Jest Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Jest
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Jest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Jest 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.25% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £402 - -
25th Percentile £402 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £407 - -
75th Percentile £606 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £407 - £585
% change year-on-year - - +28.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 158 206 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 21.97% 25.34% 22.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 134 138
10th Percentile £313 £304 £350
25th Percentile £378 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £466
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -3.49% -6.75%
75th Percentile £550 £547 £543
90th Percentile £639 £602 £635
Scotland median daily rate £459 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -2.39% -1.05% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £37.19 - £51.50
25th Percentile £40.47 - £51.88
Median hourly rate £46.86 - £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.23%
75th Percentile £54.19 - £57.50
90th Percentile £58.03 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £61.36 - £53.75
% change year-on-year - - -8.94%

Jest
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Jest job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Jest
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Jest

Jest
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Jest in Glasgow over the 6 months to 14 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Jest in Glasgow

Jest
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 9 (100.00%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) MySQL
2 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
2 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 3 (33.33%) JUnit
2 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 3 (33.33%) Banking
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 8 (88.89%) Java Developer
3 5 (55.56%) Senior
3 5 (55.56%) Senior Developer
3 5 (55.56%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Python Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 1 (11.11%) React Developer
5 1 (11.11%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) React
2 8 (88.89%) Spring
2 8 (88.89%) Spring Boot
3 6 (66.67%) CSS
3 6 (66.67%) CSS3
3 6 (66.67%) HTML
3 6 (66.67%) HTML5
3 6 (66.67%) Redux
4 5 (55.56%) Spring MVC
5 4 (44.44%) RESTful
6 3 (33.33%) AngularJS
7 1 (11.11%) Django
7 1 (11.11%) FastAPI
7 1 (11.11%) Flask
7 1 (11.11%) pytest
7 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (55.56%) Code Quality
2 5 (55.56%) Data Protection
2 5 (55.56%) MVC
2 5 (55.56%) SDLC
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
3 4 (44.44%) Front End Development
3 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
3 4 (44.44%) User Experience
3 4 (44.44%) UX Design
4 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (33.33%) Containerisation
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
4 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (33.33%) Microservices
4 3 (33.33%) Observability
4 3 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) Java
2 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 6 (66.67%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Python
4 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Accessibility
1 4 (44.44%) QA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Ansible
1 3 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
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