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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 36 | 29 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | -9 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,111 | 3,561 | 7,099 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.90% | 6.13% | 8.07% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.56% | 17.59% | 22.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,453 | 2,602 | 5,350 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £388 | £383 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.78% | +13.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £638 | £640 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £738 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £480 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | +1.05% | +12.43% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 44 | 54 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £35.00 | £36.16 | £27.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £44.82 | £50.35 | £35.52 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £66.50 | £53.78 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.02% | +23.66% | +13.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.25 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £83.50 | £76.24 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £65.00 | £52.56 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +23.68% | +25.13% |
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 | 12,750 | 20,243 | 31,905 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.57% | 34.85% | 36.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,074 | 14,597 | 23,243 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.56% | +14.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 490 | 460 | 505 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.12 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £60.63 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.27% | +21.25% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.25 | £78.00 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.94 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | +22.49% | +19.88% |
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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.
JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 8 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 8 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 8 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 | -6 | 1,781 | £550 | +0.92% | 1,770 |
| London | -4 | 1,091 | £600 | +4.35% | 637 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 1,003 | £550 | +7.32% | 1,216 |
| UK excluding London | -11 | 741 | £450 | -6.25% | 1,224 |
| North of England | -7 | 220 | £476 | -7.12% | 329 |
| South East | -19 | 149 | £400 | -20.00% | 207 |
| South West | +6 | 124 | £500 | -2.44% | 190 |
| North West | -14 | 103 | £475 | -11.63% | 186 |
| Yorkshire | -2 | 92 | £575 | +15.00% | 113 |
| Scotland | -27 | 92 | £475 | - | 78 |
| Midlands | -2 | 88 | £419 | -5.58% | 253 |
| East of England | -8 | 46 | £445 | -6.81% | 120 |
| East Midlands | +2 | 45 | £388 | -3.13% | 105 |
| West Midlands | -3 | 42 | £450 | -10.00% | 147 |
| North East | +10 | 25 | £454 | -17.45% | 34 |
| Wales | +1 | 14 | £413 | -8.33% | 41 |
| Northern Ireland | +12 | 9 | - | - | 25 |
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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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