Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 9 February 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.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank151923
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads6950758711825
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.826 %7.506 %5.851 %
As % of the Programming Languages category18.09 %16.14 %12.94 %
Salaries quoted6191677610378
Average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£48,000£50,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,000£31,500
% change year-on-year
+1.560 %+1.580 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
384264700891356
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.80 %46.51 %45.21 %
Salaries quoted331384065375843
Average salary£38,500£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.470 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-

JavaScript
Demand Trend

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

JavaScript Demand Trend

JavaScript
Salary Trend

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

JavaScript Salary Trend

JavaScript
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing JavaScript over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

JavaScript Salary Histogram

JavaScript
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+56691£35,000-
LondonDown-12472£40,000-
South EastUp+81438£35,000-
City of LondonUp+8670£40,000-2.43 %
North WestUp+5606£30,000+3.44 %
East of EnglandUp+4584£32,500-4.41 %
South WestUp+10556£30,500-10.29 %
YorkshireUp+7486£30,000-
SurreyUp+9352£37,500+7.14 %
BerkshireUp+5344£37,500+7.14 %
West MidlandsUp+2315£30,000-6.25 %
ManchesterUp+9311£30,000+1.69 %
West YorkshireUp+24285£31,500+5.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+2232£30,000-11.76 %
HampshireUp+13207£30,500+10.90 %
East MidlandsDown-3191£30,000-
BristolUp+7175£27,750-18.38 %
LeedsUp+22168£30,000+9.09 %
CambridgeUp+4167£28,500-18.57 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3141£35,000-
WiltshireUp+30135£31,500+5.00 %
CheshireUp+5131£30,000+9.09 %
West SussexUp+7120£35,000+7.69 %
LancashireUp+4115£30,000-
ScotlandNo change0114£30,850+2.83 %
EssexUp+5113£37,500+7.14 %
North YorkshireUp+40110£27,500-21.42 %
WalesUp+18108£30,000-3.22 %
OxfordshireUp+7105£35,000+7.69 %
HertfordshireNo change0103£40,000+14.28 %

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited JavaScript.

18594 (63.91 %)CSS
28242 (61.29 %)HTML
36017 (44.75 %).NET
45053 (37.58 %)AJAX
54821 (35.85 %)ASP.NET
64729 (35.17 %)XML
74709 (35.02 %)C#
84592 (34.15 %)SQL Server
94139 (30.78 %)SQL
103555 (26.44 %)PHP
113443 (25.60 %)XHTML
122656 (19.75 %)Java
132592 (19.28 %)MySQL
142245 (16.70 %)OO
152144 (15.94 %)Web Development
161952 (14.52 %)Web Services
171914 (14.23 %)E-Commerce
181764 (13.12 %)jQuery
191742 (12.95 %)Flash
201609 (11.97 %)Linux
211493 (11.10 %)ASP
221452 (10.80 %)Degree
231410 (10.49 %)VB.NET
241369 (10.18 %)Microsoft
251286 (9.563 %)SQL Server 2005
261278 (9.504 %)Photoshop
271274 (9.474 %)XSLT
281135 (8.441 %)Oracle
291126 (8.374 %)CMS
301114 (8.284 %)JSP

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited JavaScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18594 (63.91 %)CSS
28242 (61.29 %)HTML
36017 (44.75 %).NET
45053 (37.58 %)AJAX
54821 (35.85 %)ASP.NET
64729 (35.17 %)XML
73443 (25.60 %)XHTML
81952 (14.52 %)Web Services
91764 (13.12 %)jQuery
101742 (12.95 %)Flash
111493 (11.10 %)ASP
121274 (9.474 %)XSLT
131114 (8.284 %)JSP
141007 (7.489 %)MVC
15898 (6.678 %)DHTML
16881 (6.552 %)J2EE
17848 (6.306 %)Spring
18814 (6.053 %).NET Framework
19689 (5.124 %)LAMP
20534 (3.971 %)WCF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11126 (8.374 %)CMS
2992 (7.377 %)Apache
3725 (5.392 %)IIS
4639 (4.752 %)SharePoint
5399 (2.967 %)Tomcat
6317 (2.357 %)Drupal
7290 (2.157 %)ColdFusion
8259 (1.926 %)SharePoint Server 2007
9186 (1.383 %)WebLogic
10139 (1.034 %)BizTalk Server
11132 (0.982 %)EPiServer
12102 (0.759 %)WebSphere MQ
1398 (0.729 %)Joomla!
1480 (0.595 %)WordPress
1567 (0.498 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1664 (0.476 %)ArcGIS
1759 (0.439 %)Umbraco
1854 (0.402 %)Force.com
1950 (0.372 %)Lotus Notes
2049 (0.364 %)MS Exchange
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11278 (9.504 %)Photoshop
2495 (3.681 %)MS Excel
3355 (2.640 %)Adobe Illustrator
4293 (2.179 %)Fireworks
5174 (1.294 %)MS Visio
6137 (1.019 %)MS Office
757 (0.424 %)InfoPath
822 (0.164 %)ImageReady
918 (0.134 %)MS Project
918 (0.134 %)Acrobat
1017 (0.126 %)InDesign
1113 (0.097 %)SPSS
1211 (0.082 %)Paint Shop Pro
137 (0.052 %)MATLAB
146 (0.045 %)CA Clarity
155 (0.037 %)RoboHelp
155 (0.037 %)QuarkXPress
164 (0.030 %)FrameMaker
173 (0.022 %)MS PowerPoint
173 (0.022 %)FreeHand
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
188 (0.654 %)Dynamics CRM
283 (0.617 %)Google Analytics
363 (0.469 %)Microsoft CRM
438 (0.283 %)WebTrends
525 (0.186 %)SalesLogix
623 (0.171 %)Summit
713 (0.097 %)Oracle EBS
812 (0.089 %)Pivotal CRM
98 (0.059 %)GoldMine
106 (0.045 %)Oracle EBS R12
115 (0.037 %)Oracle Applications
115 (0.037 %)Navision
123 (0.022 %)SAP ERP
132 (0.015 %)Dynamics GP
141 (0.007 %)SAP PM
141 (0.007 %)SAP Oil and Gas
141 (0.007 %)RMDS
141 (0.007 %)Endur
141 (0.007 %)SAP APO
141 (0.007 %)SAP CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1998 (7.422 %)Internet
2435 (3.235 %)Intranet
3308 (2.290 %)HTTP
4163 (1.212 %)TCP/IP
595 (0.706 %)Extranet
689 (0.662 %)DNS
766 (0.491 %)SMTP
865 (0.483 %)FTP
946 (0.342 %)LDAP
1035 (0.260 %)Firewall
1131 (0.231 %)SMS
1224 (0.178 %)SSL
1323 (0.171 %)SSH
1421 (0.156 %)Broadband
1515 (0.112 %)Wireless
1515 (0.112 %)LAN
1515 (0.112 %)SAN
1613 (0.097 %)WAN
1613 (0.097 %)SNMP
1613 (0.097 %)POP3
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14592 (34.15 %)SQL Server
22592 (19.28 %)MySQL
31286 (9.563 %)SQL Server 2005
4485 (3.607 %)SQL Server 2000
5479 (3.562 %)SQL Server 2008
6272 (2.023 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7249 (1.852 %)RDBMS
8198 (1.472 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9139 (1.034 %)Crystal Reports
10118 (0.878 %)PostgreSQL
11116 (0.863 %)Oracle 10g
1286 (0.640 %)ETL
1382 (0.610 %)GIS
1481 (0.602 %)Datawarehouse
1564 (0.476 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1653 (0.394 %)Oracle 8/8i
1749 (0.364 %)DTS
1843 (0.320 %)DB2
1843 (0.320 %)TOAD
1938 (0.283 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11054 (7.838 %)Visual Studio
