Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contract Job Trends in South London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
London > South London

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in South London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £525 £541 £573
% change year-on-year -3.00% -5.46% -4.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 170 199 304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 97.55% 96.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 129 229
10th Percentile £213 £274 £293
25th Percentile £350 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £632 £567 £600
90th Percentile £738 £743 £675
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 20
10th Percentile - - £14.73
25th Percentile - £17.25 £18.75
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -55.52% -0.62%
75th Percentile - £71.88 £55.00
90th Percentile - £73.75 £65.34
London median hourly rate £30.25 £35.00 £36.94
% change year-on-year -13.57% -5.25% +15.44%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in South London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in South London

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

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 London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Croydon - 1 £425 - 1
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
London

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 London region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) D3.js
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) User Research

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) D3.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG