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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 29 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -9 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,141 | 3,420 | 7,079 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.94% | 6.14% | 8.03% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.43% | 18.03% | 22.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,491 | 2,515 | 5,339 |
| 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 | £644 | £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 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.63 | £36.27 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.18 | £51.25 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £70.00 | £53.78 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.14% | +30.17% | +13.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.50 | £75.44 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £67.75 | £55.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.06% | +22.07% | +30.59% |
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 | 13,032 | 18,971 | 31,817 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.10% | 34.05% | 36.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,198 | 13,653 | 23,242 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £385 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £458 | £459 |
| 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 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 528 | 437 | 498 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.95 | £30.45 | £19.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +20.77% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.63 | £78.00 | £70.23 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +25.00% |
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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 8 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 8 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 8 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 | - | 1,628 |
| London | -3 | 1,139 | £600 | +4.35% | 528 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 1,045 | £550 | +7.58% | 1,088 |
| UK excluding London | -14 | 744 | £450 | -7.22% | 1,169 |
| North of England | -7 | 238 | £501 | -4.67% | 345 |
| South East | -15 | 153 | £400 | -17.95% | 232 |
| South West | +1 | 113 | £500 | - | 137 |
| Yorkshire | -5 | 108 | £554 | +8.63% | 107 |
| North West | -10 | 105 | £475 | -13.64% | 202 |
| Midlands | -3 | 99 | £425 | -10.53% | 227 |
| Scotland | -31 | 75 | £458 | -3.53% | 70 |
| West Midlands | -8 | 50 | £488 | -2.50% | 132 |
| East of England | -10 | 49 | £420 | -14.07% | 127 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 48 | £394 | -3.37% | 95 |
| North East | +14 | 25 | £466 | -15.32% | 37 |
| Wales | +6 | 12 | £425 | -10.53% | 28 |
| Northern Ireland | +3 | 6 | - | - | 29 |
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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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