The first table below looks at the demand for the JavaScript Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cambridge 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JavaScript Developer
Rank 32 38 35
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -3
Contract jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 6 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.905% 2.278% 0.360%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.091% 2.421% 0.368%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 0
Average daily rate £350 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+55.55% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £380
% change year-on-year
- -14.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +178.57%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
287 413 272
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 91.11% 94.08% 97.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 214 148
Average daily rate £350 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £160 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 75 40
Average hourly rate £37.50 £33.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.94% +109.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £49.70 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
JavaScript Developer
Cambridgeshire

JavaScript Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript Developer across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge JavaScript Developer Jobs Demand Trend

JavaScript Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge JavaScript Developer Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cambridge JavaScript Developer Daily Rate Histogram

JavaScript Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge JavaScript Developer Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript Developer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited JavaScript Developer in their job title 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 with JavaScript Developer in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (77.78%) CSS
3 5 (55.56%) jQuery
4 4 (44.44%) HTML5
4 4 (44.44%) HTML
4 4 (44.44%) OO
4 4 (44.44%) CSS3
4 4 (44.44%) WebGL
5 2 (22.22%) Java
5 2 (22.22%) Ruby
5 2 (22.22%) JSON
6 1 (11.11%) C++
6 1 (11.11%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (11.11%) Ajax
6 1 (11.11%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (11.11%) OpenGL
6 1 (11.11%) MVC
6 1 (11.11%) TDD
6 1 (11.11%) STB
6 1 (11.11%) Information Management
6 1 (11.11%) REST
6 1 (11.11%) Backbone.js
6 1 (11.11%) Sass
6 1 (11.11%) LESS
6 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 1 (11.11%) HTML5 Canvas

JavaScript Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited JavaScript Developer in their job title 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 with JavaScript Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (77.78%) CSS
2 5 (55.56%) jQuery
3 4 (44.44%) HTML5
3 4 (44.44%) HTML
3 4 (44.44%) CSS3
3 4 (44.44%) WebGL
4 2 (22.22%) JSON
5 1 (11.11%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (11.11%) OpenGL
5 1 (11.11%) Ajax
5 1 (11.11%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (11.11%) REST
5 1 (11.11%) Backbone.js
5 1 (11.11%) Sass
5 1 (11.11%) LESS
5 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
5 1 (11.11%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) STB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) OO
2 1 (11.11%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) TDD
2 1 (11.11%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (22.22%) Ruby
2 2 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) C++
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The client does not use jQuery or any other libraries as they are too slow on the STB. They have their own library which is written in OO...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013