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 £485 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
18 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 610 768
Rank change year-on-year +72 +158 -113
Contract jobs requiring a Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer) 33 77 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.14% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.14% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 52 61
10th Percentile £405 £401 £400
25th Percentile £413 £486 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -19.17% +2.13% +17.50%
75th Percentile £688 £656 £700
90th Percentile £800 £724 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £468 £508 £605
% change year-on-year -7.88% -16.12% +38.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £74.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 2024. 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 +65 28 £475 -20.83% 34
Work from Home +88 22 £550 -8.33% 19
London +71 21 £475 -20.83% 24
UK excluding London +46 6 £468 -7.88% 18
South East +33 3 £400 -17.95% 10
East of England +4 3 £485 -16.88% 2

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 22 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 22 (66.67%) React
2 21 (63.64%) Front End Development
3 18 (54.55%) Agile
4 17 (51.52%) TypeScript
5 13 (39.39%) Redux
6 12 (36.36%) User Experience
6 12 (36.36%) Software Engineering
6 12 (36.36%) Finance
6 12 (36.36%) AWS
7 11 (33.33%) Node.js
7 11 (33.33%) GCP
8 9 (27.27%) Fintech
8 9 (27.27%) Full Stack Development
8 9 (27.27%) Python
9 8 (24.24%) AngularJS
10 7 (21.21%) Apache Ignite
10 7 (21.21%) Performance Attribution
10 7 (21.21%) gRPC
10 7 (21.21%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (21.21%) GitHub
10 7 (21.21%) Protocol Buffers
10 7 (21.21%) Investment Management
10 7 (21.21%) Front Office
10 7 (21.21%) CSS
10 7 (21.21%) Apache
10 7 (21.21%) Scrum
10 7 (21.21%) Fixed Income
10 7 (21.21%) Asset Management
11 6 (18.18%) Git

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 7 (21.21%) Apache
1 7 (21.21%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (3.03%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) AWS
2 11 (33.33%) GCP
3 7 (21.21%) GitHub
4 4 (12.12%) Azure
5 3 (9.09%) Serverless
6 2 (6.06%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (6.06%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (6.06%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (6.06%) Azure AKS
7 1 (3.03%) Azure API Management
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Apache Ignite
2 2 (6.06%) DynamoDB
3 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Git
2 5 (15.15%) Jenkins
3 2 (6.06%) webpack
4 1 (3.03%) Babel
4 1 (3.03%) WebDriver
4 1 (3.03%) WebPageTest
General
1 12 (36.36%) Finance
2 7 (21.21%) Front Office
3 4 (12.12%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (66.67%) React
2 13 (39.39%) Redux
3 11 (33.33%) Node.js
4 8 (24.24%) AngularJS
5 7 (21.21%) CSS
5 7 (21.21%) gRPC
5 7 (21.21%) Protocol Buffers
6 5 (15.15%) HTML
7 4 (12.12%) Jest
8 2 (6.06%) ADO
8 2 (6.06%) GraphQL
8 2 (6.06%) Spring
8 2 (6.06%) Spring Boot
8 2 (6.06%) YAML
9 1 (3.03%) Enzyme
9 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (3.03%) Polymer
9 1 (3.03%) RESTful
9 1 (3.03%) Vue
9 1 (3.03%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Fixed Income
2 1 (3.03%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (3.03%) Solar Panel
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (63.64%) Front End Development
2 18 (54.55%) Agile
3 12 (36.36%) Software Engineering
3 12 (36.36%) User Experience
4 9 (27.27%) Fintech
4 9 (27.27%) Full Stack Development
5 7 (21.21%) Asset Management
5 7 (21.21%) Investment Management
5 7 (21.21%) Performance Attribution
5 7 (21.21%) Scrum
6 6 (18.18%) Test Automation
7 5 (15.15%) CI/CD
7 5 (15.15%) E-Commerce
8 4 (12.12%) Clean Code
8 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
8 4 (12.12%) Software Testing
9 3 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (9.09%) Pair Programming
9 3 (9.09%) Responsive Web Design
9 3 (9.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 22 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 17 (51.52%) TypeScript
3 9 (27.27%) Python
4 5 (15.15%) Java
5 3 (9.09%) Bash
6 2 (6.06%) Kotlin
7 1 (3.03%) Go
7 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) zsh
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Google
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
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