The first table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 22 13 10
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -3
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 30 65 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 6.410% 11.30% 11.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.58% 27.43% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 28 39
Average daily rate £325 £269 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.93% -7.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £328
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 £29.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+18.64% -9.23%
All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
139 237 201
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 29.70% 41.22% 41.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 121 111
Average daily rate £325 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £225 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 5
Average hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% +37.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £16.61 £18.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
JavaScript
South East

JavaScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
Oxford -9 10 £325 +44.44% 22
Abingdon - 6 £400 - 1
Henley-on-Thames +2 2 £165 -42.60% 2
Bicester - 1 - - 1
Banbury - - - - 1
Thame - - - - 2
Wallingford - - - -
Witney - - - - 1
JavaScript
South East

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 46 (85.19%) CSS
2 44 (81.48%) HTML
3 35 (64.81%) jQuery
4 18 (33.33%) PHP
5 17 (31.48%) CMS
6 16 (29.63%) Java
7 14 (25.93%) SQL
7 14 (25.93%) MVC
7 14 (25.93%) HTML5
8 13 (24.07%) MySQL
9 12 (22.22%) .NET
9 12 (22.22%) Ajax
9 12 (22.22%) CSS3
10 11 (20.37%) C#
10 11 (20.37%) XML
11 10 (18.52%) Project Management
12 9 (16.67%) SQL Server
12 9 (16.67%) Marketing
13 8 (14.81%) Web Development
13 8 (14.81%) Photoshop
13 8 (14.81%) Interwoven
13 8 (14.81%) Scrum
13 8 (14.81%) Content Management
13 8 (14.81%) Google
14 7 (12.96%) Agile Software Development
14 7 (12.96%) TDD
14 7 (12.96%) SEO
14 7 (12.96%) XHTML
14 7 (12.96%) Oracle
14 7 (12.96%) PRINCE2

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 46 (85.19%) CSS
2 44 (81.48%) HTML
3 35 (64.81%) jQuery
4 14 (25.93%) HTML5
5 12 (22.22%) .NET
5 12 (22.22%) Ajax
5 12 (22.22%) CSS3
6 11 (20.37%) XML
7 7 (12.96%) XHTML
7 7 (12.96%) JSP
8 6 (11.11%) Hibernate
8 6 (11.11%) Spring
9 5 (9.259%) Struts
9 5 (9.259%) ASP.NET
9 5 (9.259%) J2EE
10 4 (7.407%) CodeIgniter
10 4 (7.407%) XSL
10 4 (7.407%) Web Services
11 3 (5.556%) Servlets
11 3 (5.556%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 17 (31.48%) CMS
2 5 (9.259%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.407%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (7.407%) Apache
3 4 (7.407%) Tomcat
4 2 (3.704%) Alfresco
4 2 (3.704%) MODX
4 2 (3.704%) Drupal
4 2 (3.704%) WebLogic
4 2 (3.704%) TeamSite
4 2 (3.704%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (1.852%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (1.852%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Photoshop
2 6 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (9.259%) MS Excel
4 4 (7.407%) MS Office
4 4 (7.407%) MS Visio
4 4 (7.407%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.704%) Intranet
2 1 (1.852%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.07%) MySQL
2 9 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (5.556%) OLAP
3 3 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (5.556%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (3.704%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (3.704%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (3.704%) JasperReports
5 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (7.407%) Git (software)
1 4 (7.407%) Eclipse
1 4 (7.407%) Maven
2 3 (5.556%) Subversion
2 3 (5.556%) JUnit
3 1 (1.852%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (1.852%) Selenium
3 1 (1.852%) FitNesse
3 1 (1.852%) JIRA
3 1 (1.852%) Firebug
3 1 (1.852%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.852%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (16.67%) Marketing
2 6 (11.11%) French Language
2 6 (11.11%) German Language
3 4 (7.407%) Finance
4 1 (1.852%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.852%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.852%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (77.78%) Developer
2 10 (18.52%) PHP Developer
3 7 (12.96%) Java Developer
3 7 (12.96%) Analyst
4 6 (11.11%) Web Manager
4 6 (11.11%) Programmer
5 5 (9.259%) Front-End Developer
6 4 (7.407%) Process Analyst
6 4 (7.407%) Business Developer
6 4 (7.407%) Senior Developer
6 4 (7.407%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 4 (7.407%) Project Analyst
7 3 (5.556%) Java Programmer
7 3 (5.556%) SQL Developer
7 3 (5.556%) Senior Programmer
7 3 (5.556%) .NET Developer
7 3 (5.556%) C# Developer
7 3 (5.556%) Report Developer
7 3 (5.556%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (5.556%) Agile .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.407%) Digital Media
1 4 (7.407%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.556%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.852%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.852%) Pharmacovigilance
3 1 (1.852%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Windows
2 6 (11.11%) Linux
3 3 (5.556%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.704%) Android
4 2 (3.704%) Solaris
4 2 (3.704%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) MVC
2 10 (18.52%) Project Management
3 8 (14.81%) Web Development
3 8 (14.81%) Scrum
3 8 (14.81%) Content Management
4 7 (12.96%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (12.96%) TDD
4 7 (12.96%) SEO
4 7 (12.96%) PRINCE2
4 7 (12.96%) Analytics
5 6 (11.11%) Information Architecture
5 6 (11.11%) Online Marketing
5 6 (11.11%) B2B
5 6 (11.11%) Web Analytics
6 5 (9.259%) Workflow
6 5 (9.259%) ITIL
7 4 (7.407%) Unit Testing
7 4 (7.407%) Project Planning
7 4 (7.407%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (7.407%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 18 (33.33%) PHP
2 16 (29.63%) Java
3 14 (25.93%) SQL
4 11 (20.37%) C#
5 5 (9.259%) T-SQL
6 3 (5.556%) Python
6 3 (5.556%) PL/SQL
6 3 (5.556%) C
7 2 (3.704%) ActionScript 3.0
7 2 (3.704%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (3.704%) PHP4
7 2 (3.704%) ActionScript
7 2 (3.704%) Ruby
8 1 (1.852%) VB
8 1 (1.852%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Degree
2 1 (1.852%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.704%) SLA
1 2 (3.704%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 8 (14.81%) Interwoven
1 8 (14.81%) Google
2 7 (12.96%) Oracle
3 3 (5.556%) IBM
3 3 (5.556%) JBoss
3 3 (5.556%) Business Objects
3 3 (5.556%) Jaspersoft
4 2 (3.704%) Sencha
4 2 (3.704%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.704%) Sage
5 1 (1.852%) Facebook
5 1 (1.852%) Twitter
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Austin Fraser Digital are currently looking for a Front End Developer to work with a software house based in Oxford.
Austin Fraser
Rate: £230 - £250 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013