The first table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript 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 Hertfordshire 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
JavaScript
Rank 12 8 26
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +18
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 62 113 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 9.733% 11.64% 4.870%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.57% 27.10% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 52 22
Average daily rate £400 £325 £278
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +17.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £275 £138
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £349
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £305
% change year-on-year
- -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £39.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £34.93
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.25%
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
263 417 309
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 41.29% 42.95% 34.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 165 112
Average daily rate £375 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 40 53
Average hourly rate £20.00 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £19.84 £30.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.80 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
JavaScript
East of England

JavaScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hemel Hempstead +3 8 £193 -23.00%
Letchworth - 7 - -
Hertford +1 4 - -
Stevenage +4 3 - -
Watford +3 3 - -
St Albans +1 3 £375 -25.00%
Welwyn Garden City - 3 £400 -
Bishop's Stortford - 1 £325 -
JavaScript
East of England

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 83 (59.71%) HTML
1 83 (59.71%) CSS
2 64 (46.04%) SQL
3 59 (42.45%) .NET
4 54 (38.85%) Ajax
5 48 (34.53%) jQuery
6 42 (30.22%) XML
7 41 (29.50%) ASP.NET
8 39 (28.06%) Java
9 37 (26.62%) Retail
10 35 (25.18%) JSP
10 35 (25.18%) XHTML
11 34 (24.46%) Web Services
11 34 (24.46%) OO
12 30 (21.58%) T-SQL
12 30 (21.58%) HTML5
13 29 (20.86%) Finance
14 28 (20.14%) SQL Server
14 28 (20.14%) E-Commerce
15 26 (18.71%) Oracle
15 26 (18.71%) VB.NET
15 26 (18.71%) DHTML
16 25 (17.99%) C#
16 25 (17.99%) Windows
17 24 (17.27%) CSS3
18 23 (16.55%) Linux
19 21 (15.11%) Telecoms
19 21 (15.11%) TDD
20 20 (14.39%) JSON
21 19 (13.67%) .NET Framework

