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The table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2737
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads3327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.029 %
As % of the category below11.38 %10.42 %
Daily rates quoted157
Average minimum daily rate£227£284
Average daily rate£252£313
% change on same period last year-19.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£277£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£286£293
% change on same period last year-2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£29.17
Average hourly rate-£35.92
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£42.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.33£29.11
% change on same period last year-12.96 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads290259
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.457 %0.278 %
Daily rates quoted7867
Average minimum daily rate£258£311
Average daily rate£283£335
% change on same period last year-15.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£332
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted7067
Average minimum hourly rate£32.14£32.95
Average hourly rate£33.21£37.03
% change on same period last year-10.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.28£41.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.21£32.89
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
JavaScript South WestJavaScript
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

JavaScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bristol JavaScript Demand Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JavaScript across the Bristol region.

Bristol JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Bristol JavaScript Daily Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript across the Bristol region.

Bristol JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing JavaScript 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 JavaScript.

145 (75.00 %)HTML
237 (61.67 %)CSS
331 (51.67 %)AJAX
420 (33.33 %)XHTML
518 (30.00 %)XML
518 (30.00 %).NET
518 (30.00 %)Agile Software Development
616 (26.67 %)DHTML
713 (21.67 %)Flash
713 (21.67 %)Web Development
812 (20.00 %)Oracle
812 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
911 (18.33 %)C#
1010 (16.67 %)WebLogic
1010 (16.67 %)ActionScript
1010 (16.67 %)JSP
119 (15.00 %)DOM
119 (15.00 %)Java
128 (13.33 %)XSL
128 (13.33 %)Microsoft
128 (13.33 %)Retail
128 (13.33 %)XPath
137 (11.67 %)JSTL
137 (11.67 %)Servlets
146 (10.00 %)SOAP
146 (10.00 %)XSLT
146 (10.00 %)Linux
146 (10.00 %)ASP
146 (10.00 %)JBoss
146 (10.00 %)JMS

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing JavaScript 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 JavaScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
145 (75.00 %)HTML
237 (61.67 %)CSS
331 (51.67 %)AJAX
420 (33.33 %)XHTML
518 (30.00 %)XML
518 (30.00 %).NET
612 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
710 (16.67 %)JSP
89 (15.00 %)DOM
98 (13.33 %)XSL
107 (11.67 %)Servlets
107 (11.67 %)JSTL
116 (10.00 %)ASP
116 (10.00 %)SOAP
116 (10.00 %)XSLT
116 (10.00 %)JMS
125 (8.333 %)WAP
125 (8.333 %)J2EE
133 (5.000 %)EJB
133 (5.000 %)Struts
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (16.67 %)WebLogic
26 (10.00 %)JBoss
33 (5.000 %)TeamSite
41 (1.667 %)IIS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (10.00 %)Photoshop
25 (8.333 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (3.333 %)ImageReady
32 (3.333 %)Fireworks
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (10.00 %)Internet
22 (3.333 %)Intranet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (8.333 %)Oracle 10g
22 (3.333 %)MySQL
22 (3.333 %)SQL Server
31 (1.667 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (1.667 %)Oracle 9i
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (21.67 %)Flash
23 (5.000 %)Selenium
32 (3.333 %)CruiseControl
32 (3.333 %)Ant
41 (1.667 %)Visual Studio
41 (1.667 %)Dreamweaver
41 (1.667 %)Visual Studio Team System
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (13.33 %)Retail
25 (8.333 %)Music
34 (6.667 %)Marketing
34 (6.667 %)Banking
43 (5.000 %)Retail Banking
52 (3.333 %)Back Office
61 (1.667 %)Government
61 (1.667 %)Games
61 (1.667 %)Animation
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
152 (86.67 %)Developer
219 (31.67 %)Web Developer
310 (16.67 %)Senior Developer
47 (11.67 %)Applications Developer
47 (11.67 %)Web Applications Developer
56 (10.00 %)Flash Developer
65 (8.333 %)ActionScript Developer
65 (8.333 %)Web Manager
65 (8.333 %).NET Developer
72 (3.333 %)Web Designer
72 (3.333 %)JavaScript Developer
72 (3.333 %)GUI Developer
72 (3.333 %).NET Web Developer
72 (3.333 %)HTML Developer
81 (1.667 %)Software Developer
81 (1.667 %)Java Web Developer
81 (1.667 %)Senior Web Developer
81 (1.667 %)ASP.NET Developer
81 (1.667 %)PHP Developer
81 (1.667 %)Programmer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (10.00 %)W3C
16 (10.00 %)Web 2.0
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (10.00 %)Linux
16 (10.00 %)Nucleus RTOS
16 (10.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (30.00 %)Agile Software Development
213 (21.67 %)Web Development
36 (10.00 %)Content Management
36 (10.00 %)B2C
36 (10.00 %)Workflow
45 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
54 (6.667 %)Scrum
63 (5.000 %)TDD
72 (3.333 %)Web Design
72 (3.333 %)Web Analytics
72 (3.333 %)Process Management
81 (1.667 %)Validation
81 (1.667 %)Business Intelligence
81 (1.667 %)OO
81 (1.667 %)CRM
81 (1.667 %)Internet Marketing
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (26.67 %)DHTML
211 (18.33 %)C#
310 (16.67 %)ActionScript
49 (15.00 %)Java
58 (13.33 %)XPath
66 (10.00 %)PHP
74 (6.667 %)SQL
83 (5.000 %)VBScript
92 (3.333 %)VB
101 (1.667 %)VB.NET
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (10.00 %)WAI
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (20.00 %)Oracle
28 (13.33 %)Microsoft
36 (10.00 %)Red Hat
36 (10.00 %)ATG
43 (5.000 %)Interwoven
43 (5.000 %)BEA
52 (3.333 %)TIBCO
52 (3.333 %)IBM
61 (1.667 %)Macromedia
61 (1.667 %)Infragistics
61 (1.667 %)telerik