The first table below looks at the demand for Backbone.js skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Backbone.js 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 Application Development category for the England 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
Backbone.js
Rank 401 536 561
Rank change year-on-year
+135 +25
Contract jobs citing Backbone.js 113 34 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.268% 0.063% 0.005%
As % of the Application Development category 0.986% 0.239% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 31 2
Average daily rate £375 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £290 -
% change year-on-year
+1.72% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 - -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11460 14244 15606
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.15% 26.26% 28.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7340 8537 9258
Average daily rate £375 £353 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% -11.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 373 551
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.45 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.35 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Backbone.js
UK

Backbone.js
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Backbone.js Jobs Demand Trend

Backbone.js
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Backbone.js Daily Rate Trend

Backbone.js
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Backbone.js Daily Rate Histogram

Backbone.js
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Backbone.js Hourly Rate Trend

Backbone.js
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backbone.js within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +90 84 £400 +14.28%
South East +26 15 £290 +2.65%
North West +8 4 £263 -19.23%
East of England - 3 £375 -
South West - 3 £300 -
West Midlands - 2 £338 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Backbone.js
UK

Backbone.js
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Backbone.js 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 Backbone.js.

1 203 (91.86%) JavaScript
2 179 (81.00%) CSS
3 176 (79.64%) HTML5
4 156 (70.59%) jQuery
5 141 (63.80%) CSS3
6 114 (51.58%) HTML
7 104 (47.06%) OO
8 74 (33.48%) TDD
9 73 (33.03%) Node.js
10 53 (23.98%) Agile Software Development
11 52 (23.53%) MVC
12 51 (23.08%) KnockoutJS
13 46 (20.81%) BDD
14 43 (19.46%) .NET
15 42 (19.00%) Ajax
16 40 (18.10%) ASP.NET
17 38 (17.19%) Scrum
18 36 (16.29%) C#
19 30 (13.57%) AngularJS
20 28 (12.67%) Apple iOS
20 28 (12.67%) Android
21 27 (12.22%) ASP.NET MVC
21 27 (12.22%) Jasmine
22 26 (11.76%) Underscore.js
22 26 (11.76%) Git (software)
22 26 (11.76%) JSON
23 24 (10.86%) XML
24 23 (10.41%) Social Media
25 22 (9.955%) Google
25 22 (9.955%) .NET Framework

Backbone.js
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Backbone.js 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 Backbone.js. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 179 (81.00%) CSS
2 176 (79.64%) HTML5
3 156 (70.59%) jQuery
4 141 (63.80%) CSS3
5 114 (51.58%) HTML
6 73 (33.03%) Node.js
7 51 (23.08%) KnockoutJS
8 43 (19.46%) .NET
9 42 (19.00%) Ajax
10 40 (18.10%) ASP.NET
11 30 (13.57%) AngularJS
12 27 (12.22%) ASP.NET MVC
13 26 (11.76%) Underscore.js
13 26 (11.76%) JSON
14 24 (10.86%) XML
15 22 (9.955%) .NET Framework
16 20 (9.050%) XHTML
17 16 (7.240%) HTML5 Canvas
17 16 (7.240%) Razor View Engine
17 16 (7.240%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 12 (5.430%) CMS
2 6 (2.715%) Umbraco
3 5 (2.262%) Kentico
3 5 (2.262%) Sitefinity
4 3 (1.357%) Drupal
4 3 (1.357%) ESB
5 2 (0.905%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.452%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.452%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.452%) Amazon AWS
6 1 (0.452%) Confluence
6 1 (0.452%) WordPress
6 1 (0.452%) IIS
6 1 (0.452%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (6.787%) Photoshop
2 7 (3.167%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.357%) Google Apps
4 2 (0.905%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.905%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (0.905%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.072%) Intranet
2 3 (1.357%) HTTP
3 2 (0.905%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.145%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.072%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (3.620%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (3.167%) MySQL
5 6 (2.715%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.905%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.452%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.452%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.452%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.452%) Big Data
7 1 (0.452%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (12.22%) Jasmine
2 26 (11.76%) Git (software)
3 11 (4.977%) Subversion
4 8 (3.620%) Visual Studio
4 8 (3.620%) Jenkins
5 7 (3.167%) JSUnit
5 7 (3.167%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (2.715%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.262%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.262%) Rhino Mocks
7 5 (2.262%) Moq
7 5 (2.262%) QUnit
7 5 (2.262%) ReSharper
7 5 (2.262%) JUnit
7 5 (2.262%) MSI
8 4 (1.810%) PhoneGap
8 4 (1.810%) PHPUnit
9 3 (1.357%) Behat
10 2 (0.905%) NetAdvantage
10 2 (0.905%) JIRA
General
1 21 (9.502%) Banking
2 17 (7.692%) Publishing
2 17 (7.692%) Finance
3 14 (6.335%) Investment Banking
4 13 (5.882%) Front Office
5 11 (4.977%) Retail
6 8 (3.620%) Legal
7 7 (3.167%) Games
8 3 (1.357%) Marketing
8 3 (1.357%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.905%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 208 (94.12%) Developer
2 72 (32.58%) Front-End Developer
3 62 (28.05%) Web Developer
4 56 (25.34%) JavaScript Developer
5 20 (9.050%) Senior Developer
6 16 (7.240%) .NET Developer
7 12 (5.430%) UI Programmer
7 12 (5.430%) UI Developer
8 9 (4.072%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 9 (4.072%) C# Developer
9 8 (3.620%) Front-End Web Developer
9 8 (3.620%) Mobile Developer
10 7 (3.167%) Senior Web Developer
11 6 (2.715%) HTML Developer
11 6 (2.715%) C# .NET Developer
12 4 (1.810%) Lead Developer
12 4 (1.810%) Software Developer
12 4 (1.810%) PHP Developer
12 4 (1.810%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 3 (1.357%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.41%) Social Media
2 14 (6.335%) Social Network
3 12 (5.430%) Open Source
4 8 (3.620%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.167%) Inversion of Control
6 5 (2.262%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.810%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.905%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.905%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.905%) New Media
8 2 (0.905%) iPhone
8 2 (0.905%) iPad
9 1 (0.452%) Heroku
9 1 (0.452%) Semantic Web
9 1 (0.452%) Online Games
9 1 (0.452%) Mobile Games
9 1 (0.452%) Physics
9 1 (0.452%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.452%) Animation
9 1 (0.452%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.67%) Apple iOS
1 28 (12.67%) Android
2 7 (3.167%) Windows
3 2 (0.905%) Windows Phone
4 1 (0.452%) CentOS
4 1 (0.452%) Linux
4 1 (0.452%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (47.06%) OO
2 74 (33.48%) TDD
3 53 (23.98%) Agile Software Development
4 52 (23.53%) MVC
5 46 (20.81%) BDD
6 38 (17.19%) Scrum
7 18 (8.145%) Web Development
8 14 (6.335%) Unit Testing
9 11 (4.977%) OOP
9 11 (4.977%) CQRS
10 10 (4.525%) Continuous Integration
11 9 (4.072%) E-Commerce
12 8 (3.620%) Kanban
13 6 (2.715%) Software Engineering
14 5 (2.262%) Test Automation
14 5 (2.262%) Pair Programming
15 4 (1.810%) OOD
15 4 (1.810%) SOA
15 4 (1.810%) Content Management
15 4 (1.810%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 203 (91.86%) JavaScript
2 36 (16.29%) C#
3 19 (8.597%) PHP
4 12 (5.430%) Python
5 11 (4.977%) SQL
6 9 (4.072%) Java
7 7 (3.167%) Ruby
7 7 (3.167%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.810%) PHP5
9 3 (1.357%) CoffeeScript
10 2 (0.905%) C
11 1 (0.452%) Scala
11 1 (0.452%) ActionScript 3.0
11 1 (0.452%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.452%) Groovy
11 1 (0.452%) XPath
11 1 (0.452%) PowerHouse
11 1 (0.452%) XQuery
11 1 (0.452%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.452%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 18 (8.145%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.357%) QA
Vendors
1 22 (9.955%) Google
2 17 (7.692%) Facebook
3 10 (4.525%) Zend
4 7 (3.167%) Twitter
4 7 (3.167%) Microsoft
4 7 (3.167%) Adobe
5 3 (1.357%) Sencha
6 2 (0.905%) JBoss
6 2 (0.905%) Oracle
6 2 (0.905%) Infragistics
6 2 (0.905%) Appcelerator
6 2 (0.905%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.452%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.452%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.452%) Sybase
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