JavaScript Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire
JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire citing JavaScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 63 | 32 | 29 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -31 | -3 | -7 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 40 | 47 | 46 |
| As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire | 3.03% | 5.55% | 5.82% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.87% | 16.15% | 18.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29 | 21 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £363 | £340 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £400 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -11.21% | -6.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £538 | £573 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £644 | £700 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £501 | £475 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.53% | -9.52% | -8.70% |
All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
JavaScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing coding skills in West Yorkshire.
| 6 months to 26 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing coding skills | 368 | 291 | 255 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 27.88% | 34.36% | 32.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 235 | 170 | 190 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £357 | £348 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.00% | - | -1.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £547 | £573 | £572 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £675 | £644 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.85 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £23.00 | - | £26.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.00 | - | £30.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +40.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.25 | - | £39.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £26.90 | - | £49.50 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £24.00 | £49.50 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -51.52% | +23.75% | +87.71% |
JavaScript Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
JavaScript Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing JavaScript.
JavaScript Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 October 2026.
JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing JavaScript.
JavaScript Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | -21 | 37 | £515 | +8.42% | 15 |
| Halifax | - | 1 | £393 | - | |
| JavaScript Yorkshire |
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JavaScript Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TypeScript | 55.0% | 22 |
| 2 | Python | 45.0% | 18 |
| 3 | SQL | 22.5% | 9 |
| 4 | C# | 20.0% | 8 |
| 5 | Ruby | 7.5% | 3 |
| 6 | Java | 5.0% | 2 |
| 6 | PHP | 5.0% | 2 |
| 8 | Bash | 2.5% | 1 |
| 8 | PowerShell | 2.5% | 1 |
| 8 | Scala | 2.5% | 1 |