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

LinkjQuery
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank121-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.274 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£200-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£273
% change on same period last year+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.83-
% change on same period last year-
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads7291292
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.148 %1.384 %
Daily rates quoted219390
Average minimum daily rate£300£294
Average daily rate£322£313
% change on same period last year+2.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted57129
Average minimum hourly rate£31.38£30.69
Average hourly rate£32.65£32.39
% change on same period last year+0.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.91£34.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
jQuery EnglandjQuery
England

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.

jQuery
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing jQuery across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England jQuery Demand Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing jQuery across the East of England region.

East of England jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing jQuery within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EssexNew entry-2£200-
jQuery EnglandjQuery
England

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing jQuery 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 jQuery.

110 (100.00 %)CSS
110 (100.00 %)XML
29 (90.00 %)AJAX
38 (80.00 %)XHTML
38 (80.00 %)HTML
47 (70.00 %)Flash
56 (60.00 %)JavaScript
63 (30.00 %)Java
63 (30.00 %)J2EE
63 (30.00 %)Telecoms
72 (20.00 %)Web Design
72 (20.00 %)Graphic Design
72 (20.00 %)ActionScript
72 (20.00 %)MooTools
72 (20.00 %)Social Network
72 (20.00 %)Adobe
81 (10.00 %)LINQ
81 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
81 (10.00 %)Sitecore CMS
81 (10.00 %)Sitecore
81 (10.00 %).NET
81 (10.00 %)C#
81 (10.00 %)XSLT
81 (10.00 %)UNIX
81 (10.00 %)MySQL
81 (10.00 %)SQL Server
81 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
81 (10.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (10.00 %)ASP
81 (10.00 %)ASP.NET

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing jQuery 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 jQuery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (100.00 %)CSS
110 (100.00 %)XML
29 (90.00 %)AJAX
38 (80.00 %)HTML
38 (80.00 %)XHTML
43 (30.00 %)J2EE
52 (20.00 %)MooTools
61 (10.00 %)ASP
61 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
61 (10.00 %).NET
61 (10.00 %)Dojo
61 (10.00 %)LINQ
61 (10.00 %)XSLT
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)CMS
11 (10.00 %)Sitecore CMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)MySQL
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (70.00 %)Flash
21 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (10.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Telecoms
22 (20.00 %)Graphic Design
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Developer
25 (50.00 %)UI Developer
33 (30.00 %)Interface Designer
42 (20.00 %)Web Developer
42 (20.00 %)Lead Developer
42 (20.00 %)Web Designer
42 (20.00 %)Graphic Designer
42 (20.00 %)UI Designer
51 (10.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (10.00 %)PHP Developer
51 (10.00 %).NET Web Developer
51 (10.00 %).NET Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Social Network
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)UNIX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Web Design
21 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (10.00 %)Scrum
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)JavaScript
23 (30.00 %)Java
32 (20.00 %)ActionScript
41 (10.00 %)C#
41 (10.00 %)PHP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)QA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Adobe
21 (10.00 %)Sitecore
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft