The first table below looks at the demand for jQuery 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 jQuery over the 3 months to 20 June 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
jQuery
Rank 34 54 63
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +9
Contract jobs citing jQuery 29 7 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.149% 0.672% 0.686%
As % of the Application Development category 16.48% 5.932% 5.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 3
Average daily rate £300 £200 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -27.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £179 £160 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £320 £303
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £295
% change year-on-year
- +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £24.00 £16.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+18.64% -26.25%
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
176 118 180
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 19.11% 11.32% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 42 77
Average daily rate £325 £314 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.58% -10.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £368 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £24.00 £16.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -49.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
jQuery
Scotland

jQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh jQuery Jobs Demand Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing jQuery across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing jQuery across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Edinburgh jQuery Daily Rate Histogram

jQuery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh jQuery Hourly Rate Trend

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

1 43 (79.63%) JavaScript
2 37 (68.52%) HTML
2 37 (68.52%) CSS
3 18 (33.33%) MVC
4 17 (31.48%) C#
5 16 (29.63%) .NET
5 16 (29.63%) HTML5
6 15 (27.78%) CSS3
6 15 (27.78%) XML
7 14 (25.93%) ASP.NET
7 14 (25.93%) SQL Server
8 13 (24.07%) Java
9 12 (22.22%) SQL
9 12 (22.22%) Ajax
10 11 (20.37%) Finance
10 11 (20.37%) JSF
10 11 (20.37%) Web Services
11 10 (18.52%) PHP
11 10 (18.52%) WebSphere Application Server
11 10 (18.52%) Visual Studio
11 10 (18.52%) WebSphere
11 10 (18.52%) WebSphere Portal
12 9 (16.67%) Drupal
12 9 (16.67%) MySQL
13 8 (14.81%) Microsoft
13 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (14.81%) .NET Framework
14 7 (12.96%) SOAP
14 7 (12.96%) Photoshop
14 7 (12.96%) Mercurial

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Application Development
1 37 (68.52%) HTML
1 37 (68.52%) CSS
2 16 (29.63%) .NET
2 16 (29.63%) HTML5
3 15 (27.78%) CSS3
3 15 (27.78%) XML
4 14 (25.93%) ASP.NET
5 12 (22.22%) Ajax
6 11 (20.37%) JSF
6 11 (20.37%) Web Services
7 10 (18.52%) WebSphere
8 8 (14.81%) .NET Framework
9 7 (12.96%) SOAP
10 6 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 6 (11.11%) JSR 286
10 6 (11.11%) JSP
11 5 (9.259%) JSON
11 5 (9.259%) NHibernate
11 5 (9.259%) J2EE
11 5 (9.259%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 10 (18.52%) WebSphere Application Server
1 10 (18.52%) WebSphere Portal
2 9 (16.67%) Drupal
3 5 (9.259%) CMS
4 3 (5.556%) TeamSite
5 2 (3.704%) WebSphere Process Server
6 1 (1.852%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Photoshop
2 2 (3.704%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.407%) Google Analytics
1 4 (7.407%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.852%) Intranet
1 1 (1.852%) Internet
1 1 (1.852%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.93%) SQL Server
2 9 (16.67%) MySQL
3 2 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.704%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (18.52%) Visual Studio
2 7 (12.96%) Mercurial
3 6 (11.11%) Git (software)
4 5 (9.259%) Subversion
5 3 (5.556%) Eclipse
5 3 (5.556%) Rational Application Developer
6 1 (1.852%) NUnit
6 1 (1.852%) Maven
6 1 (1.852%) CruiseControl
6 1 (1.852%) JIRA
6 1 (1.852%) Ant
6 1 (1.852%) FogBugz
6 1 (1.852%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.852%) MSTest
General
1 11 (20.37%) Finance
2 4 (7.407%) Marketing
3 3 (5.556%) Banking
3 3 (5.556%) Financial Institution
4 2 (3.704%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.852%) Electronics
5 1 (1.852%) Publishing
5 1 (1.852%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (79.63%) Developer
2 12 (22.22%) Web Developer
3 10 (18.52%) .NET Developer
4 7 (12.96%) WebSphere Developer
5 6 (11.11%) Portal Developer
5 6 (11.11%) Front-End Developer
5 6 (11.11%) WebSphere Portal Developer
6 5 (9.259%) Architect
7 4 (7.407%) Consultant
8 3 (5.556%) .NET Web Developer
8 3 (5.556%) Programmer
8 3 (5.556%) Drupal Developer
9 2 (3.704%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (3.704%) PHP Drupal Developer
9 2 (3.704%) Front-End Web Developer
9 2 (3.704%) Salesforce.com Architect
9 2 (3.704%) Software Developer
9 2 (3.704%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.704%) Web Programmer
9 2 (3.704%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) W3C
2 5 (9.259%) Web 2.0
3 4 (7.407%) NHS
4 3 (5.556%) Graphic Design
4 3 (5.556%) Open Source
5 2 (3.704%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.852%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.852%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.852%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.852%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.852%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.556%) Windows
2 2 (3.704%) UNIX
3 1 (1.852%) Linux
3 1 (1.852%) Android
3 1 (1.852%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.852%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) MVC
2 6 (11.11%) Unit Testing
2 6 (11.11%) OO
2 6 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (11.11%) Web Design
3 5 (9.259%) Content Management
3 5 (9.259%) Web Development
4 4 (7.407%) Analytics
4 4 (7.407%) Service Management
4 4 (7.407%) Migration
5 3 (5.556%) TDD
5 3 (5.556%) Scrum
5 3 (5.556%) Project Management
5 3 (5.556%) Performance Improvement
5 3 (5.556%) Web Application Development
6 2 (3.704%) Information Architecture
6 2 (3.704%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (3.704%) OOP
6 2 (3.704%) CRM
6 2 (3.704%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 43 (79.63%) JavaScript
2 17 (31.48%) C#
3 13 (24.07%) Java
4 12 (22.22%) SQL
5 10 (18.52%) PHP
6 4 (7.407%) T-SQL
6 4 (7.407%) PHP5
7 3 (5.556%) Ruby
8 2 (3.704%) Apex Code
8 2 (3.704%) Python
8 2 (3.704%) C++
9 1 (1.852%) XPath
9 1 (1.852%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (9.259%) IBM Certification
3 1 (1.852%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) WAI
2 1 (1.852%) Section 508
Vendors
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) IBM
2 6 (11.11%) Google
3 4 (7.407%) Telerik
4 3 (5.556%) Zend
5 2 (3.704%) Twitter
5 2 (3.704%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (1.852%) Adobe
6 1 (1.852%) HP
6 1 (1.852%) Oracle
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