Jest Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Jest
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Jest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Jest over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 302 364
Rank change year-on-year +29 +62 +49
Contract jobs citing Jest 31 43 114
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.28% 0.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.21% 1.17% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 35 69
10th Percentile £380 £350 £413
25th Percentile £410 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.25% -6.86% -
75th Percentile £638 £589 £700
90th Percentile £750 £950 £750
UK median daily rate £450 £489 £540
% change year-on-year -7.98% -9.44% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £65.73
25th Percentile - £67.50 £66.44
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £67.75
Median % change year-on-year - +3.32% -
75th Percentile - £72.50 £68.94
90th Percentile - - £69.58
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £70.00

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Jest 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 with remote or hybrid options 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 2,564 3,665 6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.89% 23.88% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 2,555 4,857
10th Percentile £365 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Jest
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Jest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Jest trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Jest
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Jest.

Jest daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Jest
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Jest over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Jest daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Jest
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Jest.

Jest hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Jest
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 2 (6.45%) CMS
1 2 (6.45%) Confluence
1 2 (6.45%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 20 (64.52%) AWS
2 14 (45.16%) GitHub
3 12 (38.71%) AWS Lambda
3 12 (38.71%) Serverless
4 8 (25.81%) Amazon SQS
5 5 (16.13%) Amazon ECS
5 5 (16.13%) Amazon S3
5 5 (16.13%) AWS CloudFormation
5 5 (16.13%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (12.90%) Amazon Cognito
7 2 (6.45%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (6.45%) Azure
7 2 (6.45%) Google Analytics
8 1 (3.23%) AWS CodeBuild
8 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (3.23%) Contentful
8 1 (3.23%) Contentstack
8 1 (3.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (29.03%) HTTP
2 1 (3.23%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.81%) DynamoDB
2 5 (16.13%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (9.68%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
4 1 (3.23%) Redis
4 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (35.48%) Cypress.io
1 11 (35.48%) Git
2 5 (16.13%) git-flow
3 4 (12.90%) Bitbucket
3 4 (12.90%) JIRA
3 4 (12.90%) Mocha
4 3 (9.68%) Postman
4 3 (9.68%) REST Assured
4 3 (9.68%) Storybook
4 3 (9.68%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (6.45%) GitLab
5 2 (6.45%) Jenkins
5 2 (6.45%) Maven
5 2 (6.45%) Selenium
6 1 (3.23%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (3.23%) Cucumber
6 1 (3.23%) JUnit
6 1 (3.23%) Mockito
6 1 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (3.23%) Vite
General
1 7 (22.58%) Banking
2 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Finance
5 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.23%) Marketing
6 1 (3.23%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 18 (58.06%) Developer
2 9 (29.03%) Senior
3 8 (25.81%) Full-Stack Developer
4 7 (22.58%) Node.js Developer
5 5 (16.13%) Software Engineer
6 4 (12.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 4 (12.90%) Java Developer
6 4 (12.90%) Lead
6 4 (12.90%) React Developer
6 4 (12.90%) Senior Developer
7 3 (9.68%) AWS Developer
7 3 (9.68%) Backend Developer
7 3 (9.68%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 3 (9.68%) Java Engineer
7 3 (9.68%) Lead Developer
7 3 (9.68%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (9.68%) Lead Java Developer
7 3 (9.68%) Senior Java Engineer
7 3 (9.68%) Senior Test Engineer
7 3 (9.68%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (77.42%) React
2 21 (67.74%) Node.js
3 20 (64.52%) CSS
4 11 (35.48%) HTML
4 11 (35.48%) Redux
5 10 (32.26%) AWS CDK
5 10 (32.26%) RESTful
5 10 (32.26%) Sass
5 10 (32.26%) WebSockets
6 9 (29.03%) REST
7 6 (19.35%) LESS
7 6 (19.35%) Next.js
8 5 (16.13%) Apache Cordova
8 5 (16.13%) GraphQL
8 5 (16.13%) HTML5
8 5 (16.13%) JSON
8 5 (16.13%) Tailwind CSS
8 5 (16.13%) Web Services
9 4 (12.90%) Spring Boot
9 4 (12.90%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Algorithms
1 3 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (9.68%) Data Structures
1 3 (9.68%) Mobile App
1 3 (9.68%) Product Ownership
1 3 (9.68%) Vector Graphics
2 2 (6.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Code
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (58.06%) CI/CD
2 17 (54.84%) Test Automation
3 14 (45.16%) Microservices
4 13 (41.94%) Full-Stack Development
5 12 (38.71%) Agile
6 10 (32.26%) Mentoring
7 8 (25.81%) DevOps
7 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (25.81%) Software Engineering
7 8 (25.81%) User Experience
8 7 (22.58%) Clean Code
8 7 (22.58%) TDD
9 5 (16.13%) Architectural Patterns
9 5 (16.13%) Coaching
9 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
9 5 (16.13%) Fintech
9 5 (16.13%) Front End Development
10 4 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (12.90%) SEO
10 4 (12.90%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 22 (70.97%) JavaScript
2 19 (61.29%) TypeScript
3 8 (25.81%) Java
4 7 (22.58%) SQL
5 5 (16.13%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (16.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) Google
2 1 (3.23%) Adobe
2 1 (3.23%) Amplitude
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle
2 1 (3.23%) Veracode