JavaScript Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring JavaScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 67 64
Rank change year-on-year -29 -3 -6
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 27 29 54
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.38% 2.40% 2.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.21% 8.55% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 14 36
10th Percentile £245 £378 £331
25th Percentile £403 £500 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £534 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.78% +6.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £563 £597 £593
90th Percentile £713 £663 £645
South East median daily rate £550 £493 £413
% change year-on-year +11.68% +19.39% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £31.50 -
South East median hourly rate £38.25 £54.88 £70.00
% change year-on-year -30.30% -21.61% +4.48%

All Programming Languages
Berkshire

JavaScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 329 339 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.85% 28.06% 18.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 206 241
10th Percentile £310 £400 £363
25th Percentile £392 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £619
90th Percentile £678 £700 £651
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 10
10th Percentile £73.40 - £56.61
25th Percentile £80.75 £30.25 £57.11
Median hourly rate £81.50 £31.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +158.73% -48.86% -2.22%
75th Percentile £83.75 £32.75 £69.45
90th Percentile £85.00 - £78.50
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +18.18%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Berkshire

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing JavaScript.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in Berkshire

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing JavaScript.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 July 2026. 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
Reading -29 13 £525 -6.00% 6
Slough - 4 £460 - 1
Bracknell - 3 £675 - 4
Windsor -1 2 £216 -58.81% 2
Wokingham -19 2 £513 -
JavaScript
South East

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Apache
1 1 (3.70%) ArcGIS
1 1 (3.70%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) AWS
2 8 (29.63%) Azure
3 5 (18.52%) SaaS
4 4 (14.81%) GCP
5 3 (11.11%) Apigee
5 3 (11.11%) Azure API Management
5 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (11.11%) GitHub
5 3 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon S3
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (3.70%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (3.70%) n8n
6 1 (3.70%) Serverless
6 1 (3.70%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) MySQL
1 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.70%) GIS
2 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Git
2 4 (14.81%) Jenkins
3 2 (7.41%) Bitbucket
4 1 (3.70%) Cucumber
4 1 (3.70%) Gradle
4 1 (3.70%) Maven
4 1 (3.70%) Postman
4 1 (3.70%) REST Assured
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.11%) Publishing
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Developer
2 7 (25.93%) Architect
3 5 (18.52%) ServiceNow Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Technical Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Apigee Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Java Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Software Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Tester
6 1 (3.70%) Android Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Head of Software Engineering
6 1 (3.70%) iOS Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Platform Architect
6 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Web Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Web Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (40.74%) REST
2 7 (25.93%) SOAP
3 6 (22.22%) OAuth
3 6 (22.22%) React
4 5 (18.52%) JWT
4 5 (18.52%) OAuth2
4 5 (18.52%) RESTful
5 4 (14.81%) AngularJS
5 4 (14.81%) NestJS
5 4 (14.81%) SAML
6 3 (11.11%) OpenAPI
6 3 (11.11%) Swagger
7 2 (7.41%) CSS
7 2 (7.41%) HTML
7 2 (7.41%) Node.js
7 2 (7.41%) Spring
8 1 (3.70%) CSS3
8 1 (3.70%) HTML5
8 1 (3.70%) Kafka
8 1 (3.70%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) CMDB
2 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (7.41%) Unix
3 1 (3.70%) Android
3 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (25.93%) Agile
2 7 (25.93%) CI/CD
2 7 (25.93%) ITSM
3 6 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 5 (18.52%) AI
4 5 (18.52%) DevOps
4 5 (18.52%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (14.81%) Analytics
5 4 (14.81%) CAD
5 4 (14.81%) Containerisation
5 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
5 4 (14.81%) IT Asset Management
5 4 (14.81%) ITIL
5 4 (14.81%) Microservices
5 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
5 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
6 3 (11.11%) TDD
6 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) SQL
2 7 (25.93%) Python
3 6 (22.22%) TypeScript
4 5 (18.52%) Java
5 2 (7.41%) Perl
5 2 (7.41%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.70%) Apex Code
6 1 (3.70%) Objective-C
6 1 (3.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.70%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (3.70%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (11.11%) Terraform
3 1 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) ServiceNow
2 4 (14.81%) Salesforce
3 3 (11.11%) Google
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.11%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.70%) Conga
4 1 (3.70%) ESRI
4 1 (3.70%) GoCardless
4 1 (3.70%) HubSpot
4 1 (3.70%) Instagram
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) TikTok