JavaScript Contracts in the South West

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 53 34
Rank change year-on-year +8 -19 -7
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 125 158 225
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.92% 4.31% 6.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.23% 14.74% 19.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 130 155
10th Percentile £300 £375 £375
25th Percentile £395 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +3.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £572
90th Percentile £702 £700 £613
England median daily rate £550 £538 £545
% change year-on-year +2.33% -1.38% +14.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile - - £47.99
25th Percentile - - £49.28
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.05 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -12.96% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £63.60
90th Percentile £73.00 - £65.25
England median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -7.41% +22.73% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 618 1,072 1,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 19.39% 29.24% 30.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 768 774
10th Percentile £321 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £644 £607 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £630
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 99 69
10th Percentile £40.00 £49.94 £46.62
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.33 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.01 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +4.00% +37.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.10 £75.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% +16.46%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in the South West

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in the South West.

Daily rate trend for JavaScript in the South West

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in the South West

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript in the South West

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Bristol +7 54 £450 - 77
Gloucestershire -2 36 £588 -12.96% 36
Devon +9 13 £500 +11.11% 30
Wiltshire -1 12 £525 +7.69% 13
Dorset +5 5 £175 -50.00% 18
Somerset +4 5 £450 - 15
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 14 (11.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (3.20%) Umbraco
3 3 (2.40%) CMS
4 1 (0.80%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.80%) Drupal
4 1 (0.80%) IIS
4 1 (0.80%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (9.60%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.80%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.80%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.80%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.80%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.80%) Magento
2 1 (0.80%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 35 (28.00%) AWS
2 31 (24.80%) Azure
3 16 (12.80%) Power Platform
4 15 (12.00%) Power Automate
5 9 (7.20%) Azure Logic Apps
5 9 (7.20%) Azure Storage
6 8 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.80%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.60%) Firebase
9 2 (1.60%) GitHub
9 2 (1.60%) npm
9 2 (1.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.60%) Serverless
9 2 (1.60%) Sumo Logic
10 1 (0.80%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.80%) GCP
10 1 (0.80%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.80%) Intranet
2 5 (4.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.40%) Internet
3 3 (2.40%) RTSP
4 2 (1.60%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.60%) MySQL
2 4 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.60%) Power BI
4 1 (0.80%) ClickHouse
4 1 (0.80%) Couchbase
4 1 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.80%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (5.60%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.80%) Git
2 6 (4.80%) JIRA
3 5 (4.00%) Selenium
4 4 (3.20%) Cypress.io
4 4 (3.20%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.60%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.60%) git-flow
5 2 (1.60%) GitLab
5 2 (1.60%) JUnit
5 2 (1.60%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (1.60%) Postman
5 2 (1.60%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.60%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.60%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.60%) webpack
6 1 (0.80%) Babel
6 1 (0.80%) Maven
6 1 (0.80%) Subversion
6 1 (0.80%) Vite
General
1 13 (10.40%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.00%) Finance
3 9 (7.20%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.60%) Tech for Good
5 6 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.80%) Military
6 3 (2.40%) Automotive
6 3 (2.40%) Legal
6 3 (2.40%) Marketing
6 3 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.80%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.80%) Law
8 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.80%) Publishing
8 1 (0.80%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 91 (72.80%) Developer
2 24 (19.20%) Software Developer
3 12 (9.60%) Full Stack Developer
3 12 (9.60%) Software Engineer
4 9 (7.20%) SharePoint Developer
5 7 (5.60%) JavaScript Developer
5 7 (5.60%) React Developer
6 6 (4.80%) Applications Developer
6 6 (4.80%) Test Engineer
7 5 (4.00%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
7 5 (4.00%) Senior
8 4 (3.20%) Power Apps Developer
8 4 (3.20%) Power Platform Developer
8 4 (3.20%) Salesforce Developer
8 4 (3.20%) Web Developer
9 3 (2.40%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 3 (2.40%) Support Engineer
9 3 (2.40%) Technical Support
9 3 (2.40%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (2.40%) Umbraco Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (33.60%) React
2 39 (31.20%) HTML
3 30 (24.00%) CSS
4 27 (21.60%) Node.js
5 15 (12.00%) AngularJS
6 13 (10.40%) Spring
7 12 (9.60%) .NET
7 12 (9.60%) REST
8 9 (7.20%) SPFx
9 8 (6.40%) ASP.NET
10 6 (4.80%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (4.80%) Flask
10 6 (4.80%) RESTful
11 5 (4.00%) Blazor
11 5 (4.00%) jQuery
11 5 (4.00%) React Native
12 4 (3.20%) Jest
12 4 (3.20%) Lightning Web Components
12 4 (3.20%) Next.js
12 4 (3.20%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.80%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.40%) CUDA
2 3 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.60%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.80%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.80%) IoT
4 1 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.80%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.80%) Robotics
4 1 (0.80%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.20%) Linux
2 3 (2.40%) Windows
3 2 (1.60%) Android
3 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (27.20%) Agile
2 28 (22.40%) Software Engineering
3 23 (18.40%) Full Stack Development
4 19 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (13.60%) DevOps
6 15 (12.00%) Project Management
7 13 (10.40%) Artificial Intelligence
7 13 (10.40%) Code Quality
7 13 (10.40%) Front End Development
8 12 (9.60%) Conversational UI
9 11 (8.80%) SDLC
9 11 (8.80%) Unit Testing
10 10 (8.00%) Secure Coding
11 9 (7.20%) Clean Code
11 9 (7.20%) MVC
11 9 (7.20%) OO
11 9 (7.20%) OOP
12 8 (6.40%) Change Management
12 8 (6.40%) Programme Management
12 8 (6.40%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 42 (33.60%) C#
2 41 (32.80%) Python
3 26 (20.80%) TypeScript
4 25 (20.00%) Java
5 23 (18.40%) SQL
6 13 (10.40%) C
7 6 (4.80%) C++
8 5 (4.00%) PHP
9 4 (3.20%) Apex Code
10 3 (2.40%) Embedded C++
11 2 (1.60%) Dart
11 2 (1.60%) SOQL
12 1 (0.80%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (32.80%) Security Cleared
2 25 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 18 (14.40%) Degree
4 16 (12.80%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.00%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.60%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.80%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.00%) QA
2 4 (3.20%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.60%) WCAG
4 1 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (8.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.60%) Ansible
2 2 (1.60%) Terraform
3 1 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (9.60%) PayPal
2 8 (6.40%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.80%) Adobe
4 5 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.40%) NVIDIA
6 2 (1.60%) Google
7 1 (0.80%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.80%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.80%) Marketo
7 1 (0.80%) Pardot
7 1 (0.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.80%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.80%) VMware
7 1 (0.80%) Xamarin