Front End Development Contracts

Front End Development (Client-Side Development)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Front End Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Front End Development over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 209 126
Rank change year-on-year +16 -83 -5
Contract jobs citing Front End Development 513 707 1,800
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.19% 1.26% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.41% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 512 1,325
10th Percentile £363 £325 £400
25th Percentile £421 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £648 £650 £650
90th Percentile £721 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £478
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.76% +12.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 28
10th Percentile £40.00 £44.98 £26.16
25th Percentile £53.75 £55.44 £35.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.25 £59.75
Median % change year-on-year +12.45% +4.18% +83.85%
75th Percentile £72.50 £68.38 £75.51
90th Percentile £76.50 £76.70 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £71.87 £62.50 £56.50
% change year-on-year +14.99% +10.62% +113.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Front End Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Front End Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Front End Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Front End Development in the UK

Front End Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front End Development.

Daily rate trend for Front End Development in the UK

Front End Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front End Development over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Front End Development in the UK

Front End Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Front End Development.

Hourly rate trend for Front End Development in the UK

Front End Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Front End Development over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Front End Development in the UK

Front End Development
Top 16 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 Development within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +7 443 £525 -1.87% 309
London +27 301 £540 -8.09% 124
Work from Home +36 222 £500 - 164
UK excluding London -15 147 £475 +5.56% 183
North of England +4 68 £513 -2.38% 52
North West +47 51 £488 -2.50% 33
South West +12 26 £463 +8.82% 23
Yorkshire -21 16 £550 +4.76% 15
Midlands -7 15 £425 - 35
Scotland +36 13 £450 -2.70% 5
South East -10 10 £463 +15.63% 42
East Midlands -7 9 £425 +2.41% 16
Wales +20 8 £540 +8.27% 2
East of England -2 7 £500 -6.54% 25
West Midlands -2 5 £400 -11.11% 19
North East +5 1 £350 -30.00% 4

Front End Development
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 37 (7.21%) CMS
2 12 (2.34%) Apache
2 12 (2.34%) Confluence
3 11 (2.14%) WordPress
4 9 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.56%) Headless CMS
6 7 (1.36%) BizTalk Server
7 5 (0.97%) Kentico
8 3 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.58%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.19%) Drupal
10 1 (0.19%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.19%) Solana
Applications
1 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.58%) Sketch
3 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.19%) InVision
3 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.97%) Endur
2 2 (0.39%) WebTrends
3 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.19%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.19%) Shopify
3 1 (0.19%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 117 (22.81%) AWS
2 89 (17.35%) Azure
3 42 (8.19%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (8.19%) GitHub
4 40 (7.80%) GCP
5 28 (5.46%) Serverless
6 25 (4.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 23 (4.48%) Azure Service Bus
8 18 (3.51%) Figma
9 15 (2.92%) Amazon S3
10 14 (2.73%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (2.73%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (2.53%) Azure Pipelines
11 13 (2.53%) npm
12 12 (2.34%) Amazon SQS
12 12 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (2.34%) Azure Functions
13 11 (2.14%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.75%) Route 53
14 9 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.34%) HTTP
2 3 (0.58%) Intranet
3 1 (0.19%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.19%) SQL Server
2 33 (6.43%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (5.07%) Relational Database
4 18 (3.51%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.92%) MongoDB
6 12 (2.34%) MySQL
7 11 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.75%) Apache Ignite
9 8 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.78%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.78%) Redis
12 3 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.39%) GIS
13 2 (0.39%) InterSystems Cache
13 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.39%) Power BI
14 1 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 97 (18.91%) Git
2 27 (5.26%) Cypress.io
3 25 (4.87%) Jenkins
3 25 (4.87%) JIRA
4 23 (4.48%) webpack
5 22 (4.29%) JUnit
6 18 (3.51%) Storybook
7 17 (3.31%) GitLab
8 8 (1.56%) Visual Studio Code
9 6 (1.17%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.17%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.97%) Postman
10 5 (0.97%) Pylint
11 4 (0.78%) Babel
11 4 (0.78%) Gradle
11 4 (0.78%) Maven
11 4 (0.78%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.78%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.58%) Jasmine
12 3 (0.58%) Vite
General
1 88 (17.15%) Finance
2 65 (12.67%) Social Skills
3 60 (11.70%) Public Sector
4 42 (8.19%) Banking
5 29 (5.65%) Front Office
6 27 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.34%) Back Office
8 12 (2.34%) Local Government
9 9 (1.75%) Investment Banking
10 8 (1.56%) Marketing
11 6 (1.17%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.97%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.97%) Retail Banking
13 4 (0.78%) Retail
13 4 (0.78%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.78%) Wearables
14 3 (0.58%) Advertising
14 3 (0.58%) Automotive
14 3 (0.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 417 (81.29%) Developer
2 226 (44.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 100 (19.49%) Senior
4 80 (15.59%) Senior Developer
5 69 (13.45%) React Developer
6 52 (10.14%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 41 (7.99%) Full Stack Developer
8 40 (7.80%) Java Developer
9 37 (7.21%) Software Engineer
10 34 (6.63%) Angular Developer
11 30 (5.85%) UI Developer
12 24 (4.68%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 21 (4.09%) C# Developer
13 21 (4.09%) Lead
14 20 (3.90%) Software Developer
15 18 (3.51%) JavaScript Developer
16 17 (3.31%) UX Developer
17 16 (3.12%) UI Engineer
18 14 (2.73%) Backend Developer
18 14 (2.73%) HTML Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 264 (51.46%) React
2 177 (34.50%) CSS
3 172 (33.53%) HTML
4 103 (20.08%) AngularJS
5 80 (15.59%) REST
6 74 (14.42%) Node.js
7 59 (11.50%) .NET
8 56 (10.92%) Redux
9 50 (9.75%) Spring
10 48 (9.36%) Next.js
11 47 (9.16%) Spring Boot
12 44 (8.58%) Vue
13 40 (7.80%) Hibernate
14 35 (6.82%) HTML5
15 34 (6.63%) JPA
16 33 (6.43%) GraphQL
17 30 (5.85%) jQuery
18 29 (5.65%) RESTful
19 27 (5.26%) .NET Core
20 24 (4.68%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.24%) Fixed Income
2 22 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.31%) Cloud Native
4 14 (2.73%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.34%) Renewable Energy
6 11 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.36%) Hedge funds
9 6 (1.17%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (0.97%) Solar Panel
11 4 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.78%) Wiki
12 3 (0.58%) Derivative
12 3 (0.58%) Equities
12 3 (0.58%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.58%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.39%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.14%) Windows
2 9 (1.75%) Linux
3 3 (0.58%) Android
4 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) CentOS
4 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (34.70%) Agile
2 112 (21.83%) User Experience
3 100 (19.49%) DevOps
3 100 (19.49%) Software Engineering
4 92 (17.93%) CI/CD
5 79 (15.40%) Full Stack Development
6 66 (12.87%) UX Design
7 55 (10.72%) Microservices
8 51 (9.94%) Unit Testing
9 50 (9.75%) Mentoring
9 50 (9.75%) Web Development
10 45 (8.77%) TDD
11 42 (8.19%) Clean Code
12 40 (7.80%) Scrum
12 40 (7.80%) Test Automation
13 39 (7.60%) Code Quality
14 34 (6.63%) Problem-Solving
15 29 (5.65%) MVC
16 28 (5.46%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (5.07%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 226 (44.05%) JavaScript
2 198 (38.60%) TypeScript
3 89 (17.35%) Java
4 77 (15.01%) C#
5 69 (13.45%) SQL
6 62 (12.09%) Python
7 16 (3.12%) Bicep
8 11 (2.14%) PHP
9 9 (1.75%) Go
10 8 (1.56%) Bash
10 8 (1.56%) PL/SQL
10 8 (1.56%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.36%) C++
11 7 (1.36%) Ruby
11 7 (1.36%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.78%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.58%) JSX
14 2 (0.39%) F#
15 1 (0.19%) C
15 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 70 (13.65%) Security Cleared
2 67 (13.06%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.04%) Degree
4 18 (3.51%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.17%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (9.75%) Accessibility
2 32 (6.24%) WCAG
3 31 (6.04%) QA
4 6 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 15022
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 53 (10.33%) Docker
2 17 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.78%) zsh
Systems Management
1 59 (11.50%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (1.36%) Terraform
4 4 (0.78%) Grafana
5 3 (0.58%) Istio
5 3 (0.58%) Kibana
6 1 (0.19%) Ansible
6 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 39 (7.60%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.26%) Google
3 13 (2.53%) Oracle
4 7 (1.36%) MuleSoft
5 5 (0.97%) Adobe
6 4 (0.78%) Black Duck
6 4 (0.78%) Xamarin
7 3 (0.58%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.58%) Optimizely
8 2 (0.39%) Maxymiser
8 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.39%) SAP
8 2 (0.39%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.19%) Ariba
9 1 (0.19%) Avaloq
9 1 (0.19%) Mapbox
9 1 (0.19%) Okta
9 1 (0.19%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.19%) Splunk
9 1 (0.19%) Virgin Media