The first table below looks at the demand for ECMAScript skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ECMAScript 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.

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
ECMAScript
Rank - 579 583
Contract jobs citing ECMAScript 0 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - 0.009% 0.002%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.025% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £588 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17282 20138 22889
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.25% 34.53% 37.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10652 11878 13292
Average daily rate £385 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 608 718 916
Average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £17.50 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%

ECMAScript
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ECMAScript within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

ECMAScript Jobs Demand Trend

ECMAScript
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ECMAScript within the UK.

ECMAScript Daily Rate Trend

ECMAScript
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ECMAScript 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 ECMAScript.

1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Git (software)

ECMAScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ECMAScript 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 ECMAScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
London
1-2 years) or ECMAScript - Actionscript - C# (Knowledge of) - Video Streaming - Previous experience in Application development - Source code like; SVN, GIT, Clear case, Perforce Desirables: - Python - C ++, Java,...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £220 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The project is a JavaScript and UI based and you will be within a team of C/ C++ engineers. Key Skills: - Javascript (Min. 1-2 years) or ECMAScript -...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £150 - £180 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013