JavaScript Contract Job Trends in England

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > England

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 35 36
Rank change year-on-year -52 +1 -8
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 1,230 1,355 1,874
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.87% 5.49% 4.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.77% 16.19% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 951 1,320
10th Percentile £361 £350 £343
25th Percentile £413 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £660 £702
90th Percentile £800 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £507 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.07% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 38 47
10th Percentile £36.25 £27.47 £37.63
25th Percentile £37.25 £33.56 £55.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.13 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% -7.50% -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile - £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £56.38 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.86% -13.27% -7.14%

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 11,419 8,368 11,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.66% 33.89% 30.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,471 5,801 8,147
10th Percentile £358 £356 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £521 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -3.25% -4.36%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 519 197 490
10th Percentile £36.25 £28.18 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.00 £36.00 £49.53
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% -9.20% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.15 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +2.97%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in England

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in England over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in England

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JavaScript in England over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

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 15 June 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
London -42 685 £550 -4.35% 220
North of England -43 178 £500 +11.11% 159
South East -21 147 £500 -2.44% 179
North West -39 90 £500 +24.38% 86
South West -27 84 £525 +13.51% 66
Yorkshire -25 75 £500 +2.04% 54
Midlands -75 63 £475 +9.20% 73
West Midlands -74 44 £450 - 34
East of England -27 34 £507 -7.82% 60
East Midlands -36 16 £538 +46.26% 39
North East -32 13 £400 -15.34% 19
JavaScript
UK

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 51 (4.15%) Confluence
2 38 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.87%) CMS
4 12 (0.98%) nginx
5 10 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 10 (0.81%) IIS
6 9 (0.73%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.65%) Apache
8 7 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.57%) Mendix
9 6 (0.49%) HCL Notes
9 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.41%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.41%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.33%) Cloud Foundry
11 4 (0.33%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.33%) WordPress
12 3 (0.24%) Camunda
12 3 (0.24%) Drupal
12 3 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Chatbot
1 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.41%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.33%) Sketch
4 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.081%) InDesign
6 1 (0.081%) Maya
Business Applications
1 40 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
3 10 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (0.73%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.41%) SAP CRM
5 5 (0.41%) Shopify
6 4 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.081%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.081%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.081%) Magento
8 1 (0.081%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.081%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.081%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.081%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.081%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.081%) SDL Web 8
8 1 (0.081%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.081%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 381 (30.98%) AWS
2 356 (28.94%) Azure
3 130 (10.57%) GitHub
4 129 (10.49%) Power Platform
5 125 (10.16%) Serverless
6 121 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
6 121 (9.84%) GCP
7 85 (6.91%) Power Automate
8 75 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (5.77%) PowerApps
10 64 (5.20%) GitHub Actions
11 56 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
12 44 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
13 40 (3.25%) Azure Functions
14 38 (3.09%) Amazon S3
14 38 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
15 33 (2.68%) Figma
16 30 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
17 27 (2.20%) Azure Service Bus
18 25 (2.03%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.36%) TCP/IP
2 23 (1.87%) DNS
3 19 (1.54%) Network Security
4 13 (1.06%) Ethernet
4 13 (1.06%) HTTP
5 11 (0.89%) DHCP
6 10 (0.81%) BIG-IP
7 6 (0.49%) Firewall
7 6 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.41%) Internet
9 4 (0.33%) Intranet
9 4 (0.33%) SSL
10 3 (0.24%) LAN
10 3 (0.24%) VPN
10 3 (0.24%) WAN
11 2 (0.16%) BGP
11 2 (0.16%) OSPF
11 2 (0.16%) RTMP
12 1 (0.081%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.081%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (8.21%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (7.32%) SQL Server
3 64 (5.20%) Power BI
3 64 (5.20%) Relational Database
4 48 (3.90%) MySQL
5 45 (3.66%) NoSQL
6 36 (2.93%) MongoDB
7 21 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (1.63%) DynamoDB
9 16 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.22%) Oracle Database
10 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
11 12 (0.98%) Redis
12 10 (0.81%) Apache Cassandra
12 10 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (0.81%) Big Data
12 10 (0.81%) Metadata
12 10 (0.81%) Tableau
13 8 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 165 (13.41%) Git
2 82 (6.67%) JIRA
3 71 (5.77%) Jenkins
4 69 (5.61%) GitLab
5 48 (3.90%) Cypress.io
6 47 (3.82%) Selenium
7 42 (3.41%) Cucumber
8 35 (2.85%) Postman
9 25 (2.03%) REST Assured
10 20 (1.63%) JUnit
10 20 (1.63%) Visual Studio
11 18 (1.46%) Eclipse
12 15 (1.22%) Vite
13 14 (1.14%) Bitbucket
13 14 (1.14%) CircleCI
13 14 (1.14%) Mocha
14 12 (0.98%) Browser DevTools
14 12 (0.98%) JMeter
14 12 (0.98%) webpack
15 11 (0.89%) WebDriver
General
1 259 (21.06%) Social Skills
2 235 (19.11%) Finance
3 172 (13.98%) Public Sector
4 126 (10.24%) Banking
5 99 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
6 95 (7.72%) Front Office
7 54 (4.39%) Investment Banking
8 28 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (1.95%) Retail
10 23 (1.87%) Marketing
11 22 (1.79%) Financial Institution
12 21 (1.71%) Military
13 11 (0.89%) Telecoms
14 10 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.65%) Law
15 8 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.49%) Publishing
16 6 (0.49%) Retail Banking
17 5 (0.41%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 629 (51.14%) Developer
2 192 (15.61%) Senior
3 140 (11.38%) Software Engineer
4 128 (10.41%) Full-Stack Developer
5 121 (9.84%) Lead
6 120 (9.76%) Senior Developer
7 103 (8.37%) React Developer
8 95 (7.72%) Java Developer
9 90 (7.32%) Architect
10 64 (5.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 58 (4.72%) Lead Developer
12 51 (4.15%) Software Developer
13 49 (3.98%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 43 (3.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 41 (3.33%) Lead Software Engineer
15 41 (3.33%) Senior Java Developer
16 40 (3.25%) Python Developer
17 39 (3.17%) Consultant
17 39 (3.17%) Lead Software Developer
17 39 (3.17%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 466 (37.89%) React
2 318 (25.85%) HTML
3 306 (24.88%) CSS
4 268 (21.79%) Node.js
5 252 (20.49%) REST
6 183 (14.88%) .NET
7 155 (12.60%) AngularJS
8 146 (11.87%) Redux
9 121 (9.84%) RESTful
10 100 (8.13%) Spring
11 88 (7.15%) Spring Boot
12 86 (6.99%) SOAP
13 83 (6.75%) JSON
13 83 (6.75%) Kafka
14 81 (6.59%) HTML5
15 72 (5.85%) Playwright
16 62 (5.04%) GraphQL
17 59 (4.80%) CSS3
17 59 (4.80%) Web Services
18 54 (4.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 88 (7.15%) Fixed Income
2 84 (6.83%) Product Ownership
3 82 (6.67%) Cloud Native
4 45 (3.66%) Equities
5 42 (3.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 39 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
7 29 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (2.28%) CMDB
9 25 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
9 25 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
10 24 (1.95%) Derivative
10 24 (1.95%) Mobile App
11 23 (1.87%) Low-Code
12 21 (1.71%) Data Structures
13 17 (1.38%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.06%) Virtual Team
16 12 (0.98%) PKI
17 10 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 74 (6.02%) Linux
2 65 (5.28%) Windows
3 37 (3.01%) Unix
4 17 (1.38%) Android
5 16 (1.30%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.73%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.33%) Debian
9 4 (0.33%) Rocky
9 4 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.24%) Solaris
10 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.16%) AIX
11 2 (0.16%) VMS
11 2 (0.16%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.081%) Tizen
12 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (44.63%) Agile
2 450 (36.59%) CI/CD
3 314 (25.53%) DevOps
4 261 (21.22%) Full-Stack Development
5 234 (19.02%) Software Engineering
6 225 (18.29%) Test Automation
7 223 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
8 170 (13.82%) Microservices
9 151 (12.28%) Front End Development
10 135 (10.98%) User Experience
11 129 (10.49%) AI
12 126 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 119 (9.67%) Scrum
14 114 (9.27%) Containerisation
15 108 (8.78%) Mentoring
16 99 (8.05%) TDD
17 94 (7.64%) Code Quality
18 90 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
19 84 (6.83%) Technical Leadership
20 80 (6.50%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 402 (32.68%) TypeScript
2 383 (31.14%) Python
3 363 (29.51%) Java
4 302 (24.55%) SQL
5 267 (21.71%) C#
6 59 (4.80%) PowerShell
7 50 (4.07%) Go
8 32 (2.60%) PL/SQL
9 27 (2.20%) Ruby
10 24 (1.95%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.63%) C++
12 17 (1.38%) Apex Code
12 17 (1.38%) Scala
13 15 (1.22%) Bash
13 15 (1.22%) Kotlin
13 15 (1.22%) Perl
14 14 (1.14%) PHP
15 13 (1.06%) Shell Script
15 13 (1.06%) VBA
16 12 (0.98%) Rust
Qualifications
1 264 (21.46%) Security Cleared
2 203 (16.50%) SC Cleared
3 84 (6.83%) Degree
4 49 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.46%) AWS Certification
8 14 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.57%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.41%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.24%) CCNP
15 3 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
16 2 (0.16%) CCA
17 1 (0.081%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 106 (8.62%) QA
3 65 (5.28%) WCAG
4 23 (1.87%) GDPR
5 9 (0.73%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.57%) GRC
6 7 (0.57%) SLA
7 5 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.41%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.41%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.33%) PSD2
9 3 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.24%) NCSC
9 3 (0.24%) NIST
9 3 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.081%) PMO
System Software
1 180 (14.63%) Docker
2 21 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 152 (12.36%) Kubernetes
2 120 (9.76%) Terraform
3 36 (2.93%) Grafana
4 27 (2.20%) Ansible
5 21 (1.71%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.63%) vRealize
7 16 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.98%) Kibana
9 7 (0.57%) Argo
10 3 (0.24%) Nagios
10 3 (0.24%) Podman
11 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.16%) Puppet
11 2 (0.16%) Rundeck
12 1 (0.081%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.081%) SELinux
12 1 (0.081%) systemd
12 1 (0.081%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 163 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 101 (8.21%) ServiceNow
3 83 (6.75%) Oracle
4 37 (3.01%) Salesforce
5 33 (2.68%) Google
6 27 (2.20%) Adobe
7 21 (1.71%) VMware
8 18 (1.46%) Databricks
8 18 (1.46%) Splunk
9 15 (1.22%) MuleSoft
10 12 (0.98%) SAP
11 10 (0.81%) BMC
11 10 (0.81%) Dynatrace
11 10 (0.81%) F5
11 10 (0.81%) Infoblox
11 10 (0.81%) Red Hat
11 10 (0.81%) Remedy
11 10 (0.81%) Workday
12 9 (0.73%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.65%) OutSystems