Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contracts in the Midlands

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England > Midlands

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in the Midlands is £420, 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 102 129 141
Rank change year-on-year +27 +12 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 9 4 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.47% 0.15% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.16% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 20
10th Percentile £326 - £386
25th Percentile £363 - £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £550 £466
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +18.03% +3.56%
75th Percentile £467 - £541
90th Percentile £489 - £700
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
England median hourly rate - £55.00 £81.50
% change year-on-year - -32.52% +24.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +21 8 £440 - 12
East Midlands +8 1 £270 -50.91% 10
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) JavaScript
1 8 (88.89%) Front End Development
2 7 (77.78%) React
3 5 (55.56%) HTML
3 5 (55.56%) Java
3 5 (55.56%) CSS
3 5 (55.56%) Agile
4 4 (44.44%) Microservices
4 4 (44.44%) Node.js
4 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
5 3 (33.33%) Next.js
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (33.33%) TDD
5 3 (33.33%) SQL
5 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
6 2 (22.22%) RESTful
6 2 (22.22%) QA
6 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
6 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
6 2 (22.22%) Ajax
6 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
6 2 (22.22%) Adobe
6 2 (22.22%) Pair Programming
6 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) HTML5

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub
1 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) NoSQL
2 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
1 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
1 1 (11.11%) GitLab
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) JUnit
1 1 (11.11%) Maven
1 1 (11.11%) Mockito
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
1 1 (11.11%) SonarQube
1 1 (11.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) React
2 5 (55.56%) CSS
2 5 (55.56%) HTML
3 4 (44.44%) Node.js
4 3 (33.33%) Next.js
5 2 (22.22%) Ajax
5 2 (22.22%) CSS3
5 2 (22.22%) HTML5
5 2 (22.22%) Jest
5 2 (22.22%) KnockoutJS
5 2 (22.22%) Redux
5 2 (22.22%) RequireJS
5 2 (22.22%) RESTful
6 1 (11.11%) .NET
6 1 (11.11%) Hibernate
6 1 (11.11%) JPA
6 1 (11.11%) JSON
6 1 (11.11%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (11.11%) REST
6 1 (11.11%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Front End Development
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
3 4 (44.44%) Microservices
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (33.33%) TDD
4 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (22.22%) Application Security
5 2 (22.22%) BDD
5 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Change Control
5 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
5 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Pair Programming
5 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
5 2 (22.22%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) JavaScript
2 5 (55.56%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (22.22%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Veracode