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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 29 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -9 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,101 | 3,557 | 7,066 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.89% | 6.14% | 8.09% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.50% | 17.62% | 22.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,441 | 2,601 | 5,316 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £388 | £383 |
| 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 | £646 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £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 | 43 | 55 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | £35.00 | £36.22 | £28.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £43.47 | £50.65 | £37.36 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £67.50 | £57.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.41% | +17.90% | +20.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.63 | £75.00 | £67.27 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £83.00 | £76.68 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £65.25 | £56.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.21% | +15.49% | +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 | 12,732 | 20,185 | 31,682 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.61% | 34.87% | 36.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,059 | 14,540 | 23,074 |
| 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 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.35% | +2.46% | +14.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 488 | 464 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.16 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.36 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.43 | £61.84 | £50.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.95% | +22.45% | +16.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £78.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +19.05% |
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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 10 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 10 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 10 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 | 1,778 | £550 | - | 1,572 |
| London | -5 | 1,086 | £600 | +4.35% | 560 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 1,003 | £550 | +7.32% | 1,211 |
| UK excluding London | -13 | 737 | £450 | -6.25% | 1,073 |
| North of England | -9 | 222 | £475 | -7.32% | 281 |
| South East | -16 | 150 | £400 | -20.00% | 193 |
| South West | +8 | 126 | £500 | -3.85% | 178 |
| North West | -17 | 103 | £475 | -11.63% | 167 |
| Yorkshire | -5 | 96 | £554 | +10.80% | 90 |
| Midlands | -3 | 87 | £419 | -4.23% | 226 |
| Scotland | -29 | 85 | £475 | - | 59 |
| East of England | -4 | 45 | £425 | -15.00% | 102 |
| East Midlands | +1 | 44 | £388 | -3.13% | 92 |
| West Midlands | -5 | 42 | £450 | -7.69% | 133 |
| North East | +10 | 23 | £466 | -15.32% | 28 |
| Wales | -1 | 14 | £413 | -8.33% | 35 |
| Northern Ireland | +11 | 9 | - | - | 20 |
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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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