Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
South East > Thames Valley

The median Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) daily rate in the Thames Valley is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 103 117
Rank change year-on-year -54 +14 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) 2 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.061% 0.48% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.51% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £396 £240
25th Percentile £513 £409 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £313
Median % change year-on-year - +68.00% -34.21%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £375
90th Percentile - £663 £405
South East median daily rate £525 £514 £400
% change year-on-year +2.14% +28.50% -30.43%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,028 1,554 2,113
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.28% 91.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,874 946 1,211
10th Percentile £320 £278 £250
25th Percentile £421 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £623
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 103 131
10th Percentile £16.13 £14.20 £16.32
25th Percentile £26.77 £15.13 £22.54
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -56.26% +18.80%
75th Percentile £85.00 £63.13 £70.29
90th Percentile £101.92 £86.40 £87.50
South East median hourly rate £53.20 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +111.53% -56.15% +16.18%

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Berkshire -38 2 £525 - 1
Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
South East

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 10 August 2026, 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 of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) JUnit
2 1 (50.00%) Liquibase
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Mockito
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript

Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer) Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JUnit
1 1 (50.00%) Liquibase
1 1 (50.00%) Mockito
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Architecture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker