Front End Development Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Front End Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 76 104
Rank change year-on-year -18 +28 +7
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 14 8 11
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.77% 0.76% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.88% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 9
10th Percentile £331 - £463
25th Percentile £463 £300 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -25.00% -31.51%
75th Percentile - £491 £600
90th Percentile £725 £564 -
England median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Front End Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,471 908 1,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 80.78% 86.31% 86.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 440 819
10th Percentile £196 £247 £250
25th Percentile £350 £375 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £589
90th Percentile £675 £694 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 452 151 468
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.14 £17.02 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £40.00 £35.33
Median % change year-on-year -49.13% +13.23% +35.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.49% - -

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Front End Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Front End Development job vacancy trend in the East of England

Front End Development
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Front End Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front End Development in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Front End Development in the East of England

Front End Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Front End Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front End Development within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 February 2026. 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
Bedfordshire - 10 £600 - 3
Suffolk +4 2 £713 +58.33% 3
Cambridgeshire -3 1 £475 +8.57% 5
Hertfordshire - 1 £413 - 1
Front End Development
England

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 8 (57.14%) CMS
1 8 (57.14%) Sitecore CMS
Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) GCP
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (7.14%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) NoSQL
2 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Architect
1 6 (42.86%) Developer
1 6 (42.86%) Technical Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (21.43%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Applications Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Engineering Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
4 1 (7.14%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (85.71%) React
2 9 (64.29%) .NET
2 9 (64.29%) Node.js
3 8 (57.14%) AngularJS
4 7 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 7 (50.00%) ASP.NET Core
4 7 (50.00%) CSS
4 7 (50.00%) HTML
4 7 (50.00%) jQuery
5 6 (42.86%) REST
6 2 (14.29%) .NET Core
6 2 (14.29%) RESTful
7 1 (7.14%) Express.js
7 1 (7.14%) FastAPI
7 1 (7.14%) Jest
7 1 (7.14%) NestJS
7 1 (7.14%) Next.js
7 1 (7.14%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Agile
2 10 (71.43%) CI/CD
3 8 (57.14%) DevOps
3 8 (57.14%) Scrum
4 7 (50.00%) Microservices
4 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (42.86%) Data Governance
5 6 (42.86%) Personalization
5 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (14.29%) Code Quality
7 2 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
7 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 2 (14.29%) User Stories
8 1 (7.14%) Acceptance Criteria
8 1 (7.14%) API Development
8 1 (7.14%) Fintech
8 1 (7.14%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) C#
2 3 (21.43%) TypeScript
3 2 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Sitecore