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Freelance front-end

I'm a senior front-end developer in Bristol and South Gloucestershire, taking on freelance and contract work across the UK. I build in React, TypeScript and Next.js. Pick one of these, or mix them on a longer engagement.

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01.

Front-end development

Ledger Box website homepage showing hero section with family photo and call-to-action

React, TypeScript and Next.js builds, from a first MVP to the web app your team will maintain for years. I also work in React Native when the product needs to be on a phone.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • React Native
  • MVPs
See Ledger Box - Development Work
02.

Design systems & accessibility

Component libraries in Storybook, design tokens and multi-brand theming that keep a growing UI consistent. Accessibility goes in from the start, and I can audit an existing site against WCAG and fix what I find.

  • Storybook
  • Design tokens
  • Theming
  • WCAG audits
03.

SEO & content

The Lupus Encyclopedia website — homepage with purple branding, featured articles, and resource sections

On-page SEO, metadata and content structure, plus proofing and publishing in WordPress, Umbraco, Sitecore or HubSpot. I take this on as a retainer or in one-off blocks.

  • On-page SEO
  • Yoast
  • WordPress
  • HubSpot
  • Content editing
See Lupus Encyclopedia - Content Optimisation
04.

Website maintenance

Netlocomotion RB testing website preview

Updates, fixes and small improvements so your site keeps running without a full-time hire. Agencies use me as an extra pair of hands when the team is stretched.

  • Bug fixes
  • Content updates
  • Performance
  • Retainers
See RB Testing Website - Content Updates

Rate guide

SEO, content, and light maintenance sit in the £20/hour band. Front-end and technical work typically sits in £30–£40/hour. Tell me your brief and I will place it clearly.

Content band

SEO & content editing

£20/hour

£160/day

On-page optimisation, CMS updates in WordPress, Umbraco, Sitecore and similar, formatting, proofing, and structured content work. Suits retainers or focused blocks of time.

Build band

Development & technical work

£30–£40/hour

£240–£320/day

Senior frontend work: components and apps in React/Next/TypeScript, design-system-aligned UI, accessibility, integrations, and bespoke features. The exact rate depends on complexity, stack, and timeline. We agree it up front.

Rates are a guide only; day rates assume an eight-hour block. I will confirm pricing before work begins. VAT may apply depending on your setup.

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Recent client work

Case studies and write-ups live on the projects page: agency, fintech, and product builds, not only brochure sites.

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14+

Years shipping interfaces

Common questions

Rates, stack, and how I usually work with agencies and product teams.

Most of my freelance and contract work is remote-friendly across the UK. I am based in Bristol and South Gloucestershire, so local catch-ups are possible when that suits the project.
Typical work includes on-page SEO improvements, metadata and structure checks, formatting and proofing, and light content strategy so pages stay clear for readers and search engines. I update and publish content in most common CMS setups—including WordPress (including Yoast), Umbraco, and Sitecore—and I pick up new editorial workflows quickly.
I am comfortable in most CMS-driven sites: WordPress, Umbraco, Sitecore, HubSpot, Squidex-style headless setups, and platform editors like Squarespace. If your stack is something else, we can do a short handover and I will work within your publishing process.
Frontend engineering is my core discipline—well over a decade shipping interfaces in agencies and product teams. I have lived in React and the modern JavaScript ecosystem for years (including TypeScript, Redux, Next.js, and headless builds with GraphQL and CMS integration). I have also owned design systems in Storybook, pushed accessibility and WCAG-minded UI standards across large apps, and shipped React Native and Expo work for mobile banking–style products. For freelance clients that usually translates into components, pages, and SPAs that are accessible, testable, and straightforward for the next developer to pick up—not just ‘pixel-perfect’ static slices.
Day to day my depth is in React, TypeScript, and Next.js, plus tooling such as Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, and Playwright when quality needs to be proven, not assumed. I integrate with headless and traditional CMS (HubSpot, Squidex-style APIs, WordPress, Umbraco, Sitecore from the presentation layer), build on Squarespace where that is the right fit, and deliver smaller bespoke UI pieces—booking widgets, calendars, and campaign landing flows—wherever the stack needs a senior front-of-stack engineer.
The band reflects complexity, tech stack, deadlines, and how much discovery or stakeholder coordination is involved. I will confirm a rate or estimate before we start so you know what to expect.
Both. I have ongoing content and SEO retainers as well as fixed-scope builds or day-rate blocks for development. Tell me what you need and we can agree a shape that fits.
Get in touch anyway. If it is not the right fit I will say so, but many briefs sit between heavy frontend work, lighter UI tweaks, content, and maintenance—the kind of mixed workload I often handle for small businesses and agencies.

Fancy working together?

New project, contract extension, or a quick hello. Tell me what you are building and we can work out whether I am the right fit. A few sentences is enough. No formal brief required.

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