Front End Development Contracts in England

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Front End Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Front End Development over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 178 221
Rank change year-on-year -48 +43 -94
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 287 487 608
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.18% 1.31% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.51% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 389 433
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £409 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £670
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -1.91% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £68.81 -
25th Percentile £37.80 £70.78 £80.75
Median hourly rate £40.59 £71.87 £81.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.52% -11.82% +35.83%
75th Percentile £43.39 £75.00 £82.25
90th Percentile - £79.50 -
UK median hourly rate £40.59 £70.00 £59.75
% change year-on-year -42.01% +17.15% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Front End Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Front End Development in England

Front End Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front End Development in England.

Daily rate trend for Front End Development in England

Front End Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front End Development in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Front End Development in England

Front End Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Front End Development in England.

Hourly rate trend for Front End Development in England

Front End Development
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London -60 170 £550 +0.92% 258
North of England -8 45 £450 -10.00% 125
North West -9 30 £425 -15.00% 77
South East +60 28 £409 -18.20% 97
Midlands +24 16 £440 +6.67% 56
West Midlands +22 13 £460 +15.00% 28
South West +28 10 £625 +35.14% 30
North East - 9 £470 - 30
Yorkshire -2 7 £473 -14.09% 22
East Midlands +4 3 £402 -5.41% 26
East of England +26 2 £575 +15.00% 23
Front End Development
UK

Front End Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 18 (6.27%) CMS
2 8 (2.79%) Headless CMS
3 6 (2.09%) nginx
4 5 (1.74%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (1.39%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.70%) Confluence
7 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.35%) Apache
7 1 (0.35%) Drupal
7 1 (0.35%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.35%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.35%) JBoss
7 1 (0.35%) MetaMask
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.35%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.79%) Adobe XD
1 8 (2.79%) Sketch
2 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Magento
1 2 (0.70%) Shopify
2 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.35%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 71 (24.74%) AWS
2 54 (18.82%) Azure
3 25 (8.71%) Figma
4 18 (6.27%) GitHub
5 16 (5.57%) Serverless
6 14 (4.88%) GCP
7 10 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (3.48%) Azure Functions
7 10 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (2.79%) SaaS
9 7 (2.44%) npm
10 6 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.74%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.74%) Azure Storage
12 4 (1.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.39%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.39%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.74%) SSL
2 3 (1.05%) HTTP
3 2 (0.70%) Firewall
4 1 (0.35%) ATM
4 1 (0.35%) Internet
4 1 (0.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.76%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (6.27%) MongoDB
3 14 (4.88%) NoSQL
3 14 (4.88%) Redis
4 12 (4.18%) MySQL
5 7 (2.44%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.44%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.05%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.70%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.70%) GIS
9 2 (0.70%) ObjectStore
9 2 (0.70%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.35%) Big Data
10 1 (0.35%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 53 (18.47%) Git
2 24 (8.36%) Jenkins
3 19 (6.62%) Cypress.io
4 15 (5.23%) webpack
5 11 (3.83%) Babel
5 11 (3.83%) GitLab
5 11 (3.83%) JIRA
5 11 (3.83%) Subversion
6 8 (2.79%) CircleCI
6 8 (2.79%) Grunt
6 8 (2.79%) SonarQube
7 7 (2.44%) Jasmine
7 7 (2.44%) Mocha
7 7 (2.44%) Postman
8 6 (2.09%) gulp
9 5 (1.74%) REST Assured
9 5 (1.74%) Selenium
10 4 (1.39%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.39%) Maven
10 4 (1.39%) Vite
General
1 72 (25.09%) Finance
2 64 (22.30%) Social Skills
3 31 (10.80%) Front Office
4 30 (10.45%) Public Sector
5 21 (7.32%) Banking
6 15 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (4.53%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.79%) Marketing
8 8 (2.79%) Military
8 8 (2.79%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (2.44%) Retail
10 4 (1.39%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.39%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.05%) Electronics
11 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.70%) Advertising
12 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.35%) Automotive
13 1 (0.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 203 (70.73%) Developer
2 112 (39.02%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 50 (17.42%) React Developer
4 43 (14.98%) Senior
5 34 (11.85%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (8.36%) Senior Developer
6 24 (8.36%) Software Engineer
7 19 (6.62%) Analyst
8 18 (6.27%) Business Analyst
8 18 (6.27%) Business Manager
8 18 (6.27%) Product Analyst
8 18 (6.27%) Product Business Analyst
8 18 (6.27%) Product Manager
9 17 (5.92%) Lead
10 13 (4.53%) JavaScript Developer
11 12 (4.18%) Java Developer
12 11 (3.83%) .NET Developer
12 11 (3.83%) Angular Developer
12 11 (3.83%) Designer
12 11 (3.83%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (50.17%) React
2 112 (39.02%) CSS
3 103 (35.89%) HTML
4 64 (22.30%) RESTful
5 57 (19.86%) AngularJS
6 56 (19.51%) Node.js
7 47 (16.38%) .NET
8 32 (11.15%) HTML5
9 27 (9.41%) Next.js
10 26 (9.06%) Vue
11 23 (8.01%) Sass
12 22 (7.67%) .NET Core
13 21 (7.32%) CSS3
13 21 (7.32%) Redux
13 21 (7.32%) REST
14 19 (6.62%) Jest
15 16 (5.57%) GraphQL
16 14 (4.88%) Spring
17 12 (4.18%) jQuery
17 12 (4.18%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.10%) Product Ownership
2 24 (8.36%) Fixed Income
2 24 (8.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (6.27%) Derivative
3 18 (6.27%) Equities
3 18 (6.27%) Hedge funds
4 11 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.48%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (3.14%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.09%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.39%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.39%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.39%) Video\Live Streaming
11 3 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.05%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.27%) Apple iOS
2 8 (2.79%) Linux
3 7 (2.44%) Unix
4 6 (2.09%) Windows
5 5 (1.74%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (44.25%) Agile
2 80 (27.87%) CI/CD
3 74 (25.78%) User Experience
4 64 (22.30%) Full-Stack Development
5 51 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (15.33%) DevOps
6 44 (15.33%) Microservices
7 43 (14.98%) Software Engineering
8 39 (13.59%) Test Automation
9 37 (12.89%) UX Design
10 35 (12.20%) Code Quality
11 27 (9.41%) Analytics
11 27 (9.41%) Artificial Intelligence
11 27 (9.41%) Containerisation
12 26 (9.06%) Investment Management
12 26 (9.06%) TDD
13 25 (8.71%) Web Development
14 24 (8.36%) Machine Learning
15 22 (7.67%) Asset Management
16 21 (7.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 136 (47.39%) JavaScript
2 95 (33.10%) TypeScript
3 48 (16.72%) Java
4 40 (13.94%) C#
5 36 (12.54%) Python
6 25 (8.71%) SQL
7 10 (3.48%) Go
8 9 (3.14%) PHP
9 7 (2.44%) C++
9 7 (2.44%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.74%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.74%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.39%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.05%) Groovy
12 3 (1.05%) Ruby
13 2 (0.70%) Bash
13 2 (0.70%) Scala
13 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.35%) JSX
14 1 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 46 (16.03%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.85%) SC Cleared
3 31 (10.80%) Degree
4 9 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (16.38%) Accessibility
2 23 (8.01%) WCAG
3 9 (3.14%) QA
4 2 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.35%) GDPR
5 1 (0.35%) MiFID
5 1 (0.35%) PERC
System Software
1 37 (12.89%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 40 (13.94%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.18%) Terraform
3 6 (2.09%) Grafana
4 5 (1.74%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.39%) Ansible
Vendors
1 21 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.23%) Adobe
3 11 (3.83%) Google
4 10 (3.48%) Oracle
5 8 (2.79%) SAP
6 5 (1.74%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.74%) Splunk
7 4 (1.39%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.05%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.05%) Zend
9 2 (0.70%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.70%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.70%) Mapbox
9 2 (0.70%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.70%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.35%) IBM
10 1 (0.35%) Perforce
10 1 (0.35%) Siemens
10 1 (0.35%) Sun
10 1 (0.35%) Virgin Media