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 83 (59.71%) HTML
1 83 (59.71%) CSS
2 59 (42.45%) .NET
3 54 (38.85%) Ajax
4 48 (34.53%) jQuery
5 42 (30.22%) XML
6 41 (29.50%) ASP.NET
7 35 (25.18%) JSP
7 35 (25.18%) XHTML
8 34 (24.46%) Web Services
9 30 (21.58%) HTML5
10 26 (18.71%) DHTML
11 24 (17.27%) CSS3
12 20 (14.39%) JSON
13 19 (13.67%) .NET Framework
13 19 (13.67%) XSLT
13 19 (13.67%) J2EE
14 17 (12.23%) Struts
14 17 (12.23%) ADO.NET
15 16 (11.51%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 17 (12.23%) Apache
2 9 (6.475%) MQSeries
3 7 (5.036%) Tomcat
4 6 (4.317%) WebSphere Application Server
4 6 (4.317%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (2.878%) IIS
5 4 (2.878%) SharePoint
5 4 (2.878%) CMS
5 4 (2.878%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (2.878%) Liferay
6 1 (0.719%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.719%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.719%) DotNetNuke
6 1 (0.719%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.719%) LiveSite
6 1 (0.719%) Kentico
6 1 (0.719%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.719%) TeamSite
6 1 (0.719%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 16 (11.51%) Photoshop
2 12 (8.633%) MS Office
3 8 (5.755%) Fireworks
4 5 (3.597%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.719%) Google Apps
5 1 (0.719%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.317%) Tridion
2 2 (1.439%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.51%) FTP
2 10 (7.194%) Ethernet
3 7 (5.036%) Internet
4 1 (0.719%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (20.14%) SQL Server
2 18 (12.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (11.51%) DTS
4 9 (6.475%) DB2
5 8 (5.755%) MySQL
5 8 (5.755%) RDBMS
6 7 (5.036%) Oracle 11g
6 7 (5.036%) JasperReports
6 7 (5.036%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (5.036%) TOAD
7 5 (3.597%) GIS
8 4 (2.878%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (2.158%) DbVisualizer
9 3 (2.158%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (2.158%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.439%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (1.439%) SQL Server 2005
11 1 (0.719%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.719%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (0.719%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 15 (10.79%) Team Foundation Server
1 15 (10.79%) Eclipse
2 13 (9.353%) Subversion
3 11 (7.914%) Ant
4 9 (6.475%) JUnit
5 8 (5.755%) Maven
6 6 (4.317%) Visual Studio
6 6 (4.317%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
6 6 (4.317%) Log4j
7 5 (3.597%) Axure RP
7 5 (3.597%) LoadRunner
8 3 (2.158%) Git (software)
8 3 (2.158%) QuickTest Pro
9 2 (1.439%) Selenium
10 1 (0.719%) Gradle
10 1 (0.719%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.719%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.719%) FitNesse
10 1 (0.719%) JProfiler
10 1 (0.719%) Cucumber
General
1 37 (26.62%) Retail
2 29 (20.86%) Finance
3 21 (15.11%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.914%) Games
5 5 (3.597%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.878%) Marketing
7 3 (2.158%) Banking
7 3 (2.158%) Publishing
8 2 (1.439%) Advertising
8 2 (1.439%) Billing
Job Titles
1 124 (89.21%) Developer
2 30 (21.58%) Front-End Developer
3 28 (20.14%) Web Developer
4 20 (14.39%) Java Developer
5 17 (12.23%) .NET Developer
6 15 (10.79%) UI Developer
7 13 (9.353%) Senior Developer
7 13 (9.353%) UI Programmer
8 12 (8.633%) C# Developer
8 12 (8.633%) JavaScript Developer
9 10 (7.194%) C# .NET Developer
10 9 (6.475%) Designer
10 9 (6.475%) J2EE Developer
10 9 (6.475%) Java/J2EE Developer
11 7 (5.036%) Web Designer
11 7 (5.036%) ASP.NET Developer
11 7 (5.036%) PL/SQL Developer
12 6 (4.317%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 6 (4.317%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 5 (3.597%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.475%) W3C
2 7 (5.036%) Open Source
3 6 (4.317%) Web 2.0
4 4 (2.878%) iPad
4 4 (2.878%) iPhone
5 3 (2.158%) Computer Science
5 3 (2.158%) Video on Demand
5 3 (2.158%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.439%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.719%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.719%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.719%) Semantic Web
7 1 (0.719%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.719%) Animation
7 1 (0.719%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.719%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.719%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.99%) Windows
2 23 (16.55%) Linux
3 18 (12.95%) UNIX
4 15 (10.79%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (5.755%) Android
6 7 (5.036%) Apple iOS
7 6 (4.317%) HPUX
7 6 (4.317%) Solaris
8 3 (2.158%) Windows Phone
8 3 (2.158%) Windows Phone 8
9 2 (1.439%) bada
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.46%) OO
2 28 (20.14%) E-Commerce
3 21 (15.11%) TDD
4 18 (12.95%) UML
4 18 (12.95%) Scrum
4 18 (12.95%) Agile Software Development
5 17 (12.23%) MVC
6 16 (11.51%) Web Development
7 15 (10.79%) Migration
8 11 (7.914%) Web Design
9 10 (7.194%) Content Management
9 10 (7.194%) Unit Testing
9 10 (7.194%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (5.036%) Responsive Web Design
10 7 (5.036%) BDD
11 6 (4.317%) RUP
11 6 (4.317%) RAD
11 6 (4.317%) Root Cause Analysis
12 5 (3.597%) Data Migration
13 4 (2.878%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 64 (46.04%) SQL
2 39 (28.06%) Java
3 30 (21.58%) T-SQL
4 26 (18.71%) VB.NET
5 25 (17.99%) C#
6 19 (13.67%) VBScript
7 16 (11.51%) XPath
8 8 (5.755%) PL/SQL
8 8 (5.755%) Perl
9 7 (5.036%) PowerHouse
10 6 (4.317%) Bash shell
11 5 (3.597%) PHP
12 4 (2.878%) C++
13 3 (2.158%) VB
14 2 (1.439%) VBA
14 2 (1.439%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.719%) CoffeeScript
15 1 (0.719%) F#
15 1 (0.719%) Groovy
15 1 (0.719%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (3.597%) SC Cleared
1 5 (3.597%) Security Cleared
2 4 (2.878%) Degree
2 4 (2.878%) CTC Cleared
Vendors
1 26 (18.71%) Oracle
2 19 (13.67%) Microsoft
3 15 (10.79%) Adobe
4 9 (6.475%) IBM
4 9 (6.475%) ATG
5 7 (5.036%) Business Objects
6 6 (4.317%) Apple
6 6 (4.317%) Interwoven
6 6 (4.317%) Blue Martini
6 6 (4.317%) Elastic Path
7 3 (2.158%) HP
8 2 (1.439%) JBoss
8 2 (1.439%) Symbian
9 1 (0.719%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.719%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.719%) Ektron
9 1 (0.719%) Omniture
9 1 (0.719%) Google
Hertfordshire
iOS Developer | iOS SDK, Objective-C, Xcode, JSON, XML, iPhone, iPad | Contract | Hertfordshire... The iOS Developer will be building applications for the iPhone and iPad platforms. Key Skills:...
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Rate: £200 - £260 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Hertfordshire
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
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