Front End Development Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Front End Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.85% - 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% - 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £413 £300 £588
% change year-on-year +37.50% -48.94% -22.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Front End Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 209 135 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 89.32% 87.10% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 69 150
10th Percentile £380 £216 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £597 £675 £550
90th Percentile £650 £703 £600
East of England median daily rate £475 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -0.58% -4.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 14
10th Percentile £25.15 £22.96 £15.39
25th Percentile £37.50 £29.89 £18.00
Median hourly rate £66.11 £50.00 £26.65
Median % change year-on-year +32.21% +87.62% -54.44%
75th Percentile £78.75 £62.05 £56.56
90th Percentile £90.45 £75.20 £64.93
East of England median hourly rate £20.09 £40.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year -49.78% +61.62% +12.50%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Front End Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Front End Development job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Front End Development
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Front End Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front End Development within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 January 2026. 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
Shefford - 2 £325 -
Front End Development
East of England