Front End Development Contract Job Trends

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Front End Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 210 209
Rank change year-on-year -44 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 469 391 475
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.30% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.43% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 276 359
10th Percentile £359 £356 £363
25th Percentile £423 £402 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £638
90th Percentile £722 £669 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £469 £475
% change year-on-year +11.94% -1.26% +1.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 1 7
10th Percentile £60.00 - £40.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £37.80 £53.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.59 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.46% -42.01% +12.00%
75th Percentile - £43.39 £72.50
90th Percentile - - £76.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £40.59 £71.87
% change year-on-year +72.46% -43.52% +14.99%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Front End Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,234 27,342 36,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.93% 91.04% 85.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,976 17,315 23,545
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,595 1,301 2,587
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.65
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.79 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £72.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.08 £38.12
% change year-on-year +77.47% -34.22% +17.29%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Front End Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Front End Development job vacancy trend in the UK

Front End Development
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Front End Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front End Development over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Front End Development in the UK

Front End Development
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Front End Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Front End Development

Front End Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Front End Development over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Front End Development in the UK

Front End Development
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front End Development within the UK over the 6 months to 24 June 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
England -49 378 £525 +9.95% 185
UK excluding London -13 226 £525 +11.94% 170
London -77 164 £535 +4.95% 54
Work from Home -36 162 £525 +10.53% 54
North of England -39 83 £505 +11.05% 49
South East -48 42 £525 +10.53% 42
Midlands -41 31 £545 +32.12% 25
South West -8 30 £525 +23.53% 24
Yorkshire -29 29 £563 +20.00% 16
North East -13 27 £455 -5.21% 11
North West -53 27 £475 +5.56% 23
Scotland -11 26 £425 -15.00% 6
West Midlands -42 26 £575 +21.05% 14
East of England -12 21 £613 +6.52% 16
East Midlands -19 5 £445 +10.70% 11
Wales -11 2 £513 +20.59% 7
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

Front End Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (4.90%) CMS
2 12 (2.56%) Confluence
3 8 (1.71%) Sitecore CMS
4 5 (1.07%) Headless CMS
4 5 (1.07%) WordPress
5 4 (0.85%) Kentico
5 4 (0.85%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.64%) nginx
7 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.43%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.43%) Drupal
8 1 (0.21%) Apache
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.21%) Camunda
8 1 (0.21%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.21%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.64%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.64%) Sketch
2 2 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.21%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) SDL Web 8
2 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 134 (28.57%) AWS
2 104 (22.17%) Azure
3 40 (8.53%) OpenShift
4 31 (6.61%) GCP
5 30 (6.40%) GitHub
6 28 (5.97%) Serverless
7 22 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (4.69%) Figma
8 18 (3.84%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (2.35%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.13%) Azure AKS
12 9 (1.92%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.71%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (1.49%) npm
15 6 (1.28%) Power Platform
16 5 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
16 5 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
16 5 (1.07%) Azure Functions
16 5 (1.07%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) Firewall
1 2 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (0.21%) DNS
2 1 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (0.21%) Tactical Data Link
2 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.21%) VLAN
2 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.74%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (8.32%) Relational Database
2 39 (8.32%) SQL Server
3 32 (6.82%) NoSQL
4 18 (3.84%) MySQL
5 13 (2.77%) MongoDB
6 12 (2.56%) Redis
7 8 (1.71%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.07%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.64%) Big Data
11 3 (0.64%) DTS
11 3 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.64%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.43%) Neo4j
12 2 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 69 (14.71%) Git
2 35 (7.46%) SonarQube
3 32 (6.82%) Jenkins
4 30 (6.40%) JIRA
5 20 (4.26%) GitLab
6 14 (2.99%) JUnit
7 9 (1.92%) Cypress.io
7 9 (1.92%) Vite
8 7 (1.49%) Maven
8 7 (1.49%) Mockito
8 7 (1.49%) webpack
9 6 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (1.07%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.07%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.07%) Gradle
10 5 (1.07%) Mocha
11 4 (0.85%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.85%) MSTest
11 4 (0.85%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.85%) tSQLt
General
1 74 (15.78%) Finance
1 74 (15.78%) Social Skills
2 61 (13.01%) Public Sector
3 30 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (5.33%) Banking
5 16 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (2.77%) Front Office
7 8 (1.71%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.49%) Retail
9 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
9 4 (0.85%) Legal
10 3 (0.64%) Games
10 3 (0.64%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.43%) Aviation
11 2 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.21%) Automotive
12 1 (0.21%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.21%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.21%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 330 (70.36%) Developer
2 161 (34.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 62 (13.22%) Senior
4 56 (11.94%) Full-Stack Developer
5 47 (10.02%) Java Developer
6 45 (9.59%) Senior Developer
7 39 (8.32%) Software Engineer
8 37 (7.89%) Python Developer
9 36 (7.68%) React Developer
10 33 (7.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 31 (6.61%) Lead
12 25 (5.33%) Java Engineer
13 22 (4.69%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 16 (3.41%) Angular Developer
15 14 (2.99%) Lead Developer
15 14 (2.99%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 14 (2.99%) Software Developer
16 12 (2.56%) Java Software Engineer
16 12 (2.56%) UI Developer
17 11 (2.35%) Full-Stack Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (52.45%) React
2 119 (25.37%) AngularJS
3 106 (22.60%) HTML
4 101 (21.54%) CSS
5 75 (15.99%) Node.js
6 63 (13.43%) REST
7 62 (13.22%) .NET
8 56 (11.94%) RESTful
9 46 (9.81%) Spring
10 41 (8.74%) Vue
11 37 (7.89%) Spring Boot
12 35 (7.46%) Quarkus
13 31 (6.61%) Redux
14 28 (5.97%) HTML5
15 25 (5.33%) Next.js
16 24 (5.12%) CSS3
16 24 (5.12%) GraphQL
17 21 (4.48%) Django
18 18 (3.84%) React Native
19 17 (3.62%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.53%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.46%) Product Ownership
3 13 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (2.56%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.71%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.49%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.07%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.07%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.07%) Replication
11 4 (0.85%) Animation
11 4 (0.85%) Derivative
11 4 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.35%) Linux
2 4 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (0.85%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.43%) Android
3 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (49.25%) Agile
2 171 (36.46%) CI/CD
3 120 (25.59%) Full-Stack Development
4 110 (23.45%) Software Engineering
5 106 (22.60%) DevOps
6 81 (17.27%) Test Automation
7 77 (16.42%) Microservices
8 72 (15.35%) User Experience
9 71 (15.14%) Scrum
10 68 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
11 62 (13.22%) Containerisation
11 62 (13.22%) Sprint Planning
12 57 (12.15%) SDLC
13 56 (11.94%) Code Quality
14 53 (11.30%) Performance Optimisation
15 50 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 47 (10.02%) Unit Testing
17 45 (9.59%) AI
18 39 (8.32%) DevSecOps
19 37 (7.89%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 183 (39.02%) JavaScript
2 165 (35.18%) TypeScript
3 112 (23.88%) Python
4 111 (23.67%) Java
5 74 (15.78%) SQL
6 62 (13.22%) C#
7 15 (3.20%) Go
8 12 (2.56%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.92%) Ruby
10 7 (1.49%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.49%) Rust
11 6 (1.28%) Bash
11 6 (1.28%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.07%) Scala
13 4 (0.85%) C++
13 4 (0.85%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.64%) PHP
15 2 (0.43%) C
16 1 (0.21%) Korn
16 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 137 (29.21%) Security Cleared
2 127 (27.08%) SC Cleared
3 23 (4.90%) Degree
4 21 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.92%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.43%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.21%) CCNA
8 1 (0.21%) CCNP
8 1 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (17.27%) Accessibility
2 67 (14.29%) QA
3 38 (8.10%) WCAG
4 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.43%) GDPR
4 2 (0.43%) HL7
4 2 (0.43%) PSD2
5 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 78 (16.63%) Docker
2 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 89 (18.98%) Kubernetes
2 41 (8.74%) Argo
3 38 (8.10%) Terraform
4 12 (2.56%) Ansible
5 6 (1.28%) Kibana
5 6 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.07%) Grafana
7 3 (0.64%) Foglight
7 3 (0.64%) Podman
8 1 (0.21%) Istio
8 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (8.10%) Red Hat
2 19 (4.05%) Google
3 16 (3.41%) Microsoft
4 10 (2.13%) Sitecore
5 8 (1.71%) Databricks
6 7 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.28%) Adobe
7 6 (1.28%) ForgeRock
7 6 (1.28%) Okta
8 5 (1.07%) VMware
9 3 (0.64%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.43%) Informatica
10 2 (0.43%) PagerDuty
11 1 (0.21%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg
11 1 (0.21%) Brio
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle
11 1 (0.21%) SAP
11 1 (0.21%) Sybase
11 1 (0.21%) Tradeweb