Nightwatchjs Contract Job Trends

Nightwatch.js
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Nightwatchjs skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 - 631
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Nightwatchjs 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% - 0.002%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.093% - 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £343 - -
25th Percentile £372 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 - £425
75th Percentile £454 - £438
90th Percentile £464 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £421 - £425

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Nightwatchjs falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,545 8,634 11,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.90% 22.41% 22.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,010 5,617 7,893
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £474 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 188 180
10th Percentile £31.25 £25.60 £36.19
25th Percentile £41.82 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.85 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.96% +2.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £72.41
90th Percentile £72.25 £74.61 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year -11.54% +10.11% -6.67%

Nightwatchjs
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Nightwatchjs as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Nightwatchjs in the UK

Nightwatchjs
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Nightwatchjs.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Nightwatchjs

Nightwatchjs
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nightwatchjs within the UK over the 6 months to 19 September 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 West - 7 £421 - 4
England - 7 £421 - 4
UK excluding London - 7 £421 - 4
North of England - 7 £421 - 4
Work from Home - 1 £469 - 2

Nightwatchjs
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) npm
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Git
2 6 (85.71%) Cypress.io
2 6 (85.71%) Grunt
2 6 (85.71%) gulp
2 6 (85.71%) SonarQube
3 1 (14.29%) Postman
3 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 5 (71.43%) UI Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Automation Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) Ajax
1 6 (85.71%) CSS
1 6 (85.71%) CSS3
1 6 (85.71%) Enzyme
1 6 (85.71%) HTML
1 6 (85.71%) HTML5
1 6 (85.71%) Jest
1 6 (85.71%) JSON
1 6 (85.71%) LESS
1 6 (85.71%) Node.js
1 6 (85.71%) React
1 6 (85.71%) Redux
1 6 (85.71%) REST
1 6 (85.71%) Sass
2 3 (42.86%) jQuery
2 3 (42.86%) XHR
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Front End Development
1 6 (85.71%) Performance Optimisation
1 6 (85.71%) Unit Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) API Integration
3 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 3 (42.86%) Clean Code
3 3 (42.86%) Code Quality
3 3 (42.86%) TDD
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) API Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Perforce
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft