Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contracts in Central London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
London > Central London

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in Central London is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 155 154
Rank change year-on-year +43 -1 -30
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 20 21 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.82% 0.56% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.58% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 39
10th Percentile £313 £454 £363
25th Percentile £400 £525 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +8.70% +17.35%
75th Percentile £584 £825 £650
90th Percentile £719 £850 £688
London median daily rate £531 £574 £600
% change year-on-year -7.41% -4.38% +26.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,311 3,591 4,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 95.20% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,647 2,455 3,245
10th Percentile £339 £325 £363
25th Percentile £440 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +4.89% +7.14%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 53
10th Percentile £20.19 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £22.13 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +108.60%
75th Percentile £27.81 £57.50 £50.75
90th Percentile £40.38 £86.65 £65.10
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% +2.14% +8.63%

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

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

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Central London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Central London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Central London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Central London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Central London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 8 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
City of London +44 17 £475 -17.03% 3
City of Westminster -1 2 £513 -35.94% 1
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
London

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 Central London region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 12 (60.00%) HTML
2 12 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 12 (60.00%) CSS
3 11 (55.00%) AngularJS
4 8 (40.00%) Web Development
5 7 (35.00%) React
6 6 (30.00%) User Experience
6 6 (30.00%) CSS3
6 6 (30.00%) HTML5
7 5 (25.00%) jQuery
7 5 (25.00%) UX Design
7 5 (25.00%) TypeScript
8 4 (20.00%) RESTful
8 4 (20.00%) Finance
9 3 (15.00%) C#
9 3 (15.00%) Banking
9 3 (15.00%) .NET
9 3 (15.00%) Git
9 3 (15.00%) DevOps
10 2 (10.00%) Vue
10 2 (10.00%) Docker
10 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
10 2 (10.00%) Fintech
10 2 (10.00%) Next.js
10 2 (10.00%) Clean Code
10 2 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
10 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
10 2 (10.00%) Azure

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (5.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) AWS
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Pipelines
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (5.00%) GCP
2 1 (5.00%) npm
2 1 (5.00%) Yarn
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) Ant
2 1 (5.00%) Babel
2 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.00%) TeamCity
2 1 (5.00%) webpack
General
1 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Back Office
3 2 (10.00%) Marketing
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (60.00%) CSS
1 12 (60.00%) HTML
2 11 (55.00%) AngularJS
3 7 (35.00%) React
4 6 (30.00%) CSS3
4 6 (30.00%) HTML5
5 5 (25.00%) jQuery
6 4 (20.00%) RESTful
7 3 (15.00%) .NET
8 2 (10.00%) JSON
8 2 (10.00%) Next.js
8 2 (10.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 2 (10.00%) Vue
8 2 (10.00%) XML
9 1 (5.00%) Material-UI
9 1 (5.00%) MERN Stack
9 1 (5.00%) MobX
9 1 (5.00%) NestJS
9 1 (5.00%) Nuxt
9 1 (5.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Graphic Design
1 2 (10.00%) Hedge funds
1 2 (10.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 8 (40.00%) Web Development
3 6 (30.00%) User Experience
4 5 (25.00%) UX Design
5 3 (15.00%) DevOps
6 2 (10.00%) Agile
6 2 (10.00%) B2B
6 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (10.00%) Clean Code
6 2 (10.00%) Fintech
6 2 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
6 2 (10.00%) Investment Management
6 2 (10.00%) OO
6 2 (10.00%) SEO
6 2 (10.00%) Social Media Marketing
7 1 (5.00%) MVC
7 1 (5.00%) OOD
7 1 (5.00%) OOP
7 1 (5.00%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (5.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 3 (15.00%) C#
4 2 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (5.00%) Bicep
5 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) WCAG
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Google