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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 29 | 21 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -8 | -6 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,109 | 3,682 | 7,162 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.87% | 6.16% | 8.06% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.55% | 17.56% | 22.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,455 | 2,706 | 5,394 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £388 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £446 | £443 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.42% | +13.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £748 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £479 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.05% | +0.84% | +12.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 36 | 54 | 71 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.13 | £36.16 | £24.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.00 | £50.35 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.25 | £70.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | +27.27% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.25 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £83.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £67.50 | £52.53 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.41% | +28.50% | +31.32% |
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 | 12,747 | 20,965 | 32,275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.44% | 35.05% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,054 | 15,147 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 480 | 477 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.07 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.90% | +15.88% |
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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 27 April 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 27 April 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 27 April 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 | 1,763 | £550 | +2.33% | 1,699 |
| London | -6 | 1,075 | £600 | +4.35% | 583 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 1,000 | £550 | +7.32% | 1,221 |
| UK excluding London | -15 | 755 | £450 | -6.05% | 1,186 |
| North of England | -10 | 222 | £475 | -7.32% | 321 |
| South East | -11 | 153 | £423 | -13.33% | 227 |
| South West | +5 | 123 | £500 | -4.76% | 194 |
| North West | -18 | 107 | £450 | -14.29% | 186 |
| Scotland | -24 | 106 | £475 | - | 78 |
| Yorkshire | -3 | 90 | £550 | +10.00% | 102 |
| Midlands | -11 | 85 | £419 | -5.58% | 203 |
| East Midlands | +2 | 45 | £388 | -3.13% | 78 |
| East of England | -8 | 43 | £438 | -8.38% | 128 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 40 | £450 | -8.86% | 125 |
| North East | +8 | 25 | £454 | -17.45% | 37 |
| Wales | -5 | 15 | £406 | -9.72% | 44 |
| Northern Ireland | +12 | 9 | - | - | 20 |
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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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