JavaScript Contracts with Work from Home Options

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 25 17
Rank change year-on-year 0 -8 -8
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 1,003 1,832 4,049
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.67% 7.27% 9.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.93% 19.53% 24.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 674 1,354 3,066
10th Percentile £346 £378 £375
25th Percentile £450 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -2.00% +10.53%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £618
90th Percentile £850 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 40 37
10th Percentile £35.26 £44.30 £35.00
25th Percentile £37.63 £51.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £40.88 £67.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.67% +12.92% +9.09%
75th Percentile £56.00 £75.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £85.00 £76.16
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year -7.41% +20.00% +18.42%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,032 9,379 16,728
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.46% 37.23% 38.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,651 6,874 12,423
10th Percentile £350 £388 £375
25th Percentile £429 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 205 192
10th Percentile £33.75 £32.45 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% +11.73%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.75 £81.50 £69.88
UK median hourly rate £62.43 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +0.95% +23.68% +16.28%

JavaScript
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JavaScript trend for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing JavaScript.

JavaScript daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

JavaScript daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing JavaScript.

JavaScript hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

JavaScript hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 112 (11.17%) Apache Airflow
2 94 (9.37%) Apache
3 33 (3.29%) CMS
4 24 (2.39%) Confluence
5 19 (1.89%) SharePoint
6 18 (1.79%) nginx
7 12 (1.20%) WordPress
8 9 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 7 (0.70%) Drupal
9 7 (0.70%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.50%) Kentico
10 5 (0.50%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.40%) SAS
11 4 (0.40%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.30%) SharePoint 2010
12 3 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.20%) GeoServer
13 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.20%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 122 (12.16%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.20%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.20%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.20%) Lectora
6 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.100%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.100%) Blender
7 1 (0.100%) InDesign
7 1 (0.100%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.50%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.50%) Shopify
4 4 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.30%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.20%) Endur
6 2 (0.20%) Magento
7 1 (0.100%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.100%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 329 (32.80%) AWS
2 161 (16.05%) Azure
3 123 (12.26%) GCP
4 98 (9.77%) dbt
5 80 (7.98%) Snowflake
6 66 (6.58%) GitHub
7 54 (5.38%) Serverless
8 51 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
9 39 (3.89%) AWS Lambda
10 37 (3.69%) Power Platform
11 36 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (2.79%) Amazon S3
13 21 (2.09%) Azure Service Bus
14 19 (1.89%) Power Automate
14 19 (1.89%) PowerApps
15 17 (1.69%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
16 15 (1.50%) Azure Functions
17 14 (1.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 14 (1.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 14 (1.40%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.29%) HTTP
2 21 (2.09%) Intranet
3 9 (0.90%) Firewall
4 8 (0.80%) DNS
4 8 (0.80%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.70%) Internet
6 3 (0.30%) BGP
6 3 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (0.30%) DHCP
6 3 (0.30%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.30%) IOS XR
6 3 (0.30%) SSL
6 3 (0.30%) Wireless
7 2 (0.20%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.20%) LAN
7 2 (0.20%) RTSP
7 2 (0.20%) SNMP
7 2 (0.20%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (9.97%) Amazon Athena
2 98 (9.77%) Apache Arrow
2 98 (9.77%) Dremio
3 87 (8.67%) Apache Ignite
4 80 (7.98%) Data Lake
5 72 (7.18%) SQL Server
6 55 (5.48%) MySQL
7 47 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (3.19%) NoSQL
9 29 (2.89%) Relational Database
10 24 (2.39%) MongoDB
11 23 (2.29%) Power BI
12 17 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
12 17 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
13 16 (1.60%) Big Data
14 13 (1.30%) Redis
15 11 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
15 11 (1.10%) BigQuery
16 9 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
17 8 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 102 (10.17%) Git
2 77 (7.68%) JIRA
3 65 (6.48%) Jenkins
4 39 (3.89%) GitLab
5 25 (2.49%) Cypress.io
6 22 (2.19%) Selenium
7 19 (1.89%) Postman
8 18 (1.79%) webpack
9 17 (1.69%) Visual Studio Code
10 15 (1.50%) JMeter
11 11 (1.10%) Cucumber
12 10 (1.00%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.00%) git-flow
12 10 (1.00%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.90%) Maven
14 8 (0.80%) CircleCI
14 8 (0.80%) WebDriver
15 7 (0.70%) JUnit
16 6 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
16 6 (0.60%) SoapUI
General
1 241 (24.03%) Finance
2 151 (15.05%) Social Skills
3 129 (12.86%) Banking
4 127 (12.66%) Front Office
5 81 (8.08%) Investment Banking
6 74 (7.38%) Public Sector
7 44 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (2.99%) Marketing
9 17 (1.69%) Financial Institution
10 16 (1.60%) Retail
10 16 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.00%) Tech for Good
12 9 (0.90%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.70%) Back Office
13 7 (0.70%) Publishing
14 6 (0.60%) Advertising
14 6 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.40%) Automotive
16 4 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 633 (63.11%) Developer
2 177 (17.65%) Software Developer
3 128 (12.76%) Senior
4 124 (12.36%) Software Engineer
5 97 (9.67%) Full Stack Developer
6 71 (7.08%) Senior Developer
7 68 (6.78%) Lead
8 65 (6.48%) React Developer
9 62 (6.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 60 (5.98%) AWS Engineer
11 57 (5.68%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 54 (5.38%) Architect
13 48 (4.79%) Python Engineer
14 46 (4.59%) JavaScript Developer
14 46 (4.59%) Python Software Engineer
15 38 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
16 37 (3.69%) Java Developer
16 37 (3.69%) Lead Developer
17 36 (3.59%) Java Engineer
17 36 (3.59%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 430 (42.87%) HTML
2 299 (29.81%) CSS
3 257 (25.62%) React
4 171 (17.05%) Node.js
5 122 (12.16%) .NET
6 111 (11.07%) gRPC
6 111 (11.07%) Protocol Buffers
7 110 (10.97%) AngularJS
8 100 (9.97%) REST
9 87 (8.67%) Pandas
10 81 (8.08%) NumPy
10 81 (8.08%) SciPy
11 67 (6.68%) Web Services
12 60 (5.98%) XML
13 57 (5.68%) Vue
14 56 (5.58%) RESTful
15 52 (5.18%) jQuery
16 49 (4.89%) GraphQL
17 47 (4.69%) JSON
18 46 (4.59%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 115 (11.47%) Fixed Income
2 94 (9.37%) Hedge funds
3 88 (8.77%) Derivative
4 86 (8.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 81 (8.08%) Equities
6 34 (3.39%) Product Ownership
7 28 (2.79%) Mobile App
8 18 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.69%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.50%) Clustering
11 15 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.30%) Cloud Native
12 13 (1.30%) Management Information System
13 12 (1.20%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.00%) Data Structures
15 9 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (0.80%) Pricing Data
17 7 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (6.08%) Linux
2 28 (2.79%) Unix
3 20 (1.99%) Android
4 19 (1.89%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.79%) Windows
6 3 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.100%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.100%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (35.00%) Software Engineering
2 313 (31.21%) Agile
3 182 (18.15%) Full Stack Development
4 157 (15.65%) Code Quality
5 149 (14.86%) DevOps
6 135 (13.46%) Artificial Intelligence
7 132 (13.16%) CI/CD
8 128 (12.76%) Asset Management
9 122 (12.16%) Conversational UI
10 115 (11.47%) Problem-Solving
11 111 (11.07%) User Experience
12 105 (10.47%) Test Automation
13 99 (9.87%) Front End Development
13 99 (9.87%) Investment Management
14 84 (8.37%) Web Development
15 82 (8.18%) Microservices
16 81 (8.08%) TDD
17 60 (5.98%) Analytics
18 59 (5.88%) Scrum
19 58 (5.78%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 393 (39.18%) Python
2 293 (29.21%) TypeScript
3 277 (27.62%) SQL
4 276 (27.52%) Java
5 264 (26.32%) C#
6 66 (6.58%) PHP
7 37 (3.69%) Go
7 37 (3.69%) PowerShell
8 31 (3.09%) Bash
9 24 (2.39%) Ruby
10 17 (1.69%) C++
11 14 (1.40%) Bicep
11 14 (1.40%) Kotlin
12 13 (1.30%) Apex Code
13 10 (1.00%) Scala
14 9 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.90%) SOQL
15 8 (0.80%) C
16 6 (0.60%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.60%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 185 (18.44%) Degree
2 99 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 71 (7.08%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.29%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.60%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.50%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.40%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.30%) CEH
10 3 (0.30%) CREST Certified
10 3 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.30%) GIAC
10 3 (0.30%) GPEN
10 3 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.30%) OSCP
11 2 (0.20%) ISEB
11 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.08%) Accessibility
2 59 (5.88%) QA
3 34 (3.39%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.79%) WCAG
5 7 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.40%) CDISC
7 4 (0.40%) NIST
8 3 (0.30%) GDPR
9 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.20%) PMO
9 2 (0.20%) SLA
10 1 (0.100%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.100%) GxP
10 1 (0.100%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.100%) HL7
10 1 (0.100%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 78 (7.78%) Docker
2 35 (3.49%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.69%) IAG
4 16 (1.60%) ACF2
4 16 (1.60%) RACF
5 4 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.30%) zsh
7 2 (0.20%) Firmware
7 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.100%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.100%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 87 (8.67%) Kubernetes
2 49 (4.89%) Terraform
3 19 (1.89%) Ansible
4 18 (1.79%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.00%) Grafana
6 8 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.50%) Kibana
8 4 (0.40%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.20%) logstash
9 2 (0.20%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.20%) Puppet
9 2 (0.20%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.100%) Bugsnag
10 1 (0.100%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.100%) vRealize
10 1 (0.100%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 121 (12.06%) PayPal
2 68 (6.78%) Microsoft
3 45 (4.49%) Oracle
4 37 (3.69%) Google
5 31 (3.09%) ServiceNow
6 26 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 22 (2.19%) Adobe
7 22 (2.19%) SAP
8 16 (1.60%) Sybase
9 9 (0.90%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.70%) Optimizely
10 7 (0.70%) Splunk
11 6 (0.60%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.60%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.50%) Monetate
12 5 (0.50%) Tealium
13 4 (0.40%) Ensighten
13 4 (0.40%) Omniture
13 4 (0.40%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.40%) Xamarin