JavaScript Contracts in Central London

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 33 43 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 -21 -2
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 117 111 289
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 5.86% 4.54% 7.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.14% 13.33% 17.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 79 166
10th Percentile £425 £425 £394
25th Percentile £455 £458 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% +3.29% -3.18%
75th Percentile £638 £654 £694
90th Percentile £691 £754 £819
London median daily rate £574 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.42% +4.35% -

All Programming Languages
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 773 833 1,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.71% 34.06% 42.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 608 1,091
10th Percentile £409 £412 £420
25th Percentile £463 £463 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £620
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -8.87% +3.33%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile - £46.75 £47.19
Median hourly rate £29.07 £48.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.06% -15.65% -4.96%
75th Percentile - £50.25 £65.00
90th Percentile - - £84.13
London median hourly rate £44.50 £50.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.88% -12.17% +15.00%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in Central London

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for JavaScript in Central London

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in Central London

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript in Central London

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
City of London +14 110 £585 +3.54% 72
Southwark - 2 £425 -
City of Westminster -2 1 - -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - - 1
JavaScript
London

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 4 (3.42%) Apache
1 4 (3.42%) Apache Spark
1 4 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.56%) Confluence
2 3 (2.56%) WordPress
3 2 (1.71%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.71%) CMS
3 2 (1.71%) IIS
4 1 (0.85%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.85%) Endur
3 1 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (38.46%) AWS
2 31 (26.50%) Azure
3 14 (11.97%) Serverless
4 12 (10.26%) AWS Lambda
4 12 (10.26%) Power Platform
5 10 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.84%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (6.84%) GitHub
7 6 (5.13%) Amazon SQS
7 6 (5.13%) Power Automate
7 6 (5.13%) PowerApps
8 5 (4.27%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (3.42%) Azure AKS
9 4 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.42%) GCP
10 3 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (2.56%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.71%) Amazon Cognito
11 2 (1.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.27%) HTTP
2 2 (1.71%) DHCP
2 2 (1.71%) DNS
2 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.71%) VPN
3 1 (0.85%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (23.93%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (19.66%) MongoDB
3 21 (17.95%) NoSQL
4 16 (13.68%) SQL Server
5 9 (7.69%) Redis
6 5 (4.27%) DocumentDB
6 5 (4.27%) DynamoDB
6 5 (4.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (3.42%) Big Data
8 3 (2.56%) DB2
8 3 (2.56%) Hadoop
8 3 (2.56%) Power BI
8 3 (2.56%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.71%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.71%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.71%) Power Query
9 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.71%) Tableau
10 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 19 (16.24%) Git
2 11 (9.40%) Jenkins
3 10 (8.55%) SonarQube
4 8 (6.84%) JIRA
5 5 (4.27%) Selenium
6 4 (3.42%) Postman
6 4 (3.42%) REST Assured
6 4 (3.42%) TeamCity
7 3 (2.56%) Bitbucket
7 3 (2.56%) JMeter
7 3 (2.56%) NUnit
7 3 (2.56%) webpack
8 2 (1.71%) Ant
8 2 (1.71%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.71%) JUnit
8 2 (1.71%) LoadRunner
8 2 (1.71%) Maven
8 2 (1.71%) Subversion
8 2 (1.71%) WebDriver
8 2 (1.71%) Xcode
General
1 28 (23.93%) Public Sector
2 27 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 20 (17.09%) Finance
4 15 (12.82%) Banking
5 9 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.98%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.27%) Marketing
8 4 (3.42%) Front Office
9 3 (2.56%) Back Office
9 3 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.71%) Retail
10 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.85%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.85%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (55.56%) Developer
2 21 (17.95%) Java Developer
3 16 (13.68%) SC Cleared Java Developer
4 14 (11.97%) Software Engineer
5 11 (9.40%) Full-Stack Developer
5 11 (9.40%) Lead
6 9 (7.69%) Architect
7 6 (5.13%) JavaScript Engineer
7 6 (5.13%) React Developer
7 6 (5.13%) Senior
8 5 (4.27%) Power Platform Developer
8 5 (4.27%) ServiceNow Architect
8 5 (4.27%) ServiceNow Developer
8 5 (4.27%) Software Developer
9 4 (3.42%) Algorithm Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.42%) Technical Architect
10 3 (2.56%) Consultant
10 3 (2.56%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (40.17%) React
2 40 (34.19%) HTML
3 37 (31.62%) CSS
4 31 (26.50%) .NET
5 22 (18.80%) Spring
6 20 (17.09%) Node.js
6 20 (17.09%) Web Services
7 19 (16.24%) Kafka
7 19 (16.24%) RESTful
8 18 (15.38%) Spring Boot
9 15 (12.82%) REST
10 14 (11.97%) AngularJS
11 10 (8.55%) SOAP
12 9 (7.69%) jQuery
13 8 (6.84%) JSON
14 7 (5.98%) .NET Core
14 7 (5.98%) Bootstrap
15 6 (5.13%) ASP.NET
15 6 (5.13%) GraphQL
15 6 (5.13%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.13%) CMDB
2 5 (4.27%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.42%) Low-Code
3 4 (3.42%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.56%) Blockchain
4 3 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.56%) Equities
4 3 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.71%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.85%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.98%) Unix
2 6 (5.13%) Linux
3 1 (0.85%) SUSE
3 1 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.74%) Agile
2 47 (40.17%) DevOps
3 31 (26.50%) Microservices
4 26 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 23 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (18.80%) Full-Stack Development
7 21 (17.95%) Clean Code
7 21 (17.95%) SOLID
8 19 (16.24%) API Development
9 18 (15.38%) Software Engineering
10 14 (11.97%) ITSM
11 12 (10.26%) SDLC
12 10 (8.55%) Analytics
12 10 (8.55%) Code Quality
12 10 (8.55%) Front End Development
12 10 (8.55%) Test Automation
13 9 (7.69%) CRM
13 9 (7.69%) Service Management
13 9 (7.69%) TDD
13 9 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 39 (33.33%) SQL
2 37 (31.62%) Java
3 27 (23.08%) C#
3 27 (23.08%) Python
4 12 (10.26%) TypeScript
5 8 (6.84%) Shell Script
6 6 (5.13%) PowerShell
7 5 (4.27%) Perl
8 4 (3.42%) Go
9 3 (2.56%) Apex Code
9 3 (2.56%) Bicep
9 3 (2.56%) C++
9 3 (2.56%) DAML
9 3 (2.56%) Groovy
9 3 (2.56%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.56%) Scala
9 3 (2.56%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.71%) Ruby
10 2 (1.71%) Rust
Qualifications
1 41 (35.04%) Security Cleared
2 39 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 16 (13.68%) AWS Certified Developer
4 5 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.27%) Degree
5 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.27%) Accessibility
1 5 (4.27%) QA
2 2 (1.71%) EMIR
2 2 (1.71%) Government Security Classifications
2 2 (1.71%) MiFID
3 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.85%) GDPR
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (7.69%) Docker
2 3 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.85%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.85%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.85%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 34 (29.06%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.98%) Terraform
3 3 (2.56%) Ansible
3 3 (2.56%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.71%) Grafana
5 1 (0.85%) Rancher
5 1 (0.85%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 19 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.82%) ServiceNow
3 10 (8.55%) Oracle
4 5 (4.27%) Splunk
5 4 (3.42%) Adobe
5 4 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.56%) Sybase
7 2 (1.71%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (1.71%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.85%) Ahrefs
8 1 (0.85%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.85%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.85%) Databricks
8 1 (0.85%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.85%) Hitachi
8 1 (0.85%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.85%) OutSystems
8 1 (0.85%) SAP
8 1 (0.85%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (0.85%) Talend