Babel Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Babel JavaScript Compiler
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Babel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Babel 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.047% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - -
UK median daily rate £607 £500 £660
% change year-on-year +21.30% -24.24% +15.79%

All Development Application Skills
Scotland

Babel falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 272 336 322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 12.74% 20.38% 15.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 197 216
10th Percentile £313 £300 £363
25th Percentile £368 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £468 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% -1.58% -0.84%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £562
90th Percentile £686 £575 £648
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 10
10th Percentile - £16.66 £34.10
25th Percentile - £16.84 -
Median hourly rate £60.91 £17.45 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +249.15% -57.39% -32.39%
75th Percentile £61.38 £49.98 -
90th Percentile £61.84 £65.75 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

Babel
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Babel job vacancy trend in Scotland

Babel
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Babel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Babel

Babel
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Babel within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 June 2026. 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
Glasgow - 1 £313 -
Babel
UK

Babel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Vite
1 1 (100.00%) webpack
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asynchronous Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree