Front End Development Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Front End Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 4.08% 1.96% 7.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.65% 2.38% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £656 - -
25th Percentile £666 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% -30.77% +4.00%
75th Percentile £747 - -
90th Percentile £749 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £700 £450 £650
% change year-on-year +55.56% -30.77% +4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43 42 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 87.76% 82.35% 98.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 21 42
10th Percentile £367 £300 £253
25th Percentile £425 £363 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -7.89% -20.83%
75th Percentile £713 £519 £628
90th Percentile £745 £600 £700
Suffolk median daily rate £450 £419 £475
% change year-on-year +7.46% -11.84% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £15.84 - £16.23
25th Percentile £16.36 - £20.31
Median hourly rate £17.46 £70.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -75.06% +152.25% +73.44%
75th Percentile £18.32 - £35.31
90th Percentile £18.68 - £39.48
Suffolk median hourly rate £23.75 £61.25 £14.00
% change year-on-year -61.22% +337.50% -12.50%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Front End Development job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Front End Development
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 (50.00%) Google Ads
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Engineering Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (50.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared