The first table below looks at the demand for jQuery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited jQuery 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 Application Development category for the Wales region.

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
jQuery
Rank 36 47 51
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +4
Contract jobs citing jQuery 8 7 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.878% 1.228% 1.515%
As % of the Application Development category 9.412% 4.930% 6.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 5
Average daily rate £298 £250 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.00% -21.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £250 £307
10% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £250 £428
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -37.50%
All Application Development
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
85 142 165
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 19.95% 24.91% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 62 65
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £470 £511
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 12
Average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
jQuery
UK

jQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing jQuery across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Wales jQuery Jobs Demand Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing jQuery across the Wales region.

Wales jQuery Daily Rate Trend

jQuery
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing jQuery across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales jQuery Daily Rate Histogram

jQuery
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing jQuery across the Wales region.

Wales jQuery Hourly Rate Trend

jQuery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing jQuery within the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
South Wales +3 6 £298 -
North Wales 0 1 - -
Mid Wales - 1 - -
jQuery
UK

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 16 (84.21%) HTML
2 14 (73.68%) CSS
3 12 (63.16%) .NET
4 11 (57.89%) JavaScript
5 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
6 8 (42.11%) C#
6 8 (42.11%) XML
7 7 (36.84%) ASP.NET
8 6 (31.58%) Ajax
9 5 (26.32%) .NET Framework
9 5 (26.32%) Java
9 5 (26.32%) MVC
10 4 (21.05%) PHP
10 4 (21.05%) SQL
11 3 (15.79%) VB.NET
11 3 (15.79%) Oracle
11 3 (15.79%) Windows
11 3 (15.79%) Middleware
11 3 (15.79%) Scrum
11 3 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
11 3 (15.79%) Content Management
11 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
11 3 (15.79%) Degree
11 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (15.79%) HTML5
11 3 (15.79%) CSS3
12 2 (10.53%) SharePoint 2010
12 2 (10.53%) Magento
12 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
12 2 (10.53%) Web Development

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 16 (84.21%) HTML
2 14 (73.68%) CSS
3 12 (63.16%) .NET
4 8 (42.11%) XML
5 7 (36.84%) ASP.NET
6 6 (31.58%) Ajax
7 5 (26.32%) .NET Framework
8 3 (15.79%) Middleware
8 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (15.79%) HTML5
8 3 (15.79%) CSS3
9 2 (10.53%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 2 (10.53%) XSL
9 2 (10.53%) Web Services
10 1 (5.263%) JDBC
10 1 (5.263%) JSP
10 1 (5.263%) Struts
10 1 (5.263%) Flash
10 1 (5.263%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (10.53%) Magento
1 2 (10.53%) WordPress
1 2 (10.53%) Zen Cart
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
1 2 (10.53%) CMS
1 2 (10.53%) Apache
1 2 (10.53%) IIS
2 1 (5.263%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.263%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.263%) Kentico
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) InfoPath
2 1 (5.263%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) MySQL
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.263%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Ant
1 1 (5.263%) JUnit
1 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (5.263%) Maven
1 1 (5.263%) TestNG
General
1 1 (5.263%) Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Developer
2 7 (36.84%) .NET Developer
3 4 (21.05%) C# Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Junior
4 3 (15.79%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (10.53%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (10.53%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Junior Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Web Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Intranet Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) SQL Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Junior Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Java Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Senior C# Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.263%) N-Tier
2 1 (5.263%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.263%) Web 2.0
2 1 (5.263%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
3 1 (5.263%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) MVC
2 3 (15.79%) Scrum
2 3 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (15.79%) Content Management
3 2 (10.53%) Web Development
3 2 (10.53%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (10.53%) CRM
3 2 (10.53%) Workflow
3 2 (10.53%) OO
4 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.263%) Software Engineering
4 1 (5.263%) OOD
4 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.263%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) JavaScript
2 8 (42.11%) C#
3 5 (26.32%) Java
4 4 (21.05%) PHP
4 4 (21.05%) SQL
5 3 (15.79%) VB.NET
6 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
6 2 (10.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft