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

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

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) daily rate in the Midlands is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 131 132
Rank change year-on-year -24 +1 -
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 9 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.29% 0.040% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.043% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £431 - -
25th Percentile £446 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £534 £475 -
90th Percentile £580 - -
England median daily rate £438 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -7.89% -13.64% -12.00%

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 2,759 2,333 2,518
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 92.99% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 1,450 1,740
10th Percentile £216 £225 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 98 116
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.00 £14.19
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.38 £16.92
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.44% +19.10% +13.90%
75th Percentile £27.21 £32.13 £31.59
90th Percentile £40.25 £50.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

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

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 the Midlands.

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

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

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

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

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

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

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
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 Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 December 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 - 7 £450 - 7
East Midlands - 2 £448 - 6
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
England

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 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 Midlands region featuring Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) AngularJS
2 4 (44.44%) Playwright
3 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (33.33%) React
3 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
4 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (22.22%) GraphQL
4 2 (22.22%) Jest
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) A/B Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Adobe
5 1 (11.11%) Apollo GraphQL
5 1 (11.11%) AWS
5 1 (11.11%) AWS CodeBuild
5 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
5 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
5 1 (11.11%) Cypress.io
5 1 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (11.11%) Enzyme
5 1 (11.11%) Front End Development

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) AWS CodeBuild
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub
1 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Cypress.io
General
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) AngularJS
1 4 (44.44%) Playwright
2 3 (33.33%) React
3 2 (22.22%) GraphQL
3 2 (22.22%) Jest
4 1 (11.11%) Apollo GraphQL
4 1 (11.11%) Enzyme
4 1 (11.11%) Next.js
4 1 (11.11%) Node.js
4 1 (11.11%) React Native
4 1 (11.11%) Redux
4 1 (11.11%) REST
4 1 (11.11%) RESTful
4 1 (11.11%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
2 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) A/B Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
3 1 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (11.11%) Front End Development
3 1 (11.11%) Microservices
3 1 (11.11%) Monorepo
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
3 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe
1 1 (11.11%) Google