JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 29 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -9 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,114 | 3,446 | 7,028 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.93% | 6.14% | 8.02% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.39% | 17.93% | 22.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,465 | 2,530 | 5,324 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £389 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £545 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.67% | +14.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £850 | £738 | £726 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £483 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.74% | +1.58% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 43 | 47 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.63 | £36.32 | £26.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.18 | £51.25 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £70.00 | £56.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.71% | +24.44% | +15.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.13 | £75.00 | £65.91 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.00 | £76.00 | £75.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £67.50 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.70% | +17.39% | +33.72% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,901 | 19,215 | 31,568 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.06% | 34.22% | 36.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,166 | 13,825 | 23,073 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £678 | £657 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £487 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.65% | - | +16.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 516 | 439 | 489 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.43 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.25 | £62.50 | £51.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.40% | +21.95% | +17.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.24 | £71.90 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.85 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +22.91% | +24.02% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JavaScript.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JavaScript.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 29 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 |
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| England | -7 | 1,808 | £550 | - | 1,917 |
| London | -3 | 1,114 | £600 | +4.35% | 683 |
| Work from Home | +1 | 1,016 | £550 | +7.16% | 1,389 |
| UK excluding London | -13 | 733 | £450 | -6.74% | 1,304 |
| North of England | -8 | 231 | £481 | -8.33% | 368 |
| South East | -17 | 149 | £400 | -20.00% | 249 |
| South West | +3 | 117 | £500 | - | 152 |
| North West | -15 | 108 | £475 | -13.64% | 224 |
| Yorkshire | -5 | 99 | £600 | +17.65% | 108 |
| Midlands | -2 | 93 | £425 | -7.21% | 286 |
| Scotland | -30 | 79 | £461 | -3.00% | 72 |
| East of England | -8 | 47 | £425 | -10.99% | 137 |
| West Midlands | -3 | 46 | £463 | -7.50% | 171 |
| East Midlands | -5 | 46 | £400 | -3.61% | 115 |
| North East | +8 | 24 | £466 | -12.94% | 39 |
| Wales | +5 | 12 | £425 | -5.56% | 41 |
| Northern Ireland | +8 | 6 | - | - | 26 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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