The first table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 17 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 Worcestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JavaScript
Rank 5 5 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing JavaScript 20 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 22.47% 10.91% 13.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.55% 30.00% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 5
Average daily rate £475 - £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £311
% change year-on-year
- -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
All Programming Languages
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
47 20 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 52.81% 36.36% 29.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 5 8
Average daily rate £340 £200 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -23.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £310 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £25.00 £36.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.50% +21.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
JavaScript
West Midlands

JavaScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Worcestershire JavaScript Daily Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Worcestershire JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Worcester 0 11 £475 -
Bromsgrove - 3 - -
Droitwich - 2 - -
Redditch - 1 £375 -
JavaScript
West Midlands

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 17 (70.83%) CSS
2 16 (66.67%) .NET
3 14 (58.33%) C#
4 13 (54.17%) jQuery
5 11 (45.83%) ASP.NET
6 10 (41.67%) SQL
7 8 (33.33%) XML
7 8 (33.33%) XHTML
8 7 (29.17%) HTML
9 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
9 6 (25.00%) Photoshop
9 6 (25.00%) Visual Studio
9 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
9 6 (25.00%) Adobe
9 6 (25.00%) HTML5
10 5 (20.83%) CRM
10 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
10 5 (20.83%) MCAD
10 5 (20.83%) MCSD
10 5 (20.83%) PHP
10 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (20.83%) MVC
10 5 (20.83%) Dynamics CRM
11 4 (16.67%) Marketing
11 4 (16.67%) Web Development
11 4 (16.67%) Content Management
11 4 (16.67%) CMS
11 4 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (16.67%) Oracle
11 4 (16.67%) OO

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 17 (70.83%) CSS
2 16 (66.67%) .NET
3 13 (54.17%) jQuery
4 11 (45.83%) ASP.NET
5 8 (33.33%) XML
5 8 (33.33%) XHTML
6 7 (29.17%) HTML
7 6 (25.00%) HTML5
8 4 (16.67%) CSS3
8 4 (16.67%) Flash
8 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (12.50%) XSLT
9 3 (12.50%) Web Services
9 3 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 2 (8.333%) Razor View Engine
10 2 (8.333%) Django
10 2 (8.333%) RESTful
10 2 (8.333%) JSON
10 2 (8.333%) WCF
11 1 (4.167%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 4 (16.67%) CMS
3 1 (4.167%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Photoshop
2 4 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) FTP
1 2 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.333%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (8.333%) MySQL
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (70.83%) Developer
2 10 (41.67%) Front-End Developer
3 5 (20.83%) Web Developer
3 5 (20.83%) Programmer
4 4 (16.67%) Front-End Web Developer
5 3 (12.50%) .NET Developer
6 2 (8.333%) Software Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Software Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Junior
7 1 (4.167%) CSS Developer
7 1 (4.167%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (4.167%) C# Developer
7 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Junior Developer
7 1 (4.167%) PHP Developer
7 1 (4.167%) HTML Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Junior PHP Developer
7 1 (4.167%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) W3C
2 2 (8.333%) VLE
2 2 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.167%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
1 2 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) MVC
1 5 (20.83%) CRM
2 4 (16.67%) Content Management
2 4 (16.67%) Web Development
2 4 (16.67%) OO
2 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Content Management
3 3 (12.50%) SEO
4 2 (8.333%) E-Commerce
4 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (8.333%) TDD
5 1 (4.167%) Scrum
5 1 (4.167%) Web Design
5 1 (4.167%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (58.33%) C#
2 10 (41.67%) SQL
3 5 (20.83%) PHP
4 3 (12.50%) VB.NET
5 2 (8.333%) Python
5 2 (8.333%) J#
5 2 (8.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) MCAD
1 5 (20.83%) MCSD
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (25.00%) Adobe
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (12.50%) Stellent
4 2 (8.333%) Macromedia
4 2 (8.333%) Apple
5 1 (4.167%) VMware
5 1 (4.167%) Telerik