JavaScript Engineer Contracts

JavaScript Engineer
UK

The median JavaScript Engineer daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 538 627
Rank change year-on-year +46 +89 +139
Contract jobs requiring a JavaScript Engineer 47 52 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 37 34
10th Percentile £354 £340 £425
25th Percentile £413 £413 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £516 £950 £688
90th Percentile £579 £1,020 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £435 £468 £500
% change year-on-year -6.95% -6.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 28,823 40,432 52,711
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 93.00% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,389 25,993 36,631
10th Percentile £288 £285 £313
25th Percentile £401 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,297 2,846 1,533
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% -12.79% +68.63%
75th Percentile £55.25 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.45 £74.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% - +96.08%

JavaScript Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured JavaScript Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript Engineer in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JavaScript Engineer.

Daily rate trend for JavaScript Engineer in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Engineer over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript Engineer in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JavaScript Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript Engineer in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Work from Home +42 36 £443 -46.36% 52
England +38 29 £450 -30.77% 63
UK excluding London +41 21 £435 -6.95% 33
London +26 17 £478 -36.32% 42
Scotland - 11 £475 - 5
Midlands +18 5 £435 +35.09% 1
West Midlands - 5 £435 - 1
South East +41 3 £175 -12.50% 16
North of England +7 2 £525 +31.25% 5
Yorkshire +5 2 £525 +31.25% 3

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, JavaScript Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring JavaScript Engineer in the job title.

1 47 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 29 (61.70%) React
3 24 (51.06%) Python
4 21 (44.68%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (42.55%) TypeScript
6 18 (38.30%) Agile
7 16 (34.04%) Social Skills
8 15 (31.91%) Full-Stack Development
8 15 (31.91%) Artificial Intelligence
8 15 (31.91%) Git
8 15 (31.91%) AWS
8 15 (31.91%) Node.js
9 12 (25.53%) Microservices
9 12 (25.53%) CSS
9 12 (25.53%) HTML
9 12 (25.53%) Finance
10 11 (23.40%) Serverless
10 11 (23.40%) Java
10 11 (23.40%) REST
10 11 (23.40%) Machine Learning
11 10 (21.28%) Natural Language Processing
11 10 (21.28%) Data Security
11 10 (21.28%) Management Information System
11 10 (21.28%) Risk Management
11 10 (21.28%) Banking
11 10 (21.28%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (21.28%) Investment Banking
11 10 (21.28%) Statistical Analysis
11 10 (21.28%) Data Science
11 10 (21.28%) Decision-Making

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (2.13%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 15 (31.91%) AWS
2 11 (23.40%) Serverless
3 10 (21.28%) AWS Lambda
3 10 (21.28%) Cloud Computing
4 9 (19.15%) Amazon SQS
5 3 (6.38%) Amazon S3
6 2 (4.26%) Amazon Cognito
6 2 (4.26%) GitHub
7 1 (2.13%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (2.13%) Azure
7 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.13%) Figma
7 1 (2.13%) GCP
7 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) HTTP
2 1 (2.13%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.77%) DocumentDB
1 6 (12.77%) Redis
2 3 (6.38%) DynamoDB
3 2 (4.26%) MariaDB
3 2 (4.26%) MySQL
3 2 (4.26%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (31.91%) Git
2 6 (12.77%) SonarQube
3 3 (6.38%) Postman
4 2 (4.26%) Bitbucket
4 2 (4.26%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (4.26%) Cypress.io
4 2 (4.26%) Firebug
4 2 (4.26%) Mocha
4 2 (4.26%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (2.13%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.13%) Mockito
5 1 (2.13%) Selenium
5 1 (2.13%) Storybook
5 1 (2.13%) Vite
5 1 (2.13%) webpack
General
1 16 (34.04%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.53%) Finance
3 10 (21.28%) Banking
3 10 (21.28%) Investment Banking
4 7 (14.89%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.64%) Advertising
6 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.13%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (61.70%) React
2 15 (31.91%) Node.js
3 12 (25.53%) CSS
3 12 (25.53%) HTML
4 11 (23.40%) REST
5 8 (17.02%) Vue
6 6 (12.77%) Ajax
6 6 (12.77%) AngularJS
6 6 (12.77%) Django
6 6 (12.77%) FastAPI
6 6 (12.77%) Flask
6 6 (12.77%) GraphQL
7 4 (8.51%) Swagger
8 3 (6.38%) AWS CDK
8 3 (6.38%) Jest
8 3 (6.38%) Next.js
8 3 (6.38%) OpenAPI
9 2 (4.26%) GatsbyJS
9 2 (4.26%) React Native
9 2 (4.26%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.28%) Distributed Systems
1 10 (21.28%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.51%) Data Structures
2 4 (8.51%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.38%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.26%) Vector Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (38.30%) Agile
3 15 (31.91%) Artificial Intelligence
3 15 (31.91%) Full-Stack Development
4 12 (25.53%) Microservices
5 11 (23.40%) Machine Learning
6 10 (21.28%) Community of Practice
6 10 (21.28%) Critical Thinking
6 10 (21.28%) Data Science
6 10 (21.28%) Data Security
6 10 (21.28%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 10 (21.28%) Decision-Making
6 10 (21.28%) Experimental Design
6 10 (21.28%) Natural Language Processing
6 10 (21.28%) Risk Management
6 10 (21.28%) Statistical Analysis
6 10 (21.28%) Task Automation
7 8 (17.02%) CI/CD
8 7 (14.89%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
8 7 (14.89%) OO
Programming Languages
1 47 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 24 (51.06%) Python
3 20 (42.55%) TypeScript
4 11 (23.40%) Java
5 5 (10.64%) PHP
6 1 (2.13%) C#
6 1 (2.13%) Go
6 1 (2.13%) Rust
6 1 (2.13%) SQL
6 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) SC Cleared
1 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.13%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.26%) WCAG
3 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle
2 1 (2.13%) Foundry
2 1 (2.13%) Palantir
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