City of London JavaScript Contracts

This section looks at the demand for JavaScript skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Altrincham Avon Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bootle Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carrickfergus Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Hove Hull Huntingdon Inverness Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton Abbot Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Romford Rugby Runcorn Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Wymondham York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	49	70
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	278	154
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.369 %	0.158 %
As % of the category below	7.842 %	4.731 %
Daily rates quoted	175	69
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£388
Average daily rate	£351	£412
% change on same period last year	-14.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£392	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£306	£290
% change on same period last year	+5.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.91	-
Average hourly rate	£29.14	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.36	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.69	£30.34
% change on same period last year	-2.13 %
Programming Languages City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	3545	3255
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.708 %	3.340 %
Daily rates quoted	2041	1543
Average minimum daily rate	£426	£471
Average daily rate	£466	£507
% change on same period last year	-8.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£507	£542
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	85	51
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.26	£24.96
Average hourly rate	£32.56	£27.37
% change on same period last year	+18.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.86	£29.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.33	£33.12
% change on same period last year	+0.61 %
JavaScript London

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 351 (61.58 %) CSS 2 345 (60.53 %) HTML 3 234 (41.05 %) .NET 4 223 (39.12 %) XML 5 196 (34.39 %) AJAX 6 189 (33.16 %) C# 7 188 (32.98 %) SQL 8 179 (31.40 %) ASP.NET 9 143 (25.09 %) SQL Server 10 130 (22.81 %) XHTML 11 112 (19.65 %) OO 12 110 (19.30 %) Java 13 102 (17.89 %) Finance 14 90 (15.79 %) Banking 14 90 (15.79 %) Web Development

15 85 (14.91 %) XSLT 16 80 (14.04 %) DHTML 17 71 (12.46 %) Oracle 18 69 (12.11 %) Flash 19 67 (11.75 %) ASP 19 67 (11.75 %) Investment Banking 19 67 (11.75 %) SQL Server 2005 20 66 (11.58 %) J2EE 21 61 (10.70 %) PHP 21 61 (10.70 %) Internet 22 57 (10.00 %) Photoshop 22 57 (10.00 %) WebServices 23 52 (9.123 %) MySQL 24 51 (8.947 %) SQL Server 2000 24 51 (8.947 %) CMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 1 351 (61.58 %) CSS 2 345 (60.53 %) HTML 3 234 (41.05 %) .NET 4 223 (39.12 %) XML 5 196 (34.39 %) AJAX 6 179 (31.40 %) ASP.NET 7 130 (22.81 %) XHTML 8 85 (14.91 %) XSLT 9 67 (11.75 %) ASP 10 66 (11.58 %) J2EE 11 57 (10.00 %) WebServices 12 47 (8.246 %) JSP 13 40 (7.018 %) ASP.NET 2.0 14 24 (4.211 %) Hibernate 15 21 (3.684 %) .NET Framework 16 18 (3.158 %) Spring 17 16 (2.807 %) Ruby on Rails 18 15 (2.632 %) SOAP 19 13 (2.281 %) Servlets 19 13 (2.281 %) DOM	Application Platforms 1 51 (8.947 %) CMS 2 38 (6.667 %) IIS 3 30 (5.263 %) WebLogic 4 27 (4.737 %) Apache 5 16 (2.807 %) SharePoint 6 14 (2.456 %) Tomcat 7 6 (1.053 %) Lotus Notes 7 6 (1.053 %) SharePoint Portal Server 8 5 (0.877 %) Lotus Domino 8 5 (0.877 %) JBoss 8 5 (0.877 %) ColdFusion 9 4 (0.702 %) TIBCO EMS 9 4 (0.702 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 4 (0.702 %) Content Management Server 10 3 (0.526 %) TeamSite 10 3 (0.526 %) Documentum 11 2 (0.351 %) MS Exchange 11 2 (0.351 %) BizTalk Server 11 2 (0.351 %) Commerce Server 11 2 (0.351 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 57 (10.00 %) Photoshop 2 11 (1.930 %) MS Office 3 10 (1.754 %) MS Excel 4 9 (1.579 %) MS Visio 5 6 (1.053 %) MS Project 5 6 (1.053 %) Fireworks 6 5 (0.877 %) Adobe Illustrator 7 4 (0.702 %) Paint Shop Pro 7 4 (0.702 %) Acrobat 8 2 (0.351 %) Open Workbench 8 2 (0.351 %) CA Clarity 9 1 (0.175 %) 3ds Max 9 1 (0.175 %) MS PowerPoint 9 1 (0.175 %) InfoPath 9 1 (0.175 %) RoboHelp 9 1 (0.175 %) Shockwave	Business Applications 1 3 (0.526 %) WebTrends 2 1 (0.175 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 61 (10.70 %) Internet 2 37 (6.491 %) Intranet 3 11 (1.930 %) HTTP 4 4 (0.702 %) DNS 5 3 (0.526 %) FTP 5 3 (0.526 %) Extranet 5 3 (0.526 %) Firewall 6 2 (0.351 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 143 (25.09 %) SQL Server 2 67 (11.75 %) SQL Server 2005 3 52 (9.123 %) MySQL 4 51 (8.947 %) SQL Server 2000 5 13 (2.281 %) Oracle 9i 5 13 (2.281 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 9 (1.579 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 9 (1.579 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 9 (1.579 %) SQL Server 7 6 9 (1.579 %) DTS 7 8 (1.404 %) Oracle 10g 7 8 (1.404 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 6 (1.053 %) RDBMS 8 6 (1.053 %) Datawarehouse 9 5 (0.877 %) BusinessObjects 10 4 (0.702 %) Oracle 8/8i 11 3 (0.526 %) DB2 11 3 (0.526 %) Crystal Reports 11 3 (0.526 %) TOAD 11 3 (0.526 %) DB2 UDB
Development Applications 1 69 (12.11 %) Flash 2 41 (7.193 %) Subversion 3 32 (5.614 %) Visual Studio 4 18 (3.158 %) Dreamweaver 5 10 (1.754 %) NUnit 6 9 (1.579 %) Eclipse 7 8 (1.404 %) Ant 8 7 (1.228 %) JUnit 8 7 (1.228 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 5 (0.877 %) PowerBuilder 9 5 (0.877 %) Selenium 10 4 (0.702 %) FrontPage 11 3 (0.526 %) FitNesse 12 2 (0.351 %) Cactus 12 2 (0.351 %) WATIR 12 2 (0.351 %) HttpUnit 12 2 (0.351 %) CruiseControl 12 2 (0.351 %) JMeter 12 2 (0.351 %) WinRunner 12 2 (0.351 %) TestDirector	General 1 102 (17.89 %) Finance 2 90 (15.79 %) Banking 3 67 (11.75 %) Investment Banking 4 33 (5.789 %) Front Office 5 18 (3.158 %) Marketing 6 14 (2.456 %) Insurance 7 11 (1.930 %) Publishing 8 9 (1.579 %) Games 9 8 (1.404 %) Financial Institution 10 7 (1.228 %) Construction 10 7 (1.228 %) Advertising 11 6 (1.053 %) Law 11 6 (1.053 %) Retail 11 6 (1.053 %) Multimedia 12 5 (0.877 %) Back Office 12 5 (0.877 %) Corporate Banking 13 3 (0.526 %) Music 13 3 (0.526 %) Interactive Media 13 3 (0.526 %) Telecoms 13 3 (0.526 %) Education
