Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
England > West Midlands
The median Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) daily rate in the West Midlands is £462, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 177 | 138 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -39 | - | - |
| Contract Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) jobs | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | 0.11% | 0.050% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.055% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £357 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £462 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £490 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £534 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £488 | £304 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +60.49% | -44.77% | -4.35% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the West Midlands matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the West Midlands matching a recognised job title | 3,214 | 1,803 | 1,766 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 90.36% | 89.30% | 92.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,963 | 1,168 | 1,119 |
| 10th Percentile | £347 | £256 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £392 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £487 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.60% | - | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £588 | £612 |
| 90th Percentile | £680 | £675 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 235 | 103 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.69 | £12.62 | £12.58 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.25 | £15.71 | £14.09 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £25.15 | £23.05 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.52% | +9.11% | +3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.75 | £36.75 | £33.23 |
| 90th Percentile | £55.00 | £50.00 | £45.63 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £40.33 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -37.63% | -12.11% |
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job vacancies in the West Midlands.
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) jobs in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) jobs within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire | - | 3 | £464 | - | 3 |
| Birmingham | - | 1 | £315 | - | |
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Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) contract job ads cited 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 Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) job ads across the West Midlands region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JavaScript | 100.0% | 4 |
| 1 | React | 100.0% | 4 |
| 3 | Agile | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | AWS | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Git | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | GitLab | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | HTML | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | OAuth | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | OAuth2 | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | OpenID | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Playwright | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | WCAG | 75.0% | 3 |
| 13 | Accessibility | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | BPSS Clearance | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | CI/CD | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Coaching | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Code Quality | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Cucumber | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Front End Development | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Gherkin | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | GraalVM | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Grafana | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | gRPC | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Java | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | JDBC | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | JPA | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | JUnit | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Kibana | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Kubernetes | 50.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Maven | 50.0% | 2 |
Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) | 75.0% | 3 |