The first table below looks at the demand for jQuery 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 jQuery over the 3 months to 24 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 Northern Ireland 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
jQuery
Rank 16 28 37
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +9
Contract jobs citing jQuery 19 2 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 8.155% 1.015% 2.473%
As % of the Application Development category 18.10% 3.636% 7.895%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 1
Average daily rate £313 £350 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +40.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -37.50%
All Application Development
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
105 55 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 45.06% 27.92% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 17 26
Average daily rate £350 £280 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -18.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
jQuery
UK

jQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing jQuery within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 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
County Antrim +12 18 £313 -10.71%
jQuery
UK

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 34 (97.14%) JavaScript
2 26 (74.29%) CSS
3 22 (62.86%) HTML
4 20 (57.14%) C#
5 16 (45.71%) HTML5
6 15 (42.86%) CSS3
6 15 (42.86%) Java
7 13 (37.14%) C++
7 13 (37.14%) E-Commerce
7 13 (37.14%) Ajax
7 13 (37.14%) Dojo
8 12 (34.29%) BizTalk Server
9 11 (31.43%) .NET
10 10 (28.57%) OO
11 8 (22.86%) Web Design
11 8 (22.86%) Web Development
11 8 (22.86%) TDD
11 8 (22.86%) Responsive Web Design
12 7 (20.00%) ASP.NET
13 6 (17.14%) Degree
14 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
14 5 (14.29%) SharePoint
14 5 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
14 5 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (14.29%) MVC
14 5 (14.29%) Finance
15 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
15 4 (11.43%) XSL
15 4 (11.43%) SQL
16 3 (8.571%) XML

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 26 (74.29%) CSS
2 22 (62.86%) HTML
3 16 (45.71%) HTML5
4 15 (42.86%) CSS3
5 13 (37.14%) Ajax
5 13 (37.14%) Dojo
6 11 (31.43%) .NET
7 7 (20.00%) ASP.NET
8 4 (11.43%) XSL
9 3 (8.571%) XML
10 1 (2.857%) Django
10 1 (2.857%) GStreamer
10 1 (2.857%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 12 (34.29%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (5.714%) ESB
4 1 (2.857%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (2.857%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.857%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.857%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (60.00%) Developer
2 8 (22.86%) JavaScript Developer
3 5 (14.29%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (14.29%) .NET Developer
4 4 (11.43%) Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) SharePoint Consultant
5 1 (2.857%) C Software Engineer
5 1 (2.857%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (2.857%) Development Engineer
5 1 (2.857%) Senior Developer
5 1 (2.857%) Web Developer
5 1 (2.857%) Software Engineer
5 1 (2.857%) Software Development Engineer
5 1 (2.857%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 2 (5.714%) STB
2 2 (5.714%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.857%) Linux
1 1 (2.857%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) E-Commerce
2 10 (28.57%) OO
3 8 (22.86%) Web Design
3 8 (22.86%) Web Development
3 8 (22.86%) TDD
3 8 (22.86%) Responsive Web Design
4 5 (14.29%) MVC
5 1 (2.857%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 34 (97.14%) JavaScript
2 20 (57.14%) C#
3 15 (42.86%) Java
4 13 (37.14%) C++
5 4 (11.43%) SQL
6 1 (2.857%) C
6 1 (2.857%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Degree
2 1 (2.857%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft