Grunt Contracts in England

Grunt
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Grunt skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Grunt over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 - 608
Rank change year-on-year - - +57
Contract jobs citing Grunt 9 0 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.035% - 0.055%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.25% - 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 21
10th Percentile £348 - £513
25th Percentile £385 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.34%
75th Percentile £443 - £680
90th Percentile £463 - £838
UK median daily rate £405 - £650
% change year-on-year - - -10.34%

All Development Application Skills
England

Grunt falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,662 4,541 6,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.17% 12.17% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,498 3,046 4,733
10th Percentile £335 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £706 £725 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 233 202
10th Percentile £28.27 £33.01 £48.20
25th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.84% +18.10%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +18.84%

Grunt
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Grunt in England

Grunt
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Grunt in England

Grunt
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Grunt in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Grunt in England

Grunt
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Grunt in England

Grunt
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 Grunt within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England - 3 £460 - 4
London - 3 £338 - 8
East Midlands - 3 £402 - 1
Midlands - 3 £402 - 1
North West - 3 £460 - 3
Grunt
UK

Grunt
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) npm
2 2 (22.22%) BigCommerce
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Git
2 7 (77.78%) gulp
3 5 (55.56%) Cypress.io
3 5 (55.56%) webpack
4 4 (44.44%) SonarQube
5 1 (11.11%) ESLint
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) UI Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Angular Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Java Software Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Lead
5 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) CSS
1 9 (100.00%) CSS3
1 9 (100.00%) HTML
1 9 (100.00%) HTML5
2 6 (66.67%) LESS
2 6 (66.67%) Node.js
2 6 (66.67%) Sass
3 5 (55.56%) Jest
4 4 (44.44%) Ajax
4 4 (44.44%) AngularJS
4 4 (44.44%) JSON
4 4 (44.44%) REST
5 3 (33.33%) Bootstrap
5 3 (33.33%) Enzyme
5 3 (33.33%) jQuery
5 3 (33.33%) Nightwatchjs
5 3 (33.33%) React
5 3 (33.33%) Redux
5 3 (33.33%) RESTful
5 3 (33.33%) XHR
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 6 (66.67%) Unit Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 3 (33.33%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
5 3 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
5 3 (33.33%) TDD
5 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 3 (33.33%) User Experience
5 3 (33.33%) UX Design
6 2 (22.22%) B2B
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
6 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
6 2 (22.22%) Rapid Prototyping
6 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (22.22%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) C#
3 2 (22.22%) PHP
3 2 (22.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Perforce
2 2 (22.22%) Adobe
2 2 (22.22%) Salesforce
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Sitecore
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft