Lua Contract Job Trends in the South East

Lua
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Lua skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Lua 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.031% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £639 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £643 - -
75th Percentile £646 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £643 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -31.37%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,329 888 1,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 20.41% 26.37% 22.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 868 604 884
10th Percentile £310 £325 £325
25th Percentile £401 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -1.09% -3.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
England median daily rate £520 £520 £541
% change year-on-year - -3.93% -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 27 79
10th Percentile £33.70 £37.60 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.81 £47.62 £46.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £54.88 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% -12.20% +12.37%
75th Percentile £70.00 £59.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £64.52 £75.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +3.17%

Lua
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Lua job vacancy trend in the South East

Lua
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Lua.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Lua

Lua
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Lua.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Lua

Lua
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 Lua within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Hampshire - 2 £643 - 1
Lua
England

Lua
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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