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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 30 20
Rank change year-on-year -6 -10 -5
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 1,777 2,939 5,738
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.83% 5.97% 8.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.35% 17.05% 22.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,248 2,153 4,392
10th Percentile £325 £385 £383
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.82%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £650
90th Percentile £850 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 48 62
10th Percentile £35.00 £35.70 £26.45
25th Percentile £46.18 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £66.50 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +20.36% +0.45%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £67.47
90th Percentile £71.00 £77.20 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year -7.41% +20.00% +18.42%

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 10,866 17,240 25,871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.55% 35.05% 36.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,897 12,599 19,106
10th Percentile £350 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £769
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 443 424 453
10th Percentile £37.78 £26.09 £20.05
25th Percentile £50.38 £49.92 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year - +23.10% +18.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.43 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +0.95% +23.68% +16.28%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 1,085 £600 +4.35% 574
North of England -9 222 £475 -7.99% 292
South East -15 150 £400 -20.00% 197
South West +9 126 £500 -2.44% 170
North West -15 103 £475 -11.63% 171
Yorkshire -4 96 £554 +10.80% 94
Midlands -5 87 £419 -4.23% 232
East of England -12 45 £425 -15.00% 105
East Midlands -1 44 £388 -3.13% 93
West Midlands -7 42 £450 -7.69% 138
North East +9 23 £466 -15.32% 30
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
1 124 (6.98%) Apache Airflow
2 114 (6.42%) Apache
3 50 (2.81%) Confluence
4 46 (2.59%) SharePoint
5 45 (2.53%) CMS
6 26 (1.46%) nginx
7 17 (0.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 15 (0.84%) Drupal
8 15 (0.84%) WordPress
9 11 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
9 11 (0.62%) IIS
10 8 (0.45%) Headless CMS
10 8 (0.45%) SharePoint 2010
10 8 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
11 6 (0.34%) ArcGIS
11 6 (0.34%) Tomcat
11 6 (0.34%) Tornado
12 5 (0.28%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.28%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.23%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 111 (6.25%) Chatbot
2 17 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.51%) Sketch
4 8 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.39%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.28%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.23%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.17%) Simulink
10 1 (0.056%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.056%) InVision
Business Applications
1 27 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
3 13 (0.73%) Shopify
4 5 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (0.28%) Endur
4 5 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
5 4 (0.23%) Magento
5 4 (0.23%) Maximo
5 4 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.17%) Eloqua
7 2 (0.11%) Unica
7 2 (0.11%) WebTrends
7 2 (0.11%) Workfront
8 1 (0.056%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.056%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.056%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.056%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.056%) SAP CX
8 1 (0.056%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 536 (30.16%) AWS
2 367 (20.65%) Azure
3 209 (11.76%) GCP
4 108 (6.08%) dbt
5 100 (5.63%) Serverless
6 97 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
6 97 (5.46%) GitHub
7 92 (5.18%) Power Platform
8 91 (5.12%) Snowflake
9 59 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
10 51 (2.87%) Power Automate
11 50 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
12 46 (2.59%) PowerApps
13 43 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
14 39 (2.19%) npm
15 32 (1.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 32 (1.80%) Entra ID
16 29 (1.63%) Azure Functions
17 28 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
18 25 (1.41%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.74%) HTTP
2 16 (0.90%) Software-Defined Radio
3 15 (0.84%) SNMP
3 15 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.79%) Ethernet
4 14 (0.79%) Firewall
5 13 (0.73%) Intranet
6 8 (0.45%) DNS
6 8 (0.45%) Internet
7 7 (0.39%) SSL
8 6 (0.34%) Wireless
9 4 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.23%) RTSP
9 4 (0.23%) VPN
10 3 (0.17%) AMQP
10 3 (0.17%) BGP
10 3 (0.17%) DHCP
10 3 (0.17%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.17%) MQTT
10 3 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (8.67%) SQL Server
2 109 (6.13%) Amazon Athena
3 108 (6.08%) Apache Arrow
3 108 (6.08%) Dremio
4 97 (5.46%) Apache Ignite
4 97 (5.46%) MySQL
5 90 (5.06%) Data Lake
6 83 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
7 77 (4.33%) NoSQL
8 76 (4.28%) MongoDB
9 59 (3.32%) Relational Database
10 46 (2.59%) Power BI
11 34 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
12 28 (1.58%) Redis
13 23 (1.29%) Big Data
14 21 (1.18%) DynamoDB
14 21 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
15 19 (1.07%) Metadata
16 15 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
16 15 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 215 (12.10%) Git
2 114 (6.42%) Jenkins
3 112 (6.30%) JIRA
4 61 (3.43%) GitLab
5 56 (3.15%) Cypress.io
6 51 (2.87%) webpack
7 43 (2.42%) Selenium
8 36 (2.03%) Eclipse
9 32 (1.80%) Bitbucket
10 30 (1.69%) Postman
11 29 (1.63%) Visual Studio
12 24 (1.35%) Cucumber
13 21 (1.18%) JMeter
14 19 (1.07%) Robot Framework
15 16 (0.90%) GoogleTest
15 16 (0.90%) TeamCity
15 16 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
16 15 (0.84%) Maven
17 12 (0.68%) Jasmine
17 12 (0.68%) Mocha
General
1 373 (20.99%) Finance
2 339 (19.08%) Social Skills
3 191 (10.75%) Front Office
4 176 (9.90%) Banking
5 136 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
6 113 (6.36%) Public Sector
7 98 (5.51%) Investment Banking
8 75 (4.22%) Marketing
9 34 (1.91%) Retail
10 30 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (1.46%) Telecoms
12 25 (1.41%) Advertising
13 22 (1.24%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.01%) Back Office
14 18 (1.01%) Financial Institution
14 18 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 15 (0.84%) Military
16 12 (0.68%) Games
17 11 (0.62%) Legal
17 11 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,065 (59.93%) Developer
2 241 (13.56%) Senior
3 216 (12.16%) Software Engineer
4 197 (11.09%) Software Developer
5 195 (10.97%) Full Stack Developer
6 140 (7.88%) Senior Developer
7 124 (6.98%) Lead
8 111 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 105 (5.91%) Architect
10 100 (5.63%) React Developer
11 83 (4.67%) .NET Developer
11 83 (4.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 83 (4.67%) JavaScript Developer
12 67 (3.77%) AWS Engineer
13 64 (3.60%) Python Developer
14 63 (3.55%) C# Developer
15 54 (3.04%) Java Developer
16 52 (2.93%) Senior Software Engineer
17 51 (2.87%) Python Engineer
18 50 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 710 (39.95%) HTML
2 575 (32.36%) CSS
3 534 (30.05%) React
4 333 (18.74%) Node.js
5 287 (16.15%) .NET
6 247 (13.90%) AngularJS
7 194 (10.92%) REST
8 124 (6.98%) Web Services
9 123 (6.92%) gRPC
10 121 (6.81%) Protocol Buffers
11 113 (6.36%) XML
12 111 (6.25%) Pandas
13 106 (5.97%) ASP.NET
14 104 (5.85%) .NET Core
15 101 (5.68%) NumPy
16 99 (5.57%) RESTful
17 97 (5.46%) Redux
18 95 (5.35%) SciPy
19 88 (4.95%) Vue
20 86 (4.84%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 173 (9.74%) Fixed Income
2 140 (7.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 136 (7.65%) Hedge funds
4 132 (7.43%) Derivative
5 122 (6.87%) Equities
6 65 (3.66%) Product Ownership
7 44 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
8 42 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
9 39 (2.19%) Mobile App
10 38 (2.14%) Algorithms
11 31 (1.74%) Management Information System
12 29 (1.63%) Data Structures
12 29 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (1.41%) Cloud Native
14 23 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
16 19 (1.07%) Onboarding
17 16 (0.90%) Clustering
18 12 (0.68%) CMDB
18 12 (0.68%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 135 (7.60%) Linux
2 65 (3.66%) Windows
3 47 (2.64%) Unix
4 31 (1.74%) Android
5 27 (1.52%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.056%) CentOS
7 1 (0.056%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.056%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (38.15%) Agile
2 549 (30.89%) Software Engineering
3 347 (19.53%) Full Stack Development
4 341 (19.19%) DevOps
5 304 (17.11%) CI/CD
6 228 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
7 214 (12.04%) Front End Development
8 191 (10.75%) TDD
9 190 (10.69%) Test Automation
10 170 (9.57%) Asset Management
10 170 (9.57%) Code Quality
11 149 (8.38%) Artificial Intelligence
11 149 (8.38%) Scrum
12 148 (8.33%) Web Development
13 146 (8.22%) Microservices
14 137 (7.71%) User Experience
15 132 (7.43%) Investment Management
16 113 (6.36%) Conversational UI
17 111 (6.25%) Design Patterns
18 108 (6.08%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 573 (32.25%) Python
2 512 (28.81%) TypeScript
3 487 (27.41%) C#
4 457 (25.72%) Java
5 438 (24.65%) SQL
6 101 (5.68%) PHP
7 85 (4.78%) PowerShell
8 72 (4.05%) C++
9 68 (3.83%) Go
10 40 (2.25%) Bash
11 36 (2.03%) Kotlin
12 34 (1.91%) Bicep
13 32 (1.80%) Ruby
14 31 (1.74%) C
15 29 (1.63%) PL/SQL
16 26 (1.46%) T-SQL
17 23 (1.29%) Apex Code
18 22 (1.24%) Groovy
19 16 (0.90%) Scala
20 12 (0.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 271 (15.25%) Degree
2 238 (13.39%) Security Cleared
3 180 (10.13%) SC Cleared
4 73 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (2.93%) DV Cleared
6 29 (1.63%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.56%) Azure Certification
9 9 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.45%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (0.39%) PMP
12 6 (0.34%) CEH
12 6 (0.34%) CREST Certified
12 6 (0.34%) GIAC
12 6 (0.34%) GPEN
12 6 (0.34%) OSCP
12 6 (0.34%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (6.87%) QA
2 83 (4.67%) Accessibility
3 45 (2.53%) Data Quality
4 32 (1.80%) WCAG
5 17 (0.96%) 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%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.17%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 2 (0.11%) MiFID
12 2 (0.11%) PMO
13 1 (0.056%) MISRA
13 1 (0.056%) MISRA C
System Software
1 121 (6.81%) Docker
2 74 (4.16%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.46%) IAG
4 25 (1.41%) ACF2
4 25 (1.41%) RACF
5 17 (0.96%) 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
1 159 (8.95%) Kubernetes
2 93 (5.23%) Terraform
3 52 (2.93%) Ansible
4 31 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (1.01%) Grafana
5 18 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.45%) Kibana
6 8 (0.45%) PingFederate
7 5 (0.28%) logstash
7 5 (0.28%) Puppet
8 4 (0.23%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.17%) Netcool
9 3 (0.17%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.056%) Argo
10 1 (0.056%) Istio
10 1 (0.056%) MOM
10 1 (0.056%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.056%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.056%) vRealize
10 1 (0.056%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 157 (8.84%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.19%) PayPal
3 83 (4.67%) Google
4 78 (4.39%) Oracle
5 72 (4.05%) ServiceNow
6 45 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 44 (2.48%) Adobe
8 28 (1.58%) SAP
9 24 (1.35%) Atlassian
10 19 (1.07%) MuleSoft
11 18 (1.01%) Sybase
12 15 (0.84%) Optimizely
12 15 (0.84%) Splunk
13 12 (0.68%) VMware
14 11 (0.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 10 (0.56%) IBM
16 8 (0.45%) CyberArk
16 8 (0.45%) ESRI
16 8 (0.45%) Foundry
16 8 (0.45%) Tealium