JavaScript Developer Contracts in the North West

JavaScript Developer
England > North West

The median JavaScript Developer daily rate in the North West is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 132 138
Rank change year-on-year +11 +6 +31
Contract jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 6 3 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.28% 0.11% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.12% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 15
10th Percentile - - £398
25th Percentile £400 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -21.74% +21.05%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £606
90th Percentile £504 - £633
England median daily rate £488 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,952 2,597 2,937
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,604 2,060
10th Percentile £266 £268 £293
25th Percentile £373 £382 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% -4.45% +5.26%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £588
90th Percentile £664 £669 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 303 142
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.77 £14.69
25th Percentile £16.53 £15.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.27 £32.90 £28.34
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +16.07% +13.36%
75th Percentile £58.91 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £77.13 £71.80 £57.39
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £44.06
% change year-on-year -30.00% -9.20% +79.82%

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript Developer in the North West

JavaScript Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for JavaScript Developer in the North West

JavaScript Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript Developer in the North West

JavaScript Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Manchester +14 5 £450 - 14
Cheshire - 1 - -
JavaScript Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 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 West region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (83.33%) RESTful
2 5 (83.33%) React
3 4 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
4 3 (50.00%) .NET
4 3 (50.00%) CSS
4 3 (50.00%) HTML
4 3 (50.00%) B2B
4 3 (50.00%) AWS
4 3 (50.00%) HTML5
4 3 (50.00%) Node.js
4 3 (50.00%) REST
4 3 (50.00%) TypeScript
4 3 (50.00%) Front End Development
5 2 (33.33%) Babel
5 2 (33.33%) Docker
5 2 (33.33%) Microservices
5 2 (33.33%) webpack
5 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
5 2 (33.33%) API Development
5 2 (33.33%) GitHub
5 2 (33.33%) Azure
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
6 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
6 1 (16.67%) MapLibre
6 1 (16.67%) Java
6 1 (16.67%) Python

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (16.67%) Amazon S3
3 1 (16.67%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Serverless
3 1 (16.67%) Slack
3 1 (16.67%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) DynamoDB
1 1 (16.67%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (16.67%) GIS
1 1 (16.67%) ObjectStore
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Babel
1 2 (33.33%) webpack
2 1 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) GitLab
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) React
1 5 (83.33%) RESTful
2 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) HTML5
2 3 (50.00%) Node.js
2 3 (50.00%) REST
3 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
3 1 (16.67%) Express.js
3 1 (16.67%) GeoJSON
3 1 (16.67%) Google Maps API
3 1 (16.67%) GraphQL
3 1 (16.67%) Jest
3 1 (16.67%) Leaflet
3 1 (16.67%) Next.js
3 1 (16.67%) Spring
3 1 (16.67%) Spring Boot
3 1 (16.67%) Spring Cloud
3 1 (16.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (50.00%) B2B
2 3 (50.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (33.33%) API Development
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 2 (33.33%) Microservices
4 1 (16.67%) API Design
4 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Twin
4 1 (16.67%) RBAC
4 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Mapbox