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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 29 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -9 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,116 | 3,469 | 7,084 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.94% | 6.16% | 8.03% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.40% | 17.98% | 22.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,472 | 2,548 | 5,369 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £393 | £388 |
| 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 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £850 | £738 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £480 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.20% | +1.00% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 43 | 47 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.63 | £36.32 | £26.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.18 | £51.25 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £70.00 | £56.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.71% | +24.44% | +15.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.13 | £75.00 | £65.91 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.00 | £76.00 | £75.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £67.50 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.70% | +17.39% | +33.72% |
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 | 12,901 | 19,292 | 31,819 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.12% | 34.28% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,183 | 13,883 | 23,258 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £678 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +16.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 513 | 437 | 494 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.39 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.36 | £62.50 | £51.19 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.23% | +22.11% | +16.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.48 | £72.28 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.99 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +22.59% | +24.35% |
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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.
JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 28 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 28 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 28 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 | -7 | 1,810 | £550 | - | 2,263 |
| London | -3 | 1,117 | £600 | +4.35% | 947 |
| Work from Home | +1 | 1,020 | £550 | +7.32% | 1,549 |
| UK excluding London | -14 | 728 | £450 | -6.20% | 1,658 |
| North of England | -7 | 229 | £475 | -9.52% | 385 |
| South East | -17 | 149 | £400 | -20.00% | 528 |
| South West | 0 | 117 | £500 | - | 158 |
| North West | -11 | 107 | £475 | -11.63% | 230 |
| Yorkshire | -6 | 98 | £588 | +16.34% | 115 |
| Midlands | -1 | 92 | £425 | -5.56% | 294 |
| Scotland | -28 | 78 | £463 | -2.63% | 76 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 46 | £400 | -3.61% | 120 |
| East of England | -10 | 46 | £425 | -10.99% | 181 |
| West Midlands | -9 | 45 | £463 | -7.50% | 171 |
| North East | +11 | 24 | £466 | -12.94% | 43 |
| Wales | -1 | 12 | £425 | -5.56% | 39 |
| Northern Ireland | +10 | 6 | - | - | 26 |
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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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