JavaScript Contracts in the UK excluding London

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring JavaScript skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JavaScript 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 54 51 36
Rank change year-on-year -3 -15 -5
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 525 757 1,271
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.11% 3.64% 5.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.42% 15.56% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 452 950
10th Percentile £352 £300 £363
25th Percentile £400 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £479
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.05% +0.84%
75th Percentile £553 £571 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 34 29
10th Percentile £26.25 £32.38 £49.74
25th Percentile £52.14 £46.18 £52.00
Median hourly rate £63.25 £62.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -7.41% +28.44%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.25 £75.00
90th Percentile - £73.50 -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £62.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -3.20% -10.71% +27.27%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,641 4,865 6,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.52% 23.42% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,400 3,277 4,996
10th Percentile £325 £319 £338
25th Percentile £402 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 397 346
10th Percentile £22.38 £37.58 £23.61
25th Percentile £42.00 £50.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% - +26.21%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JavaScript in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK excluding London 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
Live
Jobs
North of England -12 143 £460 -3.16% 412
Scotland +5 100 £496 +4.42% 72
South East +1 93 £545 +28.99% 499
Midlands +19 92 £450 +7.53% 248
North West +3 89 £445 -6.32% 262
South West +4 74 £475 -5.00% 162
West Midlands +37 71 £466 +3.61% 133
Yorkshire -23 41 £493 -10.40% 112
North East -3 20 £470 +3.52% 42
East Midlands -9 20 £425 +9.68% 102
East of England +4 19 £500 +14.29% 176
Wales +1 14 £501 +21.33% 29
Northern Ireland -16 1 £600 - 24
JavaScript
UK

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (4.38%) Confluence
2 21 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.90%) CMS
4 8 (1.52%) Apache
5 7 (1.33%) IIS
5 7 (1.33%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.14%) WebLogic
7 5 (0.95%) JBoss
7 5 (0.95%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.76%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.76%) Drupal
8 4 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.76%) WordPress
9 3 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.57%) Moodle
10 2 (0.38%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.38%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.14%) Adobe XD
2 6 (1.14%) InfoPath
3 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.76%) Sketch
4 2 (0.38%) InVision
4 2 (0.38%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.19%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 18 (3.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.57%) iTrent
3 2 (0.38%) Magento
3 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.38%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.19%) BASE24
4 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 141 (26.86%) AWS
2 100 (19.05%) Azure
3 45 (8.57%) Power Platform
4 37 (7.05%) Serverless
5 36 (6.86%) GCP
6 35 (6.67%) PowerApps
7 32 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (6.10%) Power Automate
8 25 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (4.38%) Amazon S3
9 23 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (4.00%) SaaS
12 18 (3.43%) GitHub
13 16 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
16 11 (2.10%) AWS CodeBuild
16 11 (2.10%) PaaS
17 9 (1.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.90%) HTTP
2 7 (1.33%) SNMP
2 7 (1.33%) Software-Defined Radio
3 6 (1.14%) Internet
3 6 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.95%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.57%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.38%) Firewall
7 1 (0.19%) ATM
7 1 (0.19%) DHCP
7 1 (0.19%) DNS
7 1 (0.19%) GPON
7 1 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.62%) MySQL
1 40 (7.62%) Relational Database
2 34 (6.48%) NoSQL
3 33 (6.29%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (5.71%) SQL Server
5 22 (4.19%) MongoDB
6 15 (2.86%) RDBMS
7 12 (2.29%) Power BI
8 11 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (1.52%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.33%) Apache Cassandra
10 7 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.33%) Oracle Database
11 6 (1.14%) GIS
12 5 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.76%) DB2
13 4 (0.76%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.76%) ObjectStore
13 4 (0.76%) Redis
Development Applications
1 121 (23.05%) Git
2 44 (8.38%) JIRA
3 41 (7.81%) Jenkins
4 32 (6.10%) GitLab
5 27 (5.14%) Cypress.io
6 18 (3.43%) Selenium
7 17 (3.24%) Postman
8 16 (3.05%) Cucumber
9 15 (2.86%) Bitbucket
9 15 (2.86%) JUnit
9 15 (2.86%) Maven
10 14 (2.67%) Subversion
11 13 (2.48%) Eclipse
12 12 (2.29%) webpack
13 10 (1.90%) gulp
13 10 (1.90%) Visual Studio
14 9 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
15 8 (1.52%) Mocha
15 8 (1.52%) Oracle APEX
15 8 (1.52%) SonarQube
General
1 131 (24.95%) Social Skills
2 99 (18.86%) Public Sector
3 57 (10.86%) Finance
4 40 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (3.05%) Banking
6 14 (2.67%) Marketing
7 13 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (2.48%) Telecoms
8 12 (2.29%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.10%) Electronics
9 11 (2.10%) Investment Banking
10 9 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.52%) Legal
11 8 (1.52%) Retail
12 7 (1.33%) Military
13 6 (1.14%) Advertising
13 6 (1.14%) Back Office
14 5 (0.95%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.57%) Law
15 3 (0.57%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 280 (53.33%) Developer
2 66 (12.57%) Senior
3 61 (11.62%) Software Engineer
4 49 (9.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 45 (8.57%) Full-Stack Developer
6 34 (6.48%) Senior Developer
7 33 (6.29%) Software Developer
8 32 (6.10%) Lead
9 30 (5.71%) ServiceNow Developer
10 25 (4.76%) Support Engineer
11 22 (4.19%) Java Developer
12 20 (3.81%) Architect
12 20 (3.81%) Senior Software Engineer
13 18 (3.43%) JavaScript Engineer
14 17 (3.24%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 15 (2.86%) JavaScript Developer
16 14 (2.67%) .NET Developer
16 14 (2.67%) Lead Developer
16 14 (2.67%) React Developer
17 12 (2.29%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (43.62%) HTML
2 223 (42.48%) CSS
3 144 (27.43%) React
4 110 (20.95%) Node.js
5 91 (17.33%) .NET
6 83 (15.81%) AngularJS
7 66 (12.57%) REST
8 62 (11.81%) RESTful
9 52 (9.90%) HTML5
10 49 (9.33%) Web Services
11 42 (8.00%) Spring
11 42 (8.00%) Spring Boot
12 40 (7.62%) jQuery
13 37 (7.05%) JSON
14 33 (6.29%) SOAP
15 31 (5.90%) XML
16 25 (4.76%) CSS3
17 22 (4.19%) Ajax
18 21 (4.00%) Jest
18 21 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.38%) Product Ownership
2 19 (3.62%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.67%) Public Cloud
5 13 (2.48%) Cloud Native
6 12 (2.29%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.33%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.33%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.14%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (0.95%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.95%) PKI
12 4 (0.76%) CMDB
12 4 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.76%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 63 (12.00%) Linux
2 11 (2.10%) Ubuntu
2 11 (2.10%) Unix
3 5 (0.95%) Windows
4 3 (0.57%) AIX
4 3 (0.57%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.38%) Android
5 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (44.95%) Agile
2 147 (28.00%) CI/CD
3 124 (23.62%) Software Engineering
4 103 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (17.33%) Test Automation
6 89 (16.95%) DevOps
7 87 (16.57%) Microservices
8 86 (16.38%) Full-Stack Development
9 77 (14.67%) TDD
10 76 (14.48%) Scrum
11 72 (13.71%) Front End Development
12 70 (13.33%) User Experience
13 59 (11.24%) Web Development
14 43 (8.19%) SDLC
15 40 (7.62%) Artificial Intelligence
16 38 (7.24%) Code Quality
17 37 (7.05%) Continuous Integration
17 37 (7.05%) MVC
18 36 (6.86%) API Development
18 36 (6.86%) OO
Programming Languages
1 141 (26.86%) Java
2 123 (23.43%) TypeScript
3 120 (22.86%) Python
4 117 (22.29%) SQL
5 106 (20.19%) C#
6 36 (6.86%) C++
7 32 (6.10%) PowerShell
8 31 (5.90%) Shell Script
9 28 (5.33%) PHP
10 15 (2.86%) C
11 12 (2.29%) Bash
12 11 (2.10%) ABAP
12 11 (2.10%) Ada
13 10 (1.90%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.52%) Kotlin
15 7 (1.33%) COBOL
16 6 (1.14%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.95%) Groovy
17 5 (0.95%) Perl
17 5 (0.95%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 102 (19.43%) Security Cleared
2 65 (12.38%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.76%) Degree
4 25 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.71%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.57%) ISEB
9 3 (0.57%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.57%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.38%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.38%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.38%) Tableau Certification
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.19%) OCP
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.19%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.43%) Accessibility
2 28 (5.33%) QA
3 15 (2.86%) WCAG
4 13 (2.48%) Disclosure Scotland
5 8 (1.52%) GRC
6 3 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.38%) GDPR
7 2 (0.38%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) PERC
8 1 (0.19%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (8.95%) Docker
2 15 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.57%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.86%) Terraform
3 11 (2.10%) Grafana
4 9 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.95%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.57%) Ansible
6 3 (0.57%) Packer
6 3 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.57%) Puppet
7 2 (0.38%) Kibana
8 1 (0.19%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 70 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 38 (7.24%) Oracle
4 34 (6.48%) Google
5 29 (5.52%) SAP
6 16 (3.05%) Adobe
7 11 (2.10%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.52%) Zend
9 7 (1.33%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.33%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.33%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.14%) ForgeRock
10 6 (1.14%) PayPal
10 6 (1.14%) Splunk
11 5 (0.95%) CA Agile Central
11 5 (0.95%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.76%) Foundry
12 4 (0.76%) Palantir
12 4 (0.76%) Ping Identity
12 4 (0.76%) Snow