Jest Contract Job Trends in Essex

Jest
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Jest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Jest 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.60% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £575 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Essex

Jest 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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 19 16 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 11.31% 21.05% 22.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 37
10th Percentile £338 £315 £300
25th Percentile £431 £317 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £323 £500
Median % change year-on-year +54.71% -35.36% -5.66%
75th Percentile £560 £400 £551
90th Percentile £596 £434 £599
East of England median daily rate £550 £490 £498
% change year-on-year +12.24% -1.51% -6.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £52.75 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - £40.31
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.46%
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile £62.50 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £75.34 £43.00
% change year-on-year -13.72% +75.20% -33.85%

Jest
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Jest job vacancy trend in Essex

Jest
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Jest.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Jest

Jest
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Jest within the Essex region over the 6 months to 8 April 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
Basildon - 1 £575 -
Jest
East of England

Jest
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility