Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contract Job Trends 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 £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 125 115
Rank change year-on-year +4 -10 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 7 4 25
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.35% 0.17% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.19% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 18
10th Percentile £425 £424 £263
25th Percentile £427 £433 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £469 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +10.29% -15.00%
75th Percentile £511 £508 £591
90th Percentile £578 £518 £638
London median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,875 2,157 2,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 92.69% 94.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,359 1,842
10th Percentile £330 £363 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.19% -1.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £531 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.41% -2.22% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 25 20
10th Percentile £19.24 £19.66 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £20.67
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £24.99
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +40.08% -23.12%
75th Percentile £36.00 £61.25 £47.25
90th Percentile £51.25 £112.00 £65.88
London median hourly rate £28.13 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.64% - -

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

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 Central London.

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

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies 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 22 December 2025.

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

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies 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 22 December 2025. 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 -4 7 £463 -1.33% 8
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
London

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

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 6 (85.71%) React
3 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
4 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
4 4 (57.14%) User Experience
5 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
5 3 (42.86%) Agile
5 3 (42.86%) AngularJS
5 3 (42.86%) CSS
5 3 (42.86%) HTML
5 3 (42.86%) UX Design
6 2 (28.57%) AWS
6 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
6 2 (28.57%) D3.js
6 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (28.57%) Data Science
6 2 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (28.57%) Inclusive Design
6 2 (28.57%) Java
6 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (28.57%) Responsive Web Design
6 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (28.57%) Sprint Retrospective
6 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
6 2 (28.57%) User Research
6 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
6 2 (28.57%) Vue
6 2 (28.57%) WCAG
7 1 (14.29%) .NET

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Functions
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Serverless
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) React
2 3 (42.86%) AngularJS
2 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) D3.js
3 2 (28.57%) Vue
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
4 1 (14.29%) KnockoutJS
4 1 (14.29%) Next.js
4 1 (14.29%) Playwright
4 1 (14.29%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (14.29%) Vitest
4 1 (14.29%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Structures
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 4 (57.14%) User Experience
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) UX Design
4 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
4 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (28.57%) Data Science
4 2 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (28.57%) Inclusive Design
4 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (28.57%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Sprint Retrospective
4 2 (28.57%) User Research
4 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
5 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 1 (14.29%) Micro Frontends
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
3 1 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Kony