The first table below looks at the demand for Backbone.js skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Backbone.js 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 Application Development category for the City of London 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
Backbone.js
Rank 183 211 244
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +33
Contract jobs citing Backbone.js 18 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.286% 0.026% 0.020%
As % of the Application Development category 1.002% 0.103% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 1
Average daily rate £400 £488 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.94% +62.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £290 -
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 - -
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1796 1946 2721
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.53% 25.01% 27.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1418 1430 2105
Average daily rate £410 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.52% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 27 21
Average hourly rate £41.75 £25.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+67.00% -44.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £125.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Backbone.js
London

Backbone.js
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Backbone.js Jobs Demand Trend

Backbone.js
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Backbone.js across the City of London region.

City of London Backbone.js Daily Rate Trend

Backbone.js
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Backbone.js across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Backbone.js Daily Rate Histogram

Backbone.js
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Backbone.js 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 Backbone.js.

1 24 (88.89%) JavaScript
2 22 (81.48%) HTML5
3 21 (77.78%) jQuery
4 19 (70.37%) CSS
5 16 (59.26%) Node.js
6 15 (55.56%) CSS3
7 11 (40.74%) OO
8 9 (33.33%) HTML
8 9 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (33.33%) Retail
9 7 (25.93%) TDD
9 7 (25.93%) BDD
10 6 (22.22%) Ajax
11 5 (18.52%) JSON
11 5 (18.52%) Git (software)
11 5 (18.52%) KnockoutJS
11 5 (18.52%) Underscore.js
11 5 (18.52%) Jenkins
12 4 (14.81%) Cucumber
12 4 (14.81%) Ext JS
12 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
12 4 (14.81%) Scrum
12 4 (14.81%) PHP
12 4 (14.81%) Finance
12 4 (14.81%) E-Commerce
12 4 (14.81%) OOD
13 3 (11.11%) MVC
13 3 (11.11%) C#
13 3 (11.11%) .NET
13 3 (11.11%) Visual Studio

Backbone.js
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Backbone.js 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 Backbone.js. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (81.48%) HTML5
2 21 (77.78%) jQuery
3 19 (70.37%) CSS
4 16 (59.26%) Node.js
5 15 (55.56%) CSS3
6 9 (33.33%) HTML
7 6 (22.22%) Ajax
8 5 (18.52%) JSON
8 5 (18.52%) KnockoutJS
8 5 (18.52%) Underscore.js
9 4 (14.81%) Ext JS
10 3 (11.11%) .NET
10 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
10 3 (11.11%) XML
10 3 (11.11%) AngularJS
10 3 (11.11%) .NET Framework
10 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (7.407%) StructureMap
11 2 (7.407%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 2 (7.407%) Ninject
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) Drupal
2 1 (3.704%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Git (software)
1 5 (18.52%) Jenkins
2 4 (14.81%) Cucumber
3 3 (11.11%) Visual Studio
4 2 (7.407%) Jasmine
5 1 (3.704%) JUnit
5 1 (3.704%) Subversion
5 1 (3.704%) QUnit
General
1 9 (33.33%) Retail
2 4 (14.81%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Investment Banking
3 3 (11.11%) Games
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (7.407%) Publishing
5 1 (3.704%) Front Office
5 1 (3.704%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (100.00%) Developer
2 15 (55.56%) Front-End Developer
3 12 (44.44%) JavaScript Developer
4 4 (14.81%) UI Programmer
4 4 (14.81%) UI Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Senior JavaScript Developer
5 2 (7.407%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 2 (7.407%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Web Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Senior Developer
5 2 (7.407%) C# Developer
5 2 (7.407%) C# Web Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Python Developer
6 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) PHP Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Lead Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Games Developer
6 1 (3.704%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) Inversion of Control
1 2 (7.407%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.704%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.704%) Animation
2 1 (3.704%) Physics
2 1 (3.704%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) OO
2 9 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (25.93%) TDD
3 7 (25.93%) BDD
4 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
4 4 (14.81%) E-Commerce
4 4 (14.81%) OOD
4 4 (14.81%) Scrum
5 3 (11.11%) MVC
5 3 (11.11%) Web Development
5 3 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (7.407%) Web Testing
6 2 (7.407%) MVVM
7 1 (3.704%) Game Development
7 1 (3.704%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.704%) Kanban
7 1 (3.704%) Test Automation
7 1 (3.704%) Release Management
7 1 (3.704%) Pair Programming
7 1 (3.704%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (88.89%) JavaScript
2 4 (14.81%) PHP
3 3 (11.11%) C#
3 3 (11.11%) Ruby
4 1 (3.704%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.704%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.704%) Adobe
1 1 (3.704%) Zend
City of London
My client is a major digital agencey based in East London, seeking a JavaScript Developer for an initial 3 month contract with a view for extension offering up...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
My client is a major digital agency based in East London, seeking a JavaScript Developer for an initial 3 month contract with a view for extension offering up...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
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Senitor Associates
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
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City of London
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Rate: £440 - £580 per day
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