JavaScript Contracts in Birmingham

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring JavaScript skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JavaScript over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 35 38
Rank change year-on-year +9 +3 -10
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 24 32 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.60% 4.14% 4.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.05% 17.20% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 26
10th Percentile £310 £362 £363
25th Percentile £414 £425 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.91% +15.79% +7.95%
75th Percentile £700 £625 £594
90th Percentile £760 £662 £638
West Midlands median daily rate £466 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.61% -10.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.50 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year -50.00% - -

All Programming Languages
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 126 186 228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 24.14% 24.06% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 144 158
10th Percentile £341 £259 £313
25th Percentile £425 £310 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £410 £500
Median % change year-on-year +24.88% -18.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £650
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £456 £525
% change year-on-year +4.11% -13.10% +14.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 7
10th Percentile - £40.20 £21.70
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.50 £24.31
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £33.39
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +64.74% -
75th Percentile £52.50 £56.25 £75.63
90th Percentile - - £98.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.50 £57.50 £29.32
% change year-on-year -52.17% +96.13% +68.59%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in Birmingham

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for JavaScript in Birmingham

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in Birmingham

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript in Birmingham

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 6 (25.00%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Magento
2 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
1 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (4.17%) Google Tag Manager
1 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (16.67%) NoSQL
3 2 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Postman
General
1 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Legal
3 5 (20.83%) Advertising
4 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Law
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Police
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Developer
3 5 (20.83%) JavaScript Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Applications Support
5 3 (12.50%) Applications Support Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 3 (12.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Application Development Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Applications Development Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Applications Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Architect
6 2 (8.33%) Development Manager
6 2 (8.33%) SAP Architect
6 2 (8.33%) SAP Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Support Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Digital Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (45.83%) HTML
2 7 (29.17%) .NET
2 7 (29.17%) React
3 6 (25.00%) Middleware
4 5 (20.83%) CSS
5 4 (16.67%) CSS3
5 4 (16.67%) HTML5
6 3 (12.50%) REST
6 3 (12.50%) SOAP
7 2 (8.33%) Ajax
7 2 (8.33%) ASP.NET
7 2 (8.33%) EDI
7 2 (8.33%) J2EE
7 2 (8.33%) JDBC
7 2 (8.33%) jQuery
7 2 (8.33%) KnockoutJS
7 2 (8.33%) Node.js
7 2 (8.33%) RESTful
7 2 (8.33%) Web Services
7 2 (8.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.17%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (33.33%) Agile
3 7 (29.17%) Project Management
4 6 (25.00%) API Development
4 6 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 6 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 6 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (20.83%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 5 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
5 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
5 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (16.67%) ITIL
6 4 (16.67%) Service Management
7 3 (12.50%) Data Protection
7 3 (12.50%) Front End Development
7 3 (12.50%) MVC
7 3 (12.50%) Time Management
8 2 (8.33%) BPMN
8 2 (8.33%) Change Control
8 2 (8.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) SQL
2 6 (25.00%) PHP
2 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 5 (20.83%) C#
3 5 (20.83%) Python
4 4 (16.67%) ABAP
5 3 (12.50%) COBOL
6 2 (8.33%) Groovy
6 2 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) DV Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) Degree
4 2 (8.33%) SAP Certification
4 2 (8.33%) Tableau Certification
5 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) SAP
3 3 (12.50%) Adobe
4 1 (4.17%) Google