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This section looks at the demand for JavaScript skills within the Southampton 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2211
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads528
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.028 %
As % of the category below7.576 %24.56 %
Daily rates quoted114
Average minimum daily rate£350£250
Average daily rate£375£273
% change on same period last year+37.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£296
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£295
% change on same period last year+2.90 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£37.67£14.20
Average hourly rate£39.67£15.91
% change on same period last year+149.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.67£17.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.55£31.12
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Southampton
Matching contract IT job ads66114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted2547
Average minimum daily rate£306£274
Average daily rate£344£294
% change on same period last year+17.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£335
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted1113
Average minimum hourly rate£37.35£25.09
Average hourly rate£39.00£26.95
% change on same period last year+44.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.65£28.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.40£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.11 %
JavaScript HampshireJavaScript
Hampshire

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 Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Southampton JavaScript Hourly Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

114 (87.50 %)XML
212 (75.00 %)CSS
39 (56.25 %)HTML
48 (50.00 %)C#
48 (50.00 %).NET
48 (50.00 %)SQL Server
48 (50.00 %)XHTML
57 (43.75 %)Visual Studio
57 (43.75 %)ASP.NET
66 (37.50 %)Linux
66 (37.50 %)SQL Server 2005
75 (31.25 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
75 (31.25 %)AJAX
75 (31.25 %)XSLT
84 (25.00 %)ASP
84 (25.00 %)C++
84 (25.00 %)C
93 (18.75 %)Java
93 (18.75 %)ActionScript
93 (18.75 %)Flash
93 (18.75 %)HTTP
93 (18.75 %)XMPP
93 (18.75 %)RTSP
93 (18.75 %)Embedded Linux
93 (18.75 %)Marketing
102 (12.50 %)STB
102 (12.50 %)ColdFusion
102 (12.50 %)Middleware
102 (12.50 %)DOM
102 (12.50 %)JSP

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (87.50 %)XML
212 (75.00 %)CSS
39 (56.25 %)HTML
48 (50.00 %).NET
48 (50.00 %)XHTML
57 (43.75 %)ASP.NET
65 (31.25 %)AJAX
65 (31.25 %)XSLT
74 (25.00 %)ASP
83 (18.75 %)XMPP
92 (12.50 %)Middleware
92 (12.50 %)DOM
92 (12.50 %)JSP
101 (6.250 %)J2EE
101 (6.250 %)SOAP
101 (6.250 %)Struts
101 (6.250 %)Swing
101 (6.250 %)Hibernate
101 (6.250 %)JAXP
101 (6.250 %)JAXB
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (12.50 %)ColdFusion
21 (6.250 %)WebLogic
21 (6.250 %)CMS
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.250 %)Photoshop
11 (6.250 %)MS Office
11 (6.250 %)FreeHand
11 (6.250 %)Fireworks
11 (6.250 %)MS PowerPoint
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (18.75 %)HTTP
13 (18.75 %)RTSP
21 (6.250 %)DVB
21 (6.250 %)Internet
21 (6.250 %)TCP/IP
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (50.00 %)SQL Server
26 (37.50 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (31.25 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (6.250 %)MySQL
41 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (6.250 %)RDBMS
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (43.75 %)Visual Studio
23 (18.75 %)Flash
31 (6.250 %)Dreamweaver
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (18.75 %)Marketing
21 (6.250 %)Telecoms
21 (6.250 %)Finance
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (75.00 %)Developer
26 (37.50 %)C# Developer
33 (18.75 %)Java Developer
42 (12.50 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
42 (12.50 %)ASP.NET Developer
42 (12.50 %).NET Developer
42 (12.50 %)ColdFusion Developer
42 (12.50 %)Web Developer
51 (6.250 %)Programmer
51 (6.250 %).NET Web Developer
51 (6.250 %)Junior Web Developer
51 (6.250 %)J2EE Developer
51 (6.250 %)VB.NET Developer
51 (6.250 %)Junior
51 (6.250 %)Software Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Junior Developer
51 (6.250 %)C# Web Developer
51 (6.250 %)Java Swing Developer
51 (6.250 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (6.250 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (12.50 %)STB
21 (6.250 %)DTV
21 (6.250 %)iDTV
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (37.50 %)Linux
23 (18.75 %)Embedded Linux
31 (6.250 %)UNIX
31 (6.250 %)Solaris
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (6.250 %)OO
11 (6.250 %)Agile Software Development
11 (6.250 %)Test-First Development
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (50.00 %)C#
24 (25.00 %)C++
24 (25.00 %)C
33 (18.75 %)Java
33 (18.75 %)ActionScript
42 (12.50 %)VB.NET
51 (6.250 %)Perl
51 (6.250 %)PHP
51 (6.250 %)SQL
51 (6.250 %)Transact-SQL
51 (6.250 %)VB
51 (6.250 %)VBA
51 (6.250 %)Embedded C
51 (6.250 %)Embedded C++
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.250 %)Active Directory
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.250 %)Oracle
11 (6.250 %)MKS