The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End Web Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Front-End Web Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 South East 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Web Developer
Rank 205 230 231
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Web Developer 20 17 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.256% 0.168% 0.126%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.276% 0.182% 0.136%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 9
Average daily rate £250 £363 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.03% +20.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £305 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £393 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £338 £294
% change year-on-year
-33.33% +14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £19.52 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+79.30% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7249 9360 9532
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.54% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3589 4188 4102
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 578 719 799
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -9.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.75 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Front-End Web Developer
England

Front-End Web Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Front-End Web Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Front-End Web Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Front-End Web Developer Daily Rate Trend

Front-End Web Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Front-End Web Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Front-End Web 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 Web Developer within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Berkshire +16 9 £250 -33.33%
Hampshire +2 6 £255 -
Oxfordshire +5 2 £225 -35.71%
Surrey +19 1 £300 -
East Sussex - 1 £200 -
Front-End Web Developer
England

Front-End Web Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Front-End Web 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 Web Developer in their job title.

1 31 (96.88%) CSS
2 26 (81.25%) HTML5
3 25 (78.13%) JavaScript
4 23 (71.88%) CSS3
5 20 (62.50%) jQuery
6 19 (59.38%) HTML
7 12 (37.50%) Photoshop
8 9 (28.13%) XML
8 9 (28.13%) XSLT
9 6 (18.75%) XHTML
9 6 (18.75%) .NET
9 6 (18.75%) Web Development
10 5 (15.63%) Java
11 4 (12.50%) C#
11 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
11 4 (12.50%) Windows
11 4 (12.50%) MVC
11 4 (12.50%) Adobe
11 4 (12.50%) Marketing
11 4 (12.50%) Backbone.js
11 4 (12.50%) Email Marketing
12 3 (9.375%) iPhone
12 3 (9.375%) ASP.NET
13 2 (6.250%) RDBMS
13 2 (6.250%) MS Excel
13 2 (6.250%) OOP
13 2 (6.250%) Finance
13 2 (6.250%) CMS
13 2 (6.250%) InDesign
13 2 (6.250%) Web Design

Front-End Web Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 31 (96.88%) CSS
2 26 (81.25%) HTML5
3 23 (71.88%) CSS3
4 20 (62.50%) jQuery
5 19 (59.38%) HTML
6 9 (28.13%) XML
6 9 (28.13%) XSLT
7 6 (18.75%) .NET
7 6 (18.75%) XHTML
8 4 (12.50%) Backbone.js
9 3 (9.375%) ASP.NET
10 2 (6.250%) ASP
10 2 (6.250%) JSP
10 2 (6.250%) Web Services
10 2 (6.250%) Ajax
11 1 (3.125%) JSON
11 1 (3.125%) Velocity
11 1 (3.125%) FreeMarker
11 1 (3.125%) Flash
11 1 (3.125%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.250%) IIS
1 2 (6.250%) CMS
1 2 (6.250%) Kentico
Applications
1 12 (37.50%) Photoshop
2 2 (6.250%) MS Office
2 2 (6.250%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.250%) InDesign
3 1 (3.125%) Adobe Illustrator
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.250%) RDBMS
2 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (6.250%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.250%) Visual Studio
1 2 (6.250%) Subversion
2 1 (3.125%) Axure RP
General
1 4 (12.50%) Marketing
2 2 (6.250%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.375%) iPhone
2 1 (3.125%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.125%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (6.250%) Android
2 2 (6.250%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) Web Development
2 4 (12.50%) Email Marketing
2 4 (12.50%) MVC
3 2 (6.250%) Web Design
3 2 (6.250%) OOP
3 2 (6.250%) Web Application Development
4 1 (3.125%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (3.125%) OO
4 1 (3.125%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 25 (78.13%) JavaScript
2 5 (15.63%) Java
3 4 (12.50%) C#
4 2 (6.250%) SQL
5 1 (3.125%) XPath
5 1 (3.125%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Adobe
Hampshire, South East
My house hold name Client, based on the Berkshire / Hampshire boarders is urgently recruiting for a Front End Web Developer to work as a key member of the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £250.00 - £320.00 per day + Please quote
Posted: 10 May 2013
Hampshire
My Client is looking for a Front End Developer / Web Developer with the following skills: - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery and AJAX - Ability to write standards-compliant code including...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Andover, Hampshire
Front end web developer required to work on a wireframe prototype and then create the output in HTML5, CSS3, JSP... - Experiencing of building to brand guidelines - Expert in...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £40 - £45 per hour
Posted: 14 May 2013