The first table below looks at the demand for jQuery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited jQuery over the 3 months to 21 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 Portsmouth 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
jQuery
Rank 11 16 28
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +12
Contract jobs citing jQuery 6 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 7.407% 3.922% 1.282%
As % of the Application Development category 25.00% 23.53% 5.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
Average daily rate £363 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £350 £253
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £350 £273
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 £21.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -47.50%
All Application Development
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
24 17 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 29.63% 16.67% 22.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 5
Average daily rate £388 £350 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% +27.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 20
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
jQuery
Hampshire

jQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 6 (100.00%) CSS
2 5 (83.33%) XHTML
3 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (50.00%) PHP
4 3 (50.00%) Photoshop
5 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 2 (33.33%) C#
5 2 (33.33%) HTML
5 2 (33.33%) .NET
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) PMI
5 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
5 2 (33.33%) Project Management
5 2 (33.33%) ITIL
5 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
5 2 (33.33%) OOP
5 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Drupal
5 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (33.33%) CMS
5 2 (33.33%) Scrum
5 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
6 1 (16.67%) HTML5
6 1 (16.67%) CSS3
6 1 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (16.67%) LAMP
6 1 (16.67%) 3ds Max
6 1 (16.67%) Magento
6 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
6 1 (16.67%) OO

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 6 (100.00%) CSS
2 5 (83.33%) XHTML
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
4 1 (16.67%) HTML5
4 1 (16.67%) CSS3
4 1 (16.67%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Drupal
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Magento
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (16.67%) 3ds Max
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) PHP Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Software Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Drupal Developer
3 2 (33.33%) PHP Drupal Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Development Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 2 (33.33%) OOP
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum
1 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) PHP
3 2 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
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