The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 24 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 Kent 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Developer
Rank 35 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.348% 0.379% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.377% 0.417% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+55.55% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.54% -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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
265 240 292
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 92.33% 90.91% 96.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 114 166
Average daily rate £303 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.62% +2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £217 £138 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £448 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 24 24
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £84.75 £27.50 £39.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Front-End Developer
South East

Front-End Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Front-End Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Front-End Developer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Drupal
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Drupal
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PHP