jQuery Contract Job Trends in England

jQuery
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring jQuery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 350 464
Rank change year-on-year -171 +114 -45
Contract jobs citing jQuery 33 138 96
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.099% 0.53% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.45% 2.35% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 49 72
10th Percentile £378 £248 £313
25th Percentile £415 £390 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £606
90th Percentile £600 £640 £675
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £469
% change year-on-year -4.00% +6.67% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £50.50
25th Percentile - - £53.13
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

jQuery falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,318 5,878 7,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.91% 22.37% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,896 3,750 5,557
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £431 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £659 £660
90th Percentile £738 £788 £751
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £535
% change year-on-year -4.65% +0.47% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 77 179
10th Percentile £34.80 £26.40 £25.22
25th Percentile £50.00 £46.18 £46.03
Median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £69.30 £65.75 £67.13
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.80 £76.72
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%

jQuery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

jQuery job vacancy trend in England

jQuery
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing jQuery

jQuery
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing jQuery in England over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for jQuery in England

jQuery
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing jQuery

jQuery
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 jQuery within the England region over the 6 months to 5 February 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 -114 15 £480 -4.00% 13
East of England -16 7 £600 +166.67% 5
North West -35 5 £510 +65.58% 7
North of England -72 5 £510 +33.51% 15
South East -30 4 £425 - 16
West Midlands -51 1 - - 4
Midlands -66 1 - - 8
jQuery
UK

jQuery
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 7 (21.21%) CMS
1 7 (21.21%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.03%) Drupal
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.03%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (3.03%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Adobe XD
1 1 (3.03%) InVision
1 1 (3.03%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (3.03%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) AWS
1 9 (27.27%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (9.09%) Azure AKS
4 2 (6.06%) GCP
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.06%) SaaS
5 1 (3.03%) Figma
5 1 (3.03%) GitHub
5 1 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (3.03%) npm
5 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) NoSQL
1 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (6.06%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.03%) MySQL
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) JUnit
2 4 (12.12%) Git
2 4 (12.12%) JIRA
2 4 (12.12%) Postman
3 2 (6.06%) Eclipse
4 1 (3.03%) Cypress.io
4 1 (3.03%) Grunt
4 1 (3.03%) gulp
4 1 (3.03%) jMock
4 1 (3.03%) Maven
4 1 (3.03%) Mockito
4 1 (3.03%) SonarQube
General
1 17 (51.52%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.06%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Retail
4 1 (3.03%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 24 (72.73%) Developer
2 7 (21.21%) Senior
3 6 (18.18%) Senior Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Architect
4 5 (15.15%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Java Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Technical Architect
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Java Developer
6 3 (9.09%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (6.06%) Administrator
7 2 (6.06%) Informatica Developer
7 2 (6.06%) Principal Developer
7 2 (6.06%) SharePoint Administrator
8 1 (3.03%) .NET Developer
8 1 (3.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 1 (3.03%) UI Developer
8 1 (3.03%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (69.70%) CSS
2 22 (66.67%) HTML
3 21 (63.64%) AngularJS
4 17 (51.52%) React
5 15 (45.45%) .NET
6 11 (33.33%) REST
7 10 (30.30%) Node.js
8 8 (24.24%) ASP.NET
8 8 (24.24%) Spring
9 7 (21.21%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (18.18%) HTML5
10 6 (18.18%) JSON
10 6 (18.18%) RESTful
11 5 (15.15%) Spring Boot
11 5 (15.15%) Web Services
11 5 (15.15%) XML
12 4 (12.12%) POJO
12 4 (12.12%) Thymeleaf
13 3 (9.09%) Bootstrap
13 3 (9.09%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (9.09%) Low-Code
2 3 (9.09%) Virtual Team
3 2 (6.06%) Life Science
4 1 (3.03%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Linux
2 2 (6.06%) Android
2 2 (6.06%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Agile
2 13 (39.39%) DevOps
2 13 (39.39%) Microservices
3 12 (36.36%) Scrum
4 11 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 11 (33.33%) Front End Development
4 11 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (27.27%) Full-Stack Development
6 8 (24.24%) Translating Business Requirements
7 7 (21.21%) Personalization
7 7 (21.21%) User Experience
8 6 (18.18%) UX Design
9 5 (15.15%) Data Governance
9 5 (15.15%) MVC
9 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (15.15%) Unit Testing
10 4 (12.12%) API Development
10 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
10 4 (12.12%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (12.12%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 20 (60.61%) JavaScript
2 17 (51.52%) C#
3 15 (45.45%) SQL
4 13 (39.39%) Java
5 2 (6.06%) Groovy
5 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
5 2 (6.06%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) Degree
3 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.03%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Sitecore
2 4 (12.12%) OutSystems
3 3 (9.09%) Oracle
4 2 (6.06%) Informatica
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.03%) Adobe
5 1 (3.03%) Perforce
5 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.03%) SAP
5 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.03%) Workday