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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 29 | 21 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -8 | -6 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,101 | 3,522 | 7,085 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.92% | 6.11% | 8.04% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.57% | 17.60% | 22.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,442 | 2,569 | 5,352 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £388 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.78% | +13.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £686 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £838 | £738 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £480 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.15% | +0.95% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 41 | 55 | 68 |
| 10th Percentile | £35.00 | £36.22 | £27.65 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.18 | £50.65 | £36.55 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £67.50 | £56.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.41% | +20.00% | +18.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.25 | £75.00 | £67.09 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £83.00 | £76.64 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.75 | £65.25 | £55.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.30% | +17.57% | +37.04% |
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 | 12,679 | 20,015 | 31,951 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.71% | 34.72% | 36.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,008 | 14,436 | 23,302 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 489 | 461 | 514 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.25 | £19.64 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +16.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.83 | £78.00 | £73.90 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +21.95% |
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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.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 | -6 | 1,778 | £550 | +1.85% | 1,825 |
| London | -2 | 1,092 | £600 | +4.35% | 665 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 1,011 | £550 | +7.32% | 1,316 |
| UK excluding London | -15 | 730 | £450 | -6.15% | 1,251 |
| North of England | -8 | 223 | £475 | -7.32% | 340 |
| South East | -18 | 146 | £400 | -20.00% | 222 |
| South West | +3 | 121 | £500 | - | 186 |
| North West | -15 | 104 | £475 | -11.63% | 205 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 96 | £565 | +12.90% | 104 |
| Midlands | -4 | 89 | £419 | -2.84% | 258 |
| Scotland | -31 | 84 | £472 | -0.58% | 73 |
| East of England | -1 | 45 | £425 | -10.99% | 119 |
| West Midlands | +1 | 44 | £463 | -3.90% | 153 |
| East Midlands | -2 | 44 | £388 | -3.13% | 104 |
| North East | +6 | 23 | £466 | -15.32% | 35 |
| Wales | +3 | 14 | £413 | -8.33% | 45 |
| Northern Ireland | +13 | 9 | - | - | 27 |
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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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