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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 36 | 29 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | -9 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,120 | 3,439 | 7,040 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.92% | 6.13% | 8.04% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.38% | 17.98% | 22.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,475 | 2,530 | 5,324 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £388 | £389 |
| 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 | £643 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £850 | £738 | £730 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £480 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | +1.05% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 43 | 46 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.63 | £36.27 | £25.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.18 | £51.25 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £70.00 | £56.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.14% | +24.44% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.00 | £76.00 | £75.62 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £67.75 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.06% | +17.83% | +23.66% |
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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
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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 1 June 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 1 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 1 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 | 1,819 | £550 | - | 1,640 |
| London | -2 | 1,115 | £600 | +4.35% | 588 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,023 | £550 | +7.32% | 1,061 |
| UK excluding London | -12 | 739 | £450 | -6.25% | 1,106 |
| North of England | -9 | 233 | £500 | -4.76% | 322 |
| South East | -19 | 149 | £400 | -20.00% | 225 |
| South West | +6 | 119 | £500 | - | 136 |
| North West | -12 | 107 | £475 | -13.64% | 199 |
| Yorkshire | -5 | 102 | £575 | +13.86% | 91 |
| Midlands | -5 | 95 | £425 | -8.80% | 216 |
| Scotland | -31 | 78 | £459 | -3.37% | 66 |
| East of England | -11 | 48 | £423 | -11.52% | 115 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 47 | £394 | -5.12% | 84 |
| West Midlands | -9 | 47 | £475 | -5.00% | 132 |
| North East | +14 | 24 | £466 | -15.32% | 33 |
| Wales | +6 | 12 | £425 | -8.11% | 30 |
| Northern Ireland | +5 | 6 | - | - | 18 |
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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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