Hertfordshire JavaScript Contracts

This section looks at the demand for JavaScript skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Andover Avon Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cwmbran Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Gwent Halifax Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hove Hull Huntingdon Kent Kettering Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Romford Runcorn Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Stroud Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Teddington Thames Valley Tonbridge Torfaen Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Weymouth Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Wymondham York Yorkshire	3 months to 28 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	26	23
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	60	101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.080 %	0.101 %
As % of the category below	14.22 %	16.61 %
Daily rates quoted	31	37
Average minimum daily rate	£377	£306
Average daily rate	£405	£321
% change on same period last year	+26.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£432	£336
UK excluding London average daily rate	£302	£299
% change on same period last year	+1.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£30.50
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£33.58
% change on same period last year	+4.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£36.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.14	£30.45
% change on same period last year	-7.59 %
Programming Languages Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	422	608
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.561 %	0.607 %
Daily rates quoted	165	238
Average minimum daily rate	£339	£315
Average daily rate	£364	£335
% change on same period last year	+8.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£336
% change on same period last year	-1.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	43	54
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.55	£30.62
Average hourly rate	£35.22	£32.14
% change on same period last year	+9.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.90	£33.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.33	£32.92
% change on same period last year	+1.22 %
JavaScript East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JavaScript across the Hertfordshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 28 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript across the Hertfordshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 28 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Watford	+4	8	£344	+65.94 %
St Albans	0	6	£250	-
Rickmansworth	-	2	-	-
Stevenage	-2	1	-	-

JavaScript East of England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, 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.

1 132 (76.74 %) CSS 2 104 (60.47 %) XHTML 3 100 (58.14 %) HTML 4 82 (47.67 %) XML 5 61 (35.47 %) E-Commerce 6 51 (29.65 %) XSLT 7 47 (27.33 %) Java 7 47 (27.33 %) AJAX 8 37 (21.51 %) SQL 8 37 (21.51 %) JSP 9 34 (19.77 %) OO 9 34 (19.77 %) Retail 10 33 (19.19 %) XSL 11 31 (18.02 %) .NET 12 29 (16.86 %) W3C

12 29 (16.86 %) Web Development 13 28 (16.28 %) SQL Server 14 26 (15.12 %) ASP.NET 14 26 (15.12 %) J2EE 15 24 (13.95 %) Oracle 16 22 (12.79 %) C# 16 22 (12.79 %) Struts 17 21 (12.21 %) ASP 18 19 (11.05 %) XML Schema 18 19 (11.05 %) JSF 19 18 (10.47 %) DHTML 19 18 (10.47 %) VB 19 18 (10.47 %) WebServices 19 18 (10.47 %) UML 20 17 (9.884 %) Flash

