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The table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills within the Thames Valley 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1932
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads1918
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.018 %
As % of the category below11.80 %7.229 %
Daily rates quoted52
Average minimum daily rate£215£250
Average daily rate£231£275
% change on same period last year-16.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£247£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£291£296
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.32£30.10
% change on same period last year-12.56 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads161249
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.228 %0.252 %
Daily rates quoted2526
Average minimum daily rate£263£301
Average daily rate£280£324
% change on same period last year-13.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£298£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.99 %
Hourly rates quoted1030
Average minimum hourly rate£35.37£34.37
Average hourly rate£37.96£37.84
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.56£41.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.17£32.72
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
JavaScript South EastJavaScript
South East

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

121 (65.63 %)CSS
218 (56.25 %)HTML
315 (46.88 %)XML
315 (46.88 %)XHTML
412 (37.50 %).NET
511 (34.38 %)ASP.NET
69 (28.13 %)MySQL
69 (28.13 %)SQL Server
69 (28.13 %)PHP
78 (25.00 %)DHTML
87 (21.88 %)C#
96 (18.75 %)SQL
96 (18.75 %)AJAX
105 (15.63 %)SQL Server 2005
105 (15.63 %)VB
105 (15.63 %)Photoshop
105 (15.63 %)Linux
105 (15.63 %)Migration
114 (12.50 %)CMS
114 (12.50 %)LAMP
114 (12.50 %)CRM
114 (12.50 %)Apache
114 (12.50 %)Flash
114 (12.50 %)Microsoft
114 (12.50 %)Windows
114 (12.50 %)XSLT
114 (12.50 %)ASP
114 (12.50 %)Oracle
114 (12.50 %)Drupal
123 (9.375 %)Data Migration

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (65.63 %)CSS
218 (56.25 %)HTML
315 (46.88 %)XML
315 (46.88 %)XHTML
412 (37.50 %).NET
511 (34.38 %)ASP.NET
66 (18.75 %)AJAX
74 (12.50 %)Drupal
74 (12.50 %)XSLT
74 (12.50 %)LAMP
74 (12.50 %)ASP
83 (9.375 %)WebServices
83 (9.375 %)XSL
83 (9.375 %)Hibernate
83 (9.375 %)J2EE
83 (9.375 %)Spring
92 (6.250 %)JSP
92 (6.250 %)SOAP
92 (6.250 %)Struts
101 (3.125 %)COM+
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (12.50 %)Apache
14 (12.50 %)CMS
22 (6.250 %)SharePoint
22 (6.250 %)MS Exchange
31 (3.125 %)Tomcat
31 (3.125 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (3.125 %)SugarCRM
31 (3.125 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (3.125 %)IIS
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (15.63 %)Photoshop
23 (9.375 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (6.250 %)3ds Max
32 (6.250 %)LightWave 3D
41 (3.125 %)MS Excel
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (9.375 %)Microsoft CRM
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (28.13 %)MySQL
19 (28.13 %)SQL Server
25 (15.63 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (3.125 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (3.125 %)SQL Server 2008
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (12.50 %)Flash
22 (6.250 %)Eclipse
31 (3.125 %)InterDev
31 (3.125 %)Subversion
31 (3.125 %)JUnit
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (6.250 %)Marketing
21 (3.125 %)Government
21 (3.125 %)Local Government
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (71.88 %)Developer
211 (34.38 %)Web Developer
36 (18.75 %)PHP Developer
45 (15.63 %)Web Designer
54 (12.50 %)Senior Developer
54 (12.50 %).NET Developer
63 (9.375 %)Java Developer
72 (6.250 %)Software Developer
72 (6.250 %)Consultant
72 (6.250 %)Senior Web Developer
72 (6.250 %)C# Developer
72 (6.250 %)Microsoft Consultant
72 (6.250 %)Senior Java Developer
72 (6.250 %)CRM Consultant
72 (6.250 %)PHP Web Developer
72 (6.250 %)Photoshop Designer
72 (6.250 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
81 (3.125 %)CRM Manager
81 (3.125 %)Senior Web Applications Developer
81 (3.125 %)JSP Developer
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.125 %)W3C
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (15.63 %)Linux
24 (12.50 %)Windows
33 (9.375 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (3.125 %)Windows Vista
41 (3.125 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (3.125 %)Windows 2000 Server
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (15.63 %)Migration
24 (12.50 %)CRM
33 (9.375 %)E-Commerce
33 (9.375 %)OO
33 (9.375 %)Content Management
33 (9.375 %)Web Development
33 (9.375 %)Data Migration
42 (6.250 %)User Acceptance Testing
42 (6.250 %)Technical Architecture
51 (3.125 %)PRINCE2
51 (3.125 %)Unit Testing
51 (3.125 %)Project Planning
51 (3.125 %)Agile Software Development
51 (3.125 %)RAD
51 (3.125 %)Project Management
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (28.13 %)PHP
28 (25.00 %)DHTML
37 (21.88 %)C#
46 (18.75 %)SQL
55 (15.63 %)VB
63 (9.375 %)VB.NET
63 (9.375 %)Java
72 (6.250 %)Python
72 (6.250 %)PHP5
81 (3.125 %)Groovy
81 (3.125 %)VB6
81 (3.125 %)Transact-SQL
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (6.250 %)MCSE
12 (6.250 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (3.125 %)MCSD
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.125 %)WAI
11 (3.125 %)QA
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (12.50 %)Oracle
14 (12.50 %)Microsoft
21 (3.125 %)Zend