Grunt Contract Job Trends in England

Grunt
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Grunt skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 - 576
Rank change year-on-year - - +104
Contract jobs citing Grunt 9 0 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% - 0.037%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.22% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 11
10th Percentile £324 - £250
25th Percentile £360 - £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.34%
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile £462 - £738
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 4,077 4,354 5,659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.90% 13.36% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,819 2,812 3,997
10th Percentile £325 £353 £363
25th Percentile £405 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £603 £632 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 169 230
10th Percentile £44.30 £37.39 £46.15
25th Percentile £54.88 £54.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £77.88
90th Percentile £81.80 £73.80 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Grunt.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Grunt

Grunt
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Grunt in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Grunt in England

Grunt
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Grunt.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Grunt

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 15 September 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 West - 6 £421 -
North of England - 6 £421 -
East Midlands - 2 £404 -
Midlands - 2 £404 -
London - 1 £338 - 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) npm
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Git
1 9 (100.00%) gulp
2 6 (66.67%) Cypress.io
2 6 (66.67%) SonarQube
3 3 (33.33%) webpack
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (66.67%) UI Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Angular Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Software Developer
4 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%) Ajax
2 6 (66.67%) Enzyme
2 6 (66.67%) Jest
2 6 (66.67%) JSON
2 6 (66.67%) LESS
2 6 (66.67%) Nightwatchjs
2 6 (66.67%) Node.js
2 6 (66.67%) React
2 6 (66.67%) Redux
2 6 (66.67%) REST
2 6 (66.67%) Sass
3 3 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 3 (33.33%) Bootstrap
3 3 (33.33%) jQuery
3 3 (33.33%) RESTful
3 3 (33.33%) XHR
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 6 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 6 (66.67%) Unit Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) API Integration
4 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 3 (33.33%) Clean Code
4 3 (33.33%) Code Quality
4 3 (33.33%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
4 3 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
4 3 (33.33%) TDD
4 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 3 (33.33%) User Experience
4 3 (33.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Perforce
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft