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This section looks at the demand for jQuery skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited jQuery over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkjQuery
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank245-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.402 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£205-
Average daily rate£219-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£233-
UK excluding London average daily rate£212-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching contract IT job ads27394059
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.614 %4.043 %
Daily rates quoted670998
Average minimum daily rate£316£304
Average daily rate£336£322
% change on same period last year+4.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted257406
Average minimum hourly rate£33.21£34.08
Average hourly rate£35.23£36.74
% change on same period last year-4.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.24£39.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
jQuery EnglandjQuery
England

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.

jQuery
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing jQuery across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East jQuery Demand Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing jQuery across the South East region.

South East jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing jQuery across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

South East jQuery Daily Rate Histogram

jQuery
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing jQuery within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordshireNew entry-4--
BerkshireNew entry-3£200-
KentNew entry-2£313-
Thames ValleyNew entry-1£200-
HampshireNew entry-1£200-
East SussexNew entry-1--
jQuery EnglandjQuery
England

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

117 (73.91 %)JavaScript
216 (69.57 %)PHP
315 (65.22 %)CSS
315 (65.22 %)PHP5
414 (60.87 %)OO
414 (60.87 %)XHTML
513 (56.52 %)HTML
611 (47.83 %)MySQL
611 (47.83 %)AJAX
78 (34.78 %)PHP4
86 (26.09 %)Symfony
86 (26.09 %)E-Commerce
86 (26.09 %)XML
95 (21.74 %)XSL
95 (21.74 %)MVC
95 (21.74 %)LAMP
95 (21.74 %)Photoshop
95 (21.74 %)ASP.NET
95 (21.74 %).NET
95 (21.74 %)C#
104 (17.39 %)MooTools
104 (17.39 %)Zend
104 (17.39 %)XPath
104 (17.39 %)XQuery
104 (17.39 %)PostgreSQL
104 (17.39 %)Eclipse
104 (17.39 %)Apache
104 (17.39 %)Flash
113 (13.04 %)Adobe Illustrator
113 (13.04 %)Web 2.0

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (65.22 %)CSS
214 (60.87 %)XHTML
313 (56.52 %)HTML
411 (47.83 %)AJAX
56 (26.09 %)Symfony
56 (26.09 %)XML
65 (21.74 %)XSL
65 (21.74 %)MVC
65 (21.74 %)LAMP
65 (21.74 %)ASP.NET
65 (21.74 %).NET
74 (17.39 %)MooTools
83 (13.04 %)CodeIgniter
83 (13.04 %)CakePHP
92 (8.696 %)YUI
92 (8.696 %)Dojo
92 (8.696 %)WebServices
101 (4.348 %)JSP
101 (4.348 %)ASP
101 (4.348 %)XSLT
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (17.39 %)Apache
21 (4.348 %)WebLogic
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (21.74 %)Photoshop
23 (13.04 %)Adobe Illustrator
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.696 %)HTTP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (47.83 %)MySQL
24 (17.39 %)PostgreSQL
31 (4.348 %)SQL Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (17.39 %)Eclipse
14 (17.39 %)Flash
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.348 %)Finance
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (86.96 %)Developer
215 (65.22 %)PHP Developer
35 (21.74 %)Web Designer
44 (17.39 %)Web Developer
53 (13.04 %)Photoshop Designer
61 (4.348 %)MySQL Developer
61 (4.348 %)UI Designer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (13.04 %)Web 2.0
22 (8.696 %)Social Network
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (60.87 %)OO
26 (26.09 %)E-Commerce
32 (8.696 %)Web Development
41 (4.348 %)Scrum
41 (4.348 %)OOD
41 (4.348 %)UML
41 (4.348 %)OOP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (73.91 %)JavaScript
216 (69.57 %)PHP
315 (65.22 %)PHP5
48 (34.78 %)PHP4
55 (21.74 %)C#
64 (17.39 %)XPath
64 (17.39 %)XQuery
72 (8.696 %)DHTML
72 (8.696 %)Perl
81 (4.348 %)ActionScript
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (17.39 %)Zend
21 (4.348 %)ION Trading