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, 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 1 132 (76.74 %) CSS 2 104 (60.47 %) XHTML 3 100 (58.14 %) HTML 4 82 (47.67 %) XML 5 51 (29.65 %) XSLT 6 47 (27.33 %) AJAX 7 37 (21.51 %) JSP 8 33 (19.19 %) XSL 9 31 (18.02 %) .NET 10 26 (15.12 %) J2EE 10 26 (15.12 %) ASP.NET 11 22 (12.79 %) Struts 12 21 (12.21 %) ASP 13 19 (11.05 %) XML Schema 13 19 (11.05 %) JSF 14 18 (10.47 %) WebServices 15 15 (8.721 %) Servlets 16 14 (8.140 %) Hibernate 17 13 (7.558 %) JDBC 18 12 (6.977 %) EJB	Application Platforms 1 10 (5.814 %) IIS 2 8 (4.651 %) WebLogic 3 7 (4.070 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 7 (4.070 %) MQSeries 3 7 (4.070 %) WebLogic Portal 3 7 (4.070 %) CMS 3 7 (4.070 %) TeamSite 4 5 (2.907 %) BizTalk Server 4 5 (2.907 %) Apache 5 4 (2.326 %) JBoss 6 3 (1.744 %) Joomla! 7 2 (1.163 %) Mambo 7 2 (1.163 %) SharePoint 8 1 (0.581 %) Tomcat 8 1 (0.581 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 11 (6.395 %) Photoshop 2 7 (4.070 %) FreeHand 2 7 (4.070 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 4 (2.326 %) MS Excel 4 2 (1.163 %) InDesign 5 1 (0.581 %) Spreadsheet	Communications & Networking 1 17 (9.884 %) Internet 2 6 (3.488 %) SMTP 3 4 (2.326 %) FTP 3 4 (2.326 %) HTTP 3 4 (2.326 %) TCP/IP 3 4 (2.326 %) SSH 4 2 (1.163 %) SMPP 5 1 (0.581 %) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 28 (16.28 %) SQL Server 2 10 (5.814 %) DB2 3 8 (4.651 %) SQL Server 2005 4 7 (4.070 %) SQL Server 2000 5 6 (3.488 %) MySQL 6 4 (2.326 %) Datawarehouse 6 4 (2.326 %) RDBMS 7 3 (1.744 %) DTS 7 3 (1.744 %) Oracle Reports 7 3 (1.744 %) JasperReports 7 3 (1.744 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 2 (1.163 %) InterSystems Cache 8 2 (1.163 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 2 (1.163 %) MS Access 8 2 (1.163 %) OLAP 9 1 (0.581 %) BusinessObjects 9 1 (0.581 %) SQL Server 2008	Development Applications 1 17 (9.884 %) Flash 2 14 (8.140 %) JUnit 3 7 (4.070 %) Dreamweaver 4 6 (3.488 %) Visual Studio 5 4 (2.326 %) Eclipse 6 1 (0.581 %) ClearCase 6 1 (0.581 %) JBuilder 6 1 (0.581 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 6 1 (0.581 %) JDeveloper 6 1 (0.581 %) WinRunner 6 1 (0.581 %) TestDirector 6 1 (0.581 %) QuickTest Pro 6 1 (0.581 %) LoadRunner 6 1 (0.581 %) ClearQuest 6 1 (0.581 %) JMeter 6 1 (0.581 %) NUnit 6 1 (0.581 %) Selenium 6 1 (0.581 %) FitNesse
General 1 34 (19.77 %) Retail 2 10 (5.814 %) Finance 3 9 (5.233 %) Telecoms 4 6 (3.488 %) Back Office 5 5 (2.907 %) Marketing 6 3 (1.744 %) Graphic Design 6 3 (1.744 %) Publishing 6 3 (1.744 %) Insurance 7 2 (1.163 %) Multimedia 7 2 (1.163 %) Financial Institution 7 2 (1.163 %) Education 8 1 (0.581 %) Health 8 1 (0.581 %) Advertising 8 1 (0.581 %) Pharmaceutical	Job Titles 1 146 (84.88 %) Developer 2 44 (25.58 %) Web Developer 3 23 (13.37 %) Java Developer 4 14 (8.140 %) UI Developer 5 11 (6.395 %) Senior Developer 5 11 (6.395 %) Architect 6 9 (5.233 %) ASP Developer 6 9 (5.233 %) Team Leader 6 9 (5.233 %) Java/J2EE Developer 7 8 (4.651 %) JavaScript Developer 8 7 (4.070 %) Solutions Architect 9 5 (2.907 %) Software Engineer 9 5 (2.907 %) .NET Developer 9 5 (2.907 %) J2EE Developer 9 5 (2.907 %) Senior Java Developer 10 4 (2.326 %) Junior Developer 10 4 (2.326 %) .NET Software Engineer 10 4 (2.326 %) Junior 11 3 (1.744 %) Software Developer 11 3 (1.744 %) Interface Designer
Miscellaneous 1 29 (16.86 %) W3C 2 4 (2.326 %) Web 2.0 3 1 (0.581 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 12 (6.977 %) Windows 2 5 (2.907 %) Windows XP 2 5 (2.907 %) Windows Server 2003 3 3 (1.744 %) Linux 3 3 (1.744 %) UNIX 4 2 (1.163 %) Windows Vista 4 2 (1.163 %) Windows Server 2008 5 1 (0.581 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 1 (0.581 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (0.581 %) HPUX 5 1 (0.581 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 61 (35.47 %) E-Commerce 2 34 (19.77 %) OO 3 29 (16.86 %) Web Development 4 18 (10.47 %) UML 5 9 (5.233 %) Web Design 6 8 (4.651 %) Agile Software Development 7 7 (4.070 %) SOA 7 7 (4.070 %) RAD 7 7 (4.070 %) Continuous Integration 8 6 (3.488 %) GAP Analysis 9 4 (2.326 %) Content Management 10 3 (1.744 %) Scrum 11 2 (1.163 %) Use Case 11 2 (1.163 %) ERD 11 2 (1.163 %) Change Management 12 1 (0.581 %) Project Management 12 1 (0.581 %) ERP 12 1 (0.581 %) OOD 12 1 (0.581 %) Automated Testing 12 1 (0.581 %) HOOD	Programming Languages 1 47 (27.33 %) Java 2 37 (21.51 %) SQL 3 22 (12.79 %) C# 4 18 (10.47 %) DHTML 4 18 (10.47 %) VB 5 13 (7.558 %) VB.NET 6 11 (6.395 %) ActionScript 7 9 (5.233 %) PHP 8 8 (4.651 %) VBScript 9 5 (2.907 %) VB6 9 5 (2.907 %) XPath 10 2 (1.163 %) Transact-SQL 10 2 (1.163 %) C 10 2 (1.163 %) C++ 11 1 (0.581 %) PL/SQL 11 1 (0.581 %) PHP5 11 1 (0.581 %) PHP4
Qualifications 1 9 (5.233 %) Degree 2 7 (4.070 %) HND 3 6 (3.488 %) Microsoft Certification 4 5 (2.907 %) MCAD 5 4 (2.326 %) MCP 6 3 (1.744 %) MCSD 7 1 (0.581 %) Sun Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (4.070 %) WCAG 1 7 (4.070 %) WAI 2 1 (0.581 %) QA
Vendors 1 24 (13.95 %) Oracle 2 11 (6.395 %) IBM 3 6 (3.488 %) Microsoft 3 6 (3.488 %) Interwoven 4 4 (2.326 %) InterSystems 5 2 (1.163 %) Quark 5 2 (1.163 %) Symbian 5 2 (1.163 %) Adobe 6 1 (0.581 %) Sun 6 1 (0.581 %) BEA 6 1 (0.581 %) Tridion 6 1 (0.581 %) Business Objects 6 1 (0.581 %) Mercator 6 1 (0.581 %) Google