The first table below looks at the demand for ECMAScript skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ECMAScript 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ECMAScript
Rank 847 877 864
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -13
Permanent jobs citing ECMAScript 11 19 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.010% 0.016% 0.006%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.019% 0.029% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 11 15 3
Average salary £33,000 £45,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.66% +38.46%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 - £32,500
All Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
57481 64876 64959
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 53.33% 53.64% 52.61%
Number of salaries quoted 49463 57203 56281
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

ECMAScript
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ECMAScript within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

ECMAScript Jobs Demand Trend

ECMAScript
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ECMAScript within the UK.

ECMAScript Salary Trend

ECMAScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ECMAScript over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

ECMAScript Salary Histogram

ECMAScript
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ECMAScript within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +25 11 £33,000 -26.66%
Bridgwater - 8 £50,000 -
Somerset - 8 £50,000 -
South West - 8 £50,000 -
North East - 3 £33,000 -
Durham - 3 £33,000 -

ECMAScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing ECMAScript 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 ECMAScript.

1 26 (78.79%) CSS
2 24 (72.73%) JavaScript
2 24 (72.73%) HTML
2 24 (72.73%) Internet
3 17 (51.52%) Ruby
3 17 (51.52%) Linux
3 17 (51.52%) jQuery
4 16 (48.48%) Git (software)
4 16 (48.48%) Web Development
5 15 (45.45%) OO
5 15 (45.45%) Scrum
6 14 (42.42%) Subversion
6 14 (42.42%) Python
6 14 (42.42%) PHP
6 14 (42.42%) SOAP
7 11 (33.33%) Java
7 11 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
7 11 (33.33%) MVC
7 11 (33.33%) CSS3
8 10 (30.30%) HTML5
8 10 (30.30%) RIA
8 10 (30.30%) OOD
9 9 (27.27%) Perl
9 9 (27.27%) TDD
9 9 (27.27%) CouchDB
9 9 (27.27%) Ruby on Rails
10 8 (24.24%) Ubuntu
10 8 (24.24%) JSON
10 8 (24.24%) SAP LE
10 8 (24.24%) Symfony

ECMAScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing ECMAScript 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 ECMAScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (78.79%) CSS
2 24 (72.73%) HTML
3 17 (51.52%) jQuery
4 14 (42.42%) SOAP
5 11 (33.33%) CSS3
6 10 (30.30%) HTML5
7 9 (27.27%) Ruby on Rails
8 8 (24.24%) XML
8 8 (24.24%) XHTML
8 8 (24.24%) XML-RPC
8 8 (24.24%) JSON
8 8 (24.24%) Symfony
8 8 (24.24%) CakePHP
9 6 (18.18%) Spring
9 6 (18.18%) Qt
9 6 (18.18%) RESTful
9 6 (18.18%) .NET
9 6 (18.18%) MFC
10 5 (15.15%) Zend Framework
11 3 (9.091%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.091%) Tomcat
2 1 (3.030%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 8 (24.24%) SAP LE
Communications & Networking
1 24 (72.73%) Internet
2 6 (18.18%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.030%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (27.27%) CouchDB
2 8 (24.24%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (48.48%) Git (software)
2 14 (42.42%) Subversion
3 6 (18.18%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 3 (9.091%) Visual Studio
5 1 (3.030%) RSpec
General
1 7 (21.21%) Marketing
2 6 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (6.061%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 20 (60.61%) Developer
2 11 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 10 (30.30%) Architect
3 10 (30.30%) Technical Architect
4 8 (24.24%) Web Developer
4 8 (24.24%) PHP Developer
4 8 (24.24%) PHP Web Developer
5 7 (21.21%) Ruby Developer
5 7 (21.21%) Senior Developer
6 5 (15.15%) Web Applications Developer
6 5 (15.15%) Applications Developer
7 4 (12.12%) Web Architect
8 3 (9.091%) Junior PHP Web Developer
8 3 (9.091%) Junior PHP Developer
8 3 (9.091%) Trainee Developer
8 3 (9.091%) Trainee Web Developer
8 3 (9.091%) Trainee
8 3 (9.091%) Front-End Developer
8 3 (9.091%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 3 (9.091%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) RIA
2 8 (24.24%) Open Source
3 3 (9.091%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (9.091%) Spread Betting
4 1 (3.030%) Contract for Difference
Operating Systems
1 17 (51.52%) Linux
2 8 (24.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Web Development
2 15 (45.45%) Scrum
2 15 (45.45%) OO
3 11 (33.33%) MVC
3 11 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (30.30%) OOD
5 9 (27.27%) TDD
6 6 (18.18%) Refactoring
6 6 (18.18%) Configuration Management
6 6 (18.18%) Multithreading
6 6 (18.18%) OOP
7 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
8 4 (12.12%) Web Application Development
8 4 (12.12%) Release Management
9 2 (6.061%) Algorithmic Trading
10 1 (3.030%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 24 (72.73%) JavaScript
2 17 (51.52%) Ruby
3 14 (42.42%) Python
3 14 (42.42%) PHP
4 11 (33.33%) Java
5 9 (27.27%) Perl
6 6 (18.18%) SQL
6 6 (18.18%) VC++
6 6 (18.18%) C++
6 6 (18.18%) C
7 4 (12.12%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) CNA
1 8 (24.24%) Novell Certification
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Zend
2 2 (6.061%) StreamBase
3 1 (3.030%) JBoss
Bridgwater, Somerset
Good knowledge of front end development using HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, ECMAScript, CSS, etc., is also preferential... Zend, CakePHP, Symfony, etc) Version control (i.e. Git) JavaScript frameworks (...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013