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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Northern Ireland region.

 JavaScript
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank31826
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Up+8
Matching contract IT job ads3032
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland31.91 %3.191 %1.227 %
As % of the Programming Languages category50.00 %11.54 %3.448 %
Daily rates quoted2220
Average daily rate£203£220-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.950 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£250£300
% change year-on-year
--16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£20.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00 %-33.33 %
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
602658
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland63.83 %27.66 %35.58 %
Daily rates quoted38914
Average daily rate£225£300£225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00 %+33.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£185£220£223
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£325£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted102
Average hourly rate£20.00-£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
JavaScript UKJavaScript
UK

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.

JavaScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript across the Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
County AntrimUp+1328£200-9.09 %
JavaScript UKJavaScript
UK

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

113 (41.94 %)Telecoms
211 (35.48 %)Java
310 (32.26 %)Web Design
47 (22.58 %)Web Development
55 (16.13 %)AJAX
55 (16.13 %)C
64 (12.90 %)JSP
64 (12.90 %)Linux
64 (12.90 %)Multimedia
73 (9.677 %)HTML
73 (9.677 %)Ant
73 (9.677 %)WebLogic
73 (9.677 %)CSS
82 (6.452 %)Continuous Integration
82 (6.452 %)J2EE
82 (6.452 %)W3C
82 (6.452 %)Swing
82 (6.452 %)MVC
82 (6.452 %)BT
82 (6.452 %)Spring
82 (6.452 %)UNIX
82 (6.452 %)Hibernate
91 (3.226 %)Maven
91 (3.226 %)Automated Testing
91 (3.226 %)Tapestry
91 (3.226 %)Perforce
91 (3.226 %)Agile Software Development
91 (3.226 %)Banking
91 (3.226 %)JMS
91 (3.226 %)Servlets

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (16.13 %)AJAX
24 (12.90 %)JSP
33 (9.677 %)HTML
33 (9.677 %)CSS
42 (6.452 %)J2EE
42 (6.452 %)Swing
42 (6.452 %)Spring
42 (6.452 %)Hibernate
51 (3.226 %)Tapestry
51 (3.226 %)JMS
51 (3.226 %)Servlets
51 (3.226 %)Web Services
51 (3.226 %)JMX
51 (3.226 %)JAAS
51 (3.226 %)JDBC
51 (3.226 %)RESTful
51 (3.226 %)JSON
51 (3.226 %)Dojo
51 (3.226 %)YUI
51 (3.226 %)jQuery
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (9.677 %)WebLogic
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (9.677 %)Ant
21 (3.226 %)Maven
21 (3.226 %)JUnit
21 (3.226 %)DbUnit
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (41.94 %)Telecoms
24 (12.90 %)Multimedia
31 (3.226 %)Banking
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
129 (93.55 %)Developer
219 (61.29 %)JavaScript Developer
37 (22.58 %)Java Developer
44 (12.90 %)Consultant
53 (9.677 %)Web Designer
53 (9.677 %)Web Developer
53 (9.677 %)Designer
62 (6.452 %)C Developer
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (6.452 %)W3C
21 (3.226 %)Derivative
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (12.90 %)Linux
22 (6.452 %)UNIX
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (32.26 %)Web Design
27 (22.58 %)Web Development
32 (6.452 %)Continuous Integration
32 (6.452 %)MVC
41 (3.226 %)Automated Testing
41 (3.226 %)Agile Software Development
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (35.48 %)Java
25 (16.13 %)C
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (6.452 %)BT
21 (3.226 %)Perforce