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

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

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) daily rate in the South East is £208, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 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
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 197 214
Rank change year-on-year +39 +17 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.089% 0.11% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.12% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile - £294 -
25th Percentile £204 £375 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -53.89% -7.69% -22.00%
75th Percentile £211 £500 £494
90th Percentile - £538 -
England median daily rate £444 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -11.25% -16.67% -7.69%

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 3,045 5,174 5,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.41% 94.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,968 3,055 3,844
10th Percentile £213 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £630 £605
90th Percentile £660 £696 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 503 250
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.00 £21.09
Median hourly rate £27.88 £54.88 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.19% +9.75% +137.81%
75th Percentile £60.56 £70.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £74.81
England median hourly rate £28.18 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.55% -6.98% +70.01%

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
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 Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Surrey +23 3 £208 -7.78% 1
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 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 Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Perl
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) Xcode
1 3 (100.00%) Ajax
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
1 3 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (100.00%) Android Studio
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) React
1 3 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 3 (100.00%) Sauce Labs
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 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 3 (100.00%) SaaS
1 3 (100.00%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Android Studio
1 3 (100.00%) Browser DevTools
1 3 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 3 (100.00%) Xcode
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Ajax
1 3 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 3 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Perl
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk