Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
South West > Bristol

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) daily rate in Bristol is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £350 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 852 600 957
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 96.77% 95.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 325 573
10th Percentile £263 £190 £263
25th Percentile £400 £335 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £640
90th Percentile £750 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £519 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +1.42% -2.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 70 145
10th Percentile £17.87 £34.08 £33.00
25th Percentile £33.50 £59.75 £54.65
Median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £86.06
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -11.54% +15.06% -13.09%

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancy trend in Bristol

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancies in Bristol

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 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 Bristol region featuring Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript