Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Contract Job Trends in Swansea

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
West Wales > Swansea

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) daily rate in Swansea is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Swansea 1.72% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Swansea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swansea. 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 Swansea with a recognized job title 58 20 17
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 95.24% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 20 13
10th Percentile £375 £185 £200
25th Percentile £413 £361 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +40.74%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £525
90th Percentile £538 £589 £545
West Wales median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.11% - +40.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.25 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.23%
75th Percentile £18.75 - £15.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median hourly rate £35.00 - £13.50
% change year-on-year - - -11.23%

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea

For the 6 months to 11 July 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 Swansea region featuring Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared