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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 29 | 21 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -8 | -6 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,090 | 3,556 | 7,088 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.89% | 6.11% | 8.04% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.50% | 17.59% | 22.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,433 | 2,592 | 5,354 |
| 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 | £675 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £838 | £738 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £480 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | +1.05% | +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 | 12,664 | 20,218 | 31,950 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.62% | 34.76% | 36.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,004 | 14,576 | 23,300 |
| 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 | £780 | £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 | 486 | 464 | 514 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.63 | £26.16 | £19.64 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.48 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.84 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.07% | +23.68% | +16.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.96 | £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 13 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 13 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 13 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 | 1,768 | £550 | - | 1,617 |
| London | -4 | 1,085 | £600 | +4.35% | 572 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,003 | £550 | +7.00% | 1,300 |
| UK excluding London | -11 | 727 | £450 | -6.25% | 1,109 |
| North of England | -8 | 220 | £475 | -7.99% | 294 |
| South East | -18 | 147 | £400 | -20.00% | 203 |
| South West | +10 | 123 | £500 | -2.44% | 171 |
| North West | -17 | 102 | £475 | -11.63% | 173 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 95 | £554 | +10.80% | 94 |
| Midlands | -4 | 86 | £419 | -4.34% | 236 |
| Scotland | -28 | 84 | £472 | -0.58% | 60 |
| East of England | -12 | 45 | £425 | -15.00% | 106 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 43 | £388 | -3.13% | 96 |
| West Midlands | -1 | 42 | £450 | -7.69% | 139 |
| North East | +8 | 23 | £466 | -15.32% | 30 |
| Wales | +3 | 14 | £413 | -8.33% | 37 |
| Northern Ireland | +13 | 9 | - | - | 21 |
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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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