JavaScript Developer Contracts

JavaScript Developer
UK

The median JavaScript Developer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 510 449 368
Rank change year-on-year -61 -81 -158
Contract jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 92 254 637
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.46% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.48% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 238 545
10th Percentile £363 £412 £405
25th Percentile £425 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +0.87% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £713 £725
90th Percentile £688 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £505 £450
% change year-on-year -10.89% +12.22% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £65.25 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.93% +87.14% -20.90%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £45.31
90th Percentile - - £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year - +54.12% -3.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured JavaScript Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript Developer in the UK

JavaScript Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JavaScript Developer.

Daily rate trend for JavaScript Developer in the UK

JavaScript Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Developer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript Developer in the UK

JavaScript Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JavaScript Developer.

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript Developer in the UK

JavaScript Developer
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -32 79 £520 -13.33% 41
London +7 60 £560 -13.85% 13
Work from Home +24 46 £500 -13.04% 28
UK excluding London -33 19 £450 -10.89% 27
North of England -7 8 £450 -25.00% 10
North West +3 6 £450 -21.74% 6
South East +17 5 £375 -22.08% 5
South West +10 4 £510 -11.30% 1
East of England -5 2 £543 +8.50% 1
Yorkshire -9 2 £375 -37.50% 2

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, JavaScript Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 92 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 57 (61.96%) React
3 37 (40.22%) HTML
3 37 (40.22%) CSS
4 36 (39.13%) Node.js
5 28 (30.43%) TypeScript
6 25 (27.17%) Full Stack Development
7 24 (26.09%) Git
8 19 (20.65%) Agile
8 19 (20.65%) DevOps
9 18 (19.57%) Azure
9 18 (19.57%) Finance
10 17 (18.48%) Web Development
10 17 (18.48%) AWS
10 17 (18.48%) Front End Development
11 16 (17.39%) Python
12 15 (16.30%) GraphQL
12 15 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (15.22%) Java
14 13 (14.13%) Docker
14 13 (14.13%) Social Skills
15 12 (13.04%) REST
15 12 (13.04%) HTML5
15 12 (13.04%) Kubernetes
15 12 (13.04%) User Experience
16 11 (11.96%) E-Commerce
16 11 (11.96%) CMS
17 10 (10.87%) C#
17 10 (10.87%) Vue
17 10 (10.87%) CSS3

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (11.96%) CMS
2 9 (9.78%) Headless CMS
3 6 (6.52%) Kentico
4 2 (2.17%) Camunda
4 2 (2.17%) Confluence
5 1 (1.09%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (19.57%) Azure
2 17 (18.48%) AWS
3 9 (9.78%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (8.70%) GitHub
5 5 (5.43%) GCP
6 3 (3.26%) AWS Step Functions
6 3 (3.26%) IaaS
6 3 (3.26%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.26%) SaaS
7 2 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.17%) Figma
7 2 (2.17%) Serverless
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Pipelines
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.09%) npm
8 1 (1.09%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.09%) Firewall
1 1 (1.09%) Internet
1 1 (1.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.43%) MongoDB
1 5 (5.43%) MySQL
2 4 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.26%) GIS
3 3 (3.26%) Spatial Data
3 3 (3.26%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.09%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.09%) Power BI
5 1 (1.09%) Redis
5 1 (1.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (26.09%) Git
2 6 (6.52%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (5.43%) JIRA
4 3 (3.26%) Cypress.io
4 3 (3.26%) webpack
5 2 (2.17%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.17%) GitLab
5 2 (2.17%) gulp
5 2 (2.17%) Selenium
6 1 (1.09%) git-flow
6 1 (1.09%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.09%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.09%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 18 (19.57%) Finance
2 13 (14.13%) Social Skills
3 9 (9.78%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.52%) Banking
6 5 (5.43%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.43%) Marketing
6 5 (5.43%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.35%) Front Office
8 3 (3.26%) Electronics
8 3 (3.26%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.09%) Advertising
10 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (61.96%) React
2 37 (40.22%) CSS
2 37 (40.22%) HTML
3 36 (39.13%) Node.js
4 15 (16.30%) GraphQL
5 12 (13.04%) HTML5
5 12 (13.04%) REST
6 10 (10.87%) AngularJS
6 10 (10.87%) CSS3
6 10 (10.87%) Vue
7 8 (8.70%) Express.js
8 7 (7.61%) Next.js
8 7 (7.61%) Web Services
9 6 (6.52%) .NET
9 6 (6.52%) DOM
9 6 (6.52%) GatsbyJS
9 6 (6.52%) RESTful
10 5 (5.43%) Ajax
10 5 (5.43%) React Native
10 5 (5.43%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.78%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.43%) Fixed Income
3 4 (4.35%) Derivative
3 4 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.26%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.17%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (2.17%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.17%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.09%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.09%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.09%) CMDB
6 1 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.09%) Equities
6 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.09%) Web 2.0
6 1 (1.09%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.35%) Android
1 4 (4.35%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.09%) CentOS
2 1 (1.09%) Linux
2 1 (1.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.17%) Full Stack Development
2 19 (20.65%) Agile
2 19 (20.65%) DevOps
3 17 (18.48%) Front End Development
3 17 (18.48%) Web Development
4 15 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (13.04%) User Experience
6 11 (11.96%) E-Commerce
7 10 (10.87%) UX Design
8 8 (8.70%) CI/CD
9 7 (7.61%) Microservices
10 6 (6.52%) Clean Code
10 6 (6.52%) Software Engineering
11 5 (5.43%) Scrum
12 4 (4.35%) Android Development
12 4 (4.35%) iOS Development
12 4 (4.35%) Kanban
12 4 (4.35%) Open Source
12 4 (4.35%) TDD
12 4 (4.35%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 92 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 28 (30.43%) TypeScript
3 16 (17.39%) Python
4 14 (15.22%) Java
5 10 (10.87%) C#
6 6 (6.52%) PHP
7 5 (5.43%) Rust
8 4 (4.35%) Go
8 4 (4.35%) Ruby
9 2 (2.17%) Kotlin
10 1 (1.09%) Bash
10 1 (1.09%) BeanShell
10 1 (1.09%) Bicep
10 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.09%) Scala
10 1 (1.09%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.09%) SQL
10 1 (1.09%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.09%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (9.78%) SC Cleared
1 9 (9.78%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.43%) Degree
3 1 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.26%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.26%) QA
1 3 (3.26%) WCAG
2 2 (2.17%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 13 (14.13%) Docker
2 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) zsh
Systems Management
1 12 (13.04%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (4.35%) Google
2 3 (3.26%) ESRI
2 3 (3.26%) SAP
2 3 (3.26%) Splunk
3 2 (2.17%) Atlassian
3 2 (2.17%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.09%) Netlify
4 1 (1.09%) Oracle