Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Edinburgh region.

 JavaScript
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank282834
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+6
Matching contract IT job ads341523
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh3.859 %2.879 %2.798 %
As % of the Programming Languages category13.28 %11.54 %10.60 %
Daily rates quoted1055
Average daily rate£171£150£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.16 %-57.14 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£148£141£329
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£269£195£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£250£300
% change year-on-year
--16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted301
Average hourly rate£22.50-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£20.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00 %-33.33 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
256130217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh29.06 %24.95 %26.40 %
Daily rates quoted883133
Average daily rate£281£300£324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.250 %-7.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£167£150£231
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£413£500£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted1361
Average hourly rate£15.00£22.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33 %+12.50 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %-10.00 %
JavaScript ScotlandJavaScript
Scotland

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.

JavaScript
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh JavaScript Demand Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Edinburgh JavaScript Daily Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Edinburgh JavaScript Hourly Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, 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.

145 (58.44 %)CSS
243 (55.84 %)HTML
337 (48.05 %)SQL
337 (48.05 %)Oracle
436 (46.75 %)XML
523 (29.87 %)Web Development
523 (29.87 %)jQuery
622 (28.57 %).NET
718 (23.38 %)C#
718 (23.38 %)CMS
816 (20.78 %)Government
914 (18.18 %)Finance
914 (18.18 %)MySQL
914 (18.18 %)Java
914 (18.18 %)ASP.NET
1013 (16.88 %)Internet
1112 (15.58 %)Web Services
1112 (15.58 %)Intranet
1112 (15.58 %)Dojo
1211 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
1310 (12.99 %)ArcSDE
1310 (12.99 %)Oracle Spatial
1310 (12.99 %)GIS
1310 (12.99 %)ESRI
1310 (12.99 %)ArcIMS
1310 (12.99 %)Python
1310 (12.99 %)Oracle 9i
1310 (12.99 %)Dreamweaver
1310 (12.99 %)Photoshop
149 (11.69 %)J2EE

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
145 (58.44 %)CSS
243 (55.84 %)HTML
336 (46.75 %)XML
423 (29.87 %)jQuery
522 (28.57 %).NET
614 (18.18 %)ASP.NET
712 (15.58 %)Web Services
712 (15.58 %)Dojo
89 (11.69 %)J2EE
89 (11.69 %)MVC
98 (10.39 %)WebSphere
98 (10.39 %)AJAX
98 (10.39 %).NET Framework
107 (9.091 %)ArcObjects
116 (7.792 %)XHTML
116 (7.792 %)ASP.NET MVC
125 (6.494 %)Flash
125 (6.494 %)XSLT
125 (6.494 %)ASP
133 (3.896 %)JSP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (23.38 %)CMS
210 (12.99 %)ArcSDE
210 (12.99 %)Oracle Spatial
210 (12.99 %)ArcIMS
34 (5.195 %)Joomla!
34 (5.195 %)WebSphere Portal
42 (2.597 %)Tomcat
42 (2.597 %)Apache
42 (2.597 %)IIS
42 (2.597 %)Drupal
51 (1.299 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (1.299 %)MS Exchange
51 (1.299 %)MTS
51 (1.299 %)ColdFusion
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (12.99 %)Photoshop
23 (3.896 %)MS Office
31 (1.299 %)MS Project
31 (1.299 %)MS Excel
31 (1.299 %)MS Visio
31 (1.299 %)Fireworks
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.299 %)Google Analytics
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (16.88 %)Internet
212 (15.58 %)Intranet
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (18.18 %)MySQL
211 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
310 (12.99 %)GIS
310 (12.99 %)Oracle 9i
42 (2.597 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (2.597 %)Oracle Reports
42 (2.597 %)TOAD
42 (2.597 %)SQL Server
51 (1.299 %)BusinessObjects XI
51 (1.299 %)Oracle BI EE
51 (1.299 %)Oracle Discoverer
51 (1.299 %)RDBMS
51 (1.299 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (1.299 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (1.299 %)BusinessObjects
51 (1.299 %)Oracle OWB
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (12.99 %)Dreamweaver
28 (10.39 %)FrontPage
28 (10.39 %)Visual Studio
35 (6.494 %)ReSharper
42 (2.597 %)Oracle Forms
42 (2.597 %)Eclipse
42 (2.597 %)Ant
42 (2.597 %)Selenium
42 (2.597 %)Oracle APEX
51 (1.299 %)JUnit
51 (1.299 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (1.299 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
51 (1.299 %)CruiseControl
51 (1.299 %)NUnit
51 (1.299 %)JMeter
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (20.78 %)Government
214 (18.18 %)Finance
34 (5.195 %)Pensions
43 (3.896 %)Banking
43 (3.896 %)Publishing
51 (1.299 %)Retail Banking
51 (1.299 %)Marketing
51 (1.299 %)Retail
51 (1.299 %)Games
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
162 (80.52 %)Developer
231 (40.26 %)Web Developer
311 (14.29 %)Designer
311 (14.29 %)Web Designer
410 (12.99 %)GIS Developer
58 (10.39 %)C# Developer
63 (3.896 %)Java Developer
72 (2.597 %)Oracle Developer
72 (2.597 %).NET Developer
72 (2.597 %)PHP Developer
72 (2.597 %)WebSphere Developer
72 (2.597 %)Portal Developer
72 (2.597 %)WebSphere Portal Developer
72 (2.597 %)Front-End Developer
72 (2.597 %)Front-End Web Developer
81 (1.299 %)UI Designer
81 (1.299 %)UI Developer
81 (1.299 %)CMS Developer
81 (1.299 %)Web Marketing Manager
81 (1.299 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (3.896 %)W3C
21 (1.299 %)RIA
21 (1.299 %)N-Tier
21 (1.299 %)Web 2.0
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (3.896 %)Windows
21 (1.299 %)Windows XP
21 (1.299 %)UNIX
21 (1.299 %)Solaris
21 (1.299 %)Linux
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (29.87 %)Web Development
27 (9.091 %)OO
27 (9.091 %)E-business
36 (7.792 %)Web Design
36 (7.792 %)Content Management
42 (2.597 %)RAD
51 (1.299 %)WFM
51 (1.299 %)Product Management
51 (1.299 %)Business Intelligence
51 (1.299 %)E-Commerce
51 (1.299 %)OOP
51 (1.299 %)Agile Software Development
51 (1.299 %)TDD
51 (1.299 %)Service Delivery
51 (1.299 %)Scrum
51 (1.299 %)Extreme Programming
51 (1.299 %)Migration
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
137 (48.05 %)SQL
218 (23.38 %)C#
314 (18.18 %)Java
410 (12.99 %)Python
58 (10.39 %)PHP
64 (5.195 %)C
73 (3.896 %)PL/SQL
82 (2.597 %)T-SQL
82 (2.597 %)VBScript
82 (2.597 %)VB.NET
91 (1.299 %)PHP5
91 (1.299 %)ActionScript 3.0
91 (1.299 %)ActionScript
91 (1.299 %)VBA
91 (1.299 %)COBOL
91 (1.299 %)VB
91 (1.299 %)Ruby
91 (1.299 %)VB6
91 (1.299 %)XAML
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (2.597 %)Degree
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
137 (48.05 %)Oracle
210 (12.99 %)ESRI
35 (6.494 %)IBM
42 (2.597 %)Microsoft
51 (1.299 %)Business Objects
51 (1.299 %)Google
51 (1.299 %)Adobe