JavaScript Developer Contract Job Trends in the South East

JavaScript Developer
England > South East

As of 21 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median JavaScript Developer daily rate in the South East.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 179 207
Rank change year-on-year +5 +28 +40
Contract jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.027% 0.047% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.051% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £198 -
25th Percentile - £226 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £278 £318
Median % change year-on-year - -12.60% -39.52%
75th Percentile - £336 £442
90th Percentile - £367 £473
England median daily rate £494 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -5.95% -8.70% -8.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,259 3,910 5,211
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 92.24% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,113 2,339 3,506
10th Percentile £204 £250 £210
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -0.98% +2.50%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £614
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 232 253
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.74 £27.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.79 £58.17 £51.90
Median % change year-on-year -64.26% +12.09% +66.61%
75th Percentile £50.00 £74.03 £67.50
90th Percentile £71.35 £75.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.94 £45.88
% change year-on-year -41.43% -6.41% +60.98%

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

JavaScript Developer job vacancy trend in the South East

JavaScript Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in the South East

JavaScript Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in the South East

JavaScript Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Berkshire +10 1 - - 4
Thames Valley +4 1 - - 4
JavaScript Developer
England

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 21 October 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 South East region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) DWR
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Gradle
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Servlets
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Gradle
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) DWR
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Servlets
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle