Senior Front-End Developer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer)
England > North of England

The median Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer) daily rate in the North of England is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 165 195
Rank change year-on-year -24 +30 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Front-End Developer 5 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.12% 0.048% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.053% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £380 £475
25th Percentile £619 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £656 £463 -
90th Percentile - £470 -
England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,840 3,804 4,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.17% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,543 2,079 3,208
10th Percentile £219 £263 £263
25th Percentile £369 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £569 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 231 219
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.22 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.48 £18.00 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +19.49% +28.24%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £62.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Senior Front-End Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Front-End Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Senior Front-End Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior Front-End Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Front-End Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Front-End Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Front-End Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Yorkshire - 3 £638 - 3
North East - 3 - - 2
Senior Front-End Developer
England

Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Senior Front-End Developer 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 North of England region featuring Senior Front-End Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Open Source
1 5 (100.00%) Mocha
1 5 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 5 (100.00%) Redis
1 5 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 5 (100.00%) Jest
1 5 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) React
2 4 (80.00%) Node.js
2 4 (80.00%) Express.js
2 4 (80.00%) WCAG
3 3 (60.00%) Progressive Enhancement
3 3 (60.00%) BDD
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) TDD
3 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
3 3 (60.00%) Docker
3 3 (60.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Web Development
4 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (40.00%) Line Management
4 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (40.00%) Coaching

Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 5 (100.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Mocha
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) Jest
2 4 (80.00%) Express.js
2 4 (80.00%) Node.js
2 4 (80.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 5 (100.00%) Open Source
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) BDD
3 3 (60.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Progressive Enhancement
3 3 (60.00%) TDD
4 2 (40.00%) Coaching
4 2 (40.00%) Line Management
4 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (40.00%) User Experience
4 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (40.00%) Web Development
5 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (80.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Docker