The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 27 29 20
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 6 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 2.804% 2.258% 3.409%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.885% 2.295% 3.488%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
Average daily rate £325 £225 £251
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.44% -10.44%
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
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
208 305 172
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 97.20% 98.39% 97.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 169 92
Average daily rate £350 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 42 24
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -24.32%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Front-End Developer
Oxfordshire

Front-End Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Front-End Developer Daily Rate Trend

Front-End Developer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 7 (87.50%) CSS
1 7 (87.50%) HTML5
1 7 (87.50%) CSS3
2 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) Digital Media
4 2 (25.00%) HTML
4 2 (25.00%) Sencha
4 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
4 2 (25.00%) JSP
4 2 (25.00%) XHTML
4 2 (25.00%) Interwoven
4 2 (25.00%) TeamSite
4 2 (25.00%) CMS
4 2 (25.00%) Web Design
4 2 (25.00%) Content Management
4 2 (25.00%) Ajax
4 2 (25.00%) Web Development
4 2 (25.00%) jQuery
4 2 (25.00%) Alfresco
5 1 (12.50%) Blog

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 7 (87.50%) CSS
1 7 (87.50%) HTML5
1 7 (87.50%) CSS3
2 2 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (25.00%) JSP
2 2 (25.00%) XHTML
2 2 (25.00%) Ajax
2 2 (25.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) TeamSite
1 2 (25.00%) CMS
1 2 (25.00%) Alfresco
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Digital Media
2 1 (12.50%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Web Design
1 2 (25.00%) Content Management
1 2 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Sencha
1 2 (25.00%) Interwoven
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Austin Fraser Digital are currently looking for a Front End Developer to work with a software house based in Oxford.
Austin Fraser
Rate: £230 - £250 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013