JavaScript Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring JavaScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 17 46
Rank change year-on-year +4 +29 -7
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 27 20 1
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 11.49% 11.43% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.89% 29.41% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £513 £375
% change year-on-year +7.32% +36.67% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 0
10th Percentile - £62.50 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile £65.25 - -
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.50 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

All Programming Languages
Stevenage

JavaScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 113 68 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 48.09% 38.86% 52.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 9 18
10th Percentile £433 £263 £344
25th Percentile £501 £313 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £345 £470
Median % change year-on-year +59.42% -26.60% -18.26%
75th Percentile £575 £481 £545
90th Percentile - £540 £551
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +25.71% -12.50% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 33 87
10th Percentile £52.00 £61.50 -
25th Percentile £63.75 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.38 £68.75 £84.36
90th Percentile £76.00 £95.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Stevenage

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing JavaScript.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing JavaScript.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 (3.70%) Mendix
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 17 (62.96%) Ethernet
1 17 (62.96%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 26 (96.30%) Visual Studio
2 17 (62.96%) Eclipse
3 9 (33.33%) Artifactory
3 9 (33.33%) GitLab
3 9 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 23 (85.19%) Social Skills
2 17 (62.96%) Military
2 17 (62.96%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (81.48%) Software Engineer
2 17 (62.96%) C# Software Engineer
3 13 (48.15%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Developer
4 5 (18.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Development Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Synthetic Environment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (96.30%) Node.js
2 17 (62.96%) Web Services
3 10 (37.04%) CSS
4 9 (33.33%) .NET
4 9 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 9 (33.33%) AngularJS
4 9 (33.33%) HTML
4 9 (33.33%) React
4 9 (33.33%) Svelte
4 9 (33.33%) Vue
5 1 (3.70%) REST
5 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 9 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 9 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (88.89%) Linux
2 17 (62.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) Agile
2 25 (92.59%) CI/CD
2 25 (92.59%) TDD
3 20 (74.07%) Software Engineering
4 18 (66.67%) Validation
5 17 (62.96%) Synthetic Environment
5 17 (62.96%) Verification and Validation
5 17 (62.96%) Visualisation
6 16 (59.26%) Continuous Delivery
6 16 (59.26%) Continuous Integration
6 16 (59.26%) Digital Twin
6 16 (59.26%) Unit Testing
7 9 (33.33%) Computer Science
7 9 (33.33%) Containerisation
7 9 (33.33%) Design Patterns
7 9 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 9 (33.33%) Microservices
7 9 (33.33%) OOP
7 9 (33.33%) SDLC
7 9 (33.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (96.30%) C#
2 24 (88.89%) C++
3 9 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 9 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) SAP