The first table below looks at the demand for jQuery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited jQuery 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 Application Development category for the Halifax 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
jQuery
Rank - 25 -
Contract jobs citing jQuery 0 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax - 2.655% -
As % of the Application Development category - 28.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Average daily rate - £268 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -37.50%
All Application Development
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
9 21 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 7.895% 9.292% 8.871%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 11
Average daily rate £313 £275 £418
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -34.13%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
jQuery
West Yorkshire

jQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Grails
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (100.00%) Grails
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy