Lua Contract Job Trends in England

Lua
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Lua skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 - 540
Rank change year-on-year - - +91
Contract jobs citing Lua 2 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.004% - 0.024%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.017% - 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £639 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £643 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.37%
75th Percentile £646 - £475
90th Percentile - - £480
UK median daily rate £643 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -31.37%

All Programming Languages
England

Lua falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,058 9,070 11,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.75% 33.25% 31.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,859 6,249 8,186
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -1.82%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £737 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 232 464
10th Percentile £34.57 £28.48 £35.74
25th Percentile £55.00 £37.25 £49.81
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.63 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% -10.66% +3.20%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +14.54% -9.20% -

Lua
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lua relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Lua job vacancy trend in England

Lua
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Lua.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Lua

Lua
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Lua.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Lua

Lua
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lua within the England region over the 6 months to 12 July 2026. 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
South East - 2 £643 - 3
Lua
UK

Lua
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Military
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Synthetic Environment
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) VMware