Front End Development Contracts in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Front End Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Front End Development over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 221 128
Rank change year-on-year +43 -93 -16
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 492 613 1,527
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.32% 1.21% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.34% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 435 1,161
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £424 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +23.63%
75th Percentile £650 £671 £669
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 15
10th Percentile £68.81 - £22.86
25th Percentile £70.78 £80.75 £32.63
Median hourly rate £71.87 £81.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +36.97% +56.83%
75th Percentile £75.00 £82.25 £67.43
90th Percentile £79.50 - £75.51
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £59.75 £57.25
% change year-on-year +17.15% +4.37% +52.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Front End Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,205 45,779 64,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.51% 90.27% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,157 32,091 45,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,623 1,778
10th Percentile £12.87 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.62 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.16
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 +57 338 £550 -4.35% 125
North of England +11 73 £500 -1.96% 78
North West +47 57 £500 +5.26% 52
South West +29 28 £463 +8.82% 21
Yorkshire -10 16 £550 +4.76% 19
Midlands 0 14 £413 -2.94% 25
South East -1 14 £500 +25.00% 21
East Midlands 0 9 £425 +2.41% 7
East of England +2 6 £500 -28.57% 24
West Midlands +16 5 £400 -20.00% 18
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 24 (4.88%) CMS
2 9 (1.83%) BizTalk Server
2 9 (1.83%) Confluence
2 9 (1.83%) WordPress
3 8 (1.63%) Apache
4 5 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.02%) Tornado
5 2 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.41%) nginx
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.20%) Camunda
6 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.20%) Drupal
6 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.61%) Sketch
3 1 (0.20%) InVision
3 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.02%) Endur
2 4 (0.81%) Shopify
3 2 (0.41%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 118 (23.98%) AWS
2 77 (15.65%) Azure
3 34 (6.91%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (6.10%) GitHub
5 28 (5.69%) Serverless
6 27 (5.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 24 (4.88%) GCP
8 23 (4.67%) Azure Service Bus
9 19 (3.86%) npm
10 16 (3.25%) Amazon S3
11 14 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (2.85%) Figma
12 13 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
12 13 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.64%) Azure Functions
12 13 (2.64%) Azure Pipelines
13 10 (2.03%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.83%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.24%) HTTP
2 3 (0.61%) Intranet
3 1 (0.20%) Broadband
3 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.20%) NFC
3 1 (0.20%) PPP
3 1 (0.20%) RTSP
3 1 (0.20%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.74%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.11%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (6.10%) Relational Database
4 23 (4.67%) MongoDB
5 19 (3.86%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.63%) MySQL
9 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.02%) Apache Ignite
10 5 (1.02%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.81%) Redis
12 2 (0.41%) Big Data
12 2 (0.41%) GIS
12 2 (0.41%) InterSystems Cache
12 2 (0.41%) RavenDB
13 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.20%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 81 (16.46%) Git
2 36 (7.32%) JIRA
3 29 (5.89%) webpack
4 25 (5.08%) Jenkins
5 22 (4.47%) JUnit
6 18 (3.66%) GitLab
7 15 (3.05%) Cypress.io
8 9 (1.83%) TeamCity
9 7 (1.42%) SonarQube
10 6 (1.22%) Babel
10 6 (1.22%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.22%) git-flow
10 6 (1.22%) Maven
11 5 (1.02%) Pylint
11 5 (1.02%) Storybook
12 4 (0.81%) Gradle
12 4 (0.81%) Jasmine
12 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.61%) Postman
General
1 84 (17.07%) Finance
2 79 (16.06%) Social Skills
3 57 (11.59%) Public Sector
4 55 (11.18%) Banking
5 40 (8.13%) Front Office
6 39 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.85%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.64%) Local Government
9 12 (2.44%) Back Office
9 12 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.63%) Marketing
