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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 19 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 35 | 29 | 20 |
Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -9 | -5 |
Contract jobs citing JavaScript | 2,100 | 3,503 | 7,073 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 4.93% | 6.12% | 8.06% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.51% | 17.67% | 22.30% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 1,446 | 2,563 | 5,336 |
10th Percentile | £325 | £390 | £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 | £686 | £638 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £844 | £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 | 65 |
10th Percentile | £35.26 | £35.90 | £29.05 |
25th Percentile | £46.18 | £48.89 | £37.06 |
Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £66.50 | £57.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -6.02% | +16.67% | +23.24% |
75th Percentile | £66.25 | £75.00 | £67.00 |
90th Percentile | £70.00 | £76.00 | £76.64 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.50 | £56.50 |
% change year-on-year | -0.76% | +15.93% | +39.51% |
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 | 12,722 | 19,828 | 31,716 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.90% | 34.62% | 36.15% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,047 | 14,307 | 23,128 |
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 | £763 | £788 | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £495 |
% change year-on-year | -2.20% | +1.01% | +16.47% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 494 | 443 | 499 |
10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £62.43 | £60.70 | £50.20 |
Median % change year-on-year | +2.85% | +20.92% | +18.12% |
75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.63 |
90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.60 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
% change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +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 19 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 19 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 19 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 | -8 | 1,791 | £550 | - | 1,938 |
London | -2 | 1,104 | £600 | +4.35% | 741 |
Work from Home | 0 | 1,007 | £550 | +6.54% | 1,219 |
UK excluding London | -15 | 719 | £450 | -6.15% | 1,395 |
North of England | -11 | 223 | £475 | -8.65% | 364 |
South East | -14 | 146 | £400 | -20.00% | 337 |
South West | 0 | 121 | £500 | - | 164 |
North West | -15 | 105 | £463 | -13.95% | 206 |
Yorkshire | -8 | 95 | £575 | +15.00% | 124 |
Midlands | -2 | 90 | £425 | -5.56% | 265 |
Scotland | -34 | 72 | £463 | -2.63% | 76 |
East Midlands | +2 | 46 | £388 | -6.63% | 100 |
East of England | -6 | 45 | £425 | -10.99% | 141 |
West Midlands | +3 | 43 | £475 | -5.00% | 164 |
North East | +10 | 23 | £466 | -15.32% | 36 |
Wales | +2 | 14 | £413 | -8.33% | 43 |
Northern Ireland | +9 | 9 | - | - | 24 |
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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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