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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 358 473
Rank change year-on-year -171 +115 -65
Contract jobs citing jQuery 33 124 91
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.094% 0.48% 0.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.43% 2.13% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 37 69
10th Percentile £403 £262 £313
25th Percentile £439 £390 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £601
90th Percentile £630 £653 £671
UK median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +1.05% +5.56% -5.26%
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 - - -23.55%

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 7,598 5,832 7,751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.74% 22.56% 20.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,100 3,821 5,543
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £416 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £669
90th Percentile £738 £788 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.38% -1.69% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 75 196
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.74 £24.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £47.38 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £52.20
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +19.74% -19.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.63 £67.13
90th Percentile £80.20 £76.09 £77.02
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +19.05% -19.23%

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 21 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 21 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 -106 18 £490 -2.00% 10
East of England - 8 £600 - 5
South East -32 4 £425 - 17
North West -45 1 - - 4
West Midlands -63 1 - - 1
Midlands -66 1 - - 5
North of England -76 1 - - 9
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 8 (24.24%) CMS
1 8 (24.24%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (6.06%) Adobe Experience Manager
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 12 (36.36%) AWS
2 8 (24.24%) Azure
3 5 (15.15%) GCP
4 4 (12.12%) GitHub
5 3 (9.09%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.03%) Figma
7 1 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (3.03%) IBM Cloud
7 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
7 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (33.33%) NoSQL
2 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
3 5 (15.15%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (9.09%) DB2
4 3 (9.09%) MongoDB
4 3 (9.09%) MySQL
5 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) JIRA
1 3 (9.09%) Maven
2 2 (6.06%) Git
2 2 (6.06%) JUnit
3 1 (3.03%) Eclipse
3 1 (3.03%) jMock
3 1 (3.03%) Mockito
3 1 (3.03%) Postman
General
1 23 (69.70%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Finance
3 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.09%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 18 (54.55%) Developer
2 6 (18.18%) Architect
2 6 (18.18%) Technical Architect
3 4 (12.12%) Full-Stack Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 3 (9.09%) Data Scientist
4 3 (9.09%) Oracle Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Administrator
5 2 (6.06%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Informatica Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Service Manager
5 2 (6.06%) SharePoint Administrator
6 1 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (3.03%) Principal Developer
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (3.03%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (72.73%) CSS
2 22 (66.67%) AngularJS
3 21 (63.64%) HTML
4 17 (51.52%) React
5 15 (45.45%) .NET
6 12 (36.36%) REST
7 10 (30.30%) Node.js
8 8 (24.24%) ASP.NET
8 8 (24.24%) ASP.NET Core
9 7 (21.21%) Bootstrap
10 6 (18.18%) Spring
10 6 (18.18%) Web Services
11 5 (15.15%) HTML5
12 4 (12.12%) XML
13 3 (9.09%) Backbone.js
13 3 (9.09%) Ember.js
13 3 (9.09%) Keras
13 3 (9.09%) RESTful
13 3 (9.09%) Sass
13 3 (9.09%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (9.09%) Low-Code
2 3 (9.09%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.03%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.03%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) Linux
2 5 (15.15%) Android
2 5 (15.15%) Apple iOS
2 5 (15.15%) Windows
3 2 (6.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) Agile
2 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (39.39%) Scrum
4 11 (33.33%) Front End Development
4 11 (33.33%) Microservices
5 10 (30.30%) DevOps
6 9 (27.27%) CI/CD
6 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (24.24%) Personalization
7 8 (24.24%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
8 6 (18.18%) Data Governance
8 6 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (18.18%) User Experience
9 5 (15.15%) Analytics
9 5 (15.15%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (15.15%) UX Design
10 4 (12.12%) Prototyping
11 3 (9.09%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
11 3 (9.09%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 20 (60.61%) JavaScript
2 17 (51.52%) C#
3 16 (48.48%) SQL
4 11 (33.33%) Java
5 3 (9.09%) Python
6 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.03%) Groovy
7 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.18%) Degree
3 3 (9.09%) PhD
3 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) Accessibility
1 2 (6.06%) SLA
2 1 (3.03%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) 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%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.03%) SAP
5 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.03%) Workday