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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 29 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -9 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,152 | 3,434 | 7,074 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.96% | 6.14% | 8.01% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.45% | 18.02% | 22.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,502 | 2,526 | 5,349 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £388 | £394 |
| 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 | £640 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £850 | £738 | £736 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £480 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | +1.05% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 42 | 46 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.63 | £36.27 | £19.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.18 | £51.25 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £63.75 | £70.00 | £53.78 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.93% | +30.17% | +13.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £69.06 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.50 | £75.62 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £67.75 | £56.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.06% | +19.91% | +32.94% |
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 | 13,079 | 19,060 | 31,816 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.13% | 34.10% | 36.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,244 | 13,741 | 23,261 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £385 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £458 | £458 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £756 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £485 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.00% | - | +14.42% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 526 | 429 | 491 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.75 | £30.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.42 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.25 | £62.50 | £51.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.40% | +21.36% | +16.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.88 | £78.24 | £70.75 |
| 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 | 1,857 | £550 | - | 1,833 |
| London | -3 | 1,144 | £600 | +4.35% | 658 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 1,043 | £550 | +7.32% | 1,134 |
| UK excluding London | -12 | 747 | £450 | -6.25% | 1,255 |
| North of England | -6 | 238 | £500 | -4.71% | 378 |
| South East | -14 | 151 | £400 | -18.99% | 234 |
| South West | +3 | 119 | £500 | - | 149 |
| Yorkshire | -5 | 107 | £565 | +12.90% | 116 |
| North West | -12 | 107 | £475 | -13.64% | 221 |
| Midlands | -4 | 98 | £425 | -8.80% | 244 |
| Scotland | -30 | 76 | £458 | -3.53% | 77 |
| West Midlands | -13 | 49 | £488 | -2.50% | 139 |
| East Midlands | -2 | 48 | £394 | -3.37% | 105 |
| East of England | -6 | 48 | £420 | -12.04% | 135 |
| North East | +11 | 24 | £466 | -15.32% | 42 |
| Wales | +4 | 12 | £425 | -5.56% | 35 |
| Northern Ireland | +5 | 6 | - | - | 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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