The first table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Wolverhampton 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
Rank 4 5 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 5 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 16.13% 13.33% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 55.56% 33.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
Average daily rate £263 £215 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.09% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £308
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
All Programming Languages
Wolverhampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
9 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 29.03% 40.00% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 5
Average daily rate £269 £215 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +43.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
JavaScript
West Midlands

JavaScript
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript across the Wolverhampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Wolverhampton JavaScript Jobs Demand Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wolverhampton JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton region 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.

1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) jQuery
2 5 (83.33%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) Java
3 3 (50.00%) HTML5
3 3 (50.00%) CSS3
4 2 (33.33%) Umbraco
4 2 (33.33%) Tomcat
4 2 (33.33%) CMS
4 2 (33.33%) JSP
4 2 (33.33%) XML
4 2 (33.33%) J2EE
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
5 1 (16.67%) Ant
5 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 1 (16.67%) XSLT
5 1 (16.67%) UNIX
5 1 (16.67%) Linux
5 1 (16.67%) Apache
5 1 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) MVC
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
5 1 (16.67%) .NET
5 1 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (16.67%) Sitecore
5 1 (16.67%) REST
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (16.67%) TDD

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton region 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.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) jQuery
2 5 (83.33%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) HTML5
3 3 (50.00%) CSS3
4 2 (33.33%) JSP
4 2 (33.33%) XML
4 2 (33.33%) J2EE
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 1 (16.67%) XSLT
5 1 (16.67%) .NET
5 1 (16.67%) REST
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (16.67%) Spring
5 1 (16.67%) JSTL
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 1 (16.67%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Umbraco
1 2 (33.33%) Tomcat
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Apache
2 1 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Ant
1 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
1 1 (16.67%) Subversion
1 1 (16.67%) Maven
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Front-End Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Front-End Web Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Java Web Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Umbraco Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) MVC
1 1 (16.67%) CRM
1 1 (16.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Sitecore
1 1 (16.67%) Alterian
Wolverhampton, West Midlands (County)
My client, a digital agency has an opening for a Front End Developer - HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery to join them on a contract basis in their Wolverhampton office.....
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Umbraco Developer - Urgent 3 month contractMy leading client based in the West Midlands is looking for a talented Umbraco / -Net Web Developer for an initial 3 month requirement-...
OPUS
Rate: GBP225 to GBP300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013