Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Yorkshire region.

 JavaScript
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank262937
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Up+8
Matching contract IT job ads8268120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire5.374 %4.456 %3.422 %
As % of the Programming Languages category15.47 %15.42 %12.17 %
Daily rates quoted301235
Average daily rate£228£263£305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33 %-13.93 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£138£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£339£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£250£300
% change year-on-year
--16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted14148
Average hourly rate£23.00£24.25£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.150 %-19.16 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£12.60£25.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.35£28.20£32.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£20.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00 %-33.33 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
530441986
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire34.73 %28.90 %28.12 %
Daily rates quoted206104185
Average daily rate£238£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.83 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£152£200£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£371£375£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted6554109
Average hourly rate£21.25£22.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.400 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£12.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£30.24£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
JavaScript EnglandJavaScript
England

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.

JavaScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Yorkshire JavaScript Demand Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Yorkshire JavaScript Daily Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Yorkshire JavaScript Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
West YorkshireDown-346£220+3.52 %
South YorkshireUp+1617£206-21.42 %
North YorkshireUp+215£310-11.42 %
JavaScript EnglandJavaScript
England

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1135 (79.88 %)CSS
2132 (78.11 %)HTML
357 (33.73 %)XML
455 (32.54 %)PHP
455 (32.54 %)MySQL
554 (31.95 %).NET
637 (21.89 %)XHTML
637 (21.89 %)jQuery
734 (20.12 %)SQL
833 (19.53 %)AJAX
833 (19.53 %)Web Development
932 (18.93 %)ASP.NET
1031 (18.34 %)SQL Server
1031 (18.34 %)Java
1130 (17.75 %)Oracle
1228 (16.57 %)XSLT
1327 (15.98 %)C#
1425 (14.79 %)Web Services
1425 (14.79 %)Content Management
1524 (14.20 %)Flash
1524 (14.20 %)CMS
1622 (13.02 %)Hibernate
1622 (13.02 %)JSP
1720 (11.83 %)Photoshop
1720 (11.83 %)ActionScript
1818 (10.65 %)Spring
1917 (10.06 %)J2EE
1917 (10.06 %)Struts
1917 (10.06 %)Agile Software Development
2016 (9.467 %)NHS

