JavaScript Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 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 21 23 64
Rank change year-on-year +2 +41 -15
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 45 24 6
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 7.20% 5.54% 0.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.19% 20.34% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 2
10th Percentile - £368 £355
25th Percentile £463 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +13.33% -21.05%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £388
90th Percentile £659 £653 £395
East of England median daily rate £513 £375 £600
% change year-on-year +36.67% -37.50% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 0
10th Percentile £62.40 £62.50 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile £65.13 - -
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year - -0.76% +0.38%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 186 118 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 29.76% 27.25% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 38 93
10th Percentile £447 £348 £400
25th Percentile £463 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.12% -4.45% -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £584 £650
90th Percentile £739 £636 £704
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £477
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.66% -9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 42 90
10th Percentile £52.15 £61.60 -
25th Percentile £65.00 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £87.65
90th Percentile £75.00 £95.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.25
% change year-on-year - -3.35% +3.46%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in Hertfordshire

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +2 31 £475 - 16
Watford - 4 £550 - 14
Welwyn Garden City - 2 £675 - 1
Hemel Hempstead -2 1 £500 +25.00% 10
Hertford - 1 £475 -
Hatfield - 1 £425 - 3
JavaScript
East of England

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (6.67%) Apache
1 3 (6.67%) IIS
1 3 (6.67%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.22%) Mendix
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.00%) npm
2 4 (8.89%) Azure
2 4 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.67%) AWS
4 2 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (4.44%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.44%) SaaS
5 1 (2.22%) GitHub
5 1 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (44.44%) Ethernet
1 20 (44.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (6.67%) DB2
2 3 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.22%) MySQL
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.22%) Parquet
3 1 (2.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (64.44%) Visual Studio
2 20 (44.44%) Eclipse
3 10 (22.22%) JIRA
4 9 (20.00%) Artifactory
4 9 (20.00%) GitLab
5 3 (6.67%) Git
5 3 (6.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (2.22%) Cypress.io
6 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
6 1 (2.22%) Selenium
6 1 (2.22%) TestRail
General
1 32 (71.11%) Social Skills
2 20 (44.44%) Military
2 20 (44.44%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Law
4 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Marketing
5 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (57.78%) Software Engineer
2 18 (40.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 12 (26.67%) C++ Software Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Developer
5 5 (11.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Development Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (8.89%) Software Development Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Consultant
7 3 (6.67%) Data Integration Specialist
7 3 (6.67%) Data Migration Specialist
7 3 (6.67%) Integration Specialist
7 3 (6.67%) Maximo Consultant
7 3 (6.67%) Migration Specialist
7 3 (6.67%) SSIS Specialist
8 2 (4.44%) C# Developer
8 2 (4.44%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Software Developer
9 1 (2.22%) C++/C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (66.67%) Node.js
2 23 (51.11%) Web Services
3 12 (26.67%) CSS
4 11 (24.44%) HTML
5 10 (22.22%) .NET
5 10 (22.22%) .NET Framework
5 10 (22.22%) AngularJS
5 10 (22.22%) Vue
6 9 (20.00%) React
6 9 (20.00%) SOAP
6 9 (20.00%) Svelte
7 7 (15.56%) REST
8 6 (13.33%) XML
9 4 (8.89%) JSON
10 3 (6.67%) EDI
10 3 (6.67%) XSLT
11 1 (2.22%) Entity Framework
11 1 (2.22%) jQuery
11 1 (2.22%) KnockoutJS
11 1 (2.22%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 9 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 9 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.44%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 27 (60.00%) Linux
2 23 (51.11%) Windows
3 3 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (77.78%) CI/CD
2 31 (68.89%) Agile
3 29 (64.44%) TDD
4 25 (55.56%) Software Engineering
5 24 (53.33%) Validation
6 20 (44.44%) Synthetic Environment
6 20 (44.44%) Verification and Validation
6 20 (44.44%) Visualisation
7 19 (42.22%) Continuous Delivery
7 19 (42.22%) Continuous Integration
7 19 (42.22%) Digital Twin
7 19 (42.22%) Unit Testing
8 15 (33.33%) DevOps
9 12 (26.67%) Computer Science
10 10 (22.22%) Design Patterns
10 10 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
10 10 (22.22%) Microservices
11 9 (20.00%) Containerisation
11 9 (20.00%) SDLC
11 9 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (66.67%) C#
2 27 (60.00%) C++
3 10 (22.22%) TypeScript
4 7 (15.56%) Python
5 6 (13.33%) SQL
6 4 (8.89%) Java
7 1 (2.22%) Perl
7 1 (2.22%) PHP
7 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) Security Cleared
2 13 (28.89%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (2.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 23 (51.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) IBM
2 3 (6.67%) SAP
2 3 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.44%) MuleSoft
3 2 (4.44%) Pega
3 2 (4.44%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle
4 1 (2.22%) Tealium
4 1 (2.22%) VMware