Hybrid/Remote Jest Contract Job Trends

Jest
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Jest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 303 353
Rank change year-on-year +34 +50 +42
Contract jobs citing Jest 49 13 38
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.83% 0.44% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 9 34
10th Percentile £400 £384 £386
25th Percentile £467 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £615 £495
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +24.37% -10.09%
75th Percentile £630 £825 £525
90th Percentile £709 £1,050 £575
UK median daily rate £450 £444 £500
% change year-on-year +1.41% -11.25% -16.67%

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 2,671 2,983 4,341
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.23% 24.59% 24.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,743 1,962 3,140
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 28 48
10th Percentile £31.00 £21.78 £40.22
25th Percentile £40.56 £32.88 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £61.25 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -7.55% +1.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £77.50
90th Percentile - £89.38 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £54.78
% change year-on-year -12.00% +14.09% -15.72%

Jest
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Jest and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Jest job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Jest
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Jest.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Jest

Jest
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Jest over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Jest daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Jest
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Jest.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Jest

Jest
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.12%) Confluence
2 1 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.04%) Traefik
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (51.02%) AWS
2 15 (30.61%) GitHub
3 14 (28.57%) Azure
4 8 (16.33%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (14.29%) Amazon S3
5 7 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
5 7 (14.29%) Serverless
6 6 (12.24%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (8.16%) Google Analytics
8 3 (6.12%) Amazon Cognito
8 3 (6.12%) Google Play
8 3 (6.12%) npm
9 2 (4.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (4.08%) Amazon ECR
9 2 (4.08%) Apigee
9 2 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (4.08%) AWS CodeBuild
9 2 (4.08%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (2.04%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (2.04%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) DNS
1 3 (6.12%) HTTP
2 1 (2.04%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) NoSQL
1 8 (16.33%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (8.16%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (6.12%) DynamoDB
4 2 (4.08%) Redis
4 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.04%) DB2
5 1 (2.04%) Hasura
5 1 (2.04%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.04%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (53.06%) Cypress.io
2 24 (48.98%) Git
3 8 (16.33%) JUnit
4 7 (14.29%) Jenkins
5 6 (12.24%) SonarQube
6 5 (10.20%) Cucumber
6 5 (10.20%) GitLab
6 5 (10.20%) Maven
6 5 (10.20%) webpack
7 4 (8.16%) JIRA
7 4 (8.16%) Selenium
8 3 (6.12%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (6.12%) Jasmine
8 3 (6.12%) Mocha
8 3 (6.12%) Vite
9 2 (4.08%) Bitbucket
9 2 (4.08%) gulp
9 2 (4.08%) Mockito
9 2 (4.08%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (4.08%) Storybook
General
1 21 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.49%) Finance
3 9 (18.37%) Banking
3 9 (18.37%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Marketing
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Military
6 1 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (48.98%) Developer
2 12 (24.49%) Lead
3 9 (18.37%) Senior
4 8 (16.33%) Full-Stack Developer
4 8 (16.33%) Java Developer
4 8 (16.33%) Software Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 6 (12.24%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 5 (10.20%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Python Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Senior Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 3 (6.12%) JavaScript Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Lead Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Senior Java Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Web Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Java Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) React Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Software Engineering Team Leader
8 2 (4.08%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (85.71%) React
2 23 (46.94%) Node.js
3 22 (44.90%) CSS
4 19 (38.78%) HTML
4 19 (38.78%) RESTful
5 15 (30.61%) AngularJS
5 15 (30.61%) HTML5
6 14 (28.57%) Spring Boot
7 13 (26.53%) Next.js
8 12 (24.49%) Redux
9 11 (22.45%) CSS3
10 10 (20.41%) Sass
11 9 (18.37%) Spring
12 8 (16.33%) FastAPI
12 8 (16.33%) pytest
12 8 (16.33%) REST
13 6 (12.24%) React Native
13 6 (12.24%) Vue
14 5 (10.20%) .NET
14 5 (10.20%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Client/Server
2 3 (6.12%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (6.12%) Marketing Technology
2 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.08%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.04%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.04%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.04%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Android
1 3 (6.12%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.04%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (79.59%) CI/CD
2 38 (77.55%) Agile
3 23 (46.94%) Front End Development
4 21 (42.86%) Microservices
5 20 (40.82%) DevOps
6 17 (34.69%) Software Engineering
6 17 (34.69%) User Experience
7 16 (32.65%) Containerisation
8 15 (30.61%) Full-Stack Development
9 14 (28.57%) TDD
10 13 (26.53%) Code Quality
11 12 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (24.49%) Test Automation
12 11 (22.45%) End-to-End Testing
12 11 (22.45%) Observability
13 10 (20.41%) Fintech
13 10 (20.41%) Unit Testing
14 9 (18.37%) Mentoring
14 9 (18.37%) Performance Optimisation
14 9 (18.37%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 29 (59.18%) TypeScript
2 23 (46.94%) JavaScript
3 18 (36.73%) SQL
4 17 (34.69%) Java
5 9 (18.37%) Python
6 3 (6.12%) JSX
7 1 (2.04%) Bash
7 1 (2.04%) Go
7 1 (2.04%) Groovy
7 1 (2.04%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (8.16%) Degree
4 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (44.90%) Accessibility
2 13 (26.53%) WCAG
3 12 (24.49%) QA
4 3 (6.12%) Data Quality
System Software
1 23 (46.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (18.37%) Terraform
2 8 (16.33%) Kubernetes
3 5 (10.20%) Ansible
4 2 (4.08%) HP Fortify
5 1 (2.04%) Grafana
5 1 (2.04%) Istio
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) Google
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.12%) Amplitude
4 2 (4.08%) Veracode
5 1 (2.04%) Adobe
5 1 (2.04%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (2.04%) Pega
5 1 (2.04%) Perforce
5 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) Sybase