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 £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 123 134
Rank change year-on-year +15 +11 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 19 7 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.97% 0.30% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.32% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 20
10th Percentile £441 £398 £257
25th Percentile £463 £450 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £675 £449
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +50.42% -10.25%
75th Percentile £600 £750 £609
90th Percentile £625 £765 £693
London median daily rate £519 £541 £575
% change year-on-year -4.16% -5.87% -4.17%

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 1,817 2,183 3,044
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 94.09% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,234 1,408 2,117
10th Percentile £315 £363 £329
25th Percentile £424 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +3.54%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £781 £800
London median daily rate £543 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 26 13
10th Percentile £18.51 £20.36 £16.69
25th Percentile £22.75 £24.20 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% - -15.66%
75th Percentile £43.75 £42.13 £42.32
90th Percentile £64.11 £115.00 £65.50
London median hourly rate £30.25 £35.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -13.57% -6.27% +14.89%

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)
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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +23 18 £475 -33.33% 2
City of Westminster - 1 £409 -
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 18 September 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 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 16 (84.21%) React
2 12 (63.16%) Front End Development
3 10 (52.63%) Agile
4 7 (36.84%) Java
4 7 (36.84%) TypeScript
5 6 (31.58%) CSS
5 6 (31.58%) HTML
5 6 (31.58%) Clean Code
5 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
6 5 (26.32%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (26.32%) AWS
6 5 (26.32%) Next.js
6 5 (26.32%) AngularJS
7 4 (21.05%) HTML5
7 4 (21.05%) User Experience
7 4 (21.05%) JIRA
7 4 (21.05%) Finance
8 3 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (15.79%) Python
8 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
8 3 (15.79%) Front Office
8 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
8 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
8 3 (15.79%) UX Design
8 3 (15.79%) Amazon S3
8 3 (15.79%) Confluence
8 3 (15.79%) GraphQL
8 3 (15.79%) Kafka
8 3 (15.79%) Microservices
8 3 (15.79%) REST

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 3 (15.79%) Confluence
2 1 (5.26%) CMS
2 1 (5.26%) Drupal
2 1 (5.26%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) AWS
2 3 (15.79%) Amazon S3
3 1 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Functions
3 1 (5.26%) GCP
3 1 (5.26%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) GitLab
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Front Office
3 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (84.21%) React
2 6 (31.58%) CSS
2 6 (31.58%) HTML
3 5 (26.32%) AngularJS
3 5 (26.32%) Next.js
4 4 (21.05%) HTML5
5 3 (15.79%) GraphQL
5 3 (15.79%) Kafka
5 3 (15.79%) REST
5 3 (15.79%) Svelte
6 1 (5.26%) Django
6 1 (5.26%) Flutter
6 1 (5.26%) jQuery
6 1 (5.26%) Sass
6 1 (5.26%) Twig
6 1 (5.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Front End Development
2 10 (52.63%) Agile
3 6 (31.58%) Clean Code
4 5 (26.32%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (21.05%) User Experience
6 3 (15.79%) Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) Microservices
6 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
6 3 (15.79%) UX Design
7 2 (10.53%) Code Quality
7 2 (10.53%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (10.53%) Sprint Retrospective
8 1 (5.26%) Budget Responsibility
8 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
8 1 (5.26%) Containerisation
8 1 (5.26%) Customer Service
8 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
8 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (5.26%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) Java
1 7 (36.84%) TypeScript
2 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.79%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) Dart
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.26%) QA
1 1 (5.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Google
1 1 (5.26%) Kony