JavaScript Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

JavaScript Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median JavaScript Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 374 515
Rank change year-on-year +69 +141 -103
Contract jobs requiring a JavaScript Engineer 17 25 73
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.13% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 33
10th Percentile £373 £478 £342
25th Percentile £500 £501 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £1,050 £700 £650
90th Percentile - - £675
UK median daily rate £588 £588 £563
% change year-on-year - +4.44% +2.27%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 11,313 17,773 36,914
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 94.50% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,133 12,477 26,633
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 389 527
10th Percentile £19.39 £16.93 £15.15
25th Percentile £25.52 £24.97 £25.00
Median hourly rate £41.53 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% - +101.61%
75th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

JavaScript Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured JavaScript Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JavaScript Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript Engineer
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 Engineer.

JavaScript Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing JavaScript Engineer over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

JavaScript Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, JavaScript Engineer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring JavaScript Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (88.24%) TypeScript
3 13 (76.47%) React
4 10 (58.82%) CSS
5 8 (47.06%) Software Engineering
6 7 (41.18%) Node.js
7 6 (35.29%) WebSockets
7 6 (35.29%) Sass
7 6 (35.29%) LESS
7 6 (35.29%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (35.29%) User Experience
7 6 (35.29%) SDLC
7 6 (35.29%) Marketing
7 6 (35.29%) Electronic Trading
7 6 (35.29%) Git
7 6 (35.29%) AWS
7 6 (35.29%) Java
7 6 (35.29%) Fixed Income
7 6 (35.29%) Customer Experience
7 6 (35.29%) git-flow
7 6 (35.29%) Redux
7 6 (35.29%) Post-Production
7 6 (35.29%) OpenFin
7 6 (35.29%) Jest
7 6 (35.29%) Tailwind CSS
7 6 (35.29%) Material-UI
8 4 (23.53%) HTML
9 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
9 3 (17.65%) web3js
9 3 (17.65%) Blockchain

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Git
1 6 (35.29%) git-flow
2 1 (5.88%) Postman
General
1 6 (35.29%) Marketing
2 2 (11.76%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (76.47%) React
2 10 (58.82%) CSS
3 7 (41.18%) Node.js
4 6 (35.29%) Jest
4 6 (35.29%) LESS
4 6 (35.29%) Material-UI
4 6 (35.29%) OpenFin
4 6 (35.29%) Redux
4 6 (35.29%) Sass
4 6 (35.29%) Tailwind CSS
4 6 (35.29%) WebSockets
5 4 (23.53%) HTML
6 3 (17.65%) web3js
7 2 (11.76%) Next.js
7 2 (11.76%) React Native
8 1 (5.88%) GraphQL
8 1 (5.88%) Nunjucks
8 1 (5.88%) Playwright
8 1 (5.88%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (35.29%) Fixed Income
2 3 (17.65%) Blockchain
2 3 (17.65%) NFT
2 3 (17.65%) Web3
3 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Software Engineering
2 6 (35.29%) Customer Experience
2 6 (35.29%) Electronic Trading
2 6 (35.29%) Post-Production
2 6 (35.29%) SDLC
2 6 (35.29%) User Experience
3 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Clean Code
5 1 (5.88%) API Testing
5 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (5.88%) BDD
5 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.88%) Microservices
5 1 (5.88%) Prototyping
5 1 (5.88%) Test Automation
5 1 (5.88%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (88.24%) TypeScript
3 6 (35.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) OpenAI