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The table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1627
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads6648
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.048 %
As % of the category below24.63 %12.83 %
Daily rates quoted2120
Average minimum daily rate£241£309
Average daily rate£266£316
% change on same period last year-15.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£291£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£291£294
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted56
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00£35.83
Average hourly rate£34.50£37.50
% change on same period last year-7.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00£39.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.08£30.70
% change on same period last year-11.80 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads268374
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.374 %0.376 %
Daily rates quoted70146
Average minimum daily rate£304£342
Average daily rate£335£369
% change on same period last year-9.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£335
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
Hourly rates quoted2140
Average minimum hourly rate£37.48£33.17
Average hourly rate£40.25£34.51
% change on same period last year+16.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.03£35.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.48£32.81
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
JavaScript BerkshireJavaScript
Berkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the Reading region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Reading JavaScript Daily Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the Reading region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Reading JavaScript Hourly Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

193 (82.30 %)HTML
276 (67.26 %)CSS
352 (46.02 %)XHTML
451 (45.13 %)XML
537 (32.74 %)Web Development
636 (31.86 %)Java
731 (27.43 %)SQL
828 (24.78 %)AJAX
925 (22.12 %)PHP
1022 (19.47 %)MySQL
1121 (18.58 %).NET
1121 (18.58 %)XSL
1220 (17.70 %)Linux
1220 (17.70 %)CMS
1220 (17.70 %)LAMP
1220 (17.70 %)PHP5
1319 (16.81 %)Content Management
1319 (16.81 %)ASP.NET
1418 (15.93 %)ASP
1418 (15.93 %)XSLT
1418 (15.93 %)Subversion
1517 (15.04 %)Drupal
1517 (15.04 %)JSP
1517 (15.04 %)Proxima
1517 (15.04 %)Red Hat
1615 (13.27 %)Red Hat Linux
1615 (13.27 %)XPath
1714 (12.39 %)C#
1813 (11.50 %)Migration
1912 (10.62 %)Finance

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
193 (82.30 %)HTML
276 (67.26 %)CSS
352 (46.02 %)XHTML
451 (45.13 %)XML
528 (24.78 %)AJAX
621 (18.58 %)XSL
621 (18.58 %).NET
720 (17.70 %)LAMP
819 (16.81 %)ASP.NET
918 (15.93 %)XSLT
918 (15.93 %)ASP
1017 (15.04 %)Drupal
1017 (15.04 %)JSP
119 (7.965 %)JSTL
128 (7.080 %)DOM
137 (6.195 %)Struts
137 (6.195 %)WebServices
137 (6.195 %)Hibernate
146 (5.310 %)Spring
146 (5.310 %)WebSphere
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (17.70 %)CMS
212 (10.62 %)Apache
310 (8.850 %)Tomcat
46 (5.310 %)WebSphere Application Server
52 (1.770 %)JBoss
52 (1.770 %)SharePoint
61 (0.885 %)TeamSite
61 (0.885 %)BizTalk Server
61 (0.885 %)Content Management Server
61 (0.885 %)WebLogic
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (9.735 %)Photoshop
28 (7.080 %)MS Office
28 (7.080 %)MS Visio
37 (6.195 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (0.885 %)MS Excel
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.655 %)Applix TM1
21 (0.885 %)Oracle Applications
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (7.965 %)Internet
23 (2.655 %)GPRS
31 (0.885 %)ISDN
31 (0.885 %)Intranet
31 (0.885 %)Firewall
31 (0.885 %)ATM
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (19.47 %)MySQL
212 (10.62 %)SQL Server
33 (2.655 %)Informix
33 (2.655 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (2.655 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.885 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (0.885 %)GIS
41 (0.885 %)DTS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (15.93 %)Subversion
210 (8.850 %)Flash
38 (7.080 %)Eclipse
45 (4.425 %)Ant
52 (1.770 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.885 %)Bugzilla
61 (0.885 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.885 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (10.62 %)Finance
25 (4.425 %)Education
33 (2.655 %)Government
33 (2.655 %)Marketing
42 (1.770 %)Retail
42 (1.770 %)Construction
51 (0.885 %)Back Office
51 (0.885 %)Telecoms
51 (0.885 %)Health
51 (0.885 %)Banking
51 (0.885 %)Insurance
51 (0.885 %)Retail Banking
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
166 (58.41 %)Developer
236 (31.86 %)Web Developer
312 (10.62 %)Web Designer
411 (9.735 %)PHP Developer
411 (9.735 %)Java Developer
58 (7.080 %).NET Developer
58 (7.080 %)Infrastructure Engineer
67 (6.195 %)Senior Web Developer
67 (6.195 %)Support Engineer
67 (6.195 %)Web Manager
67 (6.195 %)Senior Developer
76 (5.310 %)C# Developer
76 (5.310 %)ASP.NET Developer
76 (5.310 %)Web Support Engineer
76 (5.310 %)Web Engineer
85 (4.425 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
85 (4.425 %)Applications Support Engineer
85 (4.425 %)Applications Support
85 (4.425 %)PHP Web Developer
94 (3.540 %)Web Development Manager
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (1.770 %)W3C
21 (0.885 %)N-Tier
21 (0.885 %)NHS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
120 (17.70 %)Linux
215 (13.27 %)Red Hat Linux
311 (9.735 %)Windows
410 (8.850 %)Windows Server 2003
59 (7.965 %)Windows 2000
68 (7.080 %)Windows XP
68 (7.080 %)Windows Vista
68 (7.080 %)Windows Server 2008
72 (1.770 %)UNIX
81 (0.885 %)Solaris
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
137 (32.74 %)Web Development
219 (16.81 %)Content Management
313 (11.50 %)Migration
412 (10.62 %)Security Cleared
510 (8.850 %)SC Cleared
66 (5.310 %)Time Management
75 (4.425 %)Data Migration
84 (3.540 %)Web Design
84 (3.540 %)CRM
93 (2.655 %)E-Commerce
102 (1.770 %)Software Testing
102 (1.770 %)Direct Marketing
102 (1.770 %)OO
111 (0.885 %)User Acceptance Testing
111 (0.885 %)Test Management
111 (0.885 %)Requirements Analysis
111 (0.885 %)Business Intelligence
111 (0.885 %)Project Management
111 (0.885 %)Service Management
111 (0.885 %)Process Management
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
136 (31.86 %)Java
231 (27.43 %)SQL
325 (22.12 %)PHP
420 (17.70 %)PHP5
515 (13.27 %)XPath
614 (12.39 %)C#
712 (10.62 %)Python
811 (9.735 %)VBScript
96 (5.310 %)Transact-SQL
104 (3.540 %)DHTML
104 (3.540 %)C
113 (2.655 %)VB
113 (2.655 %)VB.NET
113 (2.655 %)ActionScript
122 (1.770 %)VBA
122 (1.770 %)Perl
122 (1.770 %)PL/SQL
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.655 %)MCAD
13 (2.655 %)MCSD
13 (2.655 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (2.655 %)Sun Certification
13 (2.655 %)Degree
22 (1.770 %)MCP
31 (0.885 %)ISEB
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (6.195 %)WCAG
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (15.04 %)Red Hat
117 (15.04 %)Proxima
211 (9.735 %)Microsoft
38 (7.080 %)Oracle
38 (7.080 %)CA
43 (2.655 %)Adobe
43 (2.655 %)Macromedia
43 (2.655 %)Sun
43 (2.655 %)Applix
51 (0.885 %)Zend
51 (0.885 %)Nokia
51 (0.885 %)VERITAS
51 (0.885 %)Cisco