Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contracts in the North West

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England > North West

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in the North West is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 122 143
Rank change year-on-year +23 +21 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 21 15 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.07% 0.54% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 0.58% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 14
10th Percentile £325 £380 £320
25th Percentile - £450 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -
75th Percentile £537 £528 £534
90th Percentile £557 £550 £551
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the North West

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the North West

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the North West

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the North West

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Manchester +21 16 £400 -15.79% 25
Merseyside +3 2 - - 5
Cheshire - 1 £525 -
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 19 (90.48%) JavaScript
3 17 (80.95%) HTML
3 17 (80.95%) CSS
4 12 (57.14%) HTML5
5 11 (52.38%) Node.js
5 11 (52.38%) React
6 10 (47.62%) RESTful
6 10 (47.62%) Agile
7 9 (42.86%) Accessibility
8 8 (38.10%) .NET
8 8 (38.10%) Sass
9 7 (33.33%) Git
10 6 (28.57%) REST
10 6 (28.57%) Azure
10 6 (28.57%) Mocha
10 6 (28.57%) Test Automation
10 6 (28.57%) Jasmine
10 6 (28.57%) User Experience
10 6 (28.57%) TDD
10 6 (28.57%) WCAG
11 5 (23.81%) Web Design
11 5 (23.81%) jQuery
11 5 (23.81%) Web Development
11 5 (23.81%) Java
11 5 (23.81%) B2B
11 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
11 5 (23.81%) Responsive Web Design
11 5 (23.81%) Mustache
11 5 (23.81%) Web Accessibility

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (9.52%) GIS
1 2 (9.52%) ObjectStore
2 1 (4.76%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Git
2 6 (28.57%) Jasmine
2 6 (28.57%) Mocha
3 5 (23.81%) Babel
3 5 (23.81%) webpack
4 4 (19.05%) Grunt
4 4 (19.05%) gulp
4 4 (19.05%) Subversion
5 2 (9.52%) GitLab
General
1 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (80.95%) CSS
1 17 (80.95%) HTML
2 12 (57.14%) HTML5
3 11 (52.38%) Node.js
3 11 (52.38%) React
4 10 (47.62%) RESTful
5 8 (38.10%) .NET
5 8 (38.10%) Sass
6 6 (28.57%) REST
7 5 (23.81%) jQuery
7 5 (23.81%) Mustache
8 4 (19.05%) AngularJS
9 2 (9.52%) CSS3
9 2 (9.52%) GeoJSON
9 2 (9.52%) Google Maps API
9 2 (9.52%) Leaflet
9 2 (9.52%) MapLibre
9 2 (9.52%) RxJS
10 1 (4.76%) Jest
10 1 (4.76%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 3 (14.29%) Mac OS X
2 3 (14.29%) Unix
3 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 10 (47.62%) Agile
3 6 (28.57%) TDD
3 6 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 6 (28.57%) User Experience
4 5 (23.81%) API Development
4 5 (23.81%) B2B
4 5 (23.81%) Code Quality
4 5 (23.81%) Responsive Web Design
4 5 (23.81%) Web Accessibility
4 5 (23.81%) Web Design
4 5 (23.81%) Web Development
5 3 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Deployment
6 2 (9.52%) API Integration
6 2 (9.52%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (9.52%) Digital Twin
6 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (9.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 19 (90.48%) JavaScript
2 5 (23.81%) Java
3 2 (9.52%) C#
3 2 (9.52%) Python
3 2 (9.52%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 6 (28.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Google
2 2 (9.52%) Mapbox