Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Contract Job Trends in the South West

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

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) daily rate in the South West is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.039% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £445 £450 £520
% change year-on-year -1.11% -13.46% -15.10%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 2,312 1,803 2,832
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 93.66% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,321 1,102 1,830
10th Percentile £236 £210 £215
25th Percentile £405 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -2.62% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £649
90th Percentile £738 £700 £725
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 117 345
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.12 £15.06
25th Percentile £23.16 £46.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +15.06% -13.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £73.85 £80.00
England median hourly rate £29.60 £35.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -15.43% -11.50% +13.00%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancy trend in the South West

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancies in the South West

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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
Bristol - 1 £350 - 2
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
England

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, 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 of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript