Front End Development Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Front End Development skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.90% - 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% - 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £470 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.63%
75th Percentile £490 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £480 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -22.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 181 151 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 85.78% 92.64% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 75 92
10th Percentile £200 £333 £350
25th Percentile £405 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -14.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £570 £555 £645
90th Percentile £626 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £463 £475 £533
% change year-on-year -2.63% -10.80% +1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 6
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.75 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £15.50 £18.19
Median hourly rate £19.25 £18.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -6.33% +19.70%
75th Percentile £20.63 £50.00 £29.06
90th Percentile £36.00 £70.00 £32.88
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £18.50 £19.75
% change year-on-year +4.05% -6.33% +22.06%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Front End Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Front End Development in Newcastle upon Tyne

Front End Development
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Front End Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) Jest
1 4 (100.00%) Node.js
1 4 (100.00%) Sass
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) WCAG