JavaScript Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring JavaScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 19 9
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 +3
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 2 1 12
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 4.55% 1.96% 15.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.33% 4.17% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile £469 - £398
25th Percentile £497 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £450 £625
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -28.00% -1.19%
75th Percentile £647 - £650
90th Percentile £686 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £450 £450 £625
% change year-on-year - -28.00% -1.19%

All Programming Languages
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15 24 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 34.09% 47.06% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 17
10th Percentile £379 - £330
25th Percentile £441 £300 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -37.50% -6.25%
75th Percentile £703 £447 £650
90th Percentile £724 £450 £700
Suffolk median daily rate £500 £388 £550
% change year-on-year +29.03% -29.55% -14.06%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Ipswich

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in Ipswich

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Ipswich over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in Ipswich

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Engineering Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Express.js
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) MERN Stack
2 1 (50.00%) Node.js
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker