JavaScript Contracts in London

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring JavaScript skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JavaScript over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 25 17
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 -5
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 1,158 1,781 3,605
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.55% 7.08% 9.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.40% 17.65% 22.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 1,321 2,868
10th Percentile £400 £413 £420
25th Percentile £475 £473 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £800 £695 £688
90th Percentile £875 £788 £775
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 22
10th Percentile £41.68 £35.20 -
25th Percentile £43.06 £36.54 £35.00
Median hourly rate £45.75 £70.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.64% +60.92% -13.00%
75th Percentile £48.06 £75.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £49.23 £75.80 £75.39
England median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £53.78
% change year-on-year -7.14% +30.17% +7.56%

All Programming Languages
London

JavaScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,656 10,091 16,079
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.65% 40.12% 41.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,062 7,612 12,393
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £494 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £713
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £540 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 76 104
10th Percentile £23.80 £25.50 £28.55
25th Percentile £38.83 £43.94 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £61.50 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.89% +28.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £88.28 £75.71
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +19.12%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in London

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for JavaScript in London

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in London

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript in London

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London -17 114 £550 - 101
West London +13 37 £538 -10.42% 24
South London +15 17 £475 +5.56% 19
East London +3 17 £540 +4.85% 28
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 181 (15.63%) Apache Airflow
2 163 (14.08%) Apache
3 34 (2.94%) CMS
4 19 (1.64%) Confluence
5 17 (1.47%) SharePoint
6 16 (1.38%) nginx
7 12 (1.04%) WordPress
8 8 (0.69%) Headless CMS
9 7 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
9 7 (0.60%) IIS
10 6 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.43%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.35%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.35%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.35%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.26%) ThingWorx
13 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
13 3 (0.26%) WildFly
14 2 (0.17%) Joomla!
14 2 (0.17%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 14 (1.21%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.52%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.43%) Sketch
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.17%) Simulink
7 1 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.086%) Elementor
7 1 (0.086%) InVision
7 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.95%) Shopify
3 8 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.43%) Endur
5 4 (0.35%) Magento
6 3 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
7 2 (0.17%) WebTrends
8 1 (0.086%) Academy Housing
8 1 (0.086%) Maximo
8 1 (0.086%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle Utilities
8 1 (0.086%) Orchard Housing
8 1 (0.086%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.086%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 467 (40.33%) AWS
2 250 (21.59%) Azure
3 207 (17.88%) GCP
4 164 (14.16%) dbt
5 145 (12.52%) Snowflake
6 77 (6.65%) Azure DevOps
7 70 (6.04%) Serverless
8 56 (4.84%) GitHub
9 52 (4.49%) Power Platform
10 46 (3.97%) AWS Lambda
11 45 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
12 41 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
13 33 (2.85%) Entra ID
14 28 (2.42%) PowerApps
15 26 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (2.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 25 (2.16%) Power Automate
17 24 (2.07%) npm
18 23 (1.99%) Amazon ECS
19 22 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.64%) HTTP
2 9 (0.78%) DNS
3 5 (0.43%) Firewall
4 4 (0.35%) Intranet
4 4 (0.35%) VoIP
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
5 3 (0.26%) DHCP
5 3 (0.26%) Internet
5 3 (0.26%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.17%) LAN
6 2 (0.17%) MQTT
6 2 (0.17%) SMS
6 2 (0.17%) WLAN
7 1 (0.086%) 5G
7 1 (0.086%) Broadband
7 1 (0.086%) FTP
7 1 (0.086%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.086%) Network Security
7 1 (0.086%) SSH
7 1 (0.086%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (14.25%) Amazon Athena
2 164 (14.16%) Apache Arrow
2 164 (14.16%) Dremio
3 153 (13.21%) Apache Ignite
4 146 (12.61%) Data Lake
5 108 (9.33%) SQL Server
6 65 (5.61%) NoSQL
7 53 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
8 50 (4.32%) MySQL
9 46 (3.97%) MongoDB
10 42 (3.63%) Relational Database
11 32 (2.76%) Power BI
12 28 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
13 25 (2.16%) Big Data
14 21 (1.81%) DynamoDB
15 20 (1.73%) Redis
16 13 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
17 11 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
18 10 (0.86%) RDBMS
18 10 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 148 (12.78%) Git
2 75 (6.48%) Jenkins
3 54 (4.66%) JIRA
4 43 (3.71%) Cypress.io
5 40 (3.45%) GitLab
6 32 (2.76%) webpack
7 26 (2.25%) Selenium
8 21 (1.81%) Postman
9 18 (1.55%) JMeter
9 18 (1.55%) Visual Studio
10 17 (1.47%) Cucumber
11 16 (1.38%) TeamCity
12 13 (1.12%) git-flow
13 12 (1.04%) Maven
14 11 (0.95%) SonarQube
15 9 (0.78%) SpecFlow
15 9 (0.78%) Visual Studio Team System
16 8 (0.69%) Bitbucket
16 8 (0.69%) NUnit
17 7 (0.60%) Jasmine
General
1 385 (33.25%) Finance
2 235 (20.29%) Front Office
3 233 (20.12%) Banking
4 196 (16.93%) Social Skills
5 155 (13.39%) Investment Banking
6 82 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
7 74 (6.39%) Public Sector
8 53 (4.58%) Marketing
9 22 (1.90%) Retail
10 19 (1.64%) Advertising
11 17 (1.47%) Back Office
12 15 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (0.86%) Telecoms
14 9 (0.78%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.52%) Automotive
17 5 (0.43%) Law
17 5 (0.43%) Publishing
18 4 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 636 (54.92%) Developer
2 239 (20.64%) Senior
3 185 (15.98%) Software Engineer
4 135 (11.66%) Senior Developer
5 116 (10.02%) Lead
6 109 (9.41%) Full Stack Developer
7 100 (8.64%) Architect
8 97 (8.38%) AWS Engineer
9 88 (7.60%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 87 (7.51%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 83 (7.17%) Software Developer
12 78 (6.74%) React Developer
13 73 (6.30%) Python Engineer
14 70 (6.04%) Python Software Engineer
15 65 (5.61%) AWS Software Engineer
16 64 (5.53%) Python Developer
16 64 (5.53%) Senior Software Engineer
17 61 (5.27%) JavaScript Developer
18 59 (5.09%) Java Engineer
18 59 (5.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 402 (34.72%) HTML
2 376 (32.47%) CSS
2 376 (32.47%) React
3 203 (17.53%) .NET
4 191 (16.49%) Node.js
5 183 (15.80%) gRPC
6 180 (15.54%) Protocol Buffers
7 151 (13.04%) AngularJS
7 151 (13.04%) Pandas
8 145 (12.52%) NumPy
9 143 (12.35%) SciPy
10 134 (11.57%) REST
11 94 (8.12%) .NET Core
12 82 (7.08%) Redux
13 79 (6.82%) XML
14 78 (6.74%) Web Services
15 73 (6.30%) ASP.NET
16 64 (5.53%) jQuery
17 58 (5.01%) RESTful
18 56 (4.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 225 (19.43%) Fixed Income
2 191 (16.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 184 (15.89%) Hedge funds
4 180 (15.54%) Derivative
5 168 (14.51%) Equities
6 46 (3.97%) Product Ownership
7 35 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
7 35 (3.02%) Greenfield Project
8 24 (2.07%) Data Structures
8 24 (2.07%) Management Information System
8 24 (2.07%) Mobile App
9 21 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.73%) Cloud Native
10 20 (1.73%) Clustering
11 18 (1.55%) Algorithms
12 17 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.38%) Pricing Data
14 13 (1.12%) Onboarding
15 10 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 60 (5.18%) Linux
2 30 (2.59%) Unix
3 23 (1.99%) Windows
4 12 (1.04%) Android
5 11 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.086%) CentOS
7 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.086%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (44.56%) Agile
2 383 (33.07%) Software Engineering
3 271 (23.40%) DevOps
4 222 (19.17%) Asset Management
5 210 (18.13%) CI/CD
6 208 (17.96%) Full Stack Development
7 158 (13.64%) Investment Management
8 148 (12.78%) Front End Development
9 146 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
10 120 (10.36%) TDD
11 112 (9.67%) Test Automation
12 108 (9.33%) Web Development
13 107 (9.24%) User Experience
14 106 (9.15%) Microservices
15 87 (7.51%) Scrum
16 85 (7.34%) Analytics
17 76 (6.56%) Design Patterns
18 74 (6.39%) SDLC
19 72 (6.22%) Line Management
20 70 (6.04%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 461 (39.81%) TypeScript
2 406 (35.06%) Python
3 382 (32.99%) Java
4 268 (23.14%) C#
5 266 (22.97%) SQL
6 68 (5.87%) Go
7 64 (5.53%) PowerShell
8 54 (4.66%) PHP
9 35 (3.02%) Bicep
10 31 (2.68%) Kotlin
11 30 (2.59%) Ruby
12 29 (2.50%) T-SQL
13 28 (2.42%) C++
14 22 (1.90%) Bash
15 20 (1.73%) PL/SQL
16 13 (1.12%) Apex Code
16 13 (1.12%) Groovy
17 12 (1.04%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.95%) Shell Script
19 10 (0.86%) C
Qualifications
1 136 (11.74%) Security Cleared
2 131 (11.31%) Degree
3 103 (8.89%) SC Cleared
4 51 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (2.59%) DV Cleared
6 20 (1.73%) Master's Degree
7 7 (0.60%) AWS Certification
7 7 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.43%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.17%) CISA
11 2 (0.17%) CRISC
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.17%) PMP
12 1 (0.086%) CISSP
12 1 (0.086%) ISEB
12 1 (0.086%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.82%) QA
2 54 (4.66%) Accessibility
2 54 (4.66%) Data Quality
3 28 (2.42%) WCAG
4 17 (1.47%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.35%) GRC
5 4 (0.35%) ISO 20022
5 4 (0.35%) SLA
6 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.26%) NIST
7 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.17%) MiFID
8 1 (0.086%) GDPR
8 1 (0.086%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.086%) GxP
System Software
1 97 (8.38%) Docker
2 65 (5.61%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.64%) IAG
4 18 (1.55%) ACF2
4 18 (1.55%) RACF
5 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.086%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.086%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.086%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 129 (11.14%) Kubernetes
2 71 (6.13%) Terraform
3 29 (2.50%) Ansible
4 23 (1.99%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (1.38%) Grafana
7 7 (0.60%) Kibana
8 5 (0.43%) logstash
8 5 (0.43%) PingFederate
8 5 (0.43%) Puppet
9 3 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.26%) Netcool
10 2 (0.17%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.086%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.086%) Argo
11 1 (0.086%) Bugsnag
11 1 (0.086%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.086%) Istio
11 1 (0.086%) Podman
11 1 (0.086%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 105 (9.07%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.35%) Oracle
3 48 (4.15%) Google
4 38 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 33 (2.85%) Adobe
6 25 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.81%) Splunk
8 14 (1.21%) MuleSoft
8 14 (1.21%) Optimizely
9 13 (1.12%) PayPal
9 13 (1.12%) SAP
9 13 (1.12%) Sybase
10 9 (0.78%) Tealium
11 8 (0.69%) Bloomberg
11 8 (0.69%) Reuters
12 7 (0.60%) BeyondTrust
12 7 (0.60%) CyberArk
12 7 (0.60%) Foundry
12 7 (0.60%) Palantir
13 6 (0.52%) Monetate