Jest Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Jest
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring Jest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Jest 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 3.03% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £575 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Basildon

Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 13 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 39.39% 26.32% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 6
10th Percentile £300 - £513
25th Percentile £500 £315 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £317 £599
Median % change year-on-year +59.56% -47.12% +16.44%
75th Percentile £569 £319 £600
90th Percentile £600 £320 -
Essex median daily rate £500 £323 £500
% change year-on-year +54.71% -35.36% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £53.13 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £60.00 - -
90th Percentile £63.00 - -
Essex median hourly rate £57.50 - £40.31
% change year-on-year - - -38.46%

Jest
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Jest relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Jest job vacancy trend in Basildon

Jest
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Jest.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Jest

Jest
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility