JavaScript Contracts in Merseyside

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
North West > Merseyside

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 39 38
Rank change year-on-year +29 -1 -25
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 23 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 10.22% 1.54% 3.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% 6.85% 15.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 10
10th Percentile - £329 £196
25th Percentile £425 £334 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £413 £265
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% +55.66% -29.33%
75th Percentile £550 £481 £400
90th Percentile £560 £493 £479
North West median daily rate £475 £531 £475
% change year-on-year -10.59% +11.84% +17.28%

All Programming Languages
Merseyside

JavaScript is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 46 73 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 20.44% 22.46% 21.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 63 61
10th Percentile £285 £325 £250
25th Percentile £350 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £458
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +9.29% +30.71%
75th Percentile £494 £626 £588
90th Percentile £550 £675 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +23.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.20 -
North West median hourly rate £48.22 £42.80 £33.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% +27.75% +11.67%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in Merseyside

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for JavaScript in Merseyside

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript in Merseyside

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 6 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
Liverpool +23 23 £510 +23.64% 16
JavaScript
North West

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (56.52%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
1 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
1 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
1 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (82.61%) Developer
2 13 (56.52%) Software Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Development Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Software Development Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Software Manager
4 3 (13.04%) JavaScript Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior JavaScript Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (4.35%) Applications Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Low-Code Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (60.87%) HTML
2 5 (21.74%) React
3 4 (17.39%) .NET
4 3 (13.04%) Express.js
4 3 (13.04%) MERN Stack
4 3 (13.04%) Node.js
4 3 (13.04%) Vue
5 1 (4.35%) CSS
5 1 (4.35%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (4.35%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Artificial Intelligence
1 13 (56.52%) Code Quality
1 13 (56.52%) Conversational UI
1 13 (56.52%) Software Engineering
2 5 (21.74%) Agile
2 5 (21.74%) CI/CD
3 4 (17.39%) Coaching
3 4 (17.39%) Scrum
3 4 (17.39%) Software Architecture
3 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
4 2 (8.70%) Front End Development
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL
4 2 (8.70%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (4.35%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.35%) Continuous Deployment
5 1 (4.35%) DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.35%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (4.35%) Unit Testing
5 1 (4.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (73.91%) C#
2 13 (56.52%) Python
2 13 (56.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) PayPal
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft