Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contracts with Work from Home Options

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
UK > Work from Home

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in Work from Home is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 303 186
Rank change year-on-year +70 -117 -28
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 121 170 662
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.80% 0.67% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.71% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 119 487
10th Percentile £346 £313 £363
25th Percentile £411 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £578 £638
90th Percentile £738 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £67.80
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £81.50 £65.49
% change year-on-year -50.92% +24.45% +61.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,070 24,019 42,133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 95.35% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,440 16,961 30,444
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £721
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 547 600
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.71 £19.19
Median hourly rate £45.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +52.43% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.95 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.51 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) trend for jobs with a WFH option

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer).

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer).

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 106 (87.60%) Front End Development
2 85 (70.25%) React
3 81 (66.94%) TypeScript
4 62 (51.24%) JavaScript
5 61 (50.41%) CSS
6 50 (41.32%) HTML
7 29 (23.97%) Agile
8 26 (21.49%) User Experience
8 26 (21.49%) AngularJS
9 23 (19.01%) Git
10 22 (18.18%) AWS
10 22 (18.18%) Vue
11 21 (17.36%) Next.js
12 19 (15.70%) Redux
12 19 (15.70%) Node.js
13 18 (14.88%) C#
13 18 (14.88%) Azure
13 18 (14.88%) DevOps
13 18 (14.88%) GCP
13 18 (14.88%) Tailwind CSS
14 17 (14.05%) Web Development
14 17 (14.05%) Accessibility
14 17 (14.05%) Full Stack Development
15 15 (12.40%) WCAG
15 15 (12.40%) Software Engineering
15 15 (12.40%) Finance
15 15 (12.40%) CMS
16 14 (11.57%) .NET
16 14 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (10.74%) UX Design

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (12.40%) CMS
2 6 (4.96%) Apache
2 6 (4.96%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (4.13%) Headless CMS
3 5 (4.13%) Kentico
4 4 (3.31%) Confluence
5 1 (0.83%) Drupal
5 1 (0.83%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.83%) nginx
5 1 (0.83%) Solana
5 1 (0.83%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.83%) InVision
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.83%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.18%) AWS
2 18 (14.88%) Azure
2 18 (14.88%) GCP
3 14 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (8.26%) GitHub
5 7 (5.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 7 (5.79%) Azure Monitor
5 7 (5.79%) Azure Pipelines
5 7 (5.79%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.48%) Figma
6 3 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (2.48%) npm
6 3 (2.48%) SaaS
7 2 (1.65%) Amplience
7 2 (1.65%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (1.65%) Storyblok
7 2 (1.65%) Stripe
7 2 (1.65%) Yarn
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8 1 (0.83%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.83%) HTTP
1 1 (0.83%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.96%) Apache Ignite
3 4 (3.31%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.48%) MySQL
5 2 (1.65%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (1.65%) GIS
5 2 (1.65%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.83%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.83%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (19.01%) Git
2 9 (7.44%) Storybook
3 5 (4.13%) Cypress.io
3 5 (4.13%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.13%) JIRA
3 5 (4.13%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (4.13%) webpack
4 3 (2.48%) Vite
5 2 (1.65%) Babel
5 2 (1.65%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.65%) GitLab
5 2 (1.65%) rollup.js
6 1 (0.83%) Ant
6 1 (0.83%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.83%) ESLint
6 1 (0.83%) Lerna
6 1 (0.83%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.83%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.83%) WebPageTest
General
1 15 (12.40%) Finance
2 13 (10.74%) Social Skills
3 9 (7.44%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.79%) Front Office
5 6 (4.96%) Banking
6 5 (4.13%) Tech for Good
7 4 (3.31%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.48%) Back Office
8 3 (2.48%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.65%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.83%) Automotive
10 1 (0.83%) Electronics
10 1 (0.83%) Law
10 1 (0.83%) Marketing
10 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (70.25%) React
2 61 (50.41%) CSS
3 50 (41.32%) HTML
4 26 (21.49%) AngularJS
5 22 (18.18%) Vue
6 21 (17.36%) Next.js
7 19 (15.70%) Node.js
7 19 (15.70%) Redux
8 18 (14.88%) Tailwind CSS
9 14 (11.57%) .NET
10 10 (8.26%) .NET Core
10 10 (8.26%) GraphQL
10 10 (8.26%) HTML5
10 10 (8.26%) jQuery
11 8 (6.61%) Material-UI
11 8 (6.61%) REST
12 7 (5.79%) ASP.NET
13 6 (4.96%) CSS3
13 6 (4.96%) Protocol Buffers
13 6 (4.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.79%) Fixed Income
2 5 (4.13%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (3.31%) Hedge funds
3 4 (3.31%) Mobile App
3 4 (3.31%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.65%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.83%) Animation
5 1 (0.83%) Blockchain
5 1 (0.83%) CCTV
5 1 (0.83%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.83%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.83%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.83%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.83%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.83%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (87.60%) Front End Development
2 29 (23.97%) Agile
3 26 (21.49%) User Experience
4 18 (14.88%) DevOps
5 17 (14.05%) Full Stack Development
5 17 (14.05%) Web Development
6 15 (12.40%) Software Engineering
7 13 (10.74%) Clean Code
7 13 (10.74%) TDD
7 13 (10.74%) UX Design
8 10 (8.26%) E-Commerce
8 10 (8.26%) Fintech
9 9 (7.44%) Microservices
9 9 (7.44%) OO
10 8 (6.61%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (6.61%) Test Automation
11 7 (5.79%) API Management
11 7 (5.79%) OOD
12 6 (4.96%) Code Quality
12 6 (4.96%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 81 (66.94%) TypeScript
2 62 (51.24%) JavaScript
3 18 (14.88%) C#
4 7 (5.79%) Bicep
4 7 (5.79%) Java
5 6 (4.96%) Python
6 4 (3.31%) Bash
6 4 (3.31%) SQL
7 2 (1.65%) F#
8 1 (0.83%) Go
8 1 (0.83%) JSX
8 1 (0.83%) PHP
8 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.83%) Ruby
8 1 (0.83%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.83%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 6 (4.96%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.13%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.65%) Degree
4 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.05%) Accessibility
2 15 (12.40%) WCAG
3 3 (2.48%) QA
System Software
1 7 (5.79%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.13%) Docker
3 3 (2.48%) zsh
Systems Management
1 4 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.48%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.83%) Ansible
3 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (9.09%) Google
2 9 (7.44%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.48%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle
4 1 (0.83%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.83%) SAP