JavaScript Contracts in the UK excluding London

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for JavaScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JavaScript over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 37 30
Rank change year-on-year -13 -7 -12
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 756 1,259 1,868
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.65% 5.26% 6.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.57% 18.13% 20.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 940 1,298
10th Percentile £300 £363 £350
25th Percentile £380 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +0.84% +13.10%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 30 39
10th Percentile £32.75 £49.90 £14.25
25th Percentile £46.18 £52.13 £40.63
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.25 £52.56
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +24.16% +30.57%
75th Percentile £66.25 £74.69 £64.43
90th Percentile £73.00 £75.00 £67.45
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -7.41% +22.73% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

JavaScript is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,854 6,946 8,924
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.45% 29.02% 28.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,269 4,958 6,218
10th Percentile £318 £347 £332
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £585 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £678 £644
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 341 337
10th Percentile £37.63 £22.50 £17.15
25th Percentile £51.88 £49.68 £26.98
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.70 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% +22.63% +16.47%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.67% +20.00% +13.64%

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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024. 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 -12 218 £475 -7.32% 316
South East -7 153 £423 -13.33% 207
South West +14 125 £500 -2.44% 198
Scotland -24 106 £475 - 80
North West -18 104 £475 -9.52% 180
Yorkshire -5 89 £575 +15.00% 104
Midlands -5 87 £419 -2.56% 238
East Midlands -1 45 £388 -3.13% 92
East of England -4 45 £438 -8.38% 123
West Midlands -8 42 £450 -6.49% 144
North East +9 25 £454 -17.45% 36
Wales +1 14 £413 -8.33% 46
Northern Ireland +15 9 - - 23
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 38 (5.03%) SharePoint
2 34 (4.50%) Confluence
3 17 (2.25%) CMS
4 14 (1.85%) Drupal
5 10 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (1.06%) SharePoint 2010
6 8 (1.06%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.79%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.79%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.66%) IIS
9 4 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.53%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.53%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.53%) WordPress
10 3 (0.40%) Apache
10 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.40%) Moodle
10 3 (0.40%) nginx
10 3 (0.40%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 108 (14.29%) Chatbot
2 15 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.79%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.40%) Sketch
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.26%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.26%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.26%) Lectora
7 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (0.66%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.40%) Magento
3 3 (0.40%) Maximo
4 2 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.13%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 154 (20.37%) AWS
2 113 (14.95%) Azure
3 62 (8.20%) Serverless
4 38 (5.03%) Power Platform
5 37 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (4.50%) AWS Lambda
7 32 (4.23%) Amazon S3
8 27 (3.57%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.44%) GitHub
10 23 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (3.04%) GCP
11 18 (2.38%) OpenShift
12 17 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.85%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.59%) SaaS
15 11 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (1.46%) npm
16 10 (1.32%) Azure Functions
17 9 (1.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.51%) TCP/IP
2 15 (1.98%) HTTP
2 15 (1.98%) Software-Defined Radio
3 14 (1.85%) SNMP
4 11 (1.46%) Ethernet
5 9 (1.19%) Intranet
6 8 (1.06%) SSL
7 7 (0.93%) Firewall
8 6 (0.79%) DNS
8 6 (0.79%) Wireless
9 5 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 4 (0.53%) NetScaler
10 4 (0.53%) RTSP
11 3 (0.40%) BGP
11 3 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.40%) Internet
11 3 (0.40%) IOS XR
11 3 (0.40%) Skype
12 2 (0.26%) Modbus
12 2 (0.26%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (6.35%) MySQL
3 44 (5.82%) SQL Server
4 37 (4.89%) MongoDB
5 24 (3.17%) Relational Database
6 21 (2.78%) Amazon Aurora
7 18 (2.38%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.85%) Metadata
8 14 (1.85%) Oracle Database
9 13 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (1.72%) Power BI
10 9 (1.19%) Redis
10 9 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
11 7 (0.93%) GIS
11 7 (0.93%) MariaDB
11 7 (0.93%) PowerPivot
12 6 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Power View
13 4 (0.53%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 93 (12.30%) Git
2 64 (8.47%) Jenkins
3 54 (7.14%) JIRA
4 30 (3.97%) Eclipse
5 26 (3.44%) Cypress.io
6 23 (3.04%) Selenium
7 22 (2.91%) Bitbucket
8 20 (2.65%) GitLab
9 19 (2.51%) Visual Studio
10 15 (1.98%) GoogleTest
10 15 (1.98%) Robot Framework
10 15 (1.98%) webpack
11 13 (1.72%) Postman
12 10 (1.32%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.06%) Maven
13 8 (1.06%) Mercurial
14 7 (0.93%) JUnit
15 6 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
15 6 (0.79%) TeamCity
15 6 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 144 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 80 (10.58%) Public Sector
3 47 (6.22%) Finance
4 43 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (2.38%) Manufacturing
5 18 (2.38%) Telecoms
6 17 (2.25%) Marketing
7 12 (1.59%) Military
7 12 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.32%) Billing
8 10 (1.32%) Publishing
8 10 (1.32%) Retail
9 9 (1.19%) Multimedia
10 8 (1.06%) Legal
11 7 (0.93%) Games
11 7 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (0.93%) Tech for Good
12 6 (0.79%) Aerospace
12 6 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 483 (63.89%) Developer
2 149 (19.71%) Software Developer
3 67 (8.86%) Full Stack Developer
4 61 (8.07%) Software Engineer
5 42 (5.56%) Senior
6 38 (5.03%) Java Developer
7 37 (4.89%) Lead
8 29 (3.84%) .NET Developer
9 26 (3.44%) JavaScript Developer
9 26 (3.44%) React Developer
10 23 (3.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 21 (2.78%) Senior Developer
12 19 (2.51%) Architect
12 19 (2.51%) Designer
13 17 (2.25%) Analyst
13 17 (2.25%) C++ Software Engineer
13 17 (2.25%) Full Stack Engineer
13 17 (2.25%) Tester
14 15 (1.98%) Applications Developer
15 12 (1.59%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (48.68%) HTML
2 249 (32.94%) CSS
3 197 (26.06%) React
4 152 (20.11%) Node.js
5 102 (13.49%) AngularJS
6 84 (11.11%) .NET
7 77 (10.19%) REST
8 56 (7.41%) Spring
9 50 (6.61%) RESTful
10 46 (6.08%) Spring Boot
11 42 (5.56%) Web Services
12 39 (5.16%) XML
13 34 (4.50%) JSON
14 32 (4.23%) AWS CDK
15 31 (4.10%) HTML5
16 30 (3.97%) ASP.NET
17 26 (3.44%) Vue
18 25 (3.31%) GraphQL
18 25 (3.31%) OAuth
19 21 (2.78%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (2.91%) Product Ownership
3 18 (2.38%) Mobile App
4 17 (2.25%) Algorithms
5 15 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.06%) Data Structures
10 7 (0.93%) Management Information System
10 7 (0.93%) Social Media
11 6 (0.79%) CMDB
11 6 (0.79%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.79%) Operational Technology
12 5 (0.66%) IoT
12 5 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.66%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.53%) Client/Server
13 4 (0.53%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 67 (8.86%) Linux
2 42 (5.56%) Windows
3 11 (1.46%) Android
4 10 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.32%) Unix
5 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.13%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (32.14%) Agile
2 220 (29.10%) Software Engineering
3 143 (18.92%) Code Quality
4 128 (16.93%) Full Stack Development
5 120 (15.87%) Artificial Intelligence
6 115 (15.21%) CI/CD
7 108 (14.29%) Conversational UI
8 106 (14.02%) DevOps
9 96 (12.70%) Test Automation
10 88 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
11 76 (10.05%) Scrum
12 75 (9.92%) TDD
13 68 (8.99%) Microservices
14 54 (7.14%) Front End Development
14 54 (7.14%) Unit Testing
15 49 (6.48%) MVC
16 48 (6.35%) User Experience
17 40 (5.29%) Mentoring
18 39 (5.16%) BDD
18 39 (5.16%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 245 (32.41%) Python
2 238 (31.48%) C#
3 206 (27.25%) SQL
4 187 (24.74%) Java
5 129 (17.06%) TypeScript
6 50 (6.61%) PHP
7 45 (5.95%) C++
8 31 (4.10%) Bash
9 24 (3.17%) C
9 24 (3.17%) PowerShell
10 16 (2.12%) Shell Script
11 14 (1.85%) Groovy
12 11 (1.46%) Apex Code
13 10 (1.32%) Go
14 9 (1.19%) Ruby
15 8 (1.06%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.06%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.93%) Scala
16 7 (0.93%) VBA
17 5 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 158 (20.90%) Degree
2 102 (13.49%) Security Cleared
3 76 (10.05%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 7 (0.93%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.79%) CEH
7 6 (0.79%) CREST Certified
7 6 (0.79%) GIAC
7 6 (0.79%) GPEN
7 6 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (0.79%) OSCP
8 5 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.26%) ISEB
11 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.01%) Accessibility
2 42 (5.56%) QA
3 12 (1.59%) Disclosure Scotland
3 12 (1.59%) GDPR
4 8 (1.06%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.79%) Good Clinical Practice
5 6 (0.79%) GxP
5 6 (0.79%) NIST
5 6 (0.79%) WCAG
6 3 (0.40%) SLA
7 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.13%) GRC
8 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.13%) HL7
8 1 (0.13%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.13%) MISRA
8 1 (0.13%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 51 (6.75%) Docker
2 16 (2.12%) Firmware
3 10 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.53%) zsh
5 3 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.26%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.13%) ACF2
7 1 (0.13%) IAG
7 1 (0.13%) RACF
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (5.42%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.31%) Grafana
3 22 (2.91%) Ansible
3 22 (2.91%) Terraform
4 11 (1.46%) Kibana
5 10 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.13%) Istio
7 1 (0.13%) logstash
7 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (14.29%) PayPal
2 54 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 36 (4.76%) Google
4 29 (3.84%) Oracle
5 22 (2.91%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.38%) Adobe
7 17 (2.25%) Atlassian
8 15 (1.98%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.98%) SAP
9 12 (1.59%) VMware
10 7 (0.93%) IBM
11 6 (0.79%) Pega
12 5 (0.66%) F5
13 4 (0.53%) Confluent
13 4 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 3 (0.40%) Cisco
14 3 (0.40%) ESRI
14 3 (0.40%) Nintex
14 3 (0.40%) NVIDIA
14 3 (0.40%) TOWER Software