JavaScript Contracts in the South East

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 70 55 48
Rank change year-on-year -15 -7 -18
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 153 225 365
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.69% 3.98% 4.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.88% 15.19% 17.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 148 242
10th Percentile £255 £325 £313
25th Percentile £325 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +5.41% +8.82%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £571
90th Percentile £624 £638 £638
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 19 8
10th Percentile £48.13 £45.45 £14.25
25th Percentile £64.38 £56.80 £37.31
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year - +36.59% -18.97%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.66
90th Percentile £78.75 - £66.41
England median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £53.78
% change year-on-year -7.14% +30.17% -2.22%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,288 1,481 2,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.62% 26.19% 26.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 881 1,030 1,338
10th Percentile £325 £325 £349
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £606 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £540 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 87 79
10th Percentile £35.00 £20.47 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £42.95 £19.52
Median hourly rate £61.80 £56.24 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.90% +60.67% -17.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £65.11
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +19.32%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in the South East

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in the South East.

Daily rate trend for JavaScript in the South East

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JavaScript in the South East

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for JavaScript in the South East

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JavaScript in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for JavaScript in the South East

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the South East 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
Thames Valley -25 60 £475 +5.56% 72
Berkshire -13 52 £475 - 36
Hampshire -19 47 £450 -10.00% 55
Surrey +15 24 £255 -49.00% 22
East Sussex +16 12 £350 -61.11% 19
Buckinghamshire +4 7 £494 +21.91% 22
West Sussex +2 4 £400 -30.43% 16
Kent +2 4 £550 -12.00% 17
Middlesex -2 2 - -
Oxfordshire -4 1 - - 14
Home Counties - 1 £475 -
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 22 (14.38%) Confluence
2 9 (5.88%) Drupal
3 4 (2.61%) CMS
4 3 (1.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.96%) Moodle
4 3 (1.96%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.31%) Apache
5 2 (1.31%) Headless CMS
5 2 (1.31%) Kentico
6 1 (0.65%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.65%) Appian
6 1 (0.65%) Jadu
6 1 (0.65%) JBoss
6 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.65%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.92%) Sketch
2 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.31%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.31%) InVision
3 2 (1.31%) OmniGraffle
3 2 (1.31%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.31%) UXPin
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.65%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (3.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.31%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.65%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.65%) Magento
3 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 33 (21.57%) Azure
2 13 (8.50%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (7.19%) AWS
4 10 (6.54%) Power Platform
5 9 (5.88%) GCP
6 7 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.92%) PowerApps
7 6 (3.92%) Serverless
8 5 (3.27%) Figma
9 4 (2.61%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (2.61%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.96%) Google App Engine
10 3 (1.96%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.31%) Amazon SQS
11 2 (1.31%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.31%) SaaS
11 2 (1.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.76%) Software-Defined Radio
2 17 (11.11%) SNMP
3 3 (1.96%) BGP
3 3 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (1.96%) IOS XR
4 2 (1.31%) HTTP
4 2 (1.31%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (16.34%) SQL Server
2 15 (9.80%) MySQL
3 13 (8.50%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.61%) BigQuery
6 4 (2.61%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.61%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.96%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.31%) CouchDB
8 2 (1.31%) Power BI
9 1 (0.65%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.65%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.65%) Redis
9 1 (0.65%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (25.49%) Git
2 28 (18.30%) JIRA
3 20 (13.07%) Bitbucket
4 18 (11.76%) Eclipse
5 17 (11.11%) GoogleTest
5 17 (11.11%) Robot Framework
6 6 (3.92%) Jenkins
6 6 (3.92%) Selenium
7 5 (3.27%) GitLab
8 4 (2.61%) Cucumber
8 4 (2.61%) JMeter
8 4 (2.61%) Maven
8 4 (2.61%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.96%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (1.31%) Axure RP
10 2 (1.31%) Balsamiq
10 2 (1.31%) JUnit
10 2 (1.31%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (1.31%) VersionOne
11 1 (0.65%) NUnit
General
1 29 (18.95%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (7.19%) Telecoms
4 9 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 7 (4.58%) Billing
6 5 (3.27%) Finance
6 5 (3.27%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.61%) Marketing
7 4 (2.61%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.61%) Retail
8 3 (1.96%) Advertising
9 1 (0.65%) Aviation
9 1 (0.65%) Electronics
9 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Legal
9 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 74 (48.37%) Developer
2 24 (15.69%) Software Engineer
3 18 (11.76%) Full Stack Developer
4 16 (10.46%) C++ Software Engineer
5 13 (8.50%) Lead
6 12 (7.84%) Java Developer
7 11 (7.19%) Senior
8 8 (5.23%) Analyst
8 8 (5.23%) Drupal Developer
8 8 (5.23%) Embedded Engineer
8 8 (5.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Designer
9 7 (4.58%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Java Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Java Software Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) React Developer
10 6 (3.92%) ServiceNow Developer
10 6 (3.92%) Software Developer
11 5 (3.27%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (53.59%) HTML
2 77 (50.33%) CSS
3 39 (25.49%) AngularJS
4 34 (22.22%) Node.js
5 31 (20.26%) React
6 23 (15.03%) .NET
7 15 (9.80%) REST
8 13 (8.50%) JSON
8 13 (8.50%) Spring
8 13 (8.50%) XML
9 11 (7.19%) ASP.NET
9 11 (7.19%) RESTful
10 10 (6.54%) .NET Framework
10 10 (6.54%) ASP.NET MVC
10 10 (6.54%) Spring Boot
10 10 (6.54%) Web Services
11 9 (5.88%) Entity Framework
11 9 (5.88%) Kafka
12 7 (4.58%) React Native
13 6 (3.92%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (2.61%) Biopharmaceutical
2 4 (2.61%) Data Structures
2 4 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (1.96%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.96%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.31%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (1.31%) Social Media
5 1 (0.65%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.65%) IoT
5 1 (0.65%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.65%) NHS
5 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.95%) Linux
2 12 (7.84%) Windows
3 1 (0.65%) Unix
3 1 (0.65%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (46.41%) Agile
2 40 (26.14%) Scrum
3 38 (24.84%) Software Engineering
4 25 (16.34%) Full Stack Development
5 23 (15.03%) DevOps
6 21 (13.73%) TDD
6 21 (13.73%) UML
7 20 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (12.42%) CI/CD
9 18 (11.76%) SysML
10 17 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (11.11%) Test Automation
11 16 (10.46%) MVC
12 15 (9.80%) Microservices
12 15 (9.80%) Validation
13 13 (8.50%) BDD
13 13 (8.50%) Prototyping
14 12 (7.84%) SDLC
14 12 (7.84%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 48 (31.37%) Java
2 29 (18.95%) C#
2 29 (18.95%) Python
3 24 (15.69%) C++
4 18 (11.76%) PHP
5 16 (10.46%) SQL
6 7 (4.58%) Bash
7 6 (3.92%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.27%) T-SQL
9 4 (2.61%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.61%) Scala
10 3 (1.96%) C
10 3 (1.96%) Go
10 3 (1.96%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.31%) Groovy
11 2 (1.31%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.31%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.31%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.65%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.65%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.54%) Degree
4 4 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.54%) QA
2 5 (3.27%) GDPR
3 4 (2.61%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.65%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.65%) MISRA
4 1 (0.65%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.65%) PMO
4 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (11.11%) Firmware
2 6 (3.92%) Docker
3 2 (1.31%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.31%) VirtualBox
3 2 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.61%) Ansible
3 3 (1.96%) Terraform
4 1 (0.65%) Kibana
Vendors
1 24 (15.69%) Google
2 17 (11.11%) Atlassian
3 13 (8.50%) ServiceNow
4 12 (7.84%) Microsoft
5 7 (4.58%) Oracle
6 4 (2.61%) SAP
7 3 (1.96%) Adobe
7 3 (1.96%) Cisco
7 3 (1.96%) TOWER Software
8 2 (1.31%) VMware
9 1 (0.65%) Automation Anywhere
9 1 (0.65%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.65%) Compaq
9 1 (0.65%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.65%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.65%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.65%) Sparx
9 1 (0.65%) Splunk
9 1 (0.65%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.65%) UiPath