Job Titles 1 453 (79.47 %) Developer 2 144 (25.26 %) Web Developer 3 110 (19.30 %) .NET Developer 4 79 (13.86 %) C# Developer 5 60 (10.53 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 45 (7.895 %) Analyst 7 44 (7.719 %) Java Developer 8 36 (6.316 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 27 (4.737 %) Senior Developer 10 21 (3.684 %) Flash Developer 11 18 (3.158 %) Web Designer 12 17 (2.982 %) SQL Developer 12 17 (2.982 %) Support Analyst 12 17 (2.982 %) JavaScript Developer 13 16 (2.807 %) PHP Developer 13 16 (2.807 %) Perl Developer 14 15 (2.632 %) Web Analyst 15 14 (2.456 %) Programmer 16 13 (2.281 %) Analyst Developer 16 13 (2.281 %) Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 32 (5.614 %) W3C 2 25 (4.386 %) Fixed Income 3 23 (4.035 %) Mathematics 4 21 (3.684 %) Web 2.0 4 21 (3.684 %) Equities 5 19 (3.333 %) Derivative 6 17 (2.982 %) Computer Science 7 12 (2.105 %) Asset Management 8 10 (1.754 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 9 9 (1.579 %) N-Tier 10 7 (1.228 %) Multithreading 11 5 (0.877 %) Social Network 12 4 (0.702 %) Streaming Video 12 4 (0.702 %) Equity Derivative 13 3 (0.526 %) Statistics 13 3 (0.526 %) IPTV 13 3 (0.526 %) Interactive TV 14 2 (0.351 %) BBC 14 2 (0.351 %) NHS 14 2 (0.351 %) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems 1 44 (7.719 %) UNIX 2 40 (7.018 %) Windows 3 31 (5.439 %) Linux 4 11 (1.930 %) Solaris 5 6 (1.053 %) Windows NT 5 6 (1.053 %) Windows XP 6 4 (0.702 %) Windows 2000 7 3 (0.526 %) Windows Server 2003 8 1 (0.175 %) Mac OS X 8 1 (0.175 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 112 (19.65 %) OO 2 90 (15.79 %) Web Development 3 45 (7.895 %) Content Management 4 35 (6.140 %) E-Commerce 5 26 (4.561 %) Software Engineering 6 25 (4.386 %) OOP 7 19 (3.333 %) UML 7 19 (3.333 %) Project Management 7 19 (3.333 %) Agile Software Development 7 19 (3.333 %) TDD 8 18 (3.158 %) OOD 9 16 (2.807 %) Workflow 10 14 (2.456 %) Web Design 11 10 (1.754 %) SEO 12 8 (1.404 %) Scrum 13 7 (1.228 %) Risk Management 13 7 (1.228 %) CRM 13 7 (1.228 %) User Acceptance Testing 14 5 (0.877 %) Business Analysis 14 5 (0.877 %) PRINCE2
Programming Languages 1 189 (33.16 %) C# 2 188 (32.98 %) SQL 3 110 (19.30 %) Java 4 80 (14.04 %) DHTML 5 61 (10.70 %) PHP 6 47 (8.246 %) Perl 7 43 (7.544 %) Transact-SQL 8 36 (6.316 %) VB 9 33 (5.789 %) ActionScript 10 24 (4.211 %) VB.NET 11 23 (4.035 %) VBScript 12 20 (3.509 %) PL/SQL 13 19 (3.333 %) Ruby 14 16 (2.807 %) VB6 14 16 (2.807 %) C++ 14 16 (2.807 %) VBA 15 13 (2.281 %) Shell Script 16 9 (1.579 %) PHP5 17 5 (0.877 %) C 18 4 (0.702 %) Python	Qualifications 1 45 (7.895 %) Degree 2 9 (1.579 %) Microsoft Certification 3 3 (0.526 %) MCSE 4 2 (0.351 %) MCAD 4 2 (0.351 %) MCSD 4 2 (0.351 %) ISEB 5 1 (0.175 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (0.175 %) CCNA 5 1 (0.175 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (0.175 %) IBM Certification 5 1 (0.175 %) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (1.930 %) WAI 2 6 (1.053 %) QA 2 6 (1.053 %) WCAG	System Software 1 5 (0.877 %) MSMQ 2 1 (0.175 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 2 (0.351 %) MOM 2 1 (0.175 %) Netcool 2 1 (0.175 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 2 1 (0.175 %) AutoSys 2 1 (0.175 %) BMC PATROL 2 1 (0.175 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 71 (12.46 %) Oracle 2 36 (6.316 %) Microsoft 3 19 (3.333 %) Sybase 4 14 (2.456 %) Adobe 5 9 (1.579 %) RedDot 6 6 (1.053 %) Lotus 7 5 (0.877 %) TIBCO 7 5 (0.877 %) IBM 7 5 (0.877 %) Business Objects 8 4 (0.702 %) Sun 8 4 (0.702 %) Red Hat 9 3 (0.526 %) OpenTV 10 2 (0.351 %) Thunderhead 10 2 (0.351 %) Fujitsu 10 2 (0.351 %) Tridion 10 2 (0.351 %) Niku 10 2 (0.351 %) HP 10 2 (0.351 %) Intel 10 2 (0.351 %) BEA 10 2 (0.351 %) Actuate