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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 9 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.92% 2.06% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% 2.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £364 £350 -
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £46.53 - -
25th Percentile £49.56 - -
Median hourly rate £53.75 - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £53.75 - -

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 279 182 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 90.58% 93.81% 85.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 89 99
10th Percentile £170 £295 £245
25th Percentile £363 £354 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -7.22% -11.82%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £594
90th Percentile £595 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 7
10th Percentile £14.05 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £17.59 £14.97 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £16.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -17.95% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.75 £26.13
90th Percentile £54.50 £50.00 £32.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £27.63 £16.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +72.66% -13.51% -17.78%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Front End Development job vacancy trend 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
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

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

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 4 (44.44%) OpenShift
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) NoSQL
1 3 (33.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) SonarQube
2 3 (33.33%) Mocha
General
1 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Front-End Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Java Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Java Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) User Researcher
4 1 (11.11%) HTML CSS Developer
4 1 (11.11%) HTML Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior JavaScript Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Open Source Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) AngularJS
1 4 (44.44%) Quarkus
2 3 (33.33%) CSS
2 3 (33.33%) HTML
2 3 (33.33%) Jest
3 2 (22.22%) Express.js
3 2 (22.22%) Node.js
3 2 (22.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Unit Testing
3 4 (44.44%) DevSecOps
3 4 (44.44%) Scrum
3 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) Sprint Planning
3 4 (44.44%) Sprint Review
3 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
3 4 (44.44%) User Experience
3 4 (44.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (33.33%) Microservices
4 3 (33.33%) Open Source
4 3 (33.33%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) BDD
5 2 (22.22%) Coaching
5 2 (22.22%) Line Management
5 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 2 (22.22%) Progressive Enhancement
5 2 (22.22%) Qualitative Research
5 2 (22.22%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) QA
2 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 2 (22.22%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (22.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Argo
1 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Red Hat