Lua Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Lua
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Lua skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Lua 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.034% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 - -
UK median daily rate £54 £469 -
% change year-on-year -88.48% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile £60.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,141 3,772 5,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.70% 29.03% 24.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,352 2,348 3,397
10th Percentile £329 £325 £313
25th Percentile £405 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £488 £498
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -2.01% -1.27%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £588
90th Percentile £644 £656 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 415 178 419
10th Percentile £45.50 £21.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £57.18 £44.51 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% +1.99% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -6.98%

Lua
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Lua job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Lua
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Lua.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Lua

Lua
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Lua.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Lua

Lua
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lua in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Lua in the UK excluding London

Lua
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lua within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 March 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
Scotland - 7 £54 - 1
Lua
UK

Lua
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 7 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 4 (57.14%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 7 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 7 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 7 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 7 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Human-in-the-Loop
2 4 (57.14%) UX Design
2 4 (57.14%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (42.86%) Game Development
3 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C++
1 7 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared