The first table below looks at the demand for jQuery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited jQuery 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 Application Development category for the Newcastle upon Tyne 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
jQuery
Rank 25 14 25
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +11
Contract jobs citing jQuery 1 20 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.676% 7.752% 1.538%
As % of the Application Development category 2.703% 22.47% 5.769%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 2
Average daily rate £335 £290 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.51% -26.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -37.50%
All Application Development
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
37 89 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 25.00% 34.50% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 50 29
Average daily rate £300 £290 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -7.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £272
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
jQuery
Tyne and Wear

jQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing jQuery across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne jQuery Hourly Rate Trend

jQuery
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 5 (83.33%) CSS
1 5 (83.33%) .NET
1 5 (83.33%) HTML5
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
3 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (50.00%) W3C
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Supplier Management
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 2 (33.33%) OCaml
4 2 (33.33%) CAML
5 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) CSS3
5 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
5 1 (16.67%) MVC
5 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) SQL

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 5 (83.33%) .NET
1 5 (83.33%) CSS
1 5 (83.33%) HTML5
2 4 (66.67%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 2 (33.33%) CAML
5 1 (16.67%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) W3C
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (16.67%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) OCaml
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
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