JavaScript Contract Job Trends in Watford

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring JavaScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 1.28% - 2.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.14% - 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £418
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.77%
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - £483
Hertfordshire median daily rate £507 £363 £400
% change year-on-year +39.86% -9.38% -23.08%

All Programming Languages
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14 4 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 17.95% 11.43% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 9
10th Percentile - £334 £411
25th Percentile £325 £461 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £556 £450
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% +23.61% -26.53%
75th Percentile £488 £588 £625
90th Percentile £605 - £693
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £500 £428
% change year-on-year - +16.96% -19.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £23.03 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Watford

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing JavaScript.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing JavaScript.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Perl Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle