Hybrid/Remote Senior JavaScript Developer Contract Job Trends

Senior JavaScript Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior JavaScript Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 322 393
Rank change year-on-year +10 +71 +177
Contract jobs requiring a Senior JavaScript Developer 2 5 5
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% 0.041% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.044% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £430 £480
25th Percentile - £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile - £620 £600
90th Percentile - £713 -
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -2.50% -6.98% -28.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,601 11,334 17,070
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 93.14% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,288 7,147 11,828
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £749 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 353 205 378
10th Percentile £15.18 £19.12 £17.14
25th Percentile £21.02 £24.18 £26.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £38.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.69% -23.76% -1.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +50.00%

Senior JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior JavaScript Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior JavaScript Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior JavaScript Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior JavaScript Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior JavaScript Developer job vacancies

Senior JavaScript Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior JavaScript Developer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior JavaScript Developer job vacancies

Senior JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 25 November 2025, Senior JavaScript Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Senior JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (50.00%) Express.js
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Jest
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Next.js
2 1 (50.00%) NoSQL

Senior JavaScript Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) Serverless
2 1 (50.00%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) DynamoDB
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Express.js
2 1 (50.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) Jest
2 1 (50.00%) Next.js
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes