JavaScript Contract Job Trends in Kent

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring JavaScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 22 30
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +5
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 2.52% 1.09% 1.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.43% 5.13% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - £440
25th Percentile £331 £350 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% -20.00% +12.68%
75th Percentile £344 £450 £569
90th Percentile - - £610
South East median daily rate £463 £400 £405
% change year-on-year +15.63% -1.23% -19.00%

All Programming Languages
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14 39 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 11.76% 21.31% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 25
10th Percentile £313 £333 £373
25th Percentile £327 £382 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.85% -6.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £409 £569 £588
90th Percentile £430 £622 £600
South East median daily rate £488 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - £47.75 £52.55
25th Percentile - £51.75 £53.75
Median hourly rate - £54.18 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -1.49% +15.79%
75th Percentile - £56.75 £55.25
90th Percentile - £62.28 £58.85
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £64.76 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.07% +17.75% -13.04%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Kent

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Kent region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Maidstone - 3 £338 - 6
JavaScript
South East

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) React
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience