The first table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JavaScript
Rank 18 21 22
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 187 199 171
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 7.834% 6.550% 5.657%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.19% 18.24% 18.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 121 108
Average daily rate £300 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 6
Average hourly rate £23.50 £18.51 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.99% -25.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.80 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £114.79 £34.97 £31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+18.64% -9.23%
All Programming Languages
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
773 1091 927
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 32.38% 35.91% 30.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 603 517
Average daily rate £322 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.16% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 57 50
Average hourly rate £37.50 £21.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.41% -28.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £15.00 £15.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £40.00 £40.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West JavaScript Hourly Rate Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester +3 101 £295 +7.27% 144
Cheshire +7 53 £325 +8.15% 48
Lancashire +15 18 £313 +3.73% 25
Merseyside -8 7 £250 -23.07% 24
Cumbria - - - - 6
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 276 (72.06%) CSS
2 212 (55.35%) HTML
3 195 (50.91%) jQuery
4 158 (41.25%) .NET
5 143 (37.34%) C#
6 128 (33.42%) ASP.NET
7 116 (30.29%) Ajax
8 111 (28.98%) SQL Server
8 111 (28.98%) SQL
9 109 (28.46%) MVC
10 107 (27.94%) HTML5
11 98 (25.59%) XML
12 92 (24.02%) Java
13 83 (21.67%) PHP
13 83 (21.67%) Web Services
14 82 (21.41%) CSS3
15 67 (17.49%) Agile Software Development
16 58 (15.14%) XHTML
17 52 (13.58%) TDD
18 51 (13.32%) WCF
19 50 (13.05%) .NET Framework
20 49 (12.79%) MySQL
21 46 (12.01%) Oracle
22 45 (11.75%) JSON
23 44 (11.49%) J2EE
24 42 (10.97%) Microsoft
25 41 (10.70%) Spring
26 40 (10.44%) Hibernate
26 40 (10.44%) OO
26 40 (10.44%) ASP.NET MVC

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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
1 276 (72.06%) CSS
2 212 (55.35%) HTML
3 195 (50.91%) jQuery
4 158 (41.25%) .NET
5 128 (33.42%) ASP.NET
6 116 (30.29%) Ajax
7 107 (27.94%) HTML5
8 98 (25.59%) XML
9 83 (21.67%) Web Services
10 82 (21.41%) CSS3
11 58 (15.14%) XHTML
12 51 (13.32%) WCF
13 50 (13.05%) .NET Framework
14 45 (11.75%) JSON
15 44 (11.49%) J2EE
16 41 (10.70%) Spring
17 40 (10.44%) Hibernate
17 40 (10.44%) ASP.NET MVC
18 36 (9.399%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
19 35 (9.138%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 34 (8.877%) SharePoint
1 34 (8.877%) CMS
2 33 (8.616%) Apache
3 25 (6.527%) IIS
4 19 (4.961%) WordPress
5 13 (3.394%) Drupal
5 13 (3.394%) Umbraco
6 9 (2.350%) WebLogic
7 7 (1.828%) Magento
7 7 (1.828%) SharePoint 2010
7 7 (1.828%) WebSphere Application Server
8 6 (1.567%) ESB
9 5 (1.305%) TeamSite
10 3 (0.783%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.783%) SharePoint 2013
10 3 (0.783%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.783%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.522%) SharePoint Foundation
11 2 (0.522%) DotNetNuke
12 1 (0.261%) Mule
Applications
1 28 (7.311%) Photoshop
2 13 (3.394%) Fireworks
3 10 (2.611%) Adobe Illustrator
4 9 (2.350%) MS Excel
4 9 (2.350%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.567%) MS Office
6 5 (1.305%) Maya
7 4 (1.044%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.261%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.261%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 13 (3.394%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.783%) Tridion
3 2 (0.522%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.261%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.261%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.133%) Intranet
2 11 (2.872%) Internet
3 10 (2.611%) HTTP
3 10 (2.611%) LDAP
4 3 (0.783%) SMS
5 2 (0.522%) SNMP
5 2 (0.522%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.522%) DNS
5 2 (0.522%) TELNET
6 1 (0.261%) Network Security
6 1 (0.261%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (28.98%) SQL Server
2 49 (12.79%) MySQL
3 39 (10.18%) SQL Server 2008
4 30 (7.833%) SQL Server 2005
5 12 (3.133%) DB2
6 11 (2.872%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (2.089%) RDBMS
7 8 (2.089%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (2.089%) SQL Server 2012
8 5 (1.305%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.305%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.305%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.044%) Oracle 10g
9 4 (1.044%) PowerCenter
9 4 (1.044%) Oracle 8/8i
9 4 (1.044%) RavenDB
