JavaScript Contracts in the UK excluding London

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 37 31
Rank change year-on-year -16 -6 -12
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 717 1,189 1,859
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.54% 5.14% 6.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.97% 17.93% 21.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 881 1,301
10th Percentile £300 £363 £350
25th Percentile £375 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +0.95% +11.76%
75th Percentile £570 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £631
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 29 37
10th Percentile £35.00 £49.74 £14.25
25th Percentile £46.18 £52.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +13.91% +42.86%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.20 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £66.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year -6.02% +16.67% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,791 6,633 8,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.64% 28.68% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,228 4,683 6,147
10th Percentile £313 £350 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +1.01% +15.79%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £575
90th Percentile £650 £676 £650
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 329 332
10th Percentile £37.93 £23.08 £17.03
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £29.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +24.82%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £68.68
UK median hourly rate £62.36 £60.70 £50.10
% change year-on-year +2.73% +21.16% +17.03%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JavaScript in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
North of England -9 222 £475 -8.65% 388
South East -17 146 £400 -20.00% 370
South West +2 121 £500 - 174
North West -17 104 £469 -12.79% 219
Yorkshire -8 95 £575 +15.00% 133
Midlands -5 90 £425 -5.56% 291
Scotland -35 72 £463 -2.63% 85
East Midlands +3 46 £388 -6.63% 105
East of England -6 45 £425 -10.99% 151
West Midlands 0 43 £475 -5.00% 185
North East +9 23 £466 -15.32% 38
Wales +2 13 £419 -6.94% 50
Northern Ireland +9 9 - - 26
JavaScript
UK

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 36 (5.02%) SharePoint
2 31 (4.32%) Confluence
3 14 (1.95%) CMS
4 13 (1.81%) Drupal
5 11 (1.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 10 (1.39%) Apache
7 8 (1.12%) SharePoint 2010
7 8 (1.12%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.84%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.70%) IIS
10 4 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.56%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.56%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.56%) WordPress
11 3 (0.42%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.42%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.42%) Moodle
11 3 (0.42%) nginx
11 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.42%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 108 (15.06%) Chatbot
2 15 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.84%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.56%) Sketch
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.28%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.28%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.28%) Lectora
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.14%) Simulink
8 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.70%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.42%) Magento
3 3 (0.42%) Maximo
4 2 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.14%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.14%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 142 (19.80%) AWS
2 107 (14.92%) Azure
3 52 (7.25%) Serverless
4 39 (5.44%) Power Platform
5 34 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (4.32%) GitHub
7 29 (4.04%) AWS Lambda
8 28 (3.91%) GCP
9 26 (3.63%) Amazon S3
9 26 (3.63%) Power Automate
10 16 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (2.23%) OpenShift
11 15 (2.09%) PowerApps
12 14 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (1.67%) SaaS
14 10 (1.39%) npm
15 9 (1.26%) Azure Functions
16 8 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (1.12%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.37%) TCP/IP
2 16 (2.23%) Software-Defined Radio
3 15 (2.09%) SNMP
4 14 (1.95%) Ethernet
4 14 (1.95%) HTTP
5 8 (1.12%) Intranet
6 6 (0.84%) DNS
6 6 (0.84%) Firewall
6 6 (0.84%) Wireless
7 4 (0.56%) RTSP
8 3 (0.42%) BGP
8 3 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.42%) Internet
8 3 (0.42%) IOS XR
8 3 (0.42%) Skype
8 3 (0.42%) SSL
9 1 (0.14%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 1 (0.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (0.14%) Modbus
9 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (7.67%) MySQL
2 49 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
3 47 (6.56%) SQL Server
4 38 (5.30%) MongoDB
5 26 (3.63%) Relational Database
6 17 (2.37%) NoSQL
6 17 (2.37%) Power BI
7 14 (1.95%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (1.95%) Metadata
7 14 (1.95%) Oracle Database
8 12 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.12%) Redis
11 7 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
11 7 (0.98%) GIS
11 7 (0.98%) PowerPivot
12 6 (0.84%) MariaDB
12 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Power View
13 5 (0.70%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 71 (9.90%) Git
2 49 (6.83%) JIRA
3 45 (6.28%) Jenkins
4 33 (4.60%) Eclipse
5 24 (3.35%) Selenium
6 23 (3.21%) Bitbucket
7 20 (2.79%) GitLab
7 20 (2.79%) Visual Studio
8 16 (2.23%) Cypress.io
8 16 (2.23%) Robot Framework
9 15 (2.09%) GoogleTest
9 15 (2.09%) webpack
10 9 (1.26%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.26%) Postman
11 7 (0.98%) Maven
11 7 (0.98%) Oracle APEX
12 6 (0.84%) JMeter
12 6 (0.84%) PyCharm
12 6 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (0.84%) WebDriver
General
1 137 (19.11%) Social Skills
2 68 (9.48%) Public Sector
3 43 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (5.58%) Finance
5 19 (2.65%) Telecoms
6 18 (2.51%) Manufacturing
7 17 (2.37%) Marketing
8 16 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (1.81%) Military
10 10 (1.39%) Billing
10 10 (1.39%) Publishing
11 9 (1.26%) Retail
12 8 (1.12%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.12%) Banking
12 8 (1.12%) Legal
12 8 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.98%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.84%) Electronics
14 6 (0.84%) Multimedia
15 5 (0.70%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 455 (63.46%) Developer
2 147 (20.50%) Software Developer
3 63 (8.79%) Software Engineer
4 59 (8.23%) Full Stack Developer
5 35 (4.88%) Senior
6 33 (4.60%) Java Developer
7 28 (3.91%) .NET Developer
7 28 (3.91%) Lead
8 24 (3.35%) React Developer
9 23 (3.21%) JavaScript Developer
10 21 (2.93%) C++ Software Engineer
11 20 (2.79%) Architect
11 20 (2.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 19 (2.65%) Senior Developer
13 18 (2.51%) Analyst
13 18 (2.51%) Tester
14 17 (2.37%) Designer
14 17 (2.37%) Full Stack Engineer
15 13 (1.81%) Applications Developer
16 12 (1.67%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (50.49%) HTML
2 245 (34.17%) CSS
3 169 (23.57%) React
4 140 (19.53%) Node.js
5 93 (12.97%) AngularJS
6 88 (12.27%) .NET
7 68 (9.48%) REST
8 49 (6.83%) RESTful
9 48 (6.69%) Spring
10 45 (6.28%) XML
11 44 (6.14%) Spring Boot
12 42 (5.86%) Web Services
13 30 (4.18%) HTML5
14 29 (4.04%) JSON
15 28 (3.91%) ASP.NET
16 27 (3.77%) Kafka
17 26 (3.63%) GraphQL
17 26 (3.63%) Vue
18 24 (3.35%) .NET Framework
19 23 (3.21%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 21 (2.93%) Product Ownership
2 20 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
3 19 (2.65%) Mobile App
4 17 (2.37%) Algorithms
5 13 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (1.39%) Data Structures
6 10 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (0.98%) CMDB
10 6 (0.84%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.84%) Operational Technology
10 6 (0.84%) Social Media
11 5 (0.70%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.70%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.56%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.56%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.56%) IoT
13 3 (0.42%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 67 (9.34%) Linux
2 40 (5.58%) Windows
3 13 (1.81%) Android
4 12 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.84%) Unix
6 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (30.96%) Agile
2 218 (30.40%) Software Engineering
3 131 (18.27%) Code Quality
4 116 (16.18%) Artificial Intelligence
5 114 (15.90%) Full Stack Development
6 109 (15.20%) CI/CD
7 108 (15.06%) Conversational UI
8 96 (13.39%) DevOps
9 80 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
10 78 (10.88%) Scrum
11 72 (10.04%) Test Automation
12 70 (9.76%) TDD
13 60 (8.37%) Microservices
14 47 (6.56%) Front End Development
14 47 (6.56%) MVC
15 42 (5.86%) User Experience
16 38 (5.30%) Unit Testing
17 37 (5.16%) Continuous Integration
18 36 (5.02%) Mentoring
19 35 (4.88%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 231 (32.22%) C#
2 229 (31.94%) Python
3 205 (28.59%) SQL
4 170 (23.71%) Java
5 112 (15.62%) TypeScript
6 49 (6.83%) C++
7 39 (5.44%) PHP
8 25 (3.49%) Bash
9 23 (3.21%) C
10 21 (2.93%) PowerShell
11 16 (2.23%) Shell Script
12 13 (1.81%) Groovy
13 11 (1.53%) Apex Code
14 9 (1.26%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.12%) Go
15 8 (1.12%) Ruby
15 8 (1.12%) Scala
16 7 (0.98%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.98%) VBA
17 6 (0.84%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 156 (21.76%) Degree
2 98 (13.67%) Security Cleared
3 77 (10.74%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.51%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.26%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.84%) CEH
7 6 (0.84%) CREST Certified
7 6 (0.84%) GIAC
7 6 (0.84%) GPEN
7 6 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (0.84%) OSCP
8 5 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.70%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.70%) PMP
9 4 (0.56%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.28%) ISEB
10 2 (0.28%) MCSD
10 2 (0.28%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.44%) Accessibility
2 35 (4.88%) QA
3 12 (1.67%) GDPR
4 8 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.98%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (0.84%) Good Clinical Practice
6 6 (0.84%) GxP
6 6 (0.84%) NIST
6 6 (0.84%) WCAG
7 3 (0.42%) SLA
8 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.14%) MISRA
9 1 (0.14%) MISRA C
9 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (6.28%) Docker
2 16 (2.23%) Firmware
3 10 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.56%) zsh
5 3 (0.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.28%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.14%) ACF2
7 1 (0.14%) IAG
7 1 (0.14%) RACF
7 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 45 (6.28%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.21%) Terraform
3 17 (2.37%) Ansible
4 16 (2.23%) Grafana
5 10 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.98%) Kibana
7 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.14%) Istio
8 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.14%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 108 (15.06%) PayPal
2 58 (8.09%) Microsoft
3 37 (5.16%) Google
4 29 (4.04%) Oracle
5 28 (3.91%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.51%) Atlassian
7 17 (2.37%) Adobe
8 16 (2.23%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.23%) SAP
9 12 (1.67%) VMware
10 7 (0.98%) IBM
11 4 (0.56%) Confluent
11 4 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.42%) Cisco
12 3 (0.42%) ESRI
12 3 (0.42%) Nintex
12 3 (0.42%) NVIDIA
12 3 (0.42%) Pega
12 3 (0.42%) TOWER Software
13 2 (0.28%) Red Hat