Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer)
UK
The median Senior Front-End Developer (Senior Client-Side Developer) daily rate in the UK is £594, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 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 16 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 507 | 533 | 638 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +26 | +105 | +99 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Front-End Developer | 11 | 56 | 39 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.037% | 0.13% | 0.070% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.040% | 0.14% | 0.074% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 43 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £409 | £413 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £509 | £450 | £472 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £594 | £475 | £560 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -15.18% | -4.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £641 | £556 | £664 |
| 90th Percentile | £664 | £665 | £776 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £475 | £535 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.32% | -11.21% | +7.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £72.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £40.00 | £75.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -46.67% | +17.90% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 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 | 27,380 | 40,472 | 52,439 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.25% | 92.90% | 94.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,580 | 25,942 | 36,562 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £407 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +2.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,161 | 2,956 | 1,487 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.85 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.61 | £16.30 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.40 | £37.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.93% | -16.67% | +80.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £62.01 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £73.75 | £76.70 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £41.05 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | -2.55% | +105.23% |
Senior Front-End Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Front-End Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Front-End Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer.
Senior Front-End Developer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.
Senior Front-End Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer.
Senior Front-End Developer
Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Front-End Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 June 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 |
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| England | +16 | 9 | £594 | +25.00% | 265 |
| London | +29 | 6 | £588 | +23.68% | 122 |
| Work from Home | +18 | 6 | £500 | -6.98% | 168 |
| UK excluding London | +36 | 3 | £600 | +26.32% | 170 |
| South East | +41 | 2 | £520 | +4.00% | 56 |
| North of England | +8 | 1 | £600 | +26.32% | 43 |
| North West | +5 | 1 | £600 | +26.32% | 29 |
Senior Front-End Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 June 2025, Senior Front-End Developer 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 Senior Front-End Developer in the job title.
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Senior Front-End Developer 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:
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