JavaScript Contracts in England

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for JavaScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JavaScript over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 30 20
Rank change year-on-year -7 -10 -4
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 1,775 3,023 5,815
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.78% 5.97% 8.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.29% 16.86% 22.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,253 2,225 4,445
10th Percentile £325 £379 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £545
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -1.38% +14.74%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £650
90th Percentile £825 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 49 65
10th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £18.45
25th Percentile £46.18 £50.05 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £65.50
90th Percentile £74.50 £76.80 £76.65
UK median hourly rate £61.25 £68.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -10.91% +25.00% +24.29%

All Programming Languages
England

JavaScript is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,896 17,934 26,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.31% 35.39% 36.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,910 13,104 19,309
10th Percentile £350 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +2.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £670
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 439 456
10th Percentile £35.52 £26.12 £20.00
25th Percentile £48.00 £49.46 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +0.83% +20.00% +14.29%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 -6 1,083 £600 +5.26% 626
North of England -9 223 £475 -7.32% 335
South East -10 153 £423 -11.98% 227
South West +9 125 £500 -4.76% 198
North West -18 107 £450 -14.29% 194
Yorkshire -4 91 £550 +10.00% 106
Midlands -7 86 £419 -2.67% 211
East Midlands +4 46 £394 -1.56% 82
East of England -10 43 £438 -8.38% 129
West Midlands 0 40 £450 -6.49% 129
North East +9 25 £454 -17.45% 39
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
1 104 (5.86%) Apache Airflow
2 88 (4.96%) Apache
3 50 (2.82%) CMS
4 47 (2.65%) Confluence
5 44 (2.48%) SharePoint
6 22 (1.24%) nginx
7 19 (1.07%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 15 (0.85%) Drupal
8 15 (0.85%) WordPress
9 12 (0.68%) IIS
10 11 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
11 8 (0.45%) Headless CMS
12 7 (0.39%) ArcGIS
12 7 (0.39%) OpenStack
12 7 (0.39%) SharePoint 2010
12 7 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
12 7 (0.39%) Tomcat
13 6 (0.34%) Tornado
14 4 (0.23%) Umbraco
15 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 111 (6.25%) Chatbot
2 17 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.51%) Sketch
5 8 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.39%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.34%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.23%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.17%) Simulink
10 2 (0.11%) InVision
11 1 (0.056%) Avocode
Business Applications
1 27 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.85%) Shopify
3 11 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
5 6 (0.34%) SAP Hybris
6 5 (0.28%) Endur
6 5 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.23%) Magento
7 4 (0.23%) Maximo
7 4 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.17%) Eloqua
9 2 (0.11%) Unica
9 2 (0.11%) WebTrends
9 2 (0.11%) Workfront
10 1 (0.056%) Distributed Ledger
10 1 (0.056%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle 11i
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle Financials
10 1 (0.056%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 526 (29.63%) AWS
2 365 (20.56%) Azure
3 202 (11.38%) GCP
4 98 (5.52%) GitHub
5 94 (5.30%) Serverless
6 88 (4.96%) dbt
7 87 (4.90%) Power Platform
8 86 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
9 71 (4.00%) Snowflake
10 55 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
11 47 (2.65%) Power Automate
12 43 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
13 41 (2.31%) PowerApps
14 40 (2.25%) npm
15 35 (1.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 33 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
