The first table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 17 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 Programming Languages category for the Cardiff 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JavaScript
Rank 20 19 32
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +13
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 5 13 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 3.049% 5.909% 1.310%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.20% 24.07% 4.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 0
Average daily rate £238 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £311
% change year-on-year
- -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
All Programming Languages
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
41 54 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 25.00% 24.55% 32.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 34 40
Average daily rate £344 £275 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £175 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £412 £500 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
JavaScript
South Wales

JavaScript
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cardiff JavaScript Jobs Demand Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cardiff JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cardiff JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

1 6 (85.71%) HTML
1 6 (85.71%) CSS
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) jQuery
3 4 (57.14%) Ajax
3 4 (57.14%) .NET
3 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 4 (57.14%) XML
4 3 (42.86%) Web Services
4 3 (42.86%) SQL
4 3 (42.86%) C#
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle
4 3 (42.86%) CMS
5 2 (28.57%) MVC
5 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
5 2 (28.57%) Java
5 2 (28.57%) Perl
5 2 (28.57%) Windows
5 2 (28.57%) Apache
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) Middleware
5 2 (28.57%) CSS3
5 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
5 2 (28.57%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
6 1 (14.29%) Flash
6 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
6 1 (14.29%) OOD
6 1 (14.29%) SOA

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Application Development
1 6 (85.71%) HTML
1 6 (85.71%) CSS
2 5 (71.43%) jQuery
3 4 (57.14%) Ajax
3 4 (57.14%) .NET
3 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 4 (57.14%) XML
4 3 (42.86%) Web Services
5 2 (28.57%) CSS3
5 2 (28.57%) Middleware
5 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
6 1 (14.29%) JSON
6 1 (14.29%) WCF
6 1 (14.29%) WPF
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (14.29%) HTML5
6 1 (14.29%) Spring
6 1 (14.29%) Flash
6 1 (14.29%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) CMS
2 2 (28.57%) Apache
3 1 (14.29%) Kentico
3 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
3 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) C# Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Web Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Junior
4 1 (14.29%) Database Developer
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Web Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior C# Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# Web Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# Application Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
2 1 (14.29%) Web 2.0
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) MVC
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (14.29%) Content Management
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Web Development
2 1 (14.29%) OO
2 1 (14.29%) OOD
2 1 (14.29%) SOA
2 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) Perl
3 1 (14.29%) PHP
3 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
3 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
3 1 (14.29%) XAML
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft