JavaScript Contracts with Work from Home Options

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for JavaScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JavaScript over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 24 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 -8
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 1,045 1,704 4,070
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.13% 7.12% 9.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.78% 19.53% 24.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 716 1,282 3,077
10th Percentile £363 £375 £381
25th Percentile £455 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% -2.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £800 £625 £625
90th Percentile £850 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £545
% change year-on-year - -3.67% +14.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 35 37
10th Percentile £34.13 £45.00 £25.30
25th Percentile £37.63 £51.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.25 £70.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.50% +33.33% +2.44%
75th Percentile £48.22 £75.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £54.20 £75.60 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £53.78
% change year-on-year -7.14% +30.17% +13.22%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

JavaScript is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,028 8,724 16,940
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.30% 36.46% 38.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,629 6,427 12,628
10th Percentile £350 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.93%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £800 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 186 185
10th Percentile £30.00 £32.88 £20.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year - +20.77% +15.00%

JavaScript
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JavaScript trend for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript
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.

JavaScript daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

JavaScript daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing JavaScript.

JavaScript hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

JavaScript hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JavaScript
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
1 157 (15.02%) Apache Airflow
2 134 (12.82%) Apache
3 31 (2.97%) CMS
4 26 (2.49%) SharePoint
5 24 (2.30%) Confluence
6 14 (1.34%) nginx
7 13 (1.24%) WordPress
8 9 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.77%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.48%) Drupal
10 5 (0.48%) Kentico
10 5 (0.48%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.38%) SAS
12 3 (0.29%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
12 3 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (0.29%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 122 (11.67%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.19%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.19%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.19%) Lectora
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.096%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.096%) Blender
8 1 (0.096%) Elementor
8 1 (0.096%) InDesign
8 1 (0.096%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 27 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.48%) Shopify
4 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.29%) Magento
5 3 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.19%) Endur
7 1 (0.096%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.096%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 362 (34.64%) AWS
2 165 (15.79%) Azure
3 139 (13.30%) dbt
4 137 (13.11%) GCP
5 120 (11.48%) Snowflake
6 59 (5.65%) GitHub
7 57 (5.45%) Serverless
8 55 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (4.69%) Power Platform
10 42 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
11 39 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
12 30 (2.87%) Amazon S3
13 28 (2.68%) PowerApps
14 27 (2.58%) Power Automate
15 20 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
16 17 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
17 16 (1.53%) Azure Functions
18 14 (1.34%) Entra ID
18 14 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.20%) HTTP
2 20 (1.91%) Intranet
3 9 (0.86%) DNS
4 8 (0.77%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.67%) Firewall
6 6 (0.57%) Internet
7 3 (0.29%) BGP
7 3 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.29%) DHCP
7 3 (0.29%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.29%) IOS XR
7 3 (0.29%) Wireless
8 2 (0.19%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.19%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.19%) LAN
8 2 (0.19%) RTSP
8 2 (0.19%) SSL
8 2 (0.19%) WLAN
9 1 (0.096%) FTP
9 1 (0.096%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (13.49%) Amazon Athena
2 139 (13.30%) Apache Arrow
2 139 (13.30%) Dremio
3 128 (12.25%) Apache Ignite
4 120 (11.48%) Data Lake
5 84 (8.04%) SQL Server
6 57 (5.45%) MySQL
7 47 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
8 35 (3.35%) Relational Database
9 32 (3.06%) NoSQL
10 29 (2.78%) Power BI
11 20 (1.91%) Big Data
11 20 (1.91%) MongoDB
12 17 (1.63%) Oracle Reports
13 14 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (1.24%) Amazon Aurora
15 12 (1.15%) BigQuery
15 12 (1.15%) Redis
16 8 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 94 (9.00%) Git
2 69 (6.60%) JIRA
3 53 (5.07%) Jenkins
4 30 (2.87%) GitLab
5 23 (2.20%) Cypress.io
6 20 (1.91%) Selenium
7 18 (1.72%) webpack
8 17 (1.63%) JMeter
9 16 (1.53%) Postman
10 12 (1.15%) Cucumber
10 12 (1.15%) git-flow
10 12 (1.15%) Visual Studio
10 12 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (0.86%) Maven
11 9 (0.86%) Oracle APEX
12 8 (0.77%) CircleCI
12 8 (0.77%) WebDriver
13 7 (0.67%) Appium
13 7 (0.67%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.67%) JUnit
General
1 278 (26.60%) Finance
2 165 (15.79%) Front Office
3 163 (15.60%) Banking
4 153 (14.64%) Social Skills
5 114 (10.91%) Investment Banking
6 78 (7.46%) Public Sector
7 47 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
8 28 (2.68%) Marketing
9 18 (1.72%) Retail
10 17 (1.63%) Financial Institution
11 15 (1.44%) Telecoms
12 10 (0.96%) Tech for Good
13 8 (0.77%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.67%) Advertising
14 7 (0.67%) Back Office
14 7 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.67%) Publishing
15 5 (0.48%) Automotive
15 5 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 639 (61.15%) Developer
2 185 (17.70%) Software Developer
3 157 (15.02%) Senior
4 147 (14.07%) Software Engineer
5 89 (8.52%) Full Stack Developer
6 85 (8.13%) AWS Engineer
7 82 (7.85%) Senior Developer
8 77 (7.37%) Lead
9 68 (6.51%) Python Engineer
10 67 (6.41%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 65 (6.22%) Python Software Engineer
12 63 (6.03%) React Developer
13 62 (5.93%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 61 (5.84%) Architect
15 54 (5.17%) Senior Software Engineer
16 52 (4.98%) AWS Software Engineer
16 52 (4.98%) Java Engineer
17 46 (4.40%) Java Developer
17 46 (4.40%) Java Software Engineer
17 46 (4.40%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 446 (42.68%) HTML
2 311 (29.76%) CSS
3 257 (24.59%) React
4 169 (16.17%) Node.js
5 156 (14.93%) gRPC
5 156 (14.93%) Protocol Buffers
6 126 (12.06%) .NET
7 124 (11.87%) Pandas
8 118 (11.29%) NumPy
8 118 (11.29%) SciPy
9 114 (10.91%) AngularJS
10 110 (10.53%) REST
11 64 (6.12%) Web Services
11 64 (6.12%) XML
12 63 (6.03%) RESTful
12 63 (6.03%) Vue
13 56 (5.36%) jQuery
14 50 (4.78%) Redux
15 46 (4.40%) ASP.NET
15 46 (4.40%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 159 (15.22%) Fixed Income
2 134 (12.82%) Hedge funds
3 125 (11.96%) Derivative
4 123 (11.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 118 (11.29%) Equities
6 33 (3.16%) Product Ownership
7 30 (2.87%) Mobile App
8 19 (1.82%) Clustering
8 19 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.63%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.53%) Pricing Data
11 15 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.24%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.05%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.96%) Algorithms
15 9 (0.86%) Blockchain
15 9 (0.86%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (4.59%) Linux
2 22 (2.11%) Unix
3 19 (1.82%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.63%) Android
5 16 (1.53%) Windows
6 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.096%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (37.03%) Software Engineering
2 352 (33.68%) Agile
3 174 (16.65%) Full Stack Development
4 167 (15.98%) Asset Management
5 162 (15.50%) DevOps
6 160 (15.31%) Code Quality
7 138 (13.21%) Artificial Intelligence
8 126 (12.06%) Investment Management
9 124 (11.87%) CI/CD
10 122 (11.67%) Conversational UI
11 116 (11.10%) Problem-Solving
12 115 (11.00%) User Experience
13 98 (9.38%) Front End Development
14 91 (8.71%) Test Automation
15 83 (7.94%) Web Development
16 78 (7.46%) Microservices
17 75 (7.18%) TDD
18 63 (6.03%) MVC
19 59 (5.65%) Scrum
20 57 (5.45%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 426 (40.77%) Python
2 325 (31.10%) TypeScript
3 311 (29.76%) Java
4 293 (28.04%) SQL
5 265 (25.36%) C#
6 59 (5.65%) PHP
7 43 (4.11%) Go
8 34 (3.25%) PowerShell
9 25 (2.39%) Bash
9 25 (2.39%) Ruby
10 18 (1.72%) C++
11 13 (1.24%) Bicep
11 13 (1.24%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.15%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.96%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.86%) C
14 9 (0.86%) Scala
15 8 (0.77%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.77%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.77%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 193 (18.47%) Degree
2 94 (9.00%) Security Cleared
3 69 (6.60%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.11%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.24%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.57%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.48%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.38%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.29%) CEH
11 3 (0.29%) CREST Certified
11 3 (0.29%) GIAC
11 3 (0.29%) GPEN
11 3 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.29%) OSCP
11 3 (0.29%) PMP
11 3 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (6.60%) Accessibility
2 65 (6.22%) QA
3 45 (4.31%) Data Quality
4 23 (2.20%) WCAG
5 6 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.38%) CDISC
6 4 (0.38%) NIST
7 2 (0.19%) GDPR
7 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.19%) PMO
7 2 (0.19%) SLA
8 1 (0.096%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.096%) GxP
8 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.096%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 79 (7.56%) Docker
2 36 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.63%) IAG
4 16 (1.53%) ACF2
4 16 (1.53%) RACF
5 4 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.19%) zsh
7 1 (0.096%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 90 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 52 (4.98%) Terraform
3 21 (2.01%) Prometheus
4 14 (1.34%) Ansible
5 13 (1.24%) Grafana
6 6 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.48%) Kibana
8 3 (0.29%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.19%) logstash
9 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.19%) Puppet
9 2 (0.19%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.096%) Bugsnag
10 1 (0.096%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.096%) Podman
10 1 (0.096%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.096%) vRealize
10 1 (0.096%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 121 (11.58%) PayPal
2 75 (7.18%) Microsoft
3 46 (4.40%) Oracle
4 35 (3.35%) Google
5 33 (3.16%) ServiceNow
6 26 (2.49%) Adobe
7 22 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.53%) SAP
8 16 (1.53%) Sybase
9 14 (1.34%) Splunk
10 11 (1.05%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.67%) Optimizely
12 6 (0.57%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.48%) Monetate
13 5 (0.48%) Tealium
14 4 (0.38%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.38%) Confluent
14 4 (0.38%) Ensighten
14 4 (0.38%) Reuters
14 4 (0.38%) Xamarin