The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 108 127 118
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 9 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.377% 0.230% 0.232%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.403% 0.251% 0.251%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 4
Average daily rate £163 £250 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% +11.11%
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2232 2786 2784
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.51% 91.71% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1055 1409 1431
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 169 209
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.42 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.88% +4.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Front-End Developer
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Front-End Developer Daily Rate Trend

Front-End Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Front-End Developer across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West Front-End Developer Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire - 4 £246 - 2
Lancashire +12 3 £163 -38.09% 1
Manchester +5 3 £163 -35.00% 15
Merseyside +9 1 £163 +20.37%
Front-End Developer
England

Front-End Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 27 (96.43%) CSS
2 25 (89.29%) JavaScript
3 20 (71.43%) HTML5
4 19 (67.86%) CSS3
4 19 (67.86%) HTML
5 13 (46.43%) jQuery
6 10 (35.71%) PHP
7 8 (28.57%) MySQL
8 7 (25.00%) XHTML
9 5 (17.86%) Fireworks
9 5 (17.86%) Photoshop
10 4 (14.29%) MVC
11 3 (10.71%) Web Design
11 3 (10.71%) CMS
11 3 (10.71%) LAMP
11 3 (10.71%) Adobe
11 3 (10.71%) XML
11 3 (10.71%) XSL
11 3 (10.71%) OO
11 3 (10.71%) Apache
11 3 (10.71%) JSON
11 3 (10.71%) Backbone.js
11 3 (10.71%) Responsive Web Design
12 2 (7.143%) KnockoutJS
12 2 (7.143%) AngularJS
12 2 (7.143%) WordPress
12 2 (7.143%) Zend
12 2 (7.143%) CodeIgniter
12 2 (7.143%) Mercurial
12 2 (7.143%) Social Media

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 27 (96.43%) CSS
2 20 (71.43%) HTML5
3 19 (67.86%) CSS3
3 19 (67.86%) HTML
4 13 (46.43%) jQuery
5 7 (25.00%) XHTML
6 3 (10.71%) LAMP
6 3 (10.71%) XML
6 3 (10.71%) XSL
6 3 (10.71%) JSON
6 3 (10.71%) Backbone.js
7 2 (7.143%) KnockoutJS
7 2 (7.143%) AngularJS
7 2 (7.143%) CodeIgniter
7 2 (7.143%) .NET
7 2 (7.143%) Ajax
8 1 (3.571%) Web Services
8 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET
8 1 (3.571%) Flash
8 1 (3.571%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) CMS
1 3 (10.71%) Apache
2 2 (7.143%) WordPress
3 1 (3.571%) Magento
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Fireworks
1 5 (17.86%) Photoshop
2 2 (7.143%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Mercurial
1 2 (7.143%) Subversion
2 1 (3.571%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (3.571%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Social Media
2 1 (3.571%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.29%) MVC
2 3 (10.71%) Web Design
2 3 (10.71%) OO
2 3 (10.71%) Responsive Web Design
3 2 (7.143%) Scrum
3 2 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (7.143%) Content Management
4 1 (3.571%) TDD
4 1 (3.571%) SEO
4 1 (3.571%) Migration
4 1 (3.571%) BDD
4 1 (3.571%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 25 (89.29%) JavaScript
2 10 (35.71%) PHP
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Adobe
2 2 (7.143%) Zend
3 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
Manchester, North West
Front-End HTML5/Javascript Developer (HTML5/Javascript/Games) My client has a fantastic contract opportunity for a front-end developer, specialising in HTML5 and Javascript. The client is...
Real Staffing
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Front-End HTML5/Javascript Developer - Manchester - £200 - £260 Per Day (HTML5/CSS3/Javascript) My large well-known global client has a fantastic contract opportunity for a Front-End...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £260 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Front-End HTML5/Javascript Developer - Manchester - £200 - £260 Per Day (HTML5/CSS3/Javascript) My large well-known global client has a fantastic contract opportunity for a Front-End...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Manchester, North West
ou should have strong front-end skills and have experience of responsive web design. Key skills for this role include; - C# Development. - Strong JavaScript skills... - HTML5. - CSS 3.....
Computer Futures
Rate: £275 - £300 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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