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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
North West > Manchester

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in Manchester is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 84 111
Rank change year-on-year +21 +27 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 16 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.73% 0.79% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% 0.82% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 7
10th Percentile £316 £360 £278
25th Percentile - £450 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £481 £500 £528
90th Percentile £537 £534 £569
North West median daily rate £400 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -15.79% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

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

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

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

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

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

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in Manchester

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

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

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Stockport - 6 £400 -
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
North West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Manchester region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 16 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 14 (87.50%) HTML
2 14 (87.50%) CSS
3 10 (62.50%) HTML5
4 9 (56.25%) Node.js
4 9 (56.25%) React
4 9 (56.25%) Agile
5 8 (50.00%) .NET
5 8 (50.00%) RESTful
6 7 (43.75%) Git
7 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
7 6 (37.50%) REST
8 5 (31.25%) Responsive Web Design
8 5 (31.25%) Jasmine
8 5 (31.25%) Mustache
8 5 (31.25%) Sass
8 5 (31.25%) Mocha
8 5 (31.25%) Azure
8 5 (31.25%) webpack
8 5 (31.25%) User Experience
8 5 (31.25%) Babel
8 5 (31.25%) API Development
8 5 (31.25%) Web Accessibility
8 5 (31.25%) WCAG
8 5 (31.25%) jQuery
8 5 (31.25%) Java
8 5 (31.25%) B2B
8 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
8 5 (31.25%) Web Design

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (12.50%) GIS
1 2 (12.50%) ObjectStore
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Git
2 5 (31.25%) Babel
2 5 (31.25%) Jasmine
2 5 (31.25%) Mocha
2 5 (31.25%) webpack
3 4 (25.00%) Grunt
3 4 (25.00%) gulp
3 4 (25.00%) Subversion
4 2 (12.50%) GitLab
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (87.50%) CSS
1 14 (87.50%) HTML
2 10 (62.50%) HTML5
3 9 (56.25%) Node.js
3 9 (56.25%) React
4 8 (50.00%) .NET
4 8 (50.00%) RESTful
5 6 (37.50%) REST
6 5 (31.25%) jQuery
6 5 (31.25%) Mustache
6 5 (31.25%) Sass
7 4 (25.00%) AngularJS
8 2 (12.50%) GeoJSON
8 2 (12.50%) Google Maps API
8 2 (12.50%) Leaflet
8 2 (12.50%) MapLibre
9 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
2 3 (18.75%) Mac OS X
2 3 (18.75%) Unix
3 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 9 (56.25%) Agile
3 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 5 (31.25%) API Development
4 5 (31.25%) B2B
4 5 (31.25%) Code Quality
4 5 (31.25%) Responsive Web Design
4 5 (31.25%) User Experience
4 5 (31.25%) Web Accessibility
4 5 (31.25%) Web Design
5 4 (25.00%) TDD
6 3 (18.75%) Continuous Deployment
6 3 (18.75%) Web Development
7 2 (12.50%) Containerisation
7 2 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (12.50%) Digital Twin
7 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (12.50%) RBAC
7 2 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (31.25%) Java
3 2 (12.50%) C#
3 2 (12.50%) Python
3 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Accessibility
1 5 (31.25%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Google
2 2 (12.50%) Mapbox