Jest Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Jest
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Jest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 82 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing Jest 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.063% 0.092% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.44% 0.58% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £425 £489
% change year-on-year +5.88% -13.09% -18.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 228 171 200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.35% 15.80% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 103 119
10th Percentile £400 £300 £300
25th Percentile £438 £326 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -14.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £656 £538 £571
90th Percentile £764 £660 £640
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 3 12
10th Percentile £35.05 - £24.51
25th Percentile £43.00 - £42.98
Median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +20.37% -17.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.38 £65.31
90th Percentile £76.25 £72.00 £66.70
England median hourly rate £57.75 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -7.60% +16.82% -17.69%

Jest
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Jest job vacancy trend in the East of England

Jest
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Jest.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Jest

Jest
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Jest within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Hertfordshire - 1 £413 - 4
Jest
England

Jest
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Python Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes