The first table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript 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 Programming Languages category for the South East 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
JavaScript
Rank 16 23 26
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +3
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 609 536 619
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.814% 5.283% 5.967%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.62% 17.65% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 263 296
Average daily rate £325 £300 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £305
% change year-on-year
- -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 13 65
Average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -15.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.30 £19.10 £19.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.75 £31.40 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2578 3036 3499
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.08% 29.92% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1284 1472 1535
Average daily rate £343 £329 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.18% +1.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 203 293
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £20.50 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East JavaScript Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East 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
Berkshire +25 198 £375 +25.00%
Hampshire +8 128 £324 -7.50%
Surrey +13 94 £325 +8.33%
Buckinghamshire +17 53 £313 -
East Sussex +4 44 £218 -3.33%
Oxfordshire -6 38 £320 +42.22%
West Sussex +18 29 £400 +45.45%
Kent -5 21 £286 -1.37%
Middlesex +4 3 £350 -6.66%
Home Counties +3 1 £300 -
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 735 (70.27%) CSS
2 707 (67.59%) HTML
3 536 (51.24%) jQuery
4 331 (31.64%) .NET
5 283 (27.06%) XML
6 272 (26.00%) C#
7 268 (25.62%) SQL
8 263 (25.14%) HTML5
9 258 (24.67%) MVC
10 245 (23.42%) SQL Server
11 239 (22.85%) ASP.NET
12 226 (21.61%) Ajax
13 219 (20.94%) Java
14 180 (17.21%) PHP
15 165 (15.77%) CSS3
16 148 (14.15%) OO
17 142 (13.58%) XHTML
18 138 (13.19%) Web Development
19 136 (13.00%) Web Services
20 135 (12.91%) Microsoft
21 134 (12.81%) JSP
21 134 (12.81%) CMS
22 117 (11.19%) Agile Software Development
23 114 (10.90%) Photoshop
24 113 (10.80%) MySQL
24 113 (10.80%) Scrum
24 113 (10.80%) ASP.NET MVC
25 110 (10.52%) JSON
26 108 (10.33%) TDD
27 94 (8.987%) Windows

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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
1 735 (70.27%) CSS
2 707 (67.59%) HTML
3 536 (51.24%) jQuery
4 331 (31.64%) .NET
5 283 (27.06%) XML
6 263 (25.14%) HTML5
7 239 (22.85%) ASP.NET
8 226 (21.61%) Ajax
9 165 (15.77%) CSS3
10 142 (13.58%) XHTML
11 136 (13.00%) Web Services
12 134 (12.81%) JSP
13 113 (10.80%) ASP.NET MVC
14 110 (10.52%) JSON
15 87 (8.317%) XSLT
15 87 (8.317%) REST
16 85 (8.126%) EJB
17 79 (7.553%) Spring
18 72 (6.883%) .NET Framework
19 70 (6.692%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 134 (12.81%) CMS
2 48 (4.589%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.633%) IIS
4 35 (3.346%) Apache
5 29 (2.772%) Drupal
5 29 (2.772%) Windows Azure
6 25 (2.390%) WebLogic
7 23 (2.199%) Umbraco
7 23 (2.199%) Adobe CQ
8 22 (2.103%) Tomcat
8 22 (2.103%) SharePoint 2010
9 20 (1.912%) BizTalk Server
10 18 (1.721%) FileNet
11 13 (1.243%) WordPress
12 11 (1.052%) SharePoint 2013
12 11 (1.052%) Sitecore CMS
13 8 (0.765%) ArcGIS
13 8 (0.765%) Oracle Application Server
13 8 (0.765%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (0.669%) Moodle
Applications
1 114 (10.90%) Photoshop
2 80 (7.648%) MS Excel
3 14 (1.338%) MS Office
3 14 (1.338%) Fireworks
4 12 (1.147%) Adobe Illustrator
5 11 (1.052%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.669%) InfoPath
7 6 (0.574%) MS PowerPoint
8 4 (0.382%) InDesign
9 2 (0.191%) GIMP
10 1 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.096%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.096%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.096%) PaintShop Pro
Business Applications
1 19 (1.816%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.956%) Google Analytics
3 8 (0.765%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.669%) SalesLogix
5 2 (0.191%) WebTrends
5 2 (0.191%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.772%) Internet
2 18 (1.721%) HTTP
3 15 (1.434%) Intranet
3 15 (1.434%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.669%) SSL
5 5 (0.478%) Wireshark
5 5 (0.478%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.382%) DVB
6 4 (0.382%) 3G
6 4 (0.382%) UPnP
7 3 (0.287%) Extranet
7 3 (0.287%) DNS
7 3 (0.287%) Broadband
8 2 (0.191%) VoIP
8 2 (0.191%) Network Security
9 1 (0.096%) VPLS
9 1 (0.096%) SAN
9 1 (0.096%) RFID
9 1 (0.096%) RTCP
9 1 (0.096%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 245 (23.42%) SQL Server
2 113 (10.80%) MySQL
3 57 (5.449%) SQL Server 2005
4 53 (5.067%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 48 (4.589%) SQL Server 2008
5 48 (4.589%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 24 (2.294%) NoSQL
7 18 (1.721%) Oracle 11g
8 15 (1.434%) Oracle 10g
9 12 (1.147%) Oracle Reports
9 12 (1.147%) DB2
10 9 (0.860%) GIS
11 8 (0.765%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.765%) DTS
11 8 (0.765%) Data Mining
12 7 (0.669%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (0.669%) Crystal Reports
13 6 (0.574%) Oracle 8/8i
13 6 (0.574%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.574%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (8.126%) JUnit
2 79 (7.553%) Visual Studio
3 75 (7.170%) Git (software)
4 55 (5.258%) Subversion
5 52 (4.971%) Maven
5 52 (4.971%) Selenium
6 41 (3.920%) NUnit
7 37 (3.537%) Mockito
8 25 (2.390%) Dreamweaver
9 19 (1.816%) Team Foundation Server
10 18 (1.721%) Eclipse
11 16 (1.530%) Jasmine
12 15 (1.434%) Jenkins
12 15 (1.434%) FitNesse
13 14 (1.338%) JBehave
13 14 (1.338%) Moq
14 13 (1.243%) VSS/SourceSafe
15 12 (1.147%) SpecFlow
16 11 (1.052%) PhoneGap
17 10 (0.956%) JSUnit
General
1 61 (5.832%) Marketing
2 58 (5.545%) Finance
3 28 (2.677%) Retail
4 27 (2.581%) Games
5 23 (2.199%) Telecoms
6 20 (1.912%) Back Office
7 16 (1.530%) Publishing
8 12 (1.147%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (1.147%) German Language
9 11 (1.052%) Front Office
10 10 (0.956%) Banking
10 10 (0.956%) Japanese Language
11 9 (0.860%) Korean Language
11 9 (0.860%) Manufacturing
12 8 (0.765%) Electronics
12 8 (0.765%) Investment Banking
12 8 (0.765%) Advertising
12 8 (0.765%) Legal
12 8 (0.765%) French Language
13 7 (0.669%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 867 (82.89%) Developer
2 179 (17.11%) Web Developer
3 145 (13.86%) .NET Developer
4 126 (12.05%) Front-End Developer
5 97 (9.273%) PHP Developer
6 89 (8.509%) Java Developer
7 71 (6.788%) C# Developer
8 62 (5.927%) JavaScript Developer
9 49 (4.685%) UI Developer
10 48 (4.589%) UI Programmer
11 47 (4.493%) C# .NET Developer
12 45 (4.302%) ASP.NET Developer
13 44 (4.207%) Senior Developer
14 35 (3.346%) HTML Developer
15 33 (3.155%) Analyst
16 32 (3.059%) Programmer
17 26 (2.486%) Front-End Web Developer
18 22 (2.103%) .NET Web Developer
18 22 (2.103%) Designer
19 21 (2.008%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.633%) Digital Media
2 32 (3.059%) W3C
3 25 (2.390%) Mobile App
4 23 (2.199%) N-Tier
5 18 (1.721%) iPad
6 17 (1.625%) Client/Server
6 17 (1.625%) Computer Science
7 15 (1.434%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.434%) Open Source
7 15 (1.434%) Web 2.0
8 14 (1.338%) SaaS
9 13 (1.243%) Blackberry
10 12 (1.147%) iPhone
11 11 (1.052%) Management Information System
12 10 (0.956%) Streaming Video
12 10 (0.956%) Online Games
13 9 (0.860%) Inversion of Control
14 7 (0.669%) Social Media
15 6 (0.574%) EPoS
15 6 (0.574%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 94 (8.987%) Windows
2 67 (6.405%) Linux
3 42 (4.015%) UNIX
4 39 (3.728%) Android
5 24 (2.294%) Apple iOS
6 21 (2.008%) Windows Server 2003
7 20 (1.912%) Windows Server 2008
8 11 (1.052%) Windows XP
9 8 (0.765%) Windows 2000
10 6 (0.574%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.574%) Windows 8
11 5 (0.478%) CentOS
11 5 (0.478%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.382%) Solaris
13 3 (0.287%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.191%) AIX
15 1 (0.096%) Windows Mobile
15 1 (0.096%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.096%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (24.67%) MVC
2 148 (14.15%) OO
3 138 (13.19%) Web Development
4 117 (11.19%) Agile Software Development
5 113 (10.80%) Scrum
6 108 (10.33%) TDD
7 88 (8.413%) E-Commerce
8 75 (7.170%) BDD
9 72 (6.883%) Continuous Integration
10 67 (6.405%) Unit Testing
11 62 (5.927%) UML
12 58 (5.545%) OOD
13 50 (4.780%) Content Management
14 49 (4.685%) OOP
15 47 (4.493%) Software Architecture
16 40 (3.824%) Pair Programming
17 33 (3.155%) Business Intelligence
18 32 (3.059%) Project Management
19 31 (2.964%) Workflow
20 25 (2.390%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 272 (26.00%) C#
2 268 (25.62%) SQL
3 219 (20.94%) Java
4 180 (17.21%) PHP
5 49 (4.685%) VB.NET
6 44 (4.207%) T-SQL
7 37 (3.537%) Perl
7 37 (3.537%) VB
8 36 (3.442%) Python
9 33 (3.155%) Ruby
10 27 (2.581%) C++
11 23 (2.199%) PL/SQL
12 20 (1.912%) PHP5
13 19 (1.816%) C
14 10 (0.956%) VB6
15 9 (0.860%) ActionScript
16 7 (0.669%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.669%) VBScript
17 6 (0.574%) XPath
17 6 (0.574%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 42 (4.015%) Degree
2 36 (3.442%) Security Cleared
3 26 (2.486%) SC Cleared
4 18 (1.721%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (0.669%) ISTQB
6 5 (0.478%) DV Cleared
6 5 (0.478%) ISEB
7 3 (0.287%) ISEB Practitioner
7 3 (0.287%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.191%) MCP
8 2 (0.191%) OCP
8 2 (0.191%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.191%) Sun Certification
9 1 (0.096%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.096%) APMP
9 1 (0.096%) SCWCD
9 1 (0.096%) CITP
9 1 (0.096%) MCTS
9 1 (0.096%) MBCS
9 1 (0.096%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.964%) QA
2 6 (0.574%) SLA
3 4 (0.382%) WAI
4 3 (0.287%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.191%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.191%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.191%) WCAG
6 1 (0.096%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (0.382%) VMware ESX
2 3 (0.287%) Nmap
2 3 (0.287%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (1.338%) HP Quality Center
2 10 (0.956%) SCOM
3 2 (0.191%) Plesk
4 1 (0.096%) HP UCMDB
4 1 (0.096%) SCCM
4 1 (0.096%) Nessus
4 1 (0.096%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.096%) Netcool
4 1 (0.096%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 135 (12.91%) Microsoft
2 92 (8.795%) Oracle
3 42 (4.015%) IBM
4 41 (3.920%) Adobe
5 39 (3.728%) JBoss
6 34 (3.250%) Google
7 22 (2.103%) Twitter
8 20 (1.912%) Zend
9 17 (1.625%) HP
10 11 (1.052%) Sitecore
10 11 (1.052%) Sencha
11 10 (0.956%) Business Objects
11 10 (0.956%) Interwoven
11 10 (0.956%) Aquila
11 10 (0.956%) Open Text
11 10 (0.956%) Telerik
12 8 (0.765%) ESRI
12 8 (0.765%) Sage
13 7 (0.669%) Macromedia
14 6 (0.574%) Red Hat
South East
HTML 5 CSS JQUERY JAVASCRIPT My client is looking for Front End Developers with strong JavaScript, JQuery, HTML and CSS skills to come on board and join them.
Premier Group
Rate: £35.00 - £45.00 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
South East
HTML 5 CSS JQUERY JAVASCRIPT. My client is looking for Front End Developers with strong JavaScript, JQuery, HTML and CSS skills to come on board and join them.....
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £35.00 - £45.00 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
South East
Front End Developer " HTML " CSS " Photoshop " jQuery " Javascript The successful Front End Developer will be very strong hand coding in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, utilising various libraries such...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £250.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Hampshire
CSS, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, Jquery, HTML, Dom, UX, Ajax... You will be skilled in JavaScript (preferably handcoded) and Jquery with a passion for User Experience in a multi...
Conex Europe Ltd
Rate: £280 - £320 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hook, South East
The team develops applications with interfaces to a number of webservices, 3rd party APIs and varied data sources to offer a wide range of functionality for products, services,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
ASP .Net Web Developer, Front End Specialist (HTML 5 / CSS v3.0 / JQuery ASP .Net, C# .Net and MVC) Our client is looking for an experienced Front End...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Surrey
I am currently recruiting for a web developer with strong HTML5 and responsive design experience They are looking for somebody that has experience building front end mobile web...
Vertical IT
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
UK South, South East
A large digital agency with multiple offices are currently looking to take on a PHP developer on a temp-perm basis.There growing rapidly and need extra resource...
Premier Group
Rate: £150.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
South East
A large digital agency with multiple offices are currently looking to take on a PHP developer on a temp-perm basis. There growing rapidly and need extra resource...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £150.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Berkshire
In the role you will be developing the user interface for one of their market leading web products, using HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript and AJAX/JQuery. The successful candidate...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Posted: 24 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
PHP Developer x 3, Contract, Brighton, East Sussex, 4 months PHP - LAMP Brighton, East Sussex PHP Developer required for immediate requirement within well established Brighton based client. The...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 24 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
My house hold name Client, based on the Berkshire / Hampshire boarders is urgently recruiting for a Front End Web Developer to work as a key member of the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £250.00 - £320.00 per day + Please quote
Posted: 10 May 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
I am looking for the Developer to have proven experience, ideally examples of building Applications on the Samsung Smart TV, SDK and Video streaming experience would be a...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £500.00 per day + Please quote
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hastings, East Sussex
Front End / Middleware Developer... Broad experience of delivering HTML 5 based services. Strong background in Javascript, Jquery and CSS programming and development... Experience of development on Java and...
Dryad Maritime
Rate: Starting at £35,000 depending on skills and experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
East Sussex
You will be working on a range of interesting projects concurrently within a dynamic, busy working environment. -Advanced JavaScript... (Front End Developer, Javascript, HTML, XHTML, CSS, Brighton, East...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 24 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Digital Media Agency based just outside of Reading seek PHP Developer with a focus on back end technologies less front end JavaScript, HTML and CSS stuff... PHP, MySQL,...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hampshire
The Web Developer will regularly update the portfolio of leading brand websites to reflect current marketing, brand launches & digital media campaigns. These updates will be made by integrating...
Computer People
Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Aldershot, Hampshire
Magento PHP Web Developer required for initial 3 month contract to build websites for one of Europe's largest suppliers of office equipment... Currently the sites are in...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: £200 - £300 per day + negotiable DOE
Posted: 22 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Austin Fraser Digital are currently working with a leading media organisation that are looking for Front end Developer to start an initial 3 month contract immediately. The Front...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day + Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
The client is currently developing with HTML 5 and CSS 3... The Front End Developer should also have experience integrating with 3rd party APIs (like Google Maps, Twitter,...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £280 - £320 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
The JavaScript Developer will be required to lead the team to code and test the JavaScript components with an eye towards constant refactoring for performance and maintainability, utilising...
Interact Consulting
Rate: 300-350
Posted: 24 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
The PHP MySQL Developer will be building a website using Symfony... Skills: PHP MySQL Symfony HTML CSS Javascript JQuery In addition to exceptional PHP and MySQL programming skills,...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £200 - £275 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Hampshire
This opportunity requires an experienced developer with strong Front End skills mainly focusing on HTML5, JSON, CSS3, JavaScript frameworks and XML to develop both Web and Mobile friendly...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Staines, South East
URGENT CONTRACT Developer (C#, ASP.NET, CSS, HTML)PAY RATE - £400 PER DAY Developer (C#, ASP.NET, CSS, HTML) MUST BE ABLE TO START MONDAY 3RD JUNE - 3...
Brightred Resourcing
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
URGENT CONTRACT Developer (C#, ASP.NET, CSS, HTML) PAY RATE - £400 PER DAY Developer (C#, ASP.NET, CSS, HTML) MUST BE ABLE TO START MONDAY 3RD JUNE - 3...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013