Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank3631
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads12923177
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK3.761 %4.126 %
As % of the Programming Languages category11.32 %12.48 %
Daily rates quoted5101121
Average daily rate£275£314
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-12.35 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£230£300
% change on same period last year-23.33 %
Hourly rates quoted83175
Average hourly rate£22.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.25£18.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£30.00
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1141125447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK33.22 %33.05 %
Daily rates quoted45608324
Average daily rate£365£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted7631682
Average hourly rate£29.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %

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.

JavaScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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 within the UK.

JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

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 within the UK.

JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

JavaScript Hourly Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-51229£275-12.00 %
LondonDown-11614£325+0.77 %
South EastUp+3208£250-16.66 %
City of LondonDown-1155£425+25.92 %
South WestUp+1499£225-18.18 %
East of EnglandUp+494£244-30.35 %
North WestNo change077£200-38.46 %
BerkshireUp+570£250-11.50 %
CambridgeshireUp+3460£238-34.48 %
West MidlandsUp+1054£200-28.48 %
SurreyUp+2149£273+28.23 %
ScotlandUp+149£150-55.55 %
CambridgeUp+3945£246-37.46 %
YorkshireUp+643£225-15.09 %
ManchesterUp+443£133-57.77 %
HampshireUp+2336£250+19.04 %
ReadingUp+1234£280-6.66 %
BristolUp+1128£300-25.00 %
WiltshireUp+4525£159-
BirminghamUp+921£238-12.84 %
West YorkshireUp+220£225-10.89 %
East MidlandsDown-1019£260-13.33 %
South YorkshireUp+2418£200-
OxfordshireDown-318£200-11.11 %
LeedsUp+1417£225-6.25 %
EdinburghDown-316£150-31.03 %
EssexUp+515£220-22.80 %
OxfordUp+1814£200-
NewburyUp+1113£250-
GlasgowUp+213£210-40.00 %

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11801 (59.52 %)CSS
21770 (58.49 %)HTML
31082 (35.76 %)AJAX
4983 (32.49 %)XML
5967 (31.96 %).NET
6779 (25.74 %)PHP
7741 (24.49 %)XHTML
8733 (24.22 %)SQL
9691 (22.84 %)ASP.NET
10662 (21.88 %)C#
11637 (21.05 %)Java
12624 (20.62 %)MySQL
13606 (20.03 %)SQL Server
14430 (14.21 %)Flash
15393 (12.99 %)OO
16373 (12.33 %)Oracle
17320 (10.58 %)WebServices
18317 (10.48 %)Web Development
19296 (9.782 %)Linux
20291 (9.617 %)JSP
21277 (9.154 %)XSLT
22273 (9.022 %)ASP
23267 (8.824 %)jQuery
24264 (8.724 %)J2EE
25259 (8.559 %)Photoshop
26253 (8.361 %)CMS
27225 (7.436 %)Finance
28219 (7.237 %)ActionScript
29217 (7.171 %)Microsoft
30216 (7.138 %)SQL Server 2005

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11801 (59.52 %)CSS
21770 (58.49 %)HTML
31082 (35.76 %)AJAX
4983 (32.49 %)XML
5967 (31.96 %).NET
6741 (24.49 %)XHTML
7691 (22.84 %)ASP.NET
8430 (14.21 %)Flash
9320 (10.58 %)WebServices
10291 (9.617 %)JSP
11277 (9.154 %)XSLT
12273 (9.022 %)ASP
13267 (8.824 %)jQuery
14264 (8.724 %)J2EE
15207 (6.841 %)DHTML
16196 (6.477 %)Spring
17166 (5.486 %)Hibernate
18157 (5.188 %).NET Framework
19156 (5.155 %)LAMP
20133 (4.395 %)MVC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1253 (8.361 %)CMS
2201 (6.642 %)Apache
3151 (4.990 %)IIS
4117 (3.866 %)Tomcat
5105 (3.470 %)Drupal
686 (2.842 %)SharePoint
766 (2.181 %)Joomla!
850 (1.652 %)WebLogic
941 (1.355 %)SharePoint Server 2007
941 (1.355 %)WordPress
1034 (1.124 %)ColdFusion
1125 (0.826 %)Lotus Domino
1224 (0.793 %)Lotus Notes
1323 (0.760 %)Oracle Application Server
1419 (0.628 %)TeamSite
1518 (0.595 %)EPiServer
1518 (0.595 %)WebSphere Portal
1616 (0.529 %)Liferay
1616 (0.529 %)BizTalk Server
1616 (0.529 %)Zope
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1259 (8.559 %)Photoshop
267 (2.214 %)MS Excel
363 (2.082 %)Adobe Illustrator
434 (1.124 %)Fireworks
525 (0.826 %)MS Office
621 (0.694 %)MS Visio
710 (0.330 %)FreeHand
89 (0.297 %)InfoPath
98 (0.264 %)ImageReady
107 (0.231 %)Shockwave
115 (0.165 %)Paint Shop Pro
115 (0.165 %)MS PowerPoint
124 (0.132 %)Adobe Director
133 (0.099 %)3ds Max
133 (0.099 %)MS Project
142 (0.066 %)Adobe Captivate
151 (0.033 %)CA Clarity
151 (0.033 %)Acrobat
151 (0.033 %)Adobe Premiere
151 (0.033 %)Adobe After Effects
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (0.463 %)Microsoft CRM
213 (0.430 %)WebTrends
39 (0.297 %)BusinessWorks
39 (0.297 %)Dynamics CRM
46 (0.198 %)Google Analytics
55 (0.165 %)TIBCO iProcess
55 (0.165 %)Global One
64 (0.132 %)Oracle EBS
73 (0.099 %)Oracle Applications
73 (0.099 %)SAP Payroll
73 (0.099 %)SAP FI
73 (0.099 %)SAP HR
73 (0.099 %)Nortel Periphonics
82 (0.066 %)Oracle 11i
91 (0.033 %)Summit
91 (0.033 %)Oracle ERP
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1199 (6.576 %)Internet
2120 (3.966 %)Intranet
345 (1.487 %)HTTP
431 (1.024 %)SSL
529 (0.958 %)LDAP
625 (0.826 %)Extranet
719 (0.628 %)FTP
813 (0.430 %)DNS
912 (0.397 %)Wireless
1010 (0.330 %)SSH
119 (0.297 %)TCP/IP
127 (0.231 %)SMTP
135 (0.165 %)SAN
135 (0.165 %)SS7
135 (0.165 %)Q.931
144 (0.132 %)POP3
153 (0.099 %)HTTPS
153 (0.099 %)Firewall
161 (0.033 %)DMZ
161 (0.033 %)X.509
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1624 (20.62 %)MySQL
2606 (20.03 %)SQL Server
3216 (7.138 %)SQL Server 2005
497 (3.206 %)SQL Server 2000
563 (2.082 %)Oracle 10g
659 (1.950 %)GIS
747 (1.553 %)Datawarehouse
841 (1.355 %)RDBMS
940 (1.322 %)SQL Server 2008
1028 (0.925 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1125 (0.826 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1221 (0.694 %)Crystal Reports
1221 (0.694 %)Oracle Reports
1319 (0.628 %)DTS
1319 (0.628 %)PostgreSQL
1418 (0.595 %)Oracle 8/8i
1418 (0.595 %)Oracle 9i
1516 (0.529 %)MS Access
1613 (0.430 %)OLAP
1712 (0.397 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1211 (6.973 %)Visual Studio
2137 (4.527 %)Subversion
3130 (4.296 %)Dreamweaver
492 (3.040 %)Eclipse
554 (1.785 %)Ant
643 (1.421 %)Selenium
742 (1.388 %)JUnit
836 (1.190 %)VSS/SourceSafe
931 (1.024 %)ClearCase
1027 (0.892 %)NUnit
1125 (0.826 %)ClearQuest
1222 (0.727 %)Oracle Forms
1222 (0.727 %)Team Foundation Server
1315 (0.496 %)Git (software)
1414 (0.463 %)Visual Studio Team System
1513 (0.430 %)FrontPage
1611 (0.364 %)JDeveloper
1611 (0.364 %)CruiseControl
1710 (0.330 %)Log4j
189 (0.297 %)LoadRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1225 (7.436 %)Finance
2200 (6.609 %)Banking
3130 (4.296 %)Investment Banking
4100 (3.305 %)Marketing
589 (2.941 %)Games
688 (2.908 %)Government
784 (2.776 %)Publishing
857 (1.884 %)Education
951 (1.685 %)Telecoms
951 (1.685 %)Graphic Design
1050 (1.652 %)Retail
1142 (1.388 %)Insurance
1235 (1.157 %)Health
1325 (0.826 %)Animation
1423 (0.760 %)Front Office
1519 (0.628 %)Construction
1519 (0.628 %)Multimedia
1618 (0.595 %)Financial Institution
1716 (0.529 %)Billing
1716 (0.529 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12440 (80.63 %)Developer
2661 (21.84 %)Web Developer
3394 (13.02 %).NET Developer
4357 (11.80 %)PHP Developer
5218 (7.204 %)Java Developer
6205 (6.775 %)C# Developer
7172 (5.684 %)ASP.NET Developer
8167 (5.519 %)Front-End Developer
9126 (4.164 %)Analyst
10124 (4.098 %)JavaScript Developer
11111 (3.668 %)Web Designer
1298 (3.239 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1391 (3.007 %)Flash Developer
1481 (2.677 %)Senior Developer
1564 (2.115 %)Programmer
1659 (1.950 %)Applications Developer
1756 (1.851 %)J2EE Developer
1855 (1.818 %)HTML Developer
1855 (1.818 %)PHP Web Developer
1952 (1.718 %)Software Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1167 (5.519 %)W3C
274 (2.445 %)Web 2.0
371 (2.346 %)Derivative
442 (1.388 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
541 (1.355 %)E-Learning
640 (1.322 %)Equities
736 (1.190 %)Computer Science
832 (1.058 %)Fixed Income
927 (0.892 %)N-Tier
1026 (0.859 %)Social Network
1123 (0.760 %)NHS
1221 (0.694 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1319 (0.628 %)Equity Derivative
1319 (0.628 %)RIA
1414 (0.463 %)Management Information System
1513 (0.430 %)IPTV
1513 (0.430 %)Blog
1611 (0.364 %)BBC
1710 (0.330 %)Streaming Video
1710 (0.330 %)Credit Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1296 (9.782 %)Linux
2202 (6.675 %)Windows
3176 (5.816 %)UNIX
442 (1.388 %)Windows Server 2003
536 (1.190 %)Red Hat Linux
633 (1.091 %)Solaris
731 (1.024 %)Windows 2000
816 (0.529 %)Windows XP
913 (0.430 %)Windows NT
109 (0.297 %)Windows 2000 Server
117 (0.231 %)Windows Mobile
126 (0.198 %)Windows Server 2008
126 (0.198 %)HPUX
126 (0.198 %)Mac OS X
135 (0.165 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
144 (0.132 %)Windows Vista
144 (0.132 %)Android
144 (0.132 %)Fedora
144 (0.132 %)Ubuntu
144 (0.132 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1393 (12.99 %)OO
2317 (10.48 %)Web Development
3213 (7.039 %)E-Commerce
4210 (6.940 %)Content Management
5201 (6.642 %)Agile Software Development
6123 (4.065 %)TDD
7122 (4.032 %)OOP
8108 (3.569 %)Web Design
9100 (3.305 %)Scrum
1095 (3.139 %)UML
1180 (2.644 %)Unit Testing
1278 (2.578 %)SEO
1363 (2.082 %)CRM
1460 (1.983 %)Workflow
1547 (1.553 %)SOA
1643 (1.421 %)Project Management
1736 (1.190 %)Web Accessibility
1835 (1.157 %)Continuous Integration
1835 (1.157 %)OOD
1933 (1.091 %)Data Modelling
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1779 (25.74 %)PHP
2733 (24.22 %)SQL
3662 (21.88 %)C#
4637 (21.05 %)Java
5219 (7.237 %)ActionScript
6179 (5.915 %)Perl
7166 (5.486 %)PHP5
8158 (5.221 %)VB.NET
9118 (3.900 %)T-SQL
9118 (3.900 %)VB
10113 (3.734 %)PL/SQL
11100 (3.305 %)VBScript
1298 (3.239 %)C++
1388 (2.908 %)C
1483 (2.743 %)Python
1567 (2.214 %)Ruby
1649 (1.619 %)PHP4
1649 (1.619 %)Shell Script
1733 (1.091 %)VB6
1733 (1.091 %)XPath
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1120 (3.966 %)Degree
294 (3.106 %)Security Cleared
358 (1.917 %)SC Cleared
413 (0.430 %)ISEB
510 (0.330 %)DV Cleared
69 (0.297 %)Microsoft Certification
78 (0.264 %)IBM Certification
78 (0.264 %)MCTS
86 (0.198 %)BC Cleared
86 (0.198 %)CTC Cleared
95 (0.165 %)ITIL Certification
95 (0.165 %)Oracle Certification
104 (0.132 %)Sun Certification
113 (0.099 %)PRINCE2 Certification
122 (0.066 %)MCAD
122 (0.066 %)HND
131 (0.033 %)Postgraduate
131 (0.033 %)PhD
131 (0.033 %)MCSD
131 (0.033 %)PMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (0.628 %)QA
212 (0.397 %)WCAG
310 (0.330 %)WAI
43 (0.099 %)GCP
43 (0.099 %)ISO9001
43 (0.099 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (0.595 %)Active Directory
24 (0.132 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.099 %)MSMQ
33 (0.099 %)Oracle RAC
33 (0.099 %)AquaLogic
42 (0.066 %)ISA Server
42 (0.066 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.033 %)Squid
51 (0.033 %)OpenLDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (0.463 %)MIIS
26 (0.198 %)CA SiteMinder
35 (0.165 %)CONTROL-M
44 (0.132 %)ServiceCenter
44 (0.132 %)AssetCenter
53 (0.099 %)SCCM
53 (0.099 %)Tivoli
53 (0.099 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (0.099 %)TIBCO Hawk
61 (0.033 %)DameWare
61 (0.033 %)AutoSys
61 (0.033 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1373 (12.33 %)Oracle
2217 (7.171 %)Microsoft
3126 (4.164 %)Adobe
459 (1.950 %)Zend
552 (1.718 %)Sybase
643 (1.421 %)JBoss
741 (1.355 %)Mapinfo
833 (1.091 %)Google
932 (1.058 %)Red Hat
1027 (0.892 %)Lotus
1124 (0.793 %)IBM
1222 (0.727 %)TIBCO
1222 (0.727 %)RedDot
1321 (0.694 %)telerik
1418 (0.595 %)Interwoven
1516 (0.529 %)Macromedia
1516 (0.529 %)Sophis
1615 (0.496 %)Actuate
1714 (0.463 %)SAP
1812 (0.397 %)Mercator