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

Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
UK > England

The median Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer) daily rate in England is £522, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 506 570
Rank change year-on-year -34 +64 +179
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer) 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.004% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £375 - -
25th Percentile £468 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £522 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,233 28,165 35,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.89% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,092 17,437 24,751
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,705 974 1,399
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.34 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £74.42 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

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

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

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

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

Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer) in England over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer) in England

Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer) job vacancies in England

Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
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 Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer) within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
North West - 2 £525 -
North of England - 2 £525 -
South East -14 1 £313 -
West Midlands - 1 £519 -
Midlands - 1 £519 -
Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java 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 England region featuring Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer) in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (75.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Node.js
3 2 (50.00%) React
3 2 (50.00%) Virgin Media
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (25.00%) GitHub
4 1 (25.00%) Hibernate
4 1 (25.00%) JPA
4 1 (25.00%) Material-UI
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) MVC
4 1 (25.00%) Playwright
4 1 (25.00%) Progressive Enhancement
4 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (25.00%) RESTful
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Spring
4 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
4 1 (25.00%) Spring MVC
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) UX Design

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (50.00%) Node.js
2 2 (50.00%) React
3 1 (25.00%) Hibernate
3 1 (25.00%) JPA
3 1 (25.00%) Material-UI
3 1 (25.00%) Playwright
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
3 1 (25.00%) Spring
3 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
3 1 (25.00%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Progressive Enhancement
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Virgin Media