The first table below looks at the demand for the JavaScript Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JavaScript Developer
Rank 93 107 92
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -15
Contract jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 3 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.178% 0.089% 0.107%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.193% 0.096% 0.116%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £290 £375
% change year-on-year
+20.68% -22.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 - £15.13
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1553 2082 1724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.39% 92.66% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 950 786
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £218 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 170 142
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.10 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.22% -10.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
JavaScript Developer
England

JavaScript Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands JavaScript Developer Jobs Demand Trend

JavaScript Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JavaScript Developer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands JavaScript Developer Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript Developer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands JavaScript Developer Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Solihull +2 2 - -
JavaScript Developer
England

JavaScript Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited JavaScript Developer in their job title 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 with JavaScript Developer in their job title.

1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (81.25%) HTML
3 12 (75.00%) CSS
4 10 (62.50%) jQuery
5 7 (43.75%) HTML5
5 7 (43.75%) Web Accessibility
5 7 (43.75%) Ajax
6 6 (37.50%) ASP.NET
6 6 (37.50%) .NET
6 6 (37.50%) CSS3
7 5 (31.25%) Semantic HTML
7 5 (31.25%) Subversion
7 5 (31.25%) JSON
7 5 (31.25%) C#
7 5 (31.25%) XHTML
8 4 (25.00%) XML
8 4 (25.00%) Dojo
8 4 (25.00%) .NET Framework
9 3 (18.75%) Graceful Degradation
9 3 (18.75%) YUI
9 3 (18.75%) Web Services
9 3 (18.75%) Games
9 3 (18.75%) Photoshop
10 2 (12.50%) Marketing
10 2 (12.50%) TDD
10 2 (12.50%) W3C
10 2 (12.50%) BT
10 2 (12.50%) Git (software)
10 2 (12.50%) Social Media
10 2 (12.50%) BDD

JavaScript Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited JavaScript Developer in their job title 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 with JavaScript Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (81.25%) HTML
2 12 (75.00%) CSS
3 10 (62.50%) jQuery
4 7 (43.75%) HTML5
4 7 (43.75%) Ajax
5 6 (37.50%) ASP.NET
5 6 (37.50%) .NET
5 6 (37.50%) CSS3
6 5 (31.25%) Semantic HTML
6 5 (31.25%) JSON
6 5 (31.25%) XHTML
7 4 (25.00%) XML
7 4 (25.00%) Dojo
7 4 (25.00%) .NET Framework
8 3 (18.75%) YUI
8 3 (18.75%) Web Services
9 2 (12.50%) Node.js
10 1 (6.250%) Sass
10 1 (6.250%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) SAP Portal
1 1 (6.250%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Redis
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Subversion
2 2 (12.50%) Git (software)
3 1 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (18.75%) Games
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) W3C
1 2 (12.50%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Web Accessibility
2 3 (18.75%) Graceful Degradation
3 2 (12.50%) TDD
3 2 (12.50%) BDD
3 2 (12.50%) Social Media Marketing
4 1 (6.250%) Time Management
4 1 (6.250%) MVC
4 1 (6.250%) Web Development
4 1 (6.250%) OO
4 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (31.25%) C#
3 1 (6.250%) C
3 1 (6.250%) SQL
3 1 (6.250%) ABAP
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) BT
2 1 (6.250%) DevExpress
2 1 (6.250%) SAP
2 1 (6.250%) Sybase
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft