Front End Development Contract Job Trends in the North East

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Front End Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 37 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 8 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 2.13% 1.62% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 1.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 £363 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% - -
England median daily rate £475 £494 £545
% change year-on-year -3.80% -9.40% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £45.85 - -
25th Percentile £47.88 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £54.38 - -
90th Percentile £54.75 - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £41.50 £77.50
% change year-on-year +26.51% -46.45% +19.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 332 285 222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 88.53% 92.53% 86.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 130 150
10th Percentile £171 £310 £248
25th Percentile £361 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £542 £593 £575
90th Percentile £599 £702 £711
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 29 14
10th Percentile £14.28 £14.50 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.50 £16.44
Median hourly rate £24.08 £19.00 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.74% -3.80% -12.22%
75th Percentile £53.19 £46.18 £43.07
90th Percentile £54.13 £50.94 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Front End Development job vacancy trend in the North East

Front End Development
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Front End Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Front End Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front End Development within the North East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Tyne and Wear -4 8 £364 +4.00% 13
Front End Development
England

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) NoSQL
1 3 (37.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Mocha
1 3 (37.50%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) User Researcher
4 1 (12.50%) HTML CSS Developer
4 1 (12.50%) HTML Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior JavaScript Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Open Source Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) AngularJS
1 3 (37.50%) CSS
1 3 (37.50%) HTML
1 3 (37.50%) Jest
1 3 (37.50%) Quarkus
2 2 (25.00%) Express.js
2 2 (25.00%) Node.js
2 2 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (50.00%) User Experience
2 4 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps
3 3 (37.50%) Microservices
3 3 (37.50%) Open Source
3 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (37.50%) Sprint Review
3 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Ergonomics
4 2 (25.00%) Line Management
4 2 (25.00%) Market Research
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (25.00%) Psychology
4 2 (25.00%) Qualitative Research
4 2 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Java
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Accessibility
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (25.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Argo
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Red Hat