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 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 7 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 34 | 26 | 17 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | -9 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,417 | 5,638 | 7,973 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 5.39% | 7.34% | 8.90% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 17.47% | 19.48% | 22.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,765 | 4,096 | 6,048 |
| 10th Percentile | £333 | £398 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £450 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +7.32% | +7.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £643 | £650 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £473 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.50% | +11.11% | +9.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 30 | 72 | 81 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.44 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.05 | £52.50 | £41.67 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £65.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +18.18% | +37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £67.50 | £67.80 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.18 | £73.38 | £77.18 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £58.75 | £65.00 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.62% | +23.81% | +26.51% |
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 | 13,834 | 28,943 | 34,751 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.82% | 37.70% | 38.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,852 | 20,725 | 25,297 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £400 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £433 | £468 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £565 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.65% | +7.62% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £520 | £470 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +10.64% | +10.59% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 422 | 502 | 432 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.28 | £25.50 | £18.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.48 | £46.38 | £27.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.42 | £62.50 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.73% | +31.58% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £67.41 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.68 | £74.52 | £70.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £46.30 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +40.39% | +7.67% |
JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
JavaScript
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 7 December 2023.
JavaScript
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 7 December 2023.
JavaScript
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 7 December 2023. 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 | -8 | 1,991 | £540 | -4.00% | 2,373 |
| London | -11 | 1,214 | £575 | -4.17% | 951 |
| Work from Home | -11 | 1,076 | £510 | -7.27% | 1,664 |
| UK excluding London | -13 | 891 | £473 | -5.50% | 1,654 |
| North of England | -7 | 255 | £500 | -4.76% | 484 |
| Scotland | -4 | 180 | £463 | -0.70% | 90 |
| South East | -9 | 176 | £400 | -25.23% | 494 |
| North West | -9 | 144 | £510 | -2.86% | 287 |
| South West | -13 | 135 | £494 | -4.82% | 191 |
| Yorkshire | +1 | 100 | £508 | -3.33% | 142 |
| Midlands | -15 | 90 | £450 | -1.57% | 221 |
| West Midlands | +2 | 63 | £456 | -8.75% | 134 |
| East of England | -25 | 54 | £600 | +7.87% | 127 |
| East Midlands | -16 | 31 | £450 | +5.88% | 86 |
| Wales | -8 | 16 | £425 | -5.56% | 51 |
| North East | -5 | 11 | £473 | -12.50% | 62 |
| Northern Ireland | -1 | 8 | £213 | -46.88% | 35 |
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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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