9 4 (1.044%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (1.044%) Oracle 11g
10 3 (0.783%) SQLite
10 3 (0.783%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 34 (8.877%) Subversion
2 31 (8.094%) Visual Studio
3 27 (7.050%) Git (software)
4 25 (6.527%) Eclipse
5 16 (4.178%) JUnit
6 14 (3.655%) JIRA
7 13 (3.394%) Team Foundation Server
8 11 (2.872%) NetBeans
9 9 (2.350%) Gradle
10 7 (1.828%) Visual Studio Team System
11 6 (1.567%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
11 6 (1.567%) Ant
12 5 (1.305%) PhoneGap
12 5 (1.305%) ClearCase
13 4 (1.044%) QUnit
13 4 (1.044%) TestNG
14 3 (0.783%) Selenium
14 3 (0.783%) Mercurial
14 3 (0.783%) Jenkins
14 3 (0.783%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 21 (5.483%) Finance
2 16 (4.178%) Banking
3 13 (3.394%) Games
4 12 (3.133%) Telecoms
5 11 (2.872%) Marketing
6 10 (2.611%) Retail
7 8 (2.089%) Publishing
8 1 (0.261%) Law
8 1 (0.261%) Legal
8 1 (0.261%) Advertising
8 1 (0.261%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.261%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 337 (87.99%) Developer
2 85 (22.19%) .NET Developer
3 64 (16.71%) Web Developer
4 54 (14.10%) Java Developer
5 32 (8.355%) ASP.NET Developer
6 31 (8.094%) C# Developer
7 25 (6.527%) Front-End Developer
7 25 (6.527%) PHP Developer
8 24 (6.266%) Senior Developer
9 21 (5.483%) Designer
10 20 (5.222%) C# .NET Developer
11 16 (4.178%) Software Developer
12 15 (3.916%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 14 (3.655%) JavaScript Developer
14 13 (3.394%) CRM Developer
14 13 (3.394%) Web Designer
15 12 (3.133%) Applications Developer
16 11 (2.872%) Java/J2EE Developer
16 11 (2.872%) Senior Java Developer
17 10 (2.611%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.266%) Mobile App
2 13 (3.394%) Web 2.0
3 10 (2.611%) iPad
4 9 (2.350%) Wiki
4 9 (2.350%) N-Tier
4 9 (2.350%) NHS
5 8 (2.089%) Client/Server
6 7 (1.828%) Computer Science
6 7 (1.828%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.828%) Social Media
7 5 (1.305%) iPhone
7 5 (1.305%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.305%) PMI
8 4 (1.044%) W3C
8 4 (1.044%) 3D Graphics
8 4 (1.044%) Digital Media
9 3 (0.783%) Graphic Design
9 3 (0.783%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.783%) Open Source
10 2 (0.522%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 39 (10.18%) Windows
2 38 (9.922%) Linux
3 27 (7.050%) Android
4 19 (4.961%) Apple iOS
5 15 (3.916%) UNIX
6 4 (1.044%) HPUX
6 4 (1.044%) Solaris
7 3 (0.783%) Windows 8
7 3 (0.783%) Windows CE
8 2 (0.522%) Windows Mobile
8 2 (0.522%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.261%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (28.46%) MVC
2 67 (17.49%) Agile Software Development
3 52 (13.58%) TDD
4 40 (10.44%) OO
5 37 (9.661%) E-Commerce
6 33 (8.616%) Web Development
7 32 (8.355%) Scrum
8 29 (7.572%) Content Management
9 21 (5.483%) Web Design
10 19 (4.961%) OOP
11 17 (4.439%) Web Application Development
11 17 (4.439%) CRM
12 16 (4.178%) Continuous Integration
13 15 (3.916%) BDD
13 15 (3.916%) SEO
14 12 (3.133%) Waterfall
14 12 (3.133%) Unit Testing
15 11 (2.872%) Integration Testing
16 10 (2.611%) Pair Programming
16 10 (2.611%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (37.34%) C#
2 111 (28.98%) SQL
3 92 (24.02%) Java
4 83 (21.67%) PHP
5 23 (6.005%) VB.NET
6 22 (5.744%) T-SQL
7 21 (5.483%) XPath
8 16 (4.178%) Perl
8 16 (4.178%) Ruby
9 12 (3.133%) C
10 9 (2.350%) Objective-C
10 9 (2.350%) VB
10 9 (2.350%) C++
11 8 (2.089%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.089%) PHP5
12 6 (1.567%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.567%) Bash shell
13 4 (1.044%) VB6
14 3 (0.783%) Groovy
14 3 (0.783%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (6.005%) Degree
2 10 (2.611%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (2.350%) MCSD
4 7 (1.828%) MCPD
4 7 (1.828%) MCTS
4 7 (1.828%) MCAD
4 7 (1.828%) PhD
5 5 (1.305%) Sun Certification
5 5 (1.305%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.783%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.522%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.305%) QA
2 2 (0.522%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.522%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.261%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (2.611%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.783%) Postfix
3 1 (0.261%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.350%) Puppet
1 9 (2.350%) Netcool
1 9 (2.350%) Nagios
2 1 (0.261%) Plesk
Vendors
1 46 (12.01%) Oracle
2 42 (10.97%) Microsoft
3 20 (5.222%) IBM
4 16 (4.178%) Zend
5 13 (3.394%) JBoss
6 12 (3.133%) Red Hat
6 12 (3.133%) Adobe
7 11 (2.872%) Orchard
7 11 (2.872%) Twitter
8 10 (2.611%) Telerik
9 9 (2.350%) Facebook
10 8 (2.089%) Interwoven
10 8 (2.089%) EPiServer
11 7 (1.828%) Google
11 7 (1.828%) Apple
12 5 (1.305%) Chordiant
13 4 (1.044%) Informatica
13 4 (1.044%) Siebel
13 4 (1.044%) Perforce
13 4 (1.044%) ATG
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