17 28 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
18 25 (1.41%) Figma
19 24 (1.35%) Azure Functions
20 23 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.41%) HTTP
2 17 (0.96%) Firewall
3 16 (0.90%) Intranet
4 14 (0.79%) Software-Defined Radio
5 13 (0.73%) SNMP
6 10 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.51%) Ethernet
7 9 (0.51%) Internet
8 8 (0.45%) DNS
9 7 (0.39%) SSL
10 6 (0.34%) Wireless
11 5 (0.28%) MQTT
11 5 (0.28%) RTSP
12 4 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.23%) VPN
13 3 (0.17%) AMQP
13 3 (0.17%) BGP
13 3 (0.17%) IOS XR
13 3 (0.17%) Kerberos
13 3 (0.17%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (8.68%) SQL Server
2 93 (5.24%) MySQL
3 89 (5.01%) Amazon Athena
4 88 (4.96%) Apache Arrow
4 88 (4.96%) Dremio
5 80 (4.51%) Apache Ignite
5 80 (4.51%) MongoDB
6 79 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
7 78 (4.39%) NoSQL
8 68 (3.83%) Data Lake
9 53 (2.99%) Relational Database
10 38 (2.14%) Power BI
11 34 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
12 25 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
13 20 (1.13%) Redis
14 19 (1.07%) Metadata
15 17 (0.96%) Big Data
15 17 (0.96%) DynamoDB
16 15 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
16 15 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 214 (12.06%) Git
2 116 (6.54%) Jenkins
3 109 (6.14%) JIRA
4 56 (3.15%) Cypress.io
4 56 (3.15%) webpack
5 53 (2.99%) GitLab
6 39 (2.20%) Selenium
7 29 (1.63%) Bitbucket
7 29 (1.63%) Eclipse
7 29 (1.63%) Postman
8 25 (1.41%) Cucumber
9 23 (1.30%) Visual Studio
10 18 (1.01%) JMeter
10 18 (1.01%) TeamCity
11 17 (0.96%) Robot Framework
12 16 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
13 14 (0.79%) GoogleTest
13 14 (0.79%) Maven
14 12 (0.68%) git-flow
15 11 (0.62%) NUnit
General
1 359 (20.23%) Finance
2 339 (19.10%) Social Skills
3 185 (10.42%) Front Office
4 160 (9.01%) Banking
5 142 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 118 (6.65%) Public Sector
7 85 (4.79%) Investment Banking
8 80 (4.51%) Marketing
9 33 (1.86%) Retail
10 26 (1.46%) Advertising
11 24 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.30%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.30%) Telecoms
13 20 (1.13%) Financial Institution
14 19 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.01%) Back Office
16 14 (0.79%) Games
17 12 (0.68%) Publishing
18 11 (0.62%) Legal
18 11 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,093 (61.58%) Developer
2 226 (12.73%) Senior
3 203 (11.44%) Full Stack Developer
4 201 (11.32%) Software Engineer
5 195 (10.99%) Software Developer
6 138 (7.77%) Senior Developer
7 119 (6.70%) Lead
8 116 (6.54%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 102 (5.75%) React Developer
10 98 (5.52%) Architect
11 94 (5.30%) .NET Developer
12 89 (5.01%) JavaScript Developer
13 84 (4.73%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 67 (3.77%) C# Developer
15 66 (3.72%) Python Developer
16 58 (3.27%) Java Developer
17 53 (2.99%) AWS Engineer
18 50 (2.82%) Full Stack Engineer
19 48 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
20 47 (2.65%) Angular Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 706 (39.77%) HTML
2 555 (31.27%) CSS
3 541 (30.48%) React
4 334 (18.82%) Node.js
5 279 (15.72%) .NET
6 253 (14.25%) AngularJS
7 190 (10.70%) REST
8 123 (6.93%) Web Services
9 105 (5.92%) XML
10 104 (5.86%) ASP.NET
11 101 (5.69%) gRPC
11 101 (5.69%) Protocol Buffers
12 99 (5.58%) Pandas
13 98 (5.52%) Redux
14 97 (5.46%) .NET Core
14 97 (5.46%) Vue
15 94 (5.30%) RESTful
16 88 (4.96%) HTML5
16 88 (4.96%) NumPy
17 85 (4.79%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 160 (9.01%) Fixed Income
2 125 (7.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 116 (6.54%) Derivative
3 116 (6.54%) Hedge funds
4 108 (6.08%) Equities
5 59 (3.32%) Product Ownership
6 44 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
7 43 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
8 42 (2.37%) Algorithms
9 40 (2.25%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.80%) Management Information System
11 30 (1.69%) Data Structures
12 25 (1.41%) Cloud Native
12 25 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (1.41%) Onboarding
12 25 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (0.68%) Clustering
15 11 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
16 10 (0.56%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 125 (7.04%) Linux
2 69 (3.89%) Windows
3 47 (2.65%) Unix
4 32 (1.80%) Android
5 28 (1.58%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.056%) CentOS
8 1 (0.056%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 659 (37.13%) Agile
2 528 (29.75%) Software Engineering
3 358 (20.17%) Full Stack Development
4 331 (18.65%) DevOps
5 283 (15.94%) CI/CD
6 236 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
7 222 (12.51%) Front End Development
8 191 (10.76%) Test Automation
9 185 (10.42%) TDD
10 169 (9.52%) Code Quality
11 153 (8.62%) Asset Management
12 147 (8.28%) Web Development
13 145 (8.17%) Artificial Intelligence
14 143 (8.06%) Microservices
15 140 (7.89%) Scrum
16 134 (7.55%) User Experience
17 119 (6.70%) Investment Management
18 113 (6.37%) Conversational UI
19 112 (6.31%) Design Patterns
19 112 (6.31%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 564 (31.77%) Python
2 486 (27.38%) TypeScript
3 477 (26.87%) C#
4 444 (25.01%) Java
5 436 (24.56%) SQL
6 104 (5.86%) PHP
7 79 (4.45%) PowerShell
8 65 (3.66%) C++
9 58 (3.27%) Go
10 38 (2.14%) Bash
11 33 (1.86%) Kotlin
11 33 (1.86%) Ruby
12 31 (1.75%) C
13 30 (1.69%) PL/SQL
14 25 (1.41%) Bicep
15 23 (1.30%) T-SQL
16 22 (1.24%) Apex Code
17 21 (1.18%) Groovy
18 17 (0.96%) Scala
19 12 (0.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 270 (15.21%) Degree
2 236 (13.30%) Security Cleared
3 172 (9.69%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.21%) DV Cleared
6 26 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 10 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (0.51%) AWS Certification
8 9 (0.51%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.45%) ISTQB
9 8 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
11 6 (0.34%) CEH
11 6 (0.34%) CREST Certified
11 6 (0.34%) GIAC
11 6 (0.34%) GPEN
11 6 (0.34%) OSCP
12 5 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.23%) CISSP
13 4 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (7.04%) QA
2 84 (4.73%) Accessibility
3 40 (2.25%) Data Quality
4 35 (1.97%) WCAG
5 16 (0.90%) PCI DSS
6 12 (0.68%) GDPR
7 9 (0.51%) NIST
8 7 (0.39%) Good Clinical Practice
8 7 (0.39%) GxP
8 7 (0.39%) SLA
9 5 (0.28%) GRC
10 4 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.23%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.11%) MiFID
11 2 (0.11%) PMO
12 1 (0.056%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.056%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.056%) MISRA
12 1 (0.056%) MISRA C
System Software
1 110 (6.20%) Docker
2 68 (3.83%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.75%) IAG
4 28 (1.58%) ACF2
4 28 (1.58%) RACF
5 15 (0.85%) Firmware
6 10 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.23%) zsh
8 3 (0.17%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.11%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.056%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.056%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 152 (8.56%) Kubernetes
2 90 (5.07%) Terraform
3 54 (3.04%) Ansible
4 29 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (0.96%) Grafana
6 12 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.45%) PingFederate
8 6 (0.34%) Kibana
9 5 (0.28%) Puppet
10 4 (0.23%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.23%) logstash
11 3 (0.17%) Netcool
11 3 (0.17%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.056%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.056%) Bugsnag
12 1 (0.056%) Istio
12 1 (0.056%) MOM
12 1 (0.056%) Packer
12 1 (0.056%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.056%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 140 (7.89%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.20%) PayPal
3 83 (4.68%) Google
3 83 (4.68%) Oracle
4 68 (3.83%) ServiceNow
5 49 (2.76%) Adobe
6 45 (2.54%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.58%) SAP
8 22 (1.24%) Atlassian
8 22 (1.24%) Sybase
9 18 (1.01%) MuleSoft
10 17 (0.96%) Optimizely
11 15 (0.85%) Splunk
12 13 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 12 (0.68%) VMware
14 10 (0.56%) IBM
15 9 (0.51%) Tealium
16 8 (0.45%) BeyondTrust
16 8 (0.45%) Databricks
16 8 (0.45%) ESRI