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The table below looks at the demand for jQuery skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited jQuery over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkjQuery
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank331473
Rank change on same period last yearUp+142
Matching contract IT job ads7618
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.103 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.900 %0.146 %
Daily rates quoted489
Average minimum daily rate£325£300
Average daily rate£354£306
% change on same period last year+15.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£212-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads844512371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.42 %12.20 %
Daily rates quoted38314828
Average minimum daily rate£370£397
Average daily rate£400£425
% change on same period last year-6.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£454
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted265361
Average minimum hourly rate£31.31£29.59
Average hourly rate£33.49£32.63
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.67£35.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
jQuery EnglandjQuery
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.

jQuery
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing jQuery across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London jQuery Demand Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Trend

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

London jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing jQuery across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London jQuery Daily Rate Histogram

jQuery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing jQuery within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-1914£357-
jQuery EnglandjQuery
England

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1103 (94.50 %)JavaScript
296 (88.07 %)CSS
377 (70.64 %)AJAX
475 (68.81 %)XHTML
563 (57.80 %)HTML
655 (50.46 %)Dojo
751 (46.79 %)OO
846 (42.20 %)YUI
942 (38.53 %)DHTML
1039 (35.78 %)GWT
1039 (35.78 %)DWR
1137 (33.94 %)Web Development
1235 (32.11 %)XML
1333 (30.28 %)JSP
1333 (30.28 %)XSLT
1430 (27.52 %)Photoshop
1526 (23.85 %)ASP
1624 (22.02 %)WebLogic
1624 (22.02 %)XSL
1624 (22.02 %)UML
1721 (19.27 %)Finance
1820 (18.35 %)W3C
1918 (16.51 %)PHP
1918 (16.51 %)MooTools
2017 (15.60 %)DOM
2116 (14.68 %)Flash
2213 (11.93 %).NET
2213 (11.93 %)Internet
2312 (11.01 %)MySQL
2411 (10.09 %)Dreamweaver

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
196 (88.07 %)CSS
277 (70.64 %)AJAX
375 (68.81 %)XHTML
463 (57.80 %)HTML
555 (50.46 %)Dojo
646 (42.20 %)YUI
739 (35.78 %)GWT
739 (35.78 %)DWR
835 (32.11 %)XML
933 (30.28 %)JSP
933 (30.28 %)XSLT
1026 (23.85 %)ASP
1124 (22.02 %)XSL
1218 (16.51 %)MooTools
1317 (15.60 %)DOM
1413 (11.93 %).NET
1510 (9.174 %)JSON
168 (7.339 %)MVC
175 (4.587 %)ASP.NET
184 (3.670 %)Adobe Flex
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (22.02 %)WebLogic
22 (1.835 %)IIS
22 (1.835 %)ColdFusion
31 (0.917 %)CMS
31 (0.917 %)Apache
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
130 (27.52 %)Photoshop
21 (0.917 %)Adobe Illustrator
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (11.93 %)Internet
22 (1.835 %)HTTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (11.01 %)MySQL
24 (3.670 %)SQL Server
31 (0.917 %)SQL Server 2000
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (14.68 %)Flash
211 (10.09 %)Dreamweaver
35 (4.587 %)Visual Studio
42 (1.835 %)Subversion
42 (1.835 %)Aptana Studio
42 (1.835 %)Eclipse
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (19.27 %)Finance
27 (6.422 %)Online Betting
35 (4.587 %)Marketing
44 (3.670 %)Banking
53 (2.752 %)Games
62 (1.835 %)Telecoms
71 (0.917 %)Animation
71 (0.917 %)Retail
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
198 (89.91 %)Developer
243 (39.45 %)Web Developer
321 (19.27 %)JavaScript Developer
46 (5.505 %)PHP Developer
53 (2.752 %)HTML Developer
53 (2.752 %)Technical Lead
53 (2.752 %)Applications Developer
62 (1.835 %)C# Developer
62 (1.835 %)UI Developer
71 (0.917 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
71 (0.917 %)Web Team Leader
71 (0.917 %)Team Leader
71 (0.917 %)Development Team Leader
71 (0.917 %)ColdFusion Developer
71 (0.917 %)Development Manager
71 (0.917 %).NET Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (18.35 %)W3C
26 (5.505 %)Web 2.0
33 (2.752 %)Social Network
41 (0.917 %)Derivative
41 (0.917 %)Streaming Media
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (3.670 %)Linux
23 (2.752 %)UNIX
32 (1.835 %)Windows
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
151 (46.79 %)OO
237 (33.94 %)Web Development
324 (22.02 %)UML
46 (5.505 %)OOP
55 (4.587 %)TDD
64 (3.670 %)Agile Software Development
64 (3.670 %)Scrum
73 (2.752 %)SEO
82 (1.835 %)Validation
82 (1.835 %)Web Design
82 (1.835 %)Direct Marketing
91 (0.917 %)Digital Marketing
91 (0.917 %)Continuous Integration
91 (0.917 %)Pair Programming
91 (0.917 %)Business Development
91 (0.917 %)Migration
91 (0.917 %)Project Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1103 (94.50 %)JavaScript
242 (38.53 %)DHTML
318 (16.51 %)PHP
410 (9.174 %)Java
56 (5.505 %)C#
65 (4.587 %)ActionScript
74 (3.670 %)PHP5
83 (2.752 %)SQL
91 (0.917 %)Ruby
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.587 %)WAI
22 (1.835 %)WCAG
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (2.752 %)Mercator
22 (1.835 %)Yahoo!
22 (1.835 %)Google
31 (0.917 %)Oracle
31 (0.917 %)Adobe