The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 19 June 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 Glasgow 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Developer
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.556% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.596% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £266 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £275 £275
% change year-on-year
-4.54% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
- +66.66%
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
839 772 724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 93.33% 94.84% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 351 433
Average daily rate £338 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £236 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £446
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 34 18
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -8.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £30.41 £172.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Front-End Developer
Scotland

Front-End Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Front-End Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Front-End Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 14 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 14 (100.00%) CSS
2 13 (92.86%) jQuery
3 11 (78.57%) HTML5
4 8 (57.14%) CSS3
5 5 (35.71%) Degree
6 4 (28.57%) HTML
6 4 (28.57%) Banking
7 3 (21.43%) Content Management
7 3 (21.43%) Ajax
7 3 (21.43%) CMS
7 3 (21.43%) Time Management
7 3 (21.43%) YUI
7 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
8 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing
8 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (14.29%) Java
8 2 (14.29%) MVC
8 2 (14.29%) .NET
8 2 (14.29%) ASP
8 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
8 2 (14.29%) XHTML
9 1 (7.143%) Tridion
9 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management
9 1 (7.143%) Finance
9 1 (7.143%) PHP
9 1 (7.143%) XML
9 1 (7.143%) DOM
9 1 (7.143%) XSLT
9 1 (7.143%) Pair Programming

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 14 (100.00%) CSS
2 13 (92.86%) jQuery
3 11 (78.57%) HTML5
4 8 (57.14%) CSS3
5 4 (28.57%) HTML
6 3 (21.43%) Ajax
6 3 (21.43%) YUI
7 2 (14.29%) .NET
7 2 (14.29%) ASP
7 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
7 2 (14.29%) XHTML
8 1 (7.143%) XML
8 1 (7.143%) DOM
8 1 (7.143%) XSLT
8 1 (7.143%) LAMP
8 1 (7.143%) MooTools
8 1 (7.143%) WebSockets
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Tridion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) QUnit
General
1 4 (28.57%) Banking
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.143%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Android
1 1 (7.143%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Content Management
1 3 (21.43%) Time Management
2 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (14.29%) MVC
3 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management
3 1 (7.143%) Pair Programming
3 1 (7.143%) Web Development
3 1 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.143%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Sencha
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Required are modern front-end web development techniques, including expert knowledge of essential web development skills - HTML in various standards up to HTML5; CSS and JavaScript. We require...
Search Consultancy
Rate: x
Posted: 17 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
We are looking for more of a coder than a designer, with PHP skills being a bonus as my client operates a standard LAMP stack software bundle. Candidates...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £225 - £240 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Front-end developer, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, Templates, coding Cathcart Associates are currently looking for a front-end developer to work on a contract basis for our client...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Rate: £225 - £240 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013