Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contract Job Trends in Brentwood

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Essex > Brentwood

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in Brentwood is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Brentwood 8.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Essex median daily rate £600 - £485
% change year-on-year - - -0.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Brentwood

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Brentwood. 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 Brentwood with a recognized job title 12 9 35
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 81.82% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 16
10th Percentile - £300 £275
25th Percentile £300 £363 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.67% +212.50%
75th Percentile £575 £419 £438
90th Percentile £600 £453 £519
Essex median daily rate £375 £400 £450
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £12.86
Median % change year-on-year - - -70.15%
Essex median hourly rate £22.04 £32.50 £37.98
% change year-on-year -32.19% -14.43% -4.15%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Brentwood.

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancy trend in Brentwood

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brentwood

For the 6 months to 9 April 2026, 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 of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Brentwood region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) VPN

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brentwood by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript