Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contracts in Glasgow

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in Glasgow is £473, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 62 75
Rank change year-on-year -19 +13 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 5 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.62% 0.78% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.82% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 8
10th Percentile £430 £459 £411
25th Percentile £442 £473 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £528 £456
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +15.62% -8.75%
75th Percentile £492 £616 £503
90th Percentile £497 £666 £516
Scotland median daily rate £473 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -1.56% +6.67% -3.02%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 775 733 891
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 94.83% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 517 610
10th Percentile £300 £250 £325
25th Percentile £368 £363 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £497
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -9.41% +10.39%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £606 £630 £675
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 32 28
10th Percentile - £11.59 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.92 £13.03
Median hourly rate £19.90 £40.94 £16.11
Median % change year-on-year -51.39% +154.13% -56.96%
75th Percentile £26.21 £54.69 £35.00
90th Percentile £59.75 £62.50 £59.29
Scotland median hourly rate £19.71 £18.27 £17.72
% change year-on-year +7.88% +3.10% -52.66%

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

Job postings that featured Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Glasgow

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Glasgow

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Glasgow

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 11 July 2025, Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) Node.js
1 5 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 5 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Design Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) Clean Code
2 4 (80.00%) Jenkins
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) React
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) webpack
2 4 (80.00%) SOLID
2 4 (80.00%) Redux
2 4 (80.00%) CSS3
2 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 4 (80.00%) RESTful
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
3 3 (60.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (40.00%) Service Design
4 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (40.00%) User Experience
4 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
4 2 (40.00%) UX Design
4 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
5 1 (20.00%) Express.js

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (20.00%) MariaDB
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (80.00%) webpack
2 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) Node.js
2 4 (80.00%) CSS3
2 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 4 (80.00%) React
2 4 (80.00%) Redux
2 4 (80.00%) RESTful
3 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (20.00%) Express.js
4 1 (20.00%) REST
4 1 (20.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 4 (80.00%) Clean Code
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) Design Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) SOLID
3 2 (40.00%) Service Design
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 2 (40.00%) UX Design
3 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (20.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle