JavaScript Contracts in England

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 35 29
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 -7
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 1,419 1,940 2,871
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.35% 5.21% 5.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.92% 16.87% 17.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,013 1,385 2,119
10th Percentile £335 £325 £375
25th Percentile £406 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £663 £725 £650
90th Percentile £825 £850 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -2.92% +1.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 55 38
10th Percentile £27.75 £38.88 £35.70
25th Percentile £33.56 £58.75 £51.44
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £65.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.00 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £60.13 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -7.50% -7.14% +27.27%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 8,914 11,503 16,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.61% 30.86% 34.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,151 8,225 11,921
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.15% -1.36% -0.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 483 412
10th Percentile £28.18 £35.53 £30.08
25th Percentile £36.19 £50.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £56.38 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +4.00% +18.42%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £76.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +19.05%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in England

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for JavaScript in England

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in England

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript in England

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JavaScript in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for JavaScript in England

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the England region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
London -3 886 £575 -4.17% 2,115
North of England -14 160 £450 -9.09% 723
South East -5 104 £500 +25.00% 514
North West +4 98 £402 -13.08% 423
South West +11 87 £450 -10.00% 235
Midlands -10 84 £425 - 326
Yorkshire -23 54 £491 -9.42% 230
West Midlands +4 49 £450 -7.69% 192
East of England +13 44 £545 +29.76% 269
East Midlands -8 34 £368 -5.16% 133
North East -12 12 £473 -5.59% 78
JavaScript
UK

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 69 (4.86%) Apache Airflow
2 66 (4.65%) Apache
3 52 (3.66%) Confluence
4 34 (2.40%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.48%) Apache Spark
6 17 (1.20%) CMS
7 12 (0.85%) Tomcat
8 11 (0.78%) WebSphere
9 10 (0.70%) IIS
10 8 (0.56%) Drupal
10 8 (0.56%) nginx
11 5 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.35%) Camunda
11 5 (0.35%) Headless CMS
11 5 (0.35%) JBoss
11 5 (0.35%) Moodle
11 5 (0.35%) WordPress
12 4 (0.28%) Appian
12 4 (0.28%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (0.99%) Adobe XD
2 12 (0.85%) Sketch
3 11 (0.78%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.21%) InVision
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.14%) Trello
6 2 (0.14%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.070%) InDesign
7 1 (0.070%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 52 (3.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.49%) Maximo
2 7 (0.49%) Shopify
3 5 (0.35%) OpenText MBPM
3 5 (0.35%) Oracle BPM
4 4 (0.28%) Endur
4 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.21%) Magento
5 3 (0.21%) Sprinklr
6 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.070%) BASE24
7 1 (0.070%) FastStats
7 1 (0.070%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.070%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.070%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 522 (36.79%) AWS
2 330 (23.26%) Azure
3 178 (12.54%) GCP
4 140 (9.87%) Serverless
5 108 (7.61%) Power Platform
6 101 (7.12%) GitHub
7 97 (6.84%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (5.71%) AWS Lambda
9 75 (5.29%) PowerApps
10 73 (5.14%) dbt
10 73 (5.14%) Power Automate
11 65 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
12 47 (3.31%) Amazon S3
13 42 (2.96%) GitHub Actions
14 39 (2.75%) Snowflake
15 35 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
16 33 (2.33%) SaaS
17 30 (2.11%) npm
18 29 (2.04%) Figma
19 28 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.31%) HTTP
2 17 (1.20%) TCP/IP
3 14 (0.99%) DNS
3 14 (0.99%) HTTPS
4 12 (0.85%) Ethernet
5 9 (0.63%) SSL
6 7 (0.49%) Firewall
7 6 (0.42%) Intranet
8 5 (0.35%) DHCP
8 5 (0.35%) NFC
8 5 (0.35%) PPP
8 5 (0.35%) VPN
9 4 (0.28%) Internet
9 4 (0.28%) POP3
9 4 (0.28%) SMTP
9 4 (0.28%) SNMP
9 4 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
10 2 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.070%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.070%) GPON
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (10.71%) PostgreSQL
2 104 (7.33%) SQL Server
3 73 (5.14%) NoSQL
4 69 (4.86%) Amazon Athena
4 69 (4.86%) Apache Arrow
4 69 (4.86%) Apache Iceberg
4 69 (4.86%) Dremio
5 62 (4.37%) MongoDB
6 60 (4.23%) MySQL
7 57 (4.02%) Relational Database
8 50 (3.52%) Data Lake
9 47 (3.31%) Power BI
10 42 (2.96%) DynamoDB
11 37 (2.61%) Apache Ignite
12 22 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
13 21 (1.48%) Redis
14 17 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 16 (1.13%) Big Data
16 15 (1.06%) DB2
17 14 (0.99%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 271 (19.10%) Git
2 128 (9.02%) Jenkins
3 123 (8.67%) JIRA
4 77 (5.43%) GitLab
5 76 (5.36%) Cypress.io
6 51 (3.59%) Bitbucket
7 45 (3.17%) Selenium
8 43 (3.03%) SonarQube
9 39 (2.75%) webpack
10 38 (2.68%) Maven
11 33 (2.33%) Cucumber
12 31 (2.18%) Postman
13 30 (2.11%) JUnit
14 28 (1.97%) Eclipse
15 26 (1.83%) REST Assured
16 25 (1.76%) JMeter
16 25 (1.76%) Sonatype Nexus
17 24 (1.69%) Visual Studio
18 22 (1.55%) TeamCity
19 19 (1.34%) Artifactory
General
1 345 (24.31%) Finance
2 337 (23.75%) Social Skills
3 197 (13.88%) Banking
4 175 (12.33%) Front Office
5 152 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 121 (8.53%) Public Sector
7 92 (6.48%) Investment Banking
8 48 (3.38%) Marketing
9 31 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (2.04%) Retail
11 22 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 21 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (1.13%) Military
14 15 (1.06%) Legal
14 15 (1.06%) Manufacturing
15 13 (0.92%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.70%) Advertising
16 10 (0.70%) Back Office
16 10 (0.70%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 765 (53.91%) Developer
2 254 (17.90%) Software Engineer
3 216 (15.22%) Senior
4 139 (9.80%) Full-Stack Developer
5 107 (7.54%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 100 (7.05%) React Developer
7 99 (6.98%) AWS Engineer
8 94 (6.62%) Lead
9 93 (6.55%) Senior Developer
10 78 (5.50%) Architect
10 78 (5.50%) AWS Software Engineer
10 78 (5.50%) Java Developer
11 71 (5.00%) AWS Developer
12 69 (4.86%) Senior Software Engineer
13 67 (4.72%) Python Developer
14 63 (4.44%) Java Engineer
15 62 (4.37%) Python Engineer
16 56 (3.95%) Python Software Engineer
17 55 (3.88%) Java Software Engineer
18 52 (3.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 521 (36.72%) React
2 455 (32.06%) HTML
3 432 (30.44%) CSS
4 328 (23.11%) Node.js
5 270 (19.03%) AngularJS
6 232 (16.35%) .NET
7 188 (13.25%) REST
8 156 (10.99%) RESTful
9 144 (10.15%) Web Services
10 140 (9.87%) Redux
11 130 (9.16%) Vue
12 93 (6.55%) HTML5
13 91 (6.41%) Pandas
14 88 (6.20%) JSON
14 88 (6.20%) SOAP
15 87 (6.13%) NumPy
16 85 (5.99%) SciPy
17 73 (5.14%) Spring Boot
18 69 (4.86%) Spring
19 67 (4.72%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 143 (10.08%) Fixed Income
2 130 (9.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 92 (6.48%) Equities
4 73 (5.14%) Hedge funds
5 66 (4.65%) Product Ownership
6 46 (3.24%) Derivative
7 42 (2.96%) Mobile App
8 40 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
9 33 (2.33%) Cloud Native
10 32 (2.26%) Data Structures
11 30 (2.11%) Pricing Data
12 27 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
13 26 (1.83%) Algorithms
14 23 (1.62%) Private Cloud
15 22 (1.55%) Management Information System
16 18 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
17 17 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
17 17 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
18 16 (1.13%) Low-Code
19 14 (0.99%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 97 (6.84%) Linux
2 49 (3.45%) Windows
3 27 (1.90%) Android
3 27 (1.90%) Unix
4 24 (1.69%) Apple iOS
5 20 (1.41%) Ubuntu
6 17 (1.20%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.35%) CentOS
9 2 (0.14%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 674 (47.50%) Agile
2 399 (28.12%) CI/CD
3 372 (26.22%) Software Engineering
4 288 (20.30%) DevOps
5 252 (17.76%) Full-Stack Development
6 246 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
7 202 (14.24%) Microservices
8 187 (13.18%) Test Automation
9 182 (12.83%) User Experience
10 164 (11.56%) Scrum
11 150 (10.57%) TDD
12 147 (10.36%) Investment Management
13 130 (9.16%) Asset Management
14 128 (9.02%) Front End Development
15 115 (8.10%) Mentoring
16 111 (7.82%) Fintech
17 104 (7.33%) Clean Code
18 97 (6.84%) Analytics
18 97 (6.84%) Containerisation
19 88 (6.20%) OO
Programming Languages
1 473 (33.33%) Python
2 457 (32.21%) TypeScript
3 438 (30.87%) Java
4 335 (23.61%) C#
5 309 (21.78%) SQL
6 92 (6.48%) C++
7 59 (4.16%) PowerShell
8 53 (3.74%) PHP
9 44 (3.10%) Go
10 41 (2.89%) Shell Script
11 35 (2.47%) Ruby
12 23 (1.62%) Apex Code
13 22 (1.55%) Groovy
14 21 (1.48%) C
14 21 (1.48%) Kotlin
15 20 (1.41%) Scala
15 20 (1.41%) T-SQL
16 19 (1.34%) Bash
17 18 (1.27%) Rust
18 17 (1.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 241 (16.98%) Security Cleared
2 186 (13.11%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.12%) Degree
4 55 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (2.47%) DV Cleared
6 22 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (1.48%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.06%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.49%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.21%) CCNA
13 3 (0.21%) CEH
13 3 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.21%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.21%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.14%) OCP
14 2 (0.14%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.91%) QA
2 92 (6.48%) Accessibility
3 28 (1.97%) WCAG
4 13 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.42%) GDPR
5 6 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
7 4 (0.28%) GRC
7 4 (0.28%) MiFID
8 3 (0.21%) EMIR
8 3 (0.21%) HL7
8 3 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.14%) DICOM
9 2 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.14%) SLA
10 1 (0.070%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.070%) FATCA
10 1 (0.070%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.070%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.070%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 156 (10.99%) Docker
2 31 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) OpenAM
4 4 (0.28%) OpenDJ
4 4 (0.28%) OpenIDM
5 3 (0.21%) Firmware
5 3 (0.21%) vCloud
5 3 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (0.21%) vSphere
6 2 (0.14%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.070%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 181 (12.76%) Kubernetes
2 83 (5.85%) Terraform
3 30 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
4 28 (1.97%) Ansible
5 16 (1.13%) Grafana
6 13 (0.92%) Puppet
7 9 (0.63%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.56%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.49%) Kibana
10 4 (0.28%) Perfmon
11 3 (0.21%) Nagios
12 2 (0.14%) Argo
12 2 (0.14%) Icinga
12 2 (0.14%) Salt
13 1 (0.070%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.070%) Podman
13 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 177 (12.47%) Microsoft
2 90 (6.34%) Oracle
3 83 (5.85%) ServiceNow
4 58 (4.09%) Google
5 36 (2.54%) Adobe
5 36 (2.54%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.11%) SAP
7 24 (1.69%) Red Hat
8 22 (1.55%) Databricks
9 21 (1.48%) Atlassian
10 16 (1.13%) ForgeRock
11 15 (1.06%) Splunk
12 12 (0.85%) OutSystems
12 12 (0.85%) Workday
13 10 (0.70%) IBM
14 9 (0.63%) Dynatrace
14 9 (0.63%) Ping Identity
15 8 (0.56%) CA Agile Central
15 8 (0.56%) Cloudera
15 8 (0.56%) Veracode