The first table below looks at the demand for jQuery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited jQuery over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
jQuery
Rank 28 29 45
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +16
Contract jobs citing jQuery 15 28 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.417% 4.509% 0.780%
As % of the Application Development category 15.15% 16.97% 2.963%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 3
Average daily rate £305 £325 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% +44.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £233 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £325 £305
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -37.50%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
99 165 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 22.55% 26.57% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 103 77
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
jQuery
West Midlands

jQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing jQuery across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham jQuery Jobs Demand Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing jQuery across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing jQuery also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited jQuery.

1 33 (84.62%) JavaScript
2 29 (74.36%) .NET
3 26 (66.67%) ASP.NET
4 24 (61.54%) CSS
5 23 (58.97%) C#
6 22 (56.41%) HTML
7 18 (46.15%) SQL Server
8 11 (28.21%) MVC
9 10 (25.64%) Ajax
9 10 (25.64%) SQL
9 10 (25.64%) WCF
9 10 (25.64%) HTML5
9 10 (25.64%) CSS3
10 8 (20.51%) Visual Studio
11 7 (17.95%) XML
11 7 (17.95%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
12 6 (15.38%) Web Development
12 6 (15.38%) .NET Framework
12 6 (15.38%) VB.NET
13 5 (12.82%) TDD
13 5 (12.82%) XHTML
13 5 (12.82%) BDD
14 4 (10.26%) Team Foundation Server
14 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
14 4 (10.26%) Oracle
14 4 (10.26%) Finance
15 3 (7.692%) Subversion
15 3 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
15 3 (7.692%) ASP

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing jQuery also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited jQuery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 29 (74.36%) .NET
2 26 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 24 (61.54%) CSS
4 22 (56.41%) HTML
5 10 (25.64%) Ajax
5 10 (25.64%) WCF
5 10 (25.64%) HTML5
5 10 (25.64%) CSS3
6 7 (17.95%) XML
6 7 (17.95%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (15.38%) .NET Framework
8 5 (12.82%) XHTML
9 3 (7.692%) ASP
9 3 (7.692%) XSLT
9 3 (7.692%) Razor View Engine
10 2 (5.128%) AngularJS
10 2 (5.128%) ASP.NET MVC 2
10 2 (5.128%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 2 (5.128%) Node.js
10 2 (5.128%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.128%) Umbraco
2 1 (2.564%) CMS
2 1 (2.564%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.564%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.128%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (46.15%) SQL Server
2 6 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (5.128%) Redis
4 2 (5.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.564%) MySQL
5 1 (2.564%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 8 (20.51%) Visual Studio
2 4 (10.26%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (7.692%) Subversion
3 3 (7.692%) Git (software)
4 2 (5.128%) PhoneGap
4 2 (5.128%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (2.564%) Maven
5 1 (2.564%) Moq
General
1 4 (10.26%) Finance
2 3 (7.692%) Marketing
3 2 (5.128%) Back Office
4 1 (2.564%) Games
4 1 (2.564%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.564%) German Language
4 1 (2.564%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 35 (89.74%) Developer
2 14 (35.90%) .NET Developer
3 8 (20.51%) Programmer
4 7 (17.95%) C# Developer
5 6 (15.38%) Web Developer
5 6 (15.38%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (10.26%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (10.26%) JavaScript Developer
6 4 (10.26%) Front-End Developer
7 3 (7.692%) Senior Developer
7 3 (7.692%) .NET Web Developer
7 3 (7.692%) Software Programmer
7 3 (7.692%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (5.128%) Umbraco Developer
8 2 (5.128%) Analyst
8 2 (5.128%) Software Developer
8 2 (5.128%) Software Engineer
8 2 (5.128%) Senior Analyst Developer
8 2 (5.128%) SAP Consultant
8 2 (5.128%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Mobile App
1 2 (5.128%) Graphic Design
1 2 (5.128%) iPhone
1 2 (5.128%) Social Media
2 1 (2.564%) W3C
2 1 (2.564%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.128%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) MVC
2 6 (15.38%) Web Development
3 5 (12.82%) TDD
3 5 (12.82%) BDD
4 3 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (7.692%) Unit Testing
4 3 (7.692%) Release Management
5 2 (5.128%) Social Media Marketing
5 2 (5.128%) Web Application Development
5 2 (5.128%) PRINCE2
5 2 (5.128%) OO
5 2 (5.128%) PRINCE
6 1 (2.564%) Validation
6 1 (2.564%) SEO
6 1 (2.564%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.564%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.564%) OOD
6 1 (2.564%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 33 (84.62%) JavaScript
2 23 (58.97%) C#
3 10 (25.64%) SQL
4 6 (15.38%) VB.NET
5 3 (7.692%) Java
5 3 (7.692%) PL/SQL
6 2 (5.128%) ABAP
6 2 (5.128%) T-SQL
6 2 (5.128%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 2 (5.128%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
1 4 (10.26%) Oracle
2 2 (5.128%) Sencha
2 2 (5.128%) SAP
2 2 (5.128%) BT
3 1 (2.564%) Sitecore
3 1 (2.564%) Facebook
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will need; C# ASP.NET WCF SQL Server In addition to the above key skills you will also need JQuery, JavaScript and any exposure to transactional websites...
Executive Resource Group
Rate: From £300 to £315 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
The developer will use agile practises including pair programming, estimating, planning, design and TDD... The technical requirements of the Developer should possess a minimum of 5 years; Java,...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + DOE
Posted: 21 May 2013