The first table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 22 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 Edinburgh 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JavaScript
Rank 17 39 47
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +8
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 51 19 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 6.174% 1.721% 1.855%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.08% 9.453% 8.727%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 9 9
Average daily rate £264 £260 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £186 £174 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £330 £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £305
% change year-on-year
- -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
231 201 275
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 27.97% 18.21% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 81 107
Average daily rate £325 £320 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £233 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 2
Average hourly rate £12.71 £27.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.78% +30.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
JavaScript
Scotland

JavaScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh JavaScript Daily Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 62 (71.26%) CSS
2 46 (52.87%) HTML
2 46 (52.87%) jQuery
3 31 (35.63%) C#
3 31 (35.63%) .NET
4 27 (31.03%) HTML5
5 26 (29.89%) XML
6 22 (25.29%) Java
7 19 (21.84%) ASP.NET
8 18 (20.69%) Ajax
9 17 (19.54%) PHP
9 17 (19.54%) SQL Server
10 15 (17.24%) XHTML
11 14 (16.09%) Web Services
12 13 (14.94%) SQL
12 13 (14.94%) Web Application Development
13 12 (13.79%) MySQL
13 12 (13.79%) Visual Studio
13 12 (13.79%) MVC
14 11 (12.64%) Ruby
14 11 (12.64%) CSS3
14 11 (12.64%) Web Development
15 10 (11.49%) Drupal
15 10 (11.49%) OO
16 9 (10.34%) Photoshop
16 9 (10.34%) Content Management
16 9 (10.34%) CMS
17 8 (9.195%) Telerik
17 8 (9.195%) SQL Server 2008
18 7 (8.046%) JSON

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 62 (71.26%) CSS
2 46 (52.87%) HTML
2 46 (52.87%) jQuery
3 31 (35.63%) .NET
4 27 (31.03%) HTML5
5 26 (29.89%) XML
6 19 (21.84%) ASP.NET
7 18 (20.69%) Ajax
8 15 (17.24%) XHTML
9 14 (16.09%) Web Services
10 11 (12.64%) CSS3
11 7 (8.046%) JSON
12 6 (6.897%) XSLT
13 5 (5.747%) Highcharts JS
13 5 (5.747%) ASP.NET MVC
13 5 (5.747%) .NET Framework
13 5 (5.747%) JSF
14 4 (4.598%) Flash
14 4 (4.598%) XSL
14 4 (4.598%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 10 (11.49%) Drupal
2 9 (10.34%) CMS
3 5 (5.747%) Apache
4 4 (4.598%) Sitefinity
5 3 (3.448%) WebSphere Portal
5 3 (3.448%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (2.299%) TeamSite
7 1 (1.149%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.149%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (1.149%) LiveCycle
7 1 (1.149%) IIS
7 1 (1.149%) MTS
7 1 (1.149%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (10.34%) Photoshop
2 5 (5.747%) Gephi
3 1 (1.149%) PaintShop Pro
Business Applications
1 4 (4.598%) WebTrends
1 4 (4.598%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.897%) Intranet
2 1 (1.149%) SMS
2 1 (1.149%) HTTP
2 1 (1.149%) Internet
2 1 (1.149%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.54%) SQL Server
2 12 (13.79%) MySQL
3 8 (9.195%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (5.747%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.299%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.299%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.149%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.149%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.149%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 12 (13.79%) Visual Studio
2 7 (8.046%) Subversion
3 4 (4.598%) Eclipse
3 4 (4.598%) Mercurial
4 3 (3.448%) Rational Application Developer
5 2 (2.299%) JUnit
5 2 (2.299%) Maven
5 2 (2.299%) Git (software)
5 2 (2.299%) Selenium
6 1 (1.149%) RSpec
6 1 (1.149%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.149%) Eclipse RCP
6 1 (1.149%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.149%) FogBugz
6 1 (1.149%) JIRA
6 1 (1.149%) FitNesse
6 1 (1.149%) CruiseControl
6 1 (1.149%) Ant
6 1 (1.149%) Dreamweaver
General
1 6 (6.897%) Finance
2 5 (5.747%) Marketing
3 2 (2.299%) Financial Institution
3 2 (2.299%) Banking
4 1 (1.149%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (1.149%) Retail
4 1 (1.149%) Legal
4 1 (1.149%) Advertising
4 1 (1.149%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 71 (81.61%) Developer
2 18 (20.69%) .NET Developer
3 14 (16.09%) Web Developer
4 8 (9.195%) Front-End Developer
5 7 (8.046%) Programmer
6 5 (5.747%) Designer
6 5 (5.747%) C# Developer
6 5 (5.747%) Consultant
6 5 (5.747%) Software Developer
7 4 (4.598%) Lead Developer
7 4 (4.598%) Java Developer
7 4 (4.598%) C++ Programmer
7 4 (4.598%) Drupal Developer
8 3 (3.448%) C# .NET Developer
8 3 (3.448%) WebSphere Portal Developer
8 3 (3.448%) Portal Developer
8 3 (3.448%) PHP Developer
8 3 (3.448%) WebSphere Developer
8 3 (3.448%) Architect
9 2 (2.299%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.046%) W3C
2 5 (5.747%) Web 2.0
2 5 (5.747%) Visualisation
3 4 (4.598%) NHS
3 4 (4.598%) Open Source
4 3 (3.448%) Social Media
4 3 (3.448%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.299%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.299%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.299%) Mathematics
5 2 (2.299%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.149%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.149%) Blog
6 1 (1.149%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.897%) Windows
2 4 (4.598%) Linux
3 2 (2.299%) UNIX
3 2 (2.299%) Android
4 1 (1.149%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (14.94%) Web Application Development
2 12 (13.79%) MVC
3 11 (12.64%) Web Development
4 10 (11.49%) OO
5 9 (10.34%) Content Management
6 7 (8.046%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (8.046%) TDD
7 6 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (6.897%) Web Design
7 6 (6.897%) Analytics
8 5 (5.747%) Data Visualisation
8 5 (5.747%) Statistical Analysis
8 5 (5.747%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (5.747%) Data Analysis
9 4 (4.598%) Service Management
9 4 (4.598%) Migration
10 3 (3.448%) Performance Improvement
10 3 (3.448%) Software Engineering
10 3 (3.448%) Scrum
10 3 (3.448%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (35.63%) C#
2 22 (25.29%) Java
3 17 (19.54%) PHP
4 13 (14.94%) SQL
5 11 (12.64%) Ruby
6 6 (6.897%) PL/SQL
7 4 (4.598%) VB
7 4 (4.598%) C++
8 3 (3.448%) PHP5
9 2 (2.299%) Python
9 2 (2.299%) Apex Code
9 2 (2.299%) XPath
10 1 (1.149%) CoffeeScript
10 1 (1.149%) Scala
10 1 (1.149%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 4 (4.598%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (4.598%) Degree
2 3 (3.448%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.897%) WAI
2 2 (2.299%) WCAG
3 1 (1.149%) Section 508
Vendors
1 8 (9.195%) Telerik
2 7 (8.046%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.897%) Google
4 3 (3.448%) Zend
4 3 (3.448%) Oracle
4 3 (3.448%) IBM
4 3 (3.448%) Adobe
5 2 (2.299%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (2.299%) Twitter
6 1 (1.149%) JBoss
6 1 (1.149%) HP
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Required. - Advanced HTML / HTML5. - Advanced CSS (responsive design, etc.) - Basic JavaScript - Coding (jQuery) Desirable. - Advanced JavaScript. - Version control (SVN or GIT) - XML/XSL.
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will be involved in integrating applications into their new Content Management System, Telerik Sitefinity. You should have good experience with; - C#, ASP.NET- HTML- Javascript- CSS The...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will be involved in integrating applications into their Content Management System, Telerik Sitefinity.You should have good experience with;- ASP.NET, C#- HTML- Javascript- CSSHighly desirable;- experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £240.00 - £270.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
JSF 1.2... JSP... Experience of JavaScript frameworks such as DOJO and jQuery. Knowledge of WebSphere Portal Administration (preferably candidates will be IBM certified). Experience of IBM Web...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013