The first table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 23 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 Programming Languages category for the Northamptonshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JavaScript
Rank 21 11 29
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +18
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 9 37 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.571% 8.852% 1.083%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.45% 34.91% 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 28 2
Average daily rate £325 £250 £269
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -6.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £243 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £250 £284
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £305
% change year-on-year
- -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £34.93
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.25%
All Programming Languages
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
44 106 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 17.46% 25.36% 19.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 72 34
Average daily rate £325 £250 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £433 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
JavaScript
East Midlands

JavaScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Northampton 0 4 £300 +26.31%
JavaScript
East Midlands

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 13 (76.47%) .NET
2 11 (64.71%) ASP.NET
3 10 (58.82%) jQuery
4 7 (41.18%) C#
5 6 (35.29%) VB.NET
5 6 (35.29%) SharePoint
6 5 (29.41%) XML
6 5 (29.41%) SQL Server
7 4 (23.53%) CSS
7 4 (23.53%) HTML
7 4 (23.53%) SQL
7 4 (23.53%) Web Development
7 4 (23.53%) .NET Framework
7 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (17.65%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (17.65%) Ajax
8 3 (17.65%) Degree
8 3 (17.65%) LINQ
8 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
8 3 (17.65%) C++
8 3 (17.65%) Windows
9 2 (11.76%) Linux
9 2 (11.76%) OO
9 2 (11.76%) Tomcat
9 2 (11.76%) XHTML
9 2 (11.76%) XSL
9 2 (11.76%) XSLT
9 2 (11.76%) ASP
9 2 (11.76%) Intranet

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 13 (76.47%) .NET
2 11 (64.71%) ASP.NET
3 10 (58.82%) jQuery
4 5 (29.41%) XML
5 4 (23.53%) CSS
5 4 (23.53%) HTML
5 4 (23.53%) .NET Framework
6 3 (17.65%) Ajax
6 3 (17.65%) LINQ
7 2 (11.76%) XHTML
7 2 (11.76%) XSL
7 2 (11.76%) XSLT
7 2 (11.76%) ASP
7 2 (11.76%) Struts
8 1 (5.882%) CSS3
8 1 (5.882%) HTML5
8 1 (5.882%) WebSphere
8 1 (5.882%) JSF
8 1 (5.882%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (35.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (17.65%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (11.76%) Tomcat
3 2 (11.76%) IIS
3 2 (11.76%) Papyrus
4 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (5.882%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (5.882%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Office
1 2 (11.76%) InfoPath
2 1 (5.882%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (5.882%) Photoshop
2 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) TestComplete
1 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (11.76%) Retail
1 2 (11.76%) Marketing
2 1 (5.882%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Developer
2 10 (58.82%) .NET Developer
3 6 (35.29%) VB.NET Developer
3 6 (35.29%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (11.76%) SharePoint Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET Programmer
6 1 (5.882%) CSS Developer
6 1 (5.882%) VB.NET Programmer
6 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (5.882%) HTML Developer
6 1 (5.882%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) .NET Programmer
6 1 (5.882%) Web Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Programmer
6 1 (5.882%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Linux
2 2 (11.76%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Web Development
2 2 (11.76%) OO
3 1 (5.882%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
3 1 (5.882%) Software Testing
3 1 (5.882%) MVC
3 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) C#
2 6 (35.29%) VB.NET
3 4 (23.53%) SQL
4 3 (17.65%) C++
5 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
5 2 (11.76%) Java
5 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
5 2 (11.76%) VB
5 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
6 1 (5.882%) C
6 1 (5.882%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 1 (5.882%) BC Cleared
2 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.882%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft