Front End Development Contract Job Trends in Essex

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Front End Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 18 27
Rank change year-on-year -13 +9 +7
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.39% 1.15% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.20% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £458 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.66% -7.00% +2.30%
75th Percentile £588 £473 £597
90th Percentile - - £599
East of England median daily rate £613 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +17.79% +4.00% -13.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 192 83 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 75.59% 95.40% 82.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 38 93
10th Percentile £300 £219 £194
25th Percentile £338 £316 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £505 £476 £551
90th Percentile £588 £500 £600
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 18 52
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.25 £10.59
25th Percentile £16.08 £15.19 £15.93
Median hourly rate £20.51 £32.50 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.89% -43.23% +28.57%
75th Percentile £44.64 £48.30 £80.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £144.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -6.25% +81.82%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Front End Development job vacancy trend in Essex

Front End Development
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Front End Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Front End Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Basildon -7 1 £575 +23.66% 2
Front End Development
East of England

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility