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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 35 | 29 | 20 |
Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -9 | -5 |
Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,141 | 3,424 | 7,041 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.94% | 6.16% | 8.03% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.41% | 18.07% | 22.24% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 1,491 | 2,516 | 5,314 |
10th Percentile | £325 | £388 | £400 |
25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £545 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.67% | +14.74% |
75th Percentile | £688 | £650 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £850 | £738 | £738 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £485 | £475 |
% change year-on-year | -7.22% | +2.11% | +11.76% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 44 | 46 | 69 |
10th Percentile | £37.63 | £36.27 | £14.25 |
25th Percentile | £46.18 | £51.25 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £70.00 | £55.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -7.14% | +27.27% | +15.79% |
75th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.50 | £75.48 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £67.75 | £56.50 |
% change year-on-year | -4.06% | +19.91% | +34.52% |
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 | 13,047 | 18,952 | 31,653 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.12% | 34.11% | 36.11% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,199 | 13,649 | 23,126 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £381 | £388 |
25th Percentile | £425 | £458 | £460 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £650 | £678 | £663 |
90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £763 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.29% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 528 | 440 | 496 |
10th Percentile | £31.95 | £29.71 | £19.50 |
25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £51.38 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | +21.65% | +14.80% |
75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.31 |
90th Percentile | £76.63 | £78.12 | £70.38 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
% change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +25.00% |
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 9 June 2024.
JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JavaScript.
JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 9 June 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 9 June 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 | 1,849 | £550 | - | 1,634 |
London | -3 | 1,139 | £600 | +4.35% | 534 |
Work from Home | 0 | 1,045 | £550 | +7.32% | 1,095 |
UK excluding London | -10 | 744 | £450 | -7.22% | 1,172 |
North of England | -8 | 238 | £501 | -4.67% | 341 |
South East | -15 | 153 | £400 | -17.95% | 230 |
South West | 0 | 113 | £500 | - | 138 |
Yorkshire | -3 | 108 | £554 | +8.63% | 105 |
North West | -9 | 105 | £475 | -13.64% | 200 |
Midlands | -2 | 99 | £425 | -10.53% | 233 |
Scotland | -33 | 75 | £458 | -3.53% | 70 |
West Midlands | -7 | 50 | £488 | -2.50% | 135 |
East of England | -14 | 49 | £420 | -14.07% | 127 |
East Midlands | 0 | 48 | £394 | -5.12% | 98 |
North East | +15 | 25 | £466 | -15.32% | 37 |
Wales | +9 | 12 | £425 | -10.53% | 30 |
Northern Ireland | +5 | 6 | - | - | 30 |
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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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