Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contracts in South Wales

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Wales > South Wales

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in South Wales is £519 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 50 71
Rank change year-on-year +14 +21 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 6 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.79% 0.96% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.01% 1.02% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £436 - -
25th Percentile £481 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £541 £463 £388
90th Percentile £547 £530 -
Wales median daily rate £519 £438 £375
% change year-on-year +18.63% +16.67% -6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 298 492 861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.96% 94.62% 96.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 379 641
10th Percentile £168 £180 £203
25th Percentile £356 £325 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -3.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £575
90th Percentile £646 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 35
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.20 £16.98 £11.70
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.98 £25.38
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.38 £47.19
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.58%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in South Wales

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in South Wales

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in South Wales over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in South Wales

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in South Wales

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +9 6 £519 +22.12% 5
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Wales

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Front End Development
2 4 (66.67%) Vue
2 4 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) GitHub
2 4 (66.67%) Playwright
2 4 (66.67%) Storybook
2 4 (66.67%) GitHub Actions
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 4 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Cypress.io
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) React
4 1 (16.67%) Value Proposition
4 1 (16.67%) Smartcard
4 1 (16.67%) RFID
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (16.67%) WebSockets
4 1 (16.67%) Laravel
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) GitHub
1 4 (66.67%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) RFID
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Cypress.io
1 4 (66.67%) Storybook
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Playwright
1 4 (66.67%) Vue
2 1 (16.67%) Laravel
2 1 (16.67%) React
2 1 (16.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Front End Development
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 2 (33.33%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft