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This section looks at the demand for jQuery skills across the UK 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkjQuery
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank510652
Rank change on same period last yearUp+142
Matching contract IT job ads753
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.100 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.428 %0.013 %
Daily rates quoted371
Average minimum daily rate£319£300
Average daily rate£354£350
% change on same period last year+1.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£220-
% 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-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1751422973
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.34 %23.24 %
Daily rates quoted58686997
Average minimum daily rate£352£372
Average daily rate£378£398
% change on same period last year-5.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9671398
Average minimum hourly rate£30.29£30.90
Average hourly rate£32.64£33.41
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.98£35.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing jQuery within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

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 within the UK.

jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing jQuery within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

jQuery Daily Rate Histogram

jQuery
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing jQuery within the UK.

jQuery Hourly Rate Trend

jQuery
Top 27 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 UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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
EnglandUp+14271£354+1.04 %
LondonUp+11045£379+8.41 %
South EastNew entry-11£220-
East of EnglandNew entry-8--
City of LondonNew entry-7£343-
North WestUp+17--
LancashireNew entry-6--
WatfordNew entry-5--
HertfordshireNew entry-5--
EdinburghNew entry-4--
OxfordshireNew entry-4--
ScotlandNew entry-4--
OxfordNew entry-3--
PrestonNew entry-2--
ReadingNew entry-2£200-
KentNew entry-2£313-
CambridgeNew entry-2--
HampshireNew entry-2£205-
BerkshireNew entry-2£200-
CambridgeshireNew entry-2--
East SussexNew entry-1--
EssexNew entry-1--
Tunbridge WellsNew entry-1--
HarlowNew entry-1--
HastingsNew entry-1--
ManchesterDown-131--
Thames ValleyNew entry-1£200-

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1136 (90.07 %)JavaScript
2121 (80.13 %)CSS
3113 (74.83 %)AJAX
496 (63.58 %)XHTML
587 (57.62 %)HTML
677 (50.99 %)XML
759 (39.07 %)Dojo
857 (37.75 %)YUI
949 (32.45 %)OO
1048 (31.79 %)Web Development
1146 (30.46 %)DHTML
1242 (27.81 %)XSLT
1339 (25.83 %)PHP
1339 (25.83 %)GWT
1339 (25.83 %)DWR
1436 (23.84 %).NET
1532 (21.19 %)C#
1631 (20.53 %)JSP
1631 (20.53 %)Flash
1730 (19.87 %)Photoshop
1829 (19.21 %)ASP.NET
1829 (19.21 %)XSL
1926 (17.22 %)MySQL
1926 (17.22 %)UML
2025 (16.56 %)ASP
2025 (16.56 %)Finance
2124 (15.89 %)WebLogic
2223 (15.23 %)WebServices
2321 (13.91 %)SQL
2419 (12.58 %)PHP5

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1121 (80.13 %)CSS
2113 (74.83 %)AJAX
396 (63.58 %)XHTML
487 (57.62 %)HTML
577 (50.99 %)XML
659 (39.07 %)Dojo
757 (37.75 %)YUI
842 (27.81 %)XSLT
939 (25.83 %)GWT
939 (25.83 %)DWR
1036 (23.84 %).NET
1131 (20.53 %)JSP
1229 (19.21 %)ASP.NET
1229 (19.21 %)XSL
1325 (16.56 %)ASP
1423 (15.23 %)WebServices
1518 (11.92 %)MooTools
1616 (10.60 %)MVC
1715 (9.934 %)JSON
1813 (8.609 %)J2EE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (15.89 %)WebLogic
29 (5.960 %)Lotus Notes
29 (5.960 %)Lotus Domino
38 (5.298 %)Apache
45 (3.311 %)IIS
52 (1.325 %)CMS
61 (0.662 %)Umbraco
61 (0.662 %)ColdFusion
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
130 (19.87 %)Photoshop
26 (3.974 %)MS Visio
34 (2.649 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (1.325 %)MS Excel
51 (0.662 %)Quicktime
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (11.26 %)Internet
24 (2.649 %)HTTP
32 (1.325 %)LDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (17.22 %)MySQL
29 (5.960 %)SQL Server
34 (2.649 %)PostgreSQL
41 (0.662 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.662 %)DB2
41 (0.662 %)RDBMS
41 (0.662 %)SQL Server 7
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (20.53 %)Flash
214 (9.272 %)Dreamweaver
35 (3.311 %)Visual Studio
44 (2.649 %)Eclipse
53 (1.987 %)Ant
62 (1.325 %)JUnit
62 (1.325 %)Log4j
71 (0.662 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (16.56 %)Finance
27 (4.636 %)Financial Institution
36 (3.974 %)Online Betting
45 (3.311 %)Telecoms
54 (2.649 %)Marketing
63 (1.987 %)Banking
72 (1.325 %)Retail
72 (1.325 %)Games
72 (1.325 %)Graphic Design
81 (0.662 %)Animation
81 (0.662 %)Interactive Media
81 (0.662 %)Insurance
81 (0.662 %)Music
81 (0.662 %)Music Industry
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1125 (82.78 %)Developer
256 (37.09 %)Web Developer
319 (12.58 %)PHP Developer
412 (7.947 %)JavaScript Developer
511 (7.285 %).NET Developer
69 (5.960 %)Web Designer
77 (4.636 %)UI Developer
86 (3.974 %)C# Developer
95 (3.311 %)Programmer
95 (3.311 %)HTML Developer
104 (2.649 %)ASP.NET Developer
104 (2.649 %)UI Designer
113 (1.987 %)Analyst
113 (1.987 %)Lead Developer
113 (1.987 %)Interface Designer
113 (1.987 %)Applications Developer
113 (1.987 %)Analyst Programmer
113 (1.987 %).NET Web Developer
113 (1.987 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
113 (1.987 %)Photoshop Designer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (9.272 %)W3C
213 (8.609 %)Web 2.0
36 (3.974 %)Social Network
42 (1.325 %)RIA
51 (0.662 %)Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (4.636 %)Linux
26 (3.974 %)Windows
34 (2.649 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
149 (32.45 %)OO
248 (31.79 %)Web Development
326 (17.22 %)UML
413 (8.609 %)E-Commerce
57 (4.636 %)SOA
57 (4.636 %)RAD
65 (3.311 %)Web Design
74 (2.649 %)Scrum
82 (1.325 %)Agile Software Development
91 (0.662 %)TDD
91 (0.662 %)Pair Programming
91 (0.662 %)Business Development
91 (0.662 %)Direct Marketing
91 (0.662 %)Digital Marketing
91 (0.662 %)Continuous Integration
91 (0.662 %)OOP
91 (0.662 %)SEO
91 (0.662 %)Migration
91 (0.662 %)OOD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1136 (90.07 %)JavaScript
246 (30.46 %)DHTML
339 (25.83 %)PHP
432 (21.19 %)C#
521 (13.91 %)SQL
619 (12.58 %)PHP5
715 (9.934 %)Java
812 (7.947 %)ActionScript
99 (5.960 %)PHP4
104 (2.649 %)Ruby
104 (2.649 %)XPath
104 (2.649 %)XQuery
104 (2.649 %)Perl
111 (0.662 %)VB.NET
111 (0.662 %)C
111 (0.662 %)Shell Script
111 (0.662 %)XAML
111 (0.662 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.649 %)WCAG
22 (1.325 %)WAI
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (5.960 %)Lotus
27 (4.636 %)Microsoft
35 (3.311 %)Zend
44 (2.649 %)Adobe
53 (1.987 %)Mercator
62 (1.325 %)ION Trading
62 (1.325 %)Yahoo!
62 (1.325 %)Google
62 (1.325 %)Oracle
71 (0.662 %)IBM
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