JavaScript Developer Contract Job Trends in Leeds

JavaScript Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median JavaScript Developer daily rate in Leeds is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 - 65
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.42% - 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £419 - £443
25th Percentile £446 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 - £600
75th Percentile £554 - £638
90th Percentile £585 - £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £498 - £600

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 691 603 897
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.84% 93.34% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 371 607
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% -0.95%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 31 6
10th Percentile - £17.08 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.25 £19.50 £18.74
Median hourly rate £20.18 £24.18 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -16.54% +15.10% -2.29%
75th Percentile £25.75 £38.75 £21.80
90th Percentile £27.40 £56.25 £41.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.00 £24.18 £19.85
% change year-on-year +7.53% +21.80% -7.66%

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'JavaScript Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

JavaScript Developer job vacancy trend in Leeds

JavaScript Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in Leeds

JavaScript Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

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

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript Developer in Leeds

JavaScript Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in Leeds

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, JavaScript Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leeds region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (66.67%) React
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Ansible
3 1 (33.33%) Backends for Frontends
3 1 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) Bootstrap
3 1 (33.33%) Bundler
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Code Coverage
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) CSS3
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) DOM
3 1 (33.33%) Enzyme
3 1 (33.33%) ESLint
3 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) Grafana
3 1 (33.33%) GraphQL
3 1 (33.33%) Handlebars
3 1 (33.33%) HTML

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Bundler
1 1 (33.33%) ESLint
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) Jasmine
1 1 (33.33%) Karma Test Runner
1 1 (33.33%) SonarQube
1 1 (33.33%) webpack
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) React
2 1 (33.33%) Bootstrap
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) CSS3
2 1 (33.33%) DOM
2 1 (33.33%) Enzyme
2 1 (33.33%) GraphQL
2 1 (33.33%) Handlebars
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) HTML5
2 1 (33.33%) Jest
2 1 (33.33%) Mustache
2 1 (33.33%) Next.js
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Code Coverage
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Progressive Web App
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
2 1 (33.33%) SOLID
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Bash
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Grafana
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
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