The first table below looks at the demand for ECMAScript 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 ECMAScript over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ECMAScript
Rank - 557 572
Contract jobs citing ECMAScript 0 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England - 0.009% 0.002%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.026% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £588 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
15538 18950 21870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 37.42% 35.49% 38.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9802 11431 12902
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 687 886
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £17.50 £19.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.70 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
ECMAScript
UK

ECMAScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England ECMAScript Jobs Demand Trend

ECMAScript
Daily Rate Trend

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

England ECMAScript Daily Rate Trend

ECMAScript
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ECMAScript 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 ECMAScript.

1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Git (software)

ECMAScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ECMAScript 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 ECMAScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
London
1-2 years) or ECMAScript - Actionscript - C# (Knowledge of) - Video Streaming - Previous experience in Application development - Source code like; SVN, GIT, Clear case, Perforce Desirables: - Python - C ++, Java,...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £220 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The project is a JavaScript and UI based and you will be within a team of C/ C++ engineers. Key Skills: - Javascript (Min. 1-2 years) or ECMAScript -...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £150 - £180 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013