Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Contract Job Trends in Essex

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

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) daily rate in Essex is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.34% - 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% - 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £540 - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £485
75th Percentile - - £543
90th Percentile - - £577
East of England median daily rate £600 - £485

All Contract IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 209 78 207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 96.30% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 40 106
10th Percentile £300 £188 £250
25th Percentile £325 £314 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £500 £486 £556
90th Percentile £588 £514 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 12 53
10th Percentile £15.55 £13.25 £12.86
25th Percentile £16.81 £14.44 £16.65
Median hourly rate £20.51 £26.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.87% -52.27% +27.91%
75th Percentile £42.14 £67.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £192.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £30.43 £50.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -39.14% +16.28% +20.11%

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancy trend in Essex

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
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 Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) within the Essex region over the 6 months to 7 May 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 - 2 £600 - 1
Brentwood - 1 £600 -
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
East of England

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 7 May 2026, Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 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 Essex region featuring Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) React
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) VPN

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) React
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript