JavaScript Contracts in London

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 25 17
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 -5
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 1,139 1,780 3,611
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.49% 7.08% 9.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.29% 17.62% 22.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 894 1,322 2,872
10th Percentile £402 £413 £423
25th Percentile £475 £475 £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 £850 £788 £775
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 22
10th Percentile £41.68 £35.10 -
25th Percentile £43.06 £36.41 £35.00
Median hourly rate £45.75 £58.75 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.13% +35.06% -20.91%
75th Percentile £48.06 £74.06 £66.25
90th Percentile £49.23 £75.00 £75.39
England median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £53.78
% change year-on-year -7.14% +30.17% -2.22%

All Programming Languages
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 London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,588 10,103 16,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.53% 40.17% 41.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,007 7,620 12,436
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £495 £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 53 74 106
10th Percentile £23.80 £25.40 £28.75
25th Percentile £40.75 £39.31 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £60.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +25.00% +1.05%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £67.06
90th Percentile £72.50 £88.50 £75.62
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +19.32%

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 9 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 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
Central London -21 112 £538 -2.27% 84
West London +15 33 £500 -16.67% 9
South London +13 17 £475 +5.56% 7
East London +2 17 £540 +4.85% 13
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
1 170 (14.93%) Apache Airflow
2 151 (13.26%) Apache
3 33 (2.90%) CMS
4 18 (1.58%) Confluence
5 17 (1.49%) SharePoint
6 16 (1.40%) nginx
7 12 (1.05%) WordPress
8 7 (0.61%) BizTalk Server
8 7 (0.61%) Headless CMS
8 7 (0.61%) IIS
9 6 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.44%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.35%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.35%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.26%) ThingWorx
12 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.26%) WildFly
13 2 (0.18%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 14 (1.23%) Chatbot
2 11 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.53%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.44%) Sketch
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.18%) Simulink
7 1 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.088%) Elementor
7 1 (0.088%) InVision
7 1 (0.088%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.97%) Shopify
3 8 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.44%) Endur
5 3 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.26%) Magento
6 2 (0.18%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.18%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.088%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.088%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.088%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.088%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.088%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.088%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.088%) Unica
7 1 (0.088%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 453 (39.77%) AWS
2 252 (22.12%) Azure
3 199 (17.47%) GCP
4 153 (13.43%) dbt
5 134 (11.76%) Snowflake
6 77 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
7 70 (6.15%) Serverless
8 59 (5.18%) GitHub
9 51 (4.48%) Power Platform
10 46 (4.04%) AWS Lambda
11 45 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
12 41 (3.60%) Azure Service Bus
13 33 (2.90%) Entra ID
14 28 (2.46%) PowerApps
15 25 (2.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 25 (2.19%) npm
15 25 (2.19%) Power Automate
16 21 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
17 20 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
17 20 (1.76%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.58%) HTTP
2 9 (0.79%) DNS
3 5 (0.44%) 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 (0.18%) LAN
6 2 (0.18%) MQTT
6 2 (0.18%) SMS
6 2 (0.18%) WLAN
7 1 (0.088%) 4G
7 1 (0.088%) 5G
7 1 (0.088%) Broadband
7 1 (0.088%) FTP
7 1 (0.088%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.088%) SSH
7 1 (0.088%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (13.52%) Amazon Athena
2 153 (13.43%) Apache Arrow
2 153 (13.43%) Dremio
3 142 (12.47%) Apache Ignite
4 134 (11.76%) Data Lake
5 112 (9.83%) SQL Server
6 64 (5.62%) NoSQL
7 53 (4.65%) MySQL
8 52 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
9 45 (3.95%) MongoDB
10 42 (3.69%) Relational Database
11 31 (2.72%) Power BI
12 28 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
13 24 (2.11%) Big Data
14 21 (1.84%) DynamoDB
15 19 (1.67%) Redis
16 17 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
17 11 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
18 10 (0.88%) RDBMS
18 10 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 147 (12.91%) Git
2 74 (6.50%) Jenkins
3 54 (4.74%) JIRA
4 40 (3.51%) Cypress.io
5 39 (3.42%) GitLab
6 33 (2.90%) webpack
7 26 (2.28%) Selenium
8 21 (1.84%) Postman
9 18 (1.58%) JMeter
9 18 (1.58%) Visual Studio
10 17 (1.49%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.32%) TeamCity
12 13 (1.14%) git-flow
13 11 (0.97%) SonarQube
14 9 (0.79%) Maven
14 9 (0.79%) SpecFlow
14 9 (0.79%) Visual Studio Team System
15 8 (0.70%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.70%) NUnit
16 7 (0.61%) Appium
General
1 377 (33.10%) Finance
2 223 (19.58%) Front Office
3 217 (19.05%) Banking
4 193 (16.94%) Social Skills
5 144 (12.64%) Investment Banking
6 83 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
7 74 (6.50%) Public Sector
8 52 (4.57%) Marketing
9 22 (1.93%) Retail
10 17 (1.49%) Back Office
11 16 (1.40%) Advertising
12 13 (1.14%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (0.88%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.53%) Automotive
16 5 (0.44%) Law
16 5 (0.44%) Publishing
17 4 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 627 (55.05%) Developer
2 235 (20.63%) Senior
3 178 (15.63%) Software Engineer
4 133 (11.68%) Senior Developer
5 111 (9.75%) Full Stack Developer
6 110 (9.66%) Lead
7 94 (8.25%) Architect
8 91 (7.99%) AWS Engineer
9 87 (7.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 85 (7.46%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 79 (6.94%) Software Developer
12 77 (6.76%) React Developer
13 70 (6.15%) Python Engineer
14 67 (5.88%) Python Software Engineer
15 62 (5.44%) Python Developer
15 62 (5.44%) Senior Software Engineer
16 60 (5.27%) AWS Software Engineer
16 60 (5.27%) JavaScript Developer
17 56 (4.92%) Java Engineer
18 55 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 400 (35.12%) HTML
2 373 (32.75%) React
3 367 (32.22%) CSS
4 202 (17.73%) .NET
5 188 (16.51%) Node.js
6 172 (15.10%) gRPC
7 169 (14.84%) Protocol Buffers
8 152 (13.35%) AngularJS
9 140 (12.29%) Pandas
10 134 (11.76%) NumPy
11 132 (11.59%) SciPy
12 131 (11.50%) REST
13 92 (8.08%) .NET Core
14 81 (7.11%) Redux
14 81 (7.11%) Web Services
14 81 (7.11%) XML
15 74 (6.50%) ASP.NET
16 66 (5.79%) jQuery
17 58 (5.09%) RESTful
18 57 (5.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 215 (18.88%) Fixed Income
2 177 (15.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 174 (15.28%) Hedge funds
4 170 (14.93%) Derivative
5 158 (13.87%) Equities
6 45 (3.95%) Product Ownership
7 35 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
7 35 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
8 25 (2.19%) Management Information System
9 23 (2.02%) Data Structures
9 23 (2.02%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (1.76%) Cloud Native
11 20 (1.76%) Clustering
12 18 (1.58%) Algorithms
13 17 (1.49%) Onboarding
13 17 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.40%) Pricing Data
15 10 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 59 (5.18%) Linux
2 30 (2.63%) Unix
3 22 (1.93%) Windows
4 12 (1.05%) Android
5 11 (0.97%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.088%) CentOS
7 1 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.088%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (44.07%) Agile
2 371 (32.57%) Software Engineering
3 270 (23.71%) DevOps
4 211 (18.53%) Asset Management
5 210 (18.44%) Full Stack Development
6 206 (18.09%) CI/CD
7 156 (13.70%) Investment Management
8 148 (12.99%) Front End Development
9 139 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
10 120 (10.54%) TDD
11 109 (9.57%) Test Automation
12 108 (9.48%) User Experience
13 105 (9.22%) Microservices
14 104 (9.13%) Web Development
15 85 (7.46%) Scrum
16 80 (7.02%) Analytics
17 78 (6.85%) Design Patterns
18 74 (6.50%) SDLC
19 69 (6.06%) Computer Science
20 64 (5.62%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 444 (38.98%) TypeScript
2 392 (34.42%) Python
3 372 (32.66%) Java
4 268 (23.53%) C#
5 263 (23.09%) SQL
6 68 (5.97%) Go
7 63 (5.53%) PowerShell
8 55 (4.83%) PHP
9 35 (3.07%) Bicep
10 31 (2.72%) Ruby
11 30 (2.63%) Kotlin
12 27 (2.37%) T-SQL
13 26 (2.28%) C++
14 22 (1.93%) Bash
15 19 (1.67%) PL/SQL
16 13 (1.14%) Apex Code
17 12 (1.05%) Groovy
17 12 (1.05%) VB.NET
18 11 (0.97%) Shell Script
19 10 (0.88%) C
Qualifications
1 136 (11.94%) Security Cleared
2 131 (11.50%) Degree
3 103 (9.04%) SC Cleared
4 51 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (2.63%) DV Cleared
6 20 (1.76%) Master's Degree
7 7 (0.61%) AWS Certification
7 7 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.44%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.44%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.18%) CISA
11 2 (0.18%) CRISC
11 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.18%) PMP
12 1 (0.088%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.088%) SANS
12 1 (0.088%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (7.02%) QA
2 55 (4.83%) Accessibility
3 51 (4.48%) Data Quality
4 28 (2.46%) WCAG
5 17 (1.49%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.35%) GRC
6 4 (0.35%) ISO 20022
6 4 (0.35%) SLA
7 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.26%) NIST
8 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.18%) MiFID
9 1 (0.088%) GDPR
9 1 (0.088%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.088%) GxP
System Software
1 96 (8.43%) Docker
2 68 (5.97%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.02%) IAG
4 22 (1.93%) ACF2
4 22 (1.93%) RACF
5 1 (0.088%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.088%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.088%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.088%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.088%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.088%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 127 (11.15%) Kubernetes
2 71 (6.23%) Terraform
3 28 (2.46%) Ansible
4 23 (2.02%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (1.40%) Grafana
7 7 (0.61%) Kibana
8 5 (0.44%) logstash
8 5 (0.44%) PingFederate
8 5 (0.44%) Puppet
9 3 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.26%) Netcool
10 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.088%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.088%) Argo
11 1 (0.088%) Bugsnag
11 1 (0.088%) Istio
11 1 (0.088%) Podman
11 1 (0.088%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.088%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 105 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.79%) Oracle
3 47 (4.13%) Google
4 42 (3.69%) ServiceNow
5 32 (2.81%) Adobe
6 25 (2.19%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.84%) Splunk
8 17 (1.49%) Sybase
9 14 (1.23%) MuleSoft
9 14 (1.23%) Optimizely
10 13 (1.14%) PayPal
11 12 (1.05%) SAP
12 9 (0.79%) Tealium
13 7 (0.61%) BeyondTrust
13 7 (0.61%) CyberArk
13 7 (0.61%) Foundry
13 7 (0.61%) Palantir
14 6 (0.53%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.53%) Ensighten
14 6 (0.53%) Omniture