Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contracts in the South East

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England > South East

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in the South East is £409, 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 145 194 211
Rank change year-on-year +49 +17 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 14 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.47% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.21% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 9
10th Percentile £250 £285 £295
25th Percentile £382 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +3.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £521 £500 £550
90th Percentile - £560 £597
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the South East

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the South East

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the South East

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the South East

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +43 6 £394 +12.64% 1
Berkshire +33 6 £394 +26.16% 1
Surrey +20 5 £400 -3.03% 1
Hampshire +28 3 £514 -2.10% 3
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
England

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

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 South East region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 12 (85.71%) CSS
2 12 (85.71%) React
3 10 (71.43%) TypeScript
4 9 (64.29%) Git
4 9 (64.29%) HTML
5 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
5 8 (57.14%) User Experience
6 6 (42.86%) UX Design
6 6 (42.86%) Azure
6 6 (42.86%) Web Development
7 5 (35.71%) Agile
7 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
7 5 (35.71%) AngularJS
7 5 (35.71%) Sprint Retrospective
7 5 (35.71%) Sprint Planning
8 4 (28.57%) Next.js
8 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
8 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
8 4 (28.57%) Vue
8 4 (28.57%) Bootstrap
8 4 (28.57%) C#
9 3 (21.43%) Degree
9 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
9 3 (21.43%) Wireframes
9 3 (21.43%) Framer.js
9 3 (21.43%) Vite
9 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (21.43%) Figma
9 3 (21.43%) Code Quality

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

Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Figma
3 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Firebase
3 2 (14.29%) SaaS
3 2 (14.29%) Veeva
4 1 (7.14%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (64.29%) Git
2 3 (21.43%) Vite
3 2 (14.29%) Cypress.io
3 2 (14.29%) Selenium
3 2 (14.29%) SpecFlow
3 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
4 1 (7.14%) JIRA
4 1 (7.14%) Maven
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Electronics
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (85.71%) CSS
1 12 (85.71%) React
2 9 (64.29%) HTML
3 5 (35.71%) AngularJS
4 4 (28.57%) Bootstrap
4 4 (28.57%) Next.js
4 4 (28.57%) Vue
5 3 (21.43%) Framer.js
6 2 (14.29%) .NET
6 2 (14.29%) .NET Core
6 2 (14.29%) JSON
6 2 (14.29%) RESTful
6 2 (14.29%) WebSockets
6 2 (14.29%) YAML
7 1 (7.14%) Google Maps API
7 1 (7.14%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (7.14%) Java EE
7 1 (7.14%) Node.js
7 1 (7.14%) Swagger
7 1 (7.14%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
1 2 (14.29%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 8 (57.14%) User Experience
3 6 (42.86%) UX Design
3 6 (42.86%) Web Development
4 5 (35.71%) Agile
4 5 (35.71%) Sprint Planning
4 5 (35.71%) Sprint Retrospective
4 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
5 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
6 3 (21.43%) Code Quality
6 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (21.43%) Wireframes
7 2 (14.29%) Clean Code
7 2 (14.29%) Design Patterns
7 2 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Insurtech
7 2 (14.29%) Product Backlog
7 2 (14.29%) Progressive Web App
7 2 (14.29%) SOLID
7 2 (14.29%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) TypeScript
2 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 4 (28.57%) C#
4 1 (7.14%) Java
4 1 (7.14%) Python
4 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Google
2 1 (7.14%) SAP