The first table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 17 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 Essex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JavaScript
Rank 12 26 21
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -5
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 41 20 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 10.07% 4.878% 7.848%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.26% 15.27% 24.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 6 14
Average daily rate £215 £213 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -39.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £174 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £288 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £311
% change year-on-year
- -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 4
Average hourly rate £27.50 £29.75 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.56% +14.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.49 £26.25 £23.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.71 £35.70 £28.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
All Programming Languages
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
169 131 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 41.52% 31.95% 32.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 61 57
Average daily rate £265 £265 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -18.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £172 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £425 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 24
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.76 £26.00 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.10 £40.00 £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
JavaScript
East of England

JavaScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Colchester +13 15 £190 -24.00%
Brentwood - 8 £325 -
Chelmsford +3 6 £240 -
Harlow - 4 £250 -
Basildon -5 1 £250 +25.78%
Witham - 1 £200 -
JavaScript
East of England

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 49 (76.56%) HTML
2 44 (68.75%) CSS
3 28 (43.75%) .NET
4 27 (42.19%) SQL
5 25 (39.06%) SQL Server
5 25 (39.06%) ASP.NET
5 25 (39.06%) XML
6 24 (37.50%) C#
7 22 (34.38%) Ajax
8 20 (31.25%) Java
9 19 (29.69%) jQuery
10 17 (26.56%) Web Services
11 15 (23.44%) XHTML
12 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
12 13 (20.31%) OO
13 12 (18.75%) UNIX
13 12 (18.75%) JSP
13 12 (18.75%) J2EE
13 12 (18.75%) Web Development
14 10 (15.63%) WSE
14 10 (15.63%) HTML5
15 9 (14.06%) Marketing
15 9 (14.06%) Oracle
15 9 (14.06%) PHP
15 9 (14.06%) PL/SQL
15 9 (14.06%) Linux
15 9 (14.06%) RUP
16 8 (12.50%) XSLT
16 8 (12.50%) Photoshop
17 7 (10.94%) CSS3

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 49 (76.56%) HTML
2 44 (68.75%) CSS
3 28 (43.75%) .NET
4 25 (39.06%) ASP.NET
4 25 (39.06%) XML
5 22 (34.38%) Ajax
6 19 (29.69%) jQuery
7 17 (26.56%) Web Services
8 15 (23.44%) XHTML
9 12 (18.75%) JSP
9 12 (18.75%) J2EE
10 10 (15.63%) WSE
10 10 (15.63%) HTML5
11 8 (12.50%) XSLT
12 7 (10.94%) CSS3
13 6 (9.375%) JSON
14 5 (7.813%) WebSphere
15 4 (6.250%) WCF
15 4 (6.250%) CGI
15 4 (6.250%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 6 (9.375%) CMS
2 2 (3.125%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (3.125%) MS Project Server
2 2 (3.125%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (3.125%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.563%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Photoshop
2 3 (4.688%) Fireworks
3 2 (3.125%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.125%) PowerPivot
4 1 (1.563%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (3.125%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.813%) HTTP
2 4 (6.250%) TCP/IP
2 4 (6.250%) DNS
2 4 (6.250%) 802.11
2 4 (6.250%) DSL
2 4 (6.250%) TELNET
2 4 (6.250%) Firewall
2 4 (6.250%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (6.250%) Wireless
2 4 (6.250%) UPnP
2 4 (6.250%) 4G
2 4 (6.250%) DLNA
2 4 (6.250%) Broadband
2 4 (6.250%) WAN
2 4 (6.250%) DHCP
2 4 (6.250%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (39.06%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (4.688%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (3.125%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (3.125%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.563%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 5 (7.813%) Ant
2 4 (6.250%) ClearCase
2 4 (6.250%) JIRA
2 4 (6.250%) Trac
3 2 (3.125%) Selenium
3 2 (3.125%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.563%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
1 9 (14.06%) Marketing
2 4 (6.250%) Advertising
3 3 (4.688%) Electronics
3 3 (4.688%) Automotive
4 2 (3.125%) Legal
5 1 (1.563%) Finance
Job Titles
1 59 (92.19%) Developer
2 18 (28.13%) Web Developer
3 10 (15.63%) .NET Developer
4 8 (12.50%) Front-End Developer
5 5 (7.813%) Front-End Web Developer
5 5 (7.813%) UI Developer
5 5 (7.813%) C# Developer
5 5 (7.813%) SQL Developer
5 5 (7.813%) Software Developer
5 5 (7.813%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (6.250%) UI Programmer
6 4 (6.250%) Senior Developer
6 4 (6.250%) Senior UI Developer
7 3 (4.688%) Java Developer
7 3 (4.688%) ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (3.125%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (3.125%) SharePoint Architect
8 2 (3.125%) Designer
8 2 (3.125%) Architect
8 2 (3.125%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.813%) Social Media
2 3 (4.688%) New Media
2 3 (4.688%) Streaming Media
3 2 (3.125%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.563%) Tandem
4 1 (1.563%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.75%) UNIX
2 9 (14.06%) Linux
3 4 (6.250%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (4.688%) Windows
5 2 (3.125%) Android
5 2 (3.125%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.31%) OO
2 12 (18.75%) Web Development
3 9 (14.06%) RUP
4 7 (10.94%) Scrum
4 7 (10.94%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (9.375%) MVC
5 6 (9.375%) E-Commerce
5 6 (9.375%) Content Management
6 5 (7.813%) RAD
6 5 (7.813%) Web Design
7 4 (6.250%) OOD
7 4 (6.250%) Configuration Management
8 3 (4.688%) SOA
9 2 (3.125%) Project Management
9 2 (3.125%) DSDM
9 2 (3.125%) TDD
9 2 (3.125%) SEO
9 2 (3.125%) UML
9 2 (3.125%) Migration
9 2 (3.125%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (42.19%) SQL
2 24 (37.50%) C#
3 20 (31.25%) Java
4 9 (14.06%) PHP
4 9 (14.06%) PL/SQL
5 7 (10.94%) C++
6 6 (9.375%) FQL
7 5 (7.813%) VB
8 4 (6.250%) C
8 4 (6.250%) Embedded C
9 3 (4.688%) T-SQL
10 2 (3.125%) VBScript
10 2 (3.125%) VB.NET
11 1 (1.563%) XQuery
11 1 (1.563%) Ruby
11 1 (1.563%) XPath
Qualifications
1 6 (9.375%) Sun Certification
2 2 (3.125%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.125%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.06%) Oracle
3 6 (9.375%) Sun
3 6 (9.375%) Facebook
3 6 (9.375%) Twitter
4 5 (7.813%) IBM
5 4 (6.250%) FatWire
6 2 (3.125%) Omniture
6 2 (3.125%) Google
6 2 (3.125%) Adobe
7 1 (1.563%) AccuRev
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