JavaScript Developer Contracts in the North of England

JavaScript Developer
England > North of England

The median JavaScript Developer daily rate in the North of England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 175 187
Rank change year-on-year +20 +12 +15
Contract jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 11 10 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.33% 0.21% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.23% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 30
10th Percentile £335 £370 £386
25th Percentile - £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £523
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -13.88% +28.62%
75th Percentile - £475 £597
90th Percentile £463 £505 £620
England median daily rate £400 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -20.00% -13.04% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured JavaScript Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript Developer in the North of England

JavaScript Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JavaScript Developer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for JavaScript Developer in the North of England

JavaScript Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JavaScript Developer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript Developer in the North of England

JavaScript Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +18 9 £400 -11.11% 6
North East - 2 £350 - 3
JavaScript Developer
England

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, JavaScript Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 9 (81.82%) HTML
2 9 (81.82%) CSS
3 8 (72.73%) RESTful
4 7 (63.64%) Agile
4 7 (63.64%) .NET
4 7 (63.64%) React
5 6 (54.55%) HTML5
5 6 (54.55%) Node.js
6 5 (45.45%) REST
6 5 (45.45%) Azure
6 5 (45.45%) webpack
6 5 (45.45%) API Development
6 5 (45.45%) Babel
6 5 (45.45%) B2B
6 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
6 5 (45.45%) Git
6 5 (45.45%) Code Quality
7 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
7 4 (36.36%) TDD
7 4 (36.36%) WCAG
7 4 (36.36%) Sass
8 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
8 3 (27.27%) Jest
9 2 (18.18%) GeoJSON
9 2 (18.18%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (18.18%) Mapbox
9 2 (18.18%) GitLab
9 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (18.18%) GIS
1 2 (18.18%) ObjectStore
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Babel
1 5 (45.45%) Git
1 5 (45.45%) webpack
2 2 (18.18%) GitLab
2 2 (18.18%) Jasmine
2 2 (18.18%) Mocha
3 1 (9.09%) Grunt
3 1 (9.09%) gulp
3 1 (9.09%) Subversion
General
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Electronics
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (81.82%) CSS
1 9 (81.82%) HTML
2 8 (72.73%) RESTful
3 7 (63.64%) .NET
3 7 (63.64%) React
4 6 (54.55%) HTML5
4 6 (54.55%) Node.js
5 5 (45.45%) REST
6 4 (36.36%) Sass
7 3 (27.27%) Jest
8 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
8 2 (18.18%) GeoJSON
8 2 (18.18%) Google Maps API
8 2 (18.18%) Leaflet
8 2 (18.18%) MapLibre
9 1 (9.09%) jQuery
9 1 (9.09%) JSON
9 1 (9.09%) Mustache
9 1 (9.09%) Nunjucks
9 1 (9.09%) Semantic HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS X
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Front End Development
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 5 (45.45%) API Development
3 5 (45.45%) B2B
3 5 (45.45%) Code Quality
4 4 (36.36%) TDD
5 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
6 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Containerisation
6 2 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (18.18%) Digital Twin
6 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
6 2 (18.18%) RBAC
6 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
6 2 (18.18%) Web Development
7 1 (9.09%) Unit Testing
7 1 (9.09%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
3 1 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) WCAG
2 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) Mapbox
2 2 (18.18%) SAP