11 6 (1.22%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.02%) Retail Banking
13 4 (0.81%) Advertising
13 4 (0.81%) Law
13 4 (0.81%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.61%) Automotive
14 3 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.61%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.61%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 401 (81.50%) Developer
2 198 (40.24%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 94 (19.11%) Senior
4 73 (14.84%) Senior Developer
5 57 (11.59%) React Developer
6 42 (8.54%) Full Stack Developer
6 42 (8.54%) Java Developer
6 42 (8.54%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 40 (8.13%) Angular Developer
8 35 (7.11%) UI Developer
9 34 (6.91%) Software Engineer
10 24 (4.88%) C# Developer
11 20 (4.07%) Lead
12 18 (3.66%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 18 (3.66%) Software Developer
13 15 (3.05%) Backend Developer
14 13 (2.64%) JavaScript Developer
14 13 (2.64%) Senior Software Engineer
14 13 (2.64%) UX Developer
15 12 (2.44%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 255 (51.83%) React
2 144 (29.27%) CSS
3 140 (28.46%) HTML
4 109 (22.15%) AngularJS
5 89 (18.09%) REST
6 72 (14.63%) Node.js
7 68 (13.82%) .NET
8 55 (11.18%) Redux
8 55 (11.18%) Spring
9 50 (10.16%) Spring Boot
10 43 (8.74%) Hibernate
11 39 (7.93%) Next.js
12 37 (7.52%) JPA
13 33 (6.71%) Vue
14 31 (6.30%) .NET Core
15 28 (5.69%) HTML5
15 28 (5.69%) WebSockets
16 25 (5.08%) jQuery
17 23 (4.67%) GraphQL
17 23 (4.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.30%) Fixed Income
2 17 (3.46%) Cloud Native
2 17 (3.46%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.05%) Renewable Energy
4 12 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.83%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.63%) Solar Panel
8 6 (1.22%) Distributed Architecture
8 6 (1.22%) Wiki
9 5 (1.02%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.02%) Hedge funds
9 5 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.61%) Derivative
11 3 (0.61%) Equities
11 3 (0.61%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.41%) Graphic Design
12 2 (0.41%) Online Banking
12 2 (0.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.44%) Windows
2 9 (1.83%) Linux
3 2 (0.41%) Android
3 2 (0.41%) Unix
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.20%) CentOS
4 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (38.21%) Agile
2 98 (19.92%) Software Engineering
3 97 (19.72%) User Experience
4 96 (19.51%) DevOps
5 89 (18.09%) CI/CD
6 84 (17.07%) Full Stack Development
7 65 (13.21%) Microservices
8 60 (12.20%) UX Design
9 54 (10.98%) Mentoring
10 51 (10.37%) TDD
11 47 (9.55%) Scrum
12 45 (9.15%) Clean Code
13 43 (8.74%) Web Development
14 41 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (8.33%) Unit Testing
15 38 (7.72%) Problem-Solving
16 36 (7.32%) Design Patterns
17 33 (6.71%) Test Automation
18 31 (6.30%) Code Quality
18 31 (6.30%) OO
Programming Languages
1 223 (45.33%) JavaScript
2 173 (35.16%) TypeScript
3 98 (19.92%) Java
4 87 (17.68%) C#
5 77 (15.65%) SQL
6 65 (13.21%) Python
7 16 (3.25%) Bicep
8 10 (2.03%) C++
8 10 (2.03%) Go
8 10 (2.03%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.83%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.63%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.22%) Bash
11 6 (1.22%) PHP
11 6 (1.22%) Ruby
12 3 (0.61%) JSX
12 3 (0.61%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.20%) F#
13 1 (0.20%) R
13 1 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 81 (16.46%) Security Cleared
2 77 (15.65%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.50%) Degree
4 20 (4.07%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.42%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.20%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.94%) Accessibility
2 24 (4.88%) WCAG
3 21 (4.27%) QA
4 7 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (9.76%) Docker
2 17 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.81%) zsh
4 1 (0.20%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 63 (12.80%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (1.42%) Terraform
4 4 (0.81%) Grafana
5 3 (0.61%) Istio
6 1 (0.20%) Ansible
6 1 (0.20%) Kibana
6 1 (0.20%) Podman
6 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 26 (5.28%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.88%) Google
3 14 (2.85%) Oracle
4 9 (1.83%) MuleSoft
5 5 (1.02%) Confluent
5 5 (1.02%) Databricks
6 4 (0.81%) Adobe
6 4 (0.81%) Black Duck
6 4 (0.81%) Optimizely
7 3 (0.61%) Xamarin
8 2 (0.41%) Maxymiser
8 2 (0.41%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.41%) Splunk
9 1 (0.20%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.20%) Avaloq
9 1 (0.20%) Foundry
9 1 (0.20%) Mapbox
9 1 (0.20%) SAP
9 1 (0.20%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.20%) Sun