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 citing JavaScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	60	33	18
Rank change year-on-year	-27	-15	-7
Contract jobs citing JavaScript	19	12	16
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear	2.79%	4.20%	7.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category	9.27%	14.29%	34.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	18	9	8
10^th Percentile	-	£344	£332
25^th Percentile	£350	£350	£356
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£400	£433
Median % change year-on-year	-	-7.51%	-8.90%
75^th Percentile	-	£419	£504
90^th Percentile	£450	£485	£592
North East median daily rate	£400	£400	£455
% change year-on-year	-	-12.09%	-4.16%

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 citing coding skills in Tyne and Wear.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills	205	84	46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear	30.06%	29.37%	22.44%
Number of daily rates quoted	129	59	27
10^th Percentile	£323	£360	£325
25^th Percentile	£363	£400	£354
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£425	£488	£425
Median % change year-on-year	-12.82%	+14.71%	-10.05%
75^th Percentile	£475	£565	£544
90^th Percentile	£539	£579	£618
North East median daily rate	£425	£488	£445
% change year-on-year	-12.82%	+9.55%	-3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted	30	3	0
10^th Percentile	£62.50	£37.70	-
25^th Percentile	-	£40.25	-
Median hourly rate	£70.00	£48.00	-
Median % change year-on-year	+45.83%	-	-
75^th Percentile	-	£53.25	-
90^th Percentile	-	£54.30	-
North East median hourly rate	£70.00	£51.50	£46.18
% change year-on-year	+35.92%	+11.52%	-

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 11 November 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 11 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Newcastle upon Tyne	-22	19	£400	-	18
JavaScript North East

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 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 citing JavaScript.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	94.7%	18
1	Node.js	94.7%	18
3	CI/CD	89.5%	17
4	AWS	68.4%	13
5	Security Cleared	63.2%	12
5	Test Automation	63.2%	12
7	SC Cleared	57.9%	11
8	Problem-Solving	52.6%	10
8	QA	52.6%	10
8	TypeScript	52.6%	10
11	Accessibility	47.4%	9
11	Continuous Improvement	47.4%	9
11	DevOps	47.4%	9
11	Docker	47.4%	9
11	Terraform	47.4%	9
16	Digital Transformation Programme	42.1%	8
16	Express.js	42.1%	8
16	Full-Stack Development	42.1%	8
16	Kafka	42.1%	8
16	Kubernetes	42.1%	8
16	Microservices	42.1%	8
16	REST	42.1%	8
16	SDLC	42.1%	8
24	AngularJS	36.8%	7
24	Collaborative Working	36.8%	7
24	GitLab	36.8%	7
24	Jest	36.8%	7
24	MongoDB	36.8%	7
24	Nunjucks	36.8%	7
24	RESTful	36.8%	7

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	52.6%	10
2	Java	26.3%	5
3	PHP	10.5%	2