JavaScript Contract Job Trends in Taunton

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring JavaScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 10.09% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.73% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £508 - -
Somerset median daily rate £413 £691 £425
% change year-on-year -40.30% +62.59% -5.56%

All Programming Languages
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 37 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton 33.94% 11.76% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 2 5
10th Percentile £403 £877 -
25th Percentile £406 £906 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £983 £575
Median % change year-on-year -54.20% +70.87% -17.09%
75th Percentile £500 £1,081 £600
90th Percentile £675 £1,122 -
Somerset median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% -1.10%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Taunton

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend in Taunton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 9 (81.82%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) IIS
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Azure
1 10 (90.91%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) GitHub
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) Figma
3 1 (9.09%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) HTTP
1 1 (9.09%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (9.09%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (9.09%) GIS
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Git
1 10 (90.91%) MSI
2 9 (81.82%) JIRA
3 1 (9.09%) webpack
General
1 7 (63.64%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Publishing
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Senior
2 4 (36.36%) Senior Developer
3 3 (27.27%) .NET Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Lead
4 2 (18.18%) Lead Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Leader
5 1 (9.09%) C++ Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Python Developer
5 1 (9.09%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (90.91%) .NET
1 10 (90.91%) .NET Framework
1 10 (90.91%) ATL
1 10 (90.91%) COM
1 10 (90.91%) CSS
1 10 (90.91%) GeoJSON
1 10 (90.91%) HTML
1 10 (90.91%) MFC
1 10 (90.91%) REST
2 9 (81.82%) .NET Core
2 9 (81.82%) CSS3
2 9 (81.82%) HTML5
2 9 (81.82%) RESTful
2 9 (81.82%) WPF
3 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (9.09%) Entity Framework
3 1 (9.09%) Node.js
3 1 (9.09%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (9.09%) React
3 1 (9.09%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Cloud Native
1 9 (81.82%) Onboarding
2 7 (63.64%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
4 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) DevOps
1 10 (90.91%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (81.82%) Agile
2 9 (81.82%) API Design
2 9 (81.82%) CI/CD
2 9 (81.82%) Containerisation
2 9 (81.82%) Dependency Management
2 9 (81.82%) Deployment Automation
2 9 (81.82%) Design Patterns
2 9 (81.82%) DevSecOps
2 9 (81.82%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 9 (81.82%) Infrastructure as Code
2 9 (81.82%) Knowledge Transfer
2 9 (81.82%) Microservices
2 9 (81.82%) SOLID
2 9 (81.82%) Static Application Security Testing
2 9 (81.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 9 (81.82%) Virtual Environments
3 7 (63.64%) OWASP
3 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Bicep
1 10 (90.91%) C#
1 10 (90.91%) Python
1 10 (90.91%) TypeScript
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (9.09%) C++
3 1 (9.09%) Java
3 1 (9.09%) PL/SQL
3 1 (9.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) Accessibility
1 9 (81.82%) NCSC
1 9 (81.82%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (90.91%) Terraform
2 9 (81.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle