The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring jQuery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited jQuery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
152
197
185
Rank change year-on-year
+45
-12
-1
Contract jobs citing jQuery
7
8
37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East
jQuery falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South East.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
500
730
1,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East
16.61%
13.13%
17.89%
Number of daily rates quoted
319
462
737
10th Percentile
£350
£313
£363
25th Percentile
£411
£407
£425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£500
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-
-4.76%
-
75th Percentile
£591
£619
£638
90th Percentile
£661
£661
£719
England median daily rate
£530
£550
£563
% change year-on-year
-3.64%
-2.22%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
17
36
37
10th Percentile
£28.99
£35.00
£40.50
25th Percentile
£50.00
£56.13
£55.00
Median hourly rate
£57.50
£61.60
£70.00
Median % change year-on-year
-6.66%
-12.00%
+55.56%
75th Percentile
£62.50
£66.25
£75.00
90th Percentile
£69.13
£76.25
£79.61
England median hourly rate
£65.00
£46.18
£65.00
% change year-on-year
+40.75%
-28.95%
+32.65%
jQuery Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing jQuery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
jQuery Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing jQuery in the South East.
jQuery Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing jQuery in the South East.
jQuery 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 jQuery within the South East 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
jQuery Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing jQuery also mentioned 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 South East region with a requirement for jQuery.
jQuery Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:
