JavaScript Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring JavaScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 9 21
Rank change year-on-year -11 +12 -5
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 43 49 36
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 11.26% 12.76% 8.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.54% 34.03% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 23 26
10th Percentile - £474 £463
25th Percentile £450 £538 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £500 £635 £650
90th Percentile £600 £682 £700
South West median daily rate £475 £550 £481
% change year-on-year -13.64% +14.29% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £61.30 - -
25th Percentile £65.61 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
75th Percentile - £67.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +4.62% +40.75% -28.95%

All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire

JavaScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 121 144 164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 31.68% 37.50% 37.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 80 116
10th Percentile £363 £459 £419
25th Percentile £450 £473 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -
75th Percentile £600 £676 £700
90th Percentile £675 £726 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -1.87% +1.90% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 8
10th Percentile £47.22 - £24.08
25th Percentile £60.82 £30.00 £58.69
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -16.67% +41.82%
75th Percentile - £69.00 -
90th Percentile £78.50 £70.00 £80.10
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing JavaScript.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in Gloucestershire

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing JavaScript.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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
Gloucester -9 9 £550 +57.14% 17
Filton +6 4 - -
Cheltenham -18 1 £588 -2.08% 16
JavaScript
South West

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 1 (2.33%) Confluence
1 1 (2.33%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 33 (76.74%) Azure
2 31 (72.09%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (11.63%) AWS
4 2 (4.65%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (4.65%) Azure AKS
4 2 (4.65%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (4.65%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.65%) Serverless
5 1 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (2.33%) GCP
5 1 (2.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (62.79%) Oracle APEX
2 5 (11.63%) Git
3 3 (6.98%) JIRA
4 2 (4.65%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.33%) GitLab
General
1 31 (72.09%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 36 (83.72%) Developer
2 31 (72.09%) Senior
2 31 (72.09%) Senior Developer
3 5 (11.63%) Software Developer
4 4 (9.30%) Node.js Developer
4 4 (9.30%) React Developer
4 4 (9.30%) Senior React Developer
4 4 (9.30%) Senior Software Developer
5 3 (6.98%) Product Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Products Support Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Software Support Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Automation Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Azure Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Cloud Developer
6 2 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Service Analyst
7 1 (2.33%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.63%) Node.js
1 5 (11.63%) React
2 4 (9.30%) AngularJS
3 3 (6.98%) .NET
3 3 (6.98%) CSS
3 3 (6.98%) HTML
3 3 (6.98%) Middleware
3 3 (6.98%) REST
4 2 (4.65%) ARM Templates
4 2 (4.65%) Bootstrap
4 2 (4.65%) JSON
4 2 (4.65%) SOAP
4 2 (4.65%) XML
4 2 (4.65%) YAML
5 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (2.33%) Blazor
5 1 (2.33%) CSS3
5 1 (2.33%) Universal Windows Platform
5 1 (2.33%) Vue
5 1 (2.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
1 2 (4.65%) CMDB
2 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Linux
2 3 (6.98%) Ubuntu
3 2 (4.65%) Windows
4 1 (2.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (86.05%) DevOps
2 31 (72.09%) Agile
3 30 (69.77%) Validation
4 29 (67.44%) Scrum
5 27 (62.79%) Collaborative Working
5 27 (62.79%) Requirements Analysis
5 27 (62.79%) Software Delivery
5 27 (62.79%) Web Application Development
6 10 (23.26%) CI/CD
7 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (9.30%) Clean Code
9 4 (9.30%) Containerisation
10 3 (6.98%) Software Engineering
10 3 (6.98%) Test Automation
11 2 (4.65%) CAD
11 2 (4.65%) Change Management
11 2 (4.65%) Service Delivery
11 2 (4.65%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (4.65%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 28 (65.12%) SQL
2 27 (62.79%) PL/SQL
3 7 (16.28%) Python
3 7 (16.28%) TypeScript
4 5 (11.63%) PowerShell
5 4 (9.30%) C
5 4 (9.30%) C++
6 3 (6.98%) Ada
6 3 (6.98%) C#
6 3 (6.98%) Shell Script
7 2 (4.65%) Bash
7 2 (4.65%) Bicep
7 2 (4.65%) Java
8 1 (2.33%) Go
Qualifications
1 41 (95.35%) Security Cleared
2 40 (93.02%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) Docker
2 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (11.63%) Terraform
2 4 (9.30%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.65%) Ansible
4 1 (2.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 27 (62.79%) Oracle
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.98%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.33%) Dynatrace