Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Contracts

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
UK

The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 550 651
Rank change year-on-year +49 +101 +124
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 19 32 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.073% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.079% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 29 42
10th Percentile £363 £405 £417
25th Percentile £409 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £477 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -20.50% -
75th Percentile £763 £638 £675
90th Percentile - £800 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £481 £488
% change year-on-year -12.68% -1.33% -19.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £41.20
25th Percentile - - £46.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £54.00
75th Percentile - - £62.00
90th Percentile - - £66.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the UK

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer).

Daily rate trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the UK

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the UK

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer).

Hourly rate trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the UK

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Top 6 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +43 14 £713 +49.68% 88
London +32 13 £725 +52.63% 56
Work from Home +30 11 £725 +47.21% 57
UK excluding London +56 1 £420 -12.68% 41
East Midlands - 1 £420 -
Midlands - 1 £420 - 2

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) in the job title.

1 15 (78.95%) React
2 14 (73.68%) TypeScript
3 10 (52.63%) Front End Development
3 10 (52.63%) JavaScript
4 9 (47.37%) Agile
4 9 (47.37%) Next.js
5 8 (42.11%) AWS
6 7 (36.84%) Finance
6 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
6 7 (36.84%) Redux
7 6 (31.58%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (31.58%) Banking
7 6 (31.58%) CSS
8 5 (26.32%) Investment Management
8 5 (26.32%) Fixed Income
8 5 (26.32%) Front Office
8 5 (26.32%) OpenFin
8 5 (26.32%) Figma
8 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
8 5 (26.32%) User Experience
8 5 (26.32%) GCP
8 5 (26.32%) Product Ownership
9 4 (21.05%) Vue
9 4 (21.05%) Accessibility
9 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (21.05%) Jest
9 4 (21.05%) HTML
9 4 (21.05%) Sass
9 4 (21.05%) Node.js
10 3 (15.79%) HTML5

Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) CMS
1 2 (10.53%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) AWS
2 5 (26.32%) Figma
2 5 (26.32%) GCP
3 2 (10.53%) BigCommerce
3 2 (10.53%) GitHub
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.26%) Google Analytics
4 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) DNS
1 1 (5.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Git
1 3 (15.79%) webpack
2 2 (10.53%) Cypress.io
2 2 (10.53%) Grunt
3 1 (5.26%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (5.26%) ESLint
3 1 (5.26%) GitLab
3 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
3 1 (5.26%) Vite
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Banking
3 5 (26.32%) Front Office
3 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Marketing
4 3 (15.79%) Retail
5 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Automotive
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (78.95%) React
2 9 (47.37%) Next.js
3 7 (36.84%) Redux
4 6 (31.58%) CSS
5 5 (26.32%) OpenFin
6 4 (21.05%) HTML
6 4 (21.05%) Jest
6 4 (21.05%) Node.js
6 4 (21.05%) Sass
6 4 (21.05%) Vue
7 3 (15.79%) AngularJS
7 3 (15.79%) HTML5
7 3 (15.79%) React Native
8 2 (10.53%) CSS3
8 2 (10.53%) LESS
8 2 (10.53%) OAuth
8 2 (10.53%) Semantic HTML
8 2 (10.53%) VML
9 1 (5.26%) D3.js
9 1 (5.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (26.32%) Fixed Income
2 5 (26.32%) Product Ownership
3 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.26%) AI Agents
4 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.26%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Front End Development
2 9 (47.37%) Agile
3 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
4 5 (26.32%) Investment Management
4 5 (26.32%) User Experience
5 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.79%) B2B
6 3 (15.79%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
6 3 (15.79%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (15.79%) Sprint Retrospective
7 2 (10.53%) Code Quality
7 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
7 2 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (10.53%) Data Management
7 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
7 2 (10.53%) Pair Programming
7 2 (10.53%) Rapid Prototyping
7 2 (10.53%) Regression Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) TypeScript
2 10 (52.63%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.53%) C#
3 2 (10.53%) Java
3 2 (10.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Grafana
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Adobe
1 3 (15.79%) Google
2 2 (10.53%) Salesforce
2 2 (10.53%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) Sitecore
3 1 (5.26%) Amplitude
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