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1135 (79.88 %)CSS
2132 (78.11 %)HTML
357 (33.73 %)XML
454 (31.95 %).NET
537 (21.89 %)XHTML
537 (21.89 %)jQuery
633 (19.53 %)AJAX
732 (18.93 %)ASP.NET
828 (16.57 %)XSLT
925 (14.79 %)Web Services
1024 (14.20 %)Flash
1122 (13.02 %)Hibernate
1122 (13.02 %)JSP
1218 (10.65 %)Spring
1317 (10.06 %)J2EE
1317 (10.06 %)Struts
1414 (8.284 %)JSF
1510 (5.917 %)SOAP
168 (4.734 %)Facelets
168 (4.734 %)JSTL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
124 (14.20 %)CMS
211 (6.509 %)SharePoint
310 (5.917 %)Tomcat
49 (5.325 %)IIS
57 (4.142 %)SharePoint Server 2007
66 (3.550 %)Joomla!
74 (2.367 %)Liferay
83 (1.775 %)Apache
92 (1.183 %)GlassFish
92 (1.183 %)EPiServer
92 (1.183 %)Oracle HTTP Server
101 (0.592 %)LiveCycle
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (11.83 %)Photoshop
210 (5.917 %)MS Office
37 (4.142 %)Fireworks
42 (1.183 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (1.183 %)Acrobat
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.592 %)Google Analytics
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (9.467 %)LDAP
213 (7.692 %)Internet
311 (6.509 %)DNS
44 (2.367 %)HTTP
44 (2.367 %)Intranet
52 (1.183 %)Extranet
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
155 (32.54 %)MySQL
231 (18.34 %)SQL Server
312 (7.101 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (1.775 %)MS Access
52 (1.183 %)JasperReports
52 (1.183 %)SQL Server 2008
61 (0.592 %)PostgreSQL
61 (0.592 %)Data Mining
61 (0.592 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (0.592 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
61 (0.592 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (7.692 %)Visual Studio
212 (7.101 %)Dreamweaver
310 (5.917 %)Ant
48 (4.734 %)JUnit
48 (4.734 %)Eclipse
56 (3.550 %)CruiseControl
56 (3.550 %)Team Foundation Server
65 (2.959 %)Oracle Forms
72 (1.183 %)Maven
72 (1.183 %)Log4j
81 (0.592 %)Selenium
81 (0.592 %)FitNesse
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (5.917 %)Health
25 (2.959 %)Electronics
25 (2.959 %)Government
34 (2.367 %)Graphic Design
42 (1.183 %)Publishing
42 (1.183 %)Telecoms
51 (0.592 %)Finance
51 (0.592 %)Banking
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1143 (84.62 %)Developer
255 (32.54 %)Web Developer
317 (10.06 %)Java Developer
415 (8.876 %)PHP Developer
415 (8.876 %).NET Developer
513 (7.692 %)Designer
513 (7.692 %)Web Designer
610 (5.917 %)Technical Specialist
79 (5.325 %)ASP.NET Developer
79 (5.325 %)Front-End Developer
86 (3.550 %)Front-End Web Developer
95 (2.959 %)Senior Developer
95 (2.959 %)Architect
95 (2.959 %)C# Developer
95 (2.959 %)VB Developer
95 (2.959 %)JavaScript Developer
104 (2.367 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
104 (2.367 %)HTML Developer
113 (1.775 %)Junior
113 (1.775 %)Solutions Architect
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
116 (9.467 %)NHS
28 (4.734 %)E-Learning
35 (2.959 %)Mathematics
35 (2.959 %)Computer Science
42 (1.183 %)N-Tier
42 (1.183 %)W3C
51 (0.592 %)Open Source
51 (0.592 %)RIA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (7.101 %)Linux
210 (5.917 %)Windows
38 (4.734 %)UNIX
42 (1.183 %)Debian
51 (0.592 %)Ubuntu
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
133 (19.53 %)Web Development
225 (14.79 %)Content Management
317 (10.06 %)Agile Software Development
414 (8.284 %)E-Commerce
511 (6.509 %)Load Balancing
610 (5.917 %)UML
79 (5.325 %)Web Design
79 (5.325 %)Service Management
88 (4.734 %)Unit Testing
88 (4.734 %)ITIL
97 (4.142 %)MVC
97 (4.142 %)PRINCE
97 (4.142 %)OO
105 (2.959 %)TDD
105 (2.959 %)Web Accessibility
105 (2.959 %)Use Case
113 (1.775 %)SEO
113 (1.775 %)Scrum
122 (1.183 %)OOD
122 (1.183 %)Contact Management
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
155 (32.54 %)PHP
234 (20.12 %)SQL
331 (18.34 %)Java
427 (15.98 %)C#
520 (11.83 %)ActionScript
614 (8.284 %)PL/SQL
712 (7.101 %)PHP5
811 (6.509 %)C
99 (5.325 %)VB
108 (4.734 %)VB.NET
115 (2.959 %)ActionScript 3.0
115 (2.959 %)VB6
115 (2.959 %)PHP4
124 (2.367 %)Ruby
124 (2.367 %)ActionScript 2.0
124 (2.367 %)T-SQL
133 (1.775 %)VBA
133 (1.775 %)C++
133 (1.775 %)Perl
133 (1.775 %)XPath
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (4.734 %)Degree
24 (2.367 %)Sun Certification
31 (0.592 %)Security Cleared
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.592 %)WCAG
11 (0.592 %)WAI
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
130 (17.75 %)Oracle
214 (8.284 %)Microsoft
310 (5.917 %)JBoss
46 (3.550 %)Adobe
46 (3.550 %)Sun
53 (1.775 %)Nokia
62 (1.183 %)RedDot
71 (0.592 %)Agresso
71 (0.592 %)Alterian
71 (0.592 %)Google
71 (0.592 %)Zend
71 (0.592 %)Dundas