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This section looks at the demand for JavaScript skills within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3228
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads176164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.235 %0.166 %
As % of the category below13.86 %13.37 %
Daily rates quoted1725
Average minimum daily rate£294£235
Average daily rate£317£250
% change on same period last year+26.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£266
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£288
% change on same period last year+5.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2421
Average minimum hourly rate£21.23£23.21
Average hourly rate£24.19£26.87
% change on same period last year-9.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.15£30.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.36£30.44
% change on same period last year-3.55 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North West
Matching contract IT job ads12701227
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.693 %1.241 %
Daily rates quoted257204
Average minimum daily rate£321£301
Average daily rate£342£318
% change on same period last year+7.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£334
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted127134
Average minimum hourly rate£27.55£24.35
Average hourly rate£29.98£27.18
% change on same period last year+10.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.41£30.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.07
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
JavaScript EnglandJavaScript
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.

JavaScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West JavaScript Daily Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West JavaScript Hourly Rate Histogram

JavaScript
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 North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
ManchesterDown-576£283+87.37 %
CheshireDown-237£343+24.70 %
LancashireUp+1832--
MerseysideDown-222£363+20.76 %
JavaScript EnglandJavaScript
England

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1189 (55.59 %)CSS
2172 (50.59 %)HTML
3160 (47.06 %).NET
4126 (37.06 %)ASP.NET
5121 (35.59 %)XML
6114 (33.53 %)SQL
7109 (32.06 %)C#
892 (27.06 %)AJAX
991 (26.76 %)SQL Server
1080 (23.53 %)ASP
1179 (23.24 %)XHTML
1273 (21.47 %)Java
1359 (17.35 %)WebServices
1453 (15.59 %)PHP
1551 (15.00 %)Oracle
1647 (13.82 %)JSP
1743 (12.65 %)Photoshop
1841 (12.06 %)Microsoft
1937 (10.88 %)Flash
2036 (10.59 %)E-Commerce
2036 (10.59 %)Visual Studio
2135 (10.29 %)VBScript
2135 (10.29 %)SQL Server 2005
2233 (9.706 %)XSLT
2332 (9.412 %)Struts
2332 (9.412 %)OO
2431 (9.118 %)VB.NET
2431 (9.118 %)DHTML
2431 (9.118 %)J2EE
2529 (8.529 %)ActionScript

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1189 (55.59 %)CSS
2172 (50.59 %)HTML
3160 (47.06 %).NET
4126 (37.06 %)ASP.NET
5121 (35.59 %)XML
692 (27.06 %)AJAX
780 (23.53 %)ASP
879 (23.24 %)XHTML
959 (17.35 %)WebServices
1047 (13.82 %)JSP
1133 (9.706 %)XSLT
1232 (9.412 %)Struts
1331 (9.118 %)J2EE
1417 (5.000 %).NET Framework
1417 (5.000 %)jQuery
1516 (4.706 %)Spring
1615 (4.412 %)SOAP
1713 (3.824 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1812 (3.529 %)Servlets
1911 (3.235 %)JSF
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (5.000 %)IIS
117 (5.000 %)SharePoint
214 (4.118 %)CMS
312 (3.529 %)Apache
48 (2.353 %)SharePoint Server 2007
56 (1.765 %)Tomcat
56 (1.765 %)MS Exchange
63 (0.882 %)ColdFusion
63 (0.882 %)BizTalk Server
72 (0.588 %)ArcIMS
72 (0.588 %)JBoss
72 (0.588 %)Jetty
72 (0.588 %)WebLogic
72 (0.588 %)LiveLink
72 (0.588 %)Oracle Application Server
81 (0.294 %)Oracle BPEL
81 (0.294 %)Oracle 10gAS
81 (0.294 %)Lotus Domino
81 (0.294 %)Oracle 9iAS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
143 (12.65 %)Photoshop
220 (5.882 %)Adobe Illustrator
314 (4.118 %)Fireworks
413 (3.824 %)MS Excel
57 (2.059 %)MS Office
63 (0.882 %)ImageReady
72 (0.588 %)InfoPath
72 (0.588 %)Maya
72 (0.588 %)3ds Max
81 (0.294 %)Adobe Director
81 (0.294 %)MS Visio
81 (0.294 %)MS Project
81 (0.294 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.294 %)Adobe Premiere
81 (0.294 %)Adobe After Effects
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.882 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (0.588 %)Summit
31 (0.294 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.294 %)Navision
31 (0.294 %)Oracle Applications
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (3.529 %)Intranet
27 (2.059 %)LDAP
36 (1.765 %)Internet
43 (0.882 %)WEP
52 (0.588 %)FTP
61 (0.294 %)SSL
61 (0.294 %)CTI
61 (0.294 %)Extranet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
191 (26.76 %)SQL Server
235 (10.29 %)SQL Server 2005
326 (7.647 %)MySQL
418 (5.294 %)Oracle Reports
515 (4.412 %)Crystal Reports
614 (4.118 %)SQL Server 2000
713 (3.824 %)SQL Server 7
810 (2.941 %)Oracle 10g
99 (2.647 %)DTS
107 (2.059 %)Oracle 9i
115 (1.471 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
124 (1.176 %)RDBMS
133 (0.882 %)Oracle 8/8i
142 (0.588 %)GIS
151 (0.294 %)PostgreSQL
151 (0.294 %)ETL
151 (0.294 %)BusinessObjects
151 (0.294 %)MS Access
151 (0.294 %)DB2
151 (0.294 %)SQL Server Integration Services
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
137 (10.88 %)Flash
236 (10.59 %)Visual Studio
324 (7.059 %)Dreamweaver
415 (4.412 %)Ant
415 (4.412 %)JUnit
513 (3.824 %)VSS/SourceSafe
610 (2.941 %)InterDev
77 (2.059 %)Oracle Forms
85 (1.471 %)Subversion
85 (1.471 %)Eclipse
93 (0.882 %)FrontPage
102 (0.588 %)Oracle APEX
102 (0.588 %)JDeveloper
111 (0.294 %)ClearCase
111 (0.294 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
111 (0.294 %)NUnit
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (5.000 %)Retail
211 (3.235 %)Finance
211 (3.235 %)Government
38 (2.353 %)Local Government
46 (1.765 %)Marketing
46 (1.765 %)Graphic Design
46 (1.765 %)Manufacturing
54 (1.176 %)Banking
54 (1.176 %)Health
54 (1.176 %)Construction
54 (1.176 %)Education
54 (1.176 %)Pharmaceutical
63 (0.882 %)Telecoms
63 (0.882 %)Advertising
72 (0.588 %)3D Graphics
72 (0.588 %)Insurance
81 (0.294 %)Publishing
81 (0.294 %)Police
81 (0.294 %)Automotive
81 (0.294 %)Legal
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1283 (83.24 %)Developer
294 (27.65 %)Web Developer
378 (22.94 %).NET Developer
451 (15.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
539 (11.47 %)Java Developer
638 (11.18 %)C# Developer
725 (7.353 %)Web Designer
824 (7.059 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
918 (5.294 %)PHP Developer
1016 (4.706 %)Programmer
1114 (4.118 %)VB.NET Developer
1212 (3.529 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1310 (2.941 %)Junior
1310 (2.941 %)Software Developer
1310 (2.941 %)Junior Developer
1310 (2.941 %).NET Web Developer
149 (2.647 %)Java Programmer
149 (2.647 %)Senior Developer
158 (2.353 %)ActionScript Developer
158 (2.353 %)Java/J2EE Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (8.529 %)W3C
25 (1.471 %)NHS
25 (1.471 %)SCORM
33 (0.882 %)Web 2.0
33 (0.882 %)PDA
33 (0.882 %)Management Information System
33 (0.882 %)E-Learning
42 (0.588 %)Social Network
42 (0.588 %)RIA
42 (0.588 %)N-Tier
42 (0.588 %)EPoS
51 (0.294 %)Client/Server
51 (0.294 %)Clustering
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
125 (7.353 %)Windows
214 (4.118 %)Linux
313 (3.824 %)UNIX
42 (0.588 %)Fedora
42 (0.588 %)Windows Mobile
51 (0.294 %)AIX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (10.59 %)E-Commerce
232 (9.412 %)OO
325 (7.353 %)Web Development
423 (6.765 %)UML
520 (5.882 %)Web Design
618 (5.294 %)Content Management
717 (5.000 %)SOA
814 (4.118 %)e-GIF
910 (2.941 %)OOD
910 (2.941 %)SEO
109 (2.647 %)Agile Software Development
118 (2.353 %)CRM
127 (2.059 %)OOP
127 (2.059 %)System Testing
135 (1.471 %)BC Cleared
135 (1.471 %)Security Cleared
135 (1.471 %)TDD
135 (1.471 %)Workflow
144 (1.176 %)Migration
144 (1.176 %)Project Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1114 (33.53 %)SQL
2109 (32.06 %)C#
373 (21.47 %)Java
453 (15.59 %)PHP
535 (10.29 %)VBScript
631 (9.118 %)VB.NET
631 (9.118 %)DHTML
729 (8.529 %)ActionScript
729 (8.529 %)VB
824 (7.059 %)PL/SQL
916 (4.706 %)VB6
1012 (3.529 %)PHP5
1111 (3.235 %)Transact-SQL
1210 (2.941 %)Lingo
1210 (2.941 %)Python
139 (2.647 %)Perl
144 (1.176 %)VBA
144 (1.176 %)PHP4
153 (0.882 %)C
162 (0.588 %)C++
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (2.353 %)Degree
25 (1.471 %)HND
33 (0.882 %)Sun Certification
42 (0.588 %)MCSD
42 (0.588 %)MCSE
42 (0.588 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.588 %)PRINCE2 Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.882 %)WCAG
13 (0.882 %)WAI
13 (0.882 %)QA
21 (0.294 %)ISO9001
21 (0.294 %)PAS 78
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
151 (15.00 %)Oracle
241 (12.06 %)Microsoft
319 (5.588 %)Adobe
413 (3.824 %)Chordiant
53 (0.882 %)IBM
53 (0.882 %)Sun
62 (0.588 %)RedDot
71 (0.294 %)Endeca
71 (0.294 %)Lotus
71 (0.294 %)Infragistics
71 (0.294 %)Macromedia
71 (0.294 %)Business Objects
71 (0.294 %)SAP
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