JavaScript Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring JavaScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	58	32	16
Rank change year-on-year	-26	-16	0
Contract jobs citing JavaScript	17	8	17
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear	2.37%	3.05%	8.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category	7.66%	9.76%	37.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	16	5	9
10^th Percentile	-	£352	£355
25^th Percentile	£350	£400	£403
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£413	£440
Median % change year-on-year	-3.03%	-6.25%	-9.51%
75^th Percentile	-	£475	£501
90^th Percentile	£450	£504	£586
North East median daily rate	£400	£413	£440
% change year-on-year	-3.03%	-6.25%	-9.51%

All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	222	82	45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear	30.96%	31.30%	22.17%
Number of daily rates quoted	140	55	26
10^th Percentile	£321	£368	£331
25^th Percentile	£363	£418	£404
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£425	£500	£433
Median % change year-on-year	-15.00%	+15.61%	-8.95%
75^th Percentile	£478	£575	£538
90^th Percentile	£590	£613	£598
North East median daily rate	£425	£494	£433
% change year-on-year	-13.92%	+14.16%	-8.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted	31	2	0
10^th Percentile	£62.50	£36.85	-
25^th Percentile	-	£38.13	-
Median hourly rate	£70.00	£42.00	-
Median % change year-on-year	+66.67%	-	-
75^th Percentile	-	£47.63	-
90^th Percentile	-	£49.95	-
North East median hourly rate	£70.00	£42.00	£46.18
% change year-on-year	+66.67%	-9.05%	-

JavaScript Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

JavaScript Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing JavaScript.

JavaScript Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in Tyne and Wear

JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing JavaScript.

JavaScript Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 21 October 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne	-27	17	£400	-3.03%	6
JavaScript North East

JavaScript Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing JavaScript also mentioned 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 Tyne and Wear region with a requirement for JavaScript.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	94.1%	16
1	Node.js	94.1%	16
3	CI/CD	88.2%	15
4	AWS	64.7%	11
5	Problem-Solving	58.8%	10
5	QA	58.8%	10
5	Security Cleared	58.8%	10
5	Test Automation	58.8%	10
9	Continuous Improvement	52.9%	9
9	SC Cleared	52.9%	9
11	Digital Transformation Programme	47.1%	8
11	REST	47.1%	8
11	Terraform	47.1%	8
11	TypeScript	47.1%	8
15	Accessibility	41.2%	7
15	Collaborative Working	41.2%	7
15	DevOps	41.2%	7
15	Docker	41.2%	7
15	Express.js	41.2%	7
15	Full-Stack Development	41.2%	7
15	Kafka	41.2%	7
15	SDLC	41.2%	7
23	AngularJS	35.3%	6
23	CSS	35.3%	6
23	GitLab	35.3%	6
23	HTML	35.3%	6
23	Jest	35.3%	6
23	Kubernetes	35.3%	6
23	Microservices	35.3%	6
23	MongoDB	35.3%	6

JavaScript Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	TypeScript	47.1%	8
2	Java	23.5%	4
3	PHP	11.8%	2