JavaScript Contracts in Scotland

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for JavaScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JavaScript over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 13 31
Rank change year-on-year -27 +18 -21
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 113 283 223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 5.09% 9.92% 6.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.62% 28.33% 23.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 220 149
10th Percentile £413 £410 £380
25th Percentile £437 £437 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £520 £525 £525
90th Percentile £603 £556 £628
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% +12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £40.95
25th Percentile - - £42.39
Median hourly rate - - £44.77
75th Percentile - - £47.16
90th Percentile - - £48.59
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £66.50 £55.25
% change year-on-year -6.02% +20.36% +27.01%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

JavaScript is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 680 999 960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 30.63% 35.02% 27.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 724 647
10th Percentile £368 £406 £363
25th Percentile £415 £435 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +3.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £545
90th Percentile £656 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 21
10th Percentile £29.60 £49.14 £17.50
25th Percentile £41.31 £53.75 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.55 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.04% +28.83% +4.44%
75th Percentile £60.75 £67.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £69.50 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £61.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.92% +22.35% +14.94%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in Scotland

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for JavaScript in Scotland

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Scotland over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in Scotland

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript in Scotland

JavaScript
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 JavaScript within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Edinburgh -18 46 £450 -6.05% 48
Glasgow -3 43 £486 +2.32% 26
West Lothian - 7 £585 -
Lanarkshire +1 1 £425 +13.33% 3
Midlothian - 1 £428 - 9
Fife - 1 £428 -
Aberdeen - 1 £425 - 9
JavaScript
UK

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.31%) Confluence
2 3 (2.65%) CMS
2 3 (2.65%) GeoServer
2 3 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.88%) FileNet
Applications
1 11 (9.73%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.77%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (1.77%) Camtasia
2 2 (1.77%) Lectora
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 52 (46.02%) AWS
2 32 (28.32%) Serverless
3 30 (26.55%) Amazon S3
4 26 (23.01%) AWS Lambda
5 22 (19.47%) AWS CloudFormation
6 16 (14.16%) OpenShift
7 9 (7.96%) Azure
8 7 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (5.31%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (4.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (3.54%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (3.54%) npm
12 3 (2.65%) CloudFront
12 3 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (2.65%) IaaS
12 3 (2.65%) iPaaS
12 3 (2.65%) Power Automate
12 3 (2.65%) Power Platform
13 2 (1.77%) PaaS
13 2 (1.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.31%) HTTP
2 5 (4.42%) SSL
2 5 (4.42%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.54%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 4 (3.54%) NetScaler
4 2 (1.77%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (25.66%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (18.58%) Amazon Aurora
3 11 (9.73%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (9.73%) Oracle Database
4 10 (8.85%) MongoDB
5 6 (5.31%) MySQL
6 5 (4.42%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (4.42%) MariaDB
7 4 (3.54%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.65%) GIS
8 3 (2.65%) NoSQL
8 3 (2.65%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.77%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (1.77%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.88%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.88%) DB2
10 1 (0.88%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 30 (26.55%) Jenkins
2 14 (12.39%) Git
3 12 (10.62%) Cypress.io
4 11 (9.73%) JIRA
5 9 (7.96%) Cucumber
5 9 (7.96%) Selenium
6 6 (5.31%) webpack
7 5 (4.42%) GitLab
7 5 (4.42%) IntelliJ
7 5 (4.42%) Postman
7 5 (4.42%) WebDriver
8 3 (2.65%) Gradle
8 3 (2.65%) Maven
8 3 (2.65%) TeamCity
9 2 (1.77%) Capybara
9 2 (1.77%) Subversion
10 1 (0.88%) Gatling
10 1 (0.88%) gulp
10 1 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.88%) Travis CI
General
1 40 (35.40%) Public Sector
2 23 (20.35%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.73%) Finance
4 5 (4.42%) Banking
4 5 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.65%) Publishing
6 3 (2.65%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.77%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (64.60%) Developer
2 19 (16.81%) Java Developer
2 19 (16.81%) Software Developer
3 11 (9.73%) Full Stack Developer
3 11 (9.73%) Lead
4 10 (8.85%) Technical Leader
5 9 (7.96%) AWS Developer
5 9 (7.96%) Senior
6 6 (5.31%) Full Stack Java Developer
7 5 (4.42%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 4 (3.54%) Python Developer
9 3 (2.65%) Consultant
9 3 (2.65%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (2.65%) Java Engineer
9 3 (2.65%) Pega Developer
9 3 (2.65%) React Developer
9 3 (2.65%) Service Manager
10 2 (1.77%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 2 (1.77%) Learning Technologist
10 2 (1.77%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (52.21%) HTML
2 50 (44.25%) React
3 48 (42.48%) CSS
4 30 (26.55%) Node.js
5 29 (25.66%) AWS CDK
6 25 (22.12%) REST
7 20 (17.70%) Spring
8 18 (15.93%) Spring Boot
9 13 (11.50%) OAuth
10 12 (10.62%) AngularJS
10 12 (10.62%) RESTful
11 9 (7.96%) OAuth2
11 9 (7.96%) Spring Security
12 8 (7.08%) GraphQL
12 8 (7.08%) JSON
13 7 (6.19%) Spring MVC
13 7 (6.19%) Spring Web Flow
13 7 (6.19%) Thymeleaf
14 6 (5.31%) .NET
15 5 (4.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.81%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (7.96%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (4.42%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.65%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.77%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.77%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.77%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.77%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.77%) Video Editing
6 1 (0.88%) CMDB
6 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.88%) Replication
6 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.62%) Linux
2 5 (4.42%) Unix
3 1 (0.88%) Android
3 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (47.79%) Agile
2 42 (37.17%) CI/CD
3 34 (30.09%) Microservices
4 31 (27.43%) Code Quality
5 26 (23.01%) DevOps
5 26 (23.01%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (21.24%) Human-Centred Design
6 24 (21.24%) Test Automation
7 23 (20.35%) Inclusive Design
8 21 (18.58%) User Experience
9 20 (17.70%) Unit Testing
10 19 (16.81%) Data Protection
10 19 (16.81%) Software Engineering
11 18 (15.93%) Full Stack Development
12 17 (15.04%) Analytics
12 17 (15.04%) Pair Programming
13 16 (14.16%) TDD
14 13 (11.50%) Migration
14 13 (11.50%) Roadmaps
15 12 (10.62%) Architecture Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 56 (49.56%) Java
2 41 (36.28%) TypeScript
3 38 (33.63%) Python
4 34 (30.09%) SQL
5 19 (16.81%) Bash
6 17 (15.04%) C#
7 12 (10.62%) Shell Script
8 6 (5.31%) PHP
9 5 (4.42%) Perl
10 4 (3.54%) Ruby
11 3 (2.65%) Go
11 3 (2.65%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.77%) C
12 2 (1.77%) C++
12 2 (1.77%) Groovy
12 2 (1.77%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.77%) VBA
12 2 (1.77%) VBScript
13 1 (0.88%) Bicep
13 1 (0.88%) Elixir
Qualifications
1 14 (12.39%) Degree
2 3 (2.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.77%) ISEB
3 2 (1.77%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (1.77%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (27.43%) Accessibility
2 12 (10.62%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.77%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.88%) GDPR
4 1 (0.88%) QA
4 1 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (18.58%) Docker
2 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (14.16%) Grafana
2 10 (8.85%) Kibana
3 6 (5.31%) Kubernetes
4 5 (4.42%) Terraform
5 1 (0.88%) Ansible
5 1 (0.88%) Istio
5 1 (0.88%) logstash
5 1 (0.88%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (17.70%) Oracle
2 11 (9.73%) PayPal
3 4 (3.54%) F5
4 3 (2.65%) Adobe
4 3 (2.65%) Pega
5 2 (1.77%) Confluent
5 2 (1.77%) Google
5 2 (1.77%) IBM
6 1 (0.88%) Commvault
6 1 (0.88%) ForgeRock
6 1 (0.88%) Genesys
6 1 (0.88%) Informatica
6 1 (0.88%) KANA
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.88%) StreamSets
6 1 (0.88%) Teradata
6 1 (0.88%) VMware