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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
jQuery
Rank 49 35 23
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -12
Permanent jobs citing jQuery 1 14 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 0.262% 3.608% 5.195%
As % of the Application Development category 1.136% 8.974% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 12
Average salary £52,500 £57,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.69% +76.92%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Application Development
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
88 156 88
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 23.04% 40.21% 38.10%
Number of salaries quoted 65 116 82
Average salary £37,500 £41,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.53% +17.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £28,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £56,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
jQuery
Bedfordshire

jQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton jQuery Jobs Demand Trend

jQuery
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing jQuery across the Luton region.

Luton jQuery Salary Trend

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 IT job ads sampled that cited jQuery.

1 13 (72.22%) C#
2 11 (61.11%) Ajax
3 10 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 10 (55.56%) MVC
4 9 (50.00%) Web Services
5 8 (44.44%) CSS
5 8 (44.44%) HTML5
6 7 (38.89%) RESTful
6 7 (38.89%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (38.89%) Management Information System
6 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
6 7 (38.89%) HTML
6 7 (38.89%) .NET
6 7 (38.89%) Windows
7 5 (27.78%) PhD
7 5 (27.78%) B2B
7 5 (27.78%) J2EE
7 5 (27.78%) Java
7 5 (27.78%) WPF
7 5 (27.78%) Degree
7 5 (27.78%) JSON
7 5 (27.78%) Mathematics
7 5 (27.78%) Physics
7 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
7 5 (27.78%) Silverlight
8 3 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (16.67%) WCF
8 3 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (16.67%) SQL
9 2 (11.11%) T-SQL

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 IT job ads sampled that cited jQuery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (61.11%) Ajax
2 9 (50.00%) Web Services
3 8 (44.44%) CSS
3 8 (44.44%) HTML5
4 7 (38.89%) RESTful
4 7 (38.89%) HTML
4 7 (38.89%) .NET
5 5 (27.78%) J2EE
5 5 (27.78%) WPF
5 5 (27.78%) JSON
5 5 (27.78%) Silverlight
6 3 (16.67%) WCF
7 2 (11.11%) XML
7 2 (11.11%) JSP
7 2 (11.11%) Servlets
7 2 (11.11%) SOAP
7 2 (11.11%) Hibernate
7 2 (11.11%) NHibernate
7 2 (11.11%) .NET Framework
7 2 (11.11%) WF
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server 2008
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (5.556%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (11.11%) NUnit
General
1 2 (11.11%) French Language
Job Titles
1 17 (94.44%) Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Java Developer
3 5 (27.78%) C# Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Software Team Leader
5 1 (5.556%) Lead Software Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Software Development Team Leader
5 1 (5.556%) Lead Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.556%) Development Team Leader
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Management Information System
2 5 (27.78%) Mathematics
2 5 (27.78%) Physics
2 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.11%) N-Tier
3 2 (11.11%) SaaS
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) MVC
2 5 (27.78%) B2B
3 3 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Web Development
4 2 (11.11%) Multithreading
4 2 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (5.556%) Web Application Development
5 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
5 1 (5.556%) OO
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) C#
2 10 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 5 (27.78%) Java
4 3 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (11.11%) T-SQL
5 2 (11.11%) VB
5 2 (11.11%) VBA
5 2 (11.11%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) PhD
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft