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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 29 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -9 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,098 | 3,502 | 7,119 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.93% | 6.12% | 8.06% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.48% | 17.66% | 22.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,447 | 2,562 | 5,374 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £392 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.78% | +13.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £850 | £738 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £480 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.15% | +0.95% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 42 | 50 | 67 |
| 10th Percentile | £35.26 | £35.90 | £27.15 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.18 | £48.89 | £36.03 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £66.50 | £57.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.02% | +16.67% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.25 | £75.00 | £67.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £76.00 | £76.64 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.50 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.76% | +13.91% | +42.86% |
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 | 12,728 | 19,825 | 31,917 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.92% | 34.62% | 36.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,055 | 14,305 | 23,279 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £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 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +1.01% | +15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 443 | 502 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.36 | £60.70 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.73% | +21.16% | +17.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.60 | £78.00 | £72.43 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.82% |
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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 20 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 20 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 20 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 | 1,789 | £550 | - | 2,090 |
| London | -2 | 1,104 | £600 | +4.35% | 804 |
| Work from Home | -2 | 1,007 | £550 | +6.28% | 1,455 |
| UK excluding London | -16 | 717 | £450 | -6.15% | 1,512 |
| North of England | -9 | 222 | £475 | -8.65% | 390 |
| South East | -17 | 146 | £400 | -20.00% | 365 |
| South West | +2 | 121 | £500 | - | 177 |
| North West | -17 | 104 | £469 | -12.79% | 220 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 95 | £575 | +15.00% | 134 |
| Midlands | -5 | 90 | £425 | -5.56% | 289 |
| Scotland | -35 | 72 | £463 | -2.63% | 85 |
| East Midlands | +3 | 46 | £388 | -6.63% | 105 |
| East of England | -6 | 45 | £425 | -10.99% | 150 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 43 | £475 | -5.00% | 183 |
| North East | +9 | 23 | £466 | -15.32% | 38 |
| Wales | +2 | 13 | £419 | -6.94% | 50 |
| Northern Ireland | +9 | 9 | - | - | 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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