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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 29 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -9 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,106 | 3,570 | 7,046 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.89% | 6.15% | 8.08% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.54% | 17.65% | 22.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,452 | 2,610 | 5,302 |
| 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 | £644 |
| 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 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £35.00 | £36.22 | £27.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £43.47 | £50.65 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £67.50 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.41% | +22.73% | +15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.63 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £83.00 | £76.32 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £65.25 | £53.78 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.21% | +21.33% | +28.04% |
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 | 12,736 | 20,223 | 31,637 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.58% | 34.86% | 36.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,069 | 14,573 | 23,041 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £395 | £383 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £528 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.56% | +14.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 486 | 462 | 501 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.14 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.18 | £60.94 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.03% | +21.88% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.96 | £78.00 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.84 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.07% | +24.30% | +19.88% |
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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 9 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 9 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 9 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 | 1,782 | £550 | +1.85% | 1,647 |
| London | -5 | 1,094 | £600 | +4.35% | 590 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 1,004 | £550 | +7.32% | 1,149 |
| UK excluding London | -17 | 734 | £450 | -6.25% | 1,144 |
| North of England | -12 | 219 | £475 | -7.32% | 312 |
| South East | -17 | 149 | £400 | -20.00% | 188 |
| South West | +1 | 123 | £500 | -3.15% | 181 |
| North West | -14 | 103 | £475 | -11.63% | 183 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 92 | £575 | +15.00% | 102 |
| Midlands | -2 | 88 | £419 | -6.89% | 237 |
| Scotland | -33 | 87 | £475 | - | 69 |
| East of England | -8 | 46 | £425 | -15.00% | 110 |
| East Midlands | +3 | 45 | £388 | -3.13% | 97 |
| West Midlands | -2 | 42 | £450 | -8.86% | 139 |
| North East | +8 | 24 | £431 | -21.64% | 31 |
| Wales | +2 | 14 | £413 | -8.33% | 41 |
| Northern Ireland | +10 | 9 | - | - | 25 |
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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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