2 (22.22%) HTML
5 2 (22.22%) JSP
5 2 (22.22%) Dojo
5 2 (22.22%) MooTools
5 2 (22.22%) Sass
5 2 (22.22%) LESS
5 2 (22.22%) SCSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 2 (22.22%) OO
2 2 (22.22%) MVC
2 2 (22.22%) SEO
2 2 (22.22%) Web Design
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) Content Management
2 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Image Processing
2 2 (22.22%) Responsive Web Design
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Progressive Enhancement
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) PHP
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) XQuery
3 2 (22.22%) XPath
4 1 (11.11%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe
1 2 (22.22%) Omniture
1 2 (22.22%) Google
1 2 (22.22%) FatWire
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
Chelmsford, Essex
Location Chelmsford, Essex 6 Month Contract £220 - £240 day I have an immediate requirement for a Front-End Developer with strong HTML, CSS, Javascript and JQuery skills... We...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £180 - 220 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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
Essex
I am looking for a Front End Developer with javascript, jquery, css, ajax, json, c#, html, flash, photoshop, asp.net, tfs and ecommerce experience to join a Healthcare...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £250 - £300 per day + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013