Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in Edinburgh is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
6 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 60 78
Rank change year-on-year -4 +18 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 3 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.50% 1.06% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 1.12% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £389 £419
25th Percentile £475 £390 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £414 £477
Median % change year-on-year +20.70% -13.11% +1.01%
75th Percentile £525 £444 £489
90th Percentile - £491 £496
Scotland median daily rate £463 £445 £438
% change year-on-year +3.93% +1.71% -6.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 549 623 883
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.04% 94.68% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 322 534
10th Percentile £236 £213 £215
25th Percentile £413 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £456 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -4.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £649 £625
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +0.89% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 17
10th Percentile £23.60 £17.10 £13.23
25th Percentile £30.50 £19.64 £17.72
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.35% -32.60% +76.32%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile - - £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year +20.11% +7.38% +10.05%

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

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 Edinburgh.

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (66.67%) Express.js
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Node.js
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) Jest

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) Storybook
General
1 2 (66.67%) Back Office
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
2 2 (66.67%) Express.js
2 2 (66.67%) Node.js
2 2 (66.67%) REST
3 1 (33.33%) Jest
3 1 (33.33%) JWT
3 1 (33.33%) OAuth
3 1 (33.33%) React
3 1 (33.33%) Redux
3 1 (33.33%) RESTful
3 1 (33.33%) Vitest
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
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