2826 (6.143 %)Subversion
3468 (3.480 %)Dreamweaver
4352 (2.618 %)NUnit
5251 (1.867 %)Eclipse
6229 (1.703 %)JUnit
7196 (1.458 %)Team Foundation Server
8183 (1.361 %)Ant
9157 (1.168 %)VSS/SourceSafe
10154 (1.145 %)Maven
11120 (0.892 %)Selenium
1265 (0.483 %)Git (software)
1341 (0.305 %)CruiseControl
1437 (0.275 %)Oracle Forms
1534 (0.253 %)QuickTest Pro
1631 (0.231 %)NCover
1730 (0.223 %)Mercurial
1730 (0.223 %)WATIR
1828 (0.208 %)JSUnit
1927 (0.201 %)Flex Builder
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11106 (8.225 %)Finance
2986 (7.332 %)Marketing
3518 (3.852 %)Pensions
4420 (3.123 %)Health
5381 (2.833 %)Insurance
6375 (2.789 %)Retail
7303 (2.253 %)Education
8300 (2.231 %)Games
9254 (1.889 %)Banking
10249 (1.852 %)Advertising
11229 (1.703 %)Graphic Design
12211 (1.569 %)Publishing
13181 (1.346 %)Multimedia
14140 (1.041 %)Back Office
15129 (0.959 %)Music
16127 (0.944 %)Telecoms
17121 (0.900 %)Government
18112 (0.833 %)Financial Institution
19101 (0.751 %)Front Office
2088 (0.654 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110833 (80.56 %)Developer
23757 (27.94 %)Web Developer
32587 (19.24 %).NET Developer
41669 (12.41 %)PHP Developer
51602 (11.91 %)Senior Developer
61329 (9.883 %)C# Developer
71235 (9.184 %)ASP.NET Developer
8922 (6.857 %)Java Developer
9779 (5.793 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
10759 (5.644 %)Designer
11732 (5.444 %)Front-End Developer
12634 (4.715 %).NET Web Developer
13548 (4.075 %)Web Designer
14534 (3.971 %)Analyst
15474 (3.525 %)Software Developer
16463 (3.443 %)Senior Web Developer
17453 (3.369 %)PHP Web Developer
18425 (3.161 %)Programmer
18425 (3.161 %)Senior .NET Developer
19413 (3.071 %)Applications Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1757 (5.630 %)W3C
2518 (3.852 %)Computer Science
3334 (2.484 %)Web 2.0
3334 (2.484 %)Open Source
4270 (2.008 %)Social Network
5248 (1.844 %)Client/Server
6241 (1.792 %)N-Tier
7103 (0.766 %)iPhone
8102 (0.759 %)Fixed Income
998 (0.729 %)Mathematics
1086 (0.640 %)SaaS
1178 (0.580 %)Derivative
1272 (0.535 %)E-Learning
1369 (0.513 %)RIA
1459 (0.439 %)Blackberry
1558 (0.431 %)Management Information System
1654 (0.402 %)Multithreading
1748 (0.357 %)Replication
1845 (0.335 %)Blog
1940 (0.297 %)Spread Betting
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11609 (11.97 %)Linux
21046 (7.779 %)Windows
3877 (6.522 %)UNIX
4206 (1.532 %)Solaris
5184 (1.368 %)Windows Server 2003
669 (0.513 %)Windows XP
766 (0.491 %)AIX
863 (0.469 %)Red Hat Linux
953 (0.394 %)Windows Server 2008
1030 (0.223 %)Android
1030 (0.223 %)Ubuntu
1128 (0.208 %)Windows NT
1128 (0.208 %)FreeBSD
1128 (0.208 %)Windows 2000
1226 (0.193 %)Debian
1325 (0.186 %)HPUX
1416 (0.119 %)VMS
1515 (0.112 %)CentOS
1613 (0.097 %)Windows Mobile
1712 (0.089 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12245 (16.70 %)OO
22144 (15.94 %)Web Development
31914 (14.23 %)E-Commerce
41004 (7.466 %)Agile Software Development
5843 (6.269 %)Content Management
6774 (5.756 %)SEO
7762 (5.667 %)Scrum
8739 (5.496 %)OOP
9631 (4.692 %)Web Design
10554 (4.120 %)TDD
11465 (3.458 %)UML
12461 (3.428 %)Project Management
13443 (3.294 %)Unit Testing
14421 (3.131 %)CRM
15326 (2.424 %)OOD
16321 (2.387 %)SOA
17257 (1.911 %)Software Engineering
18195 (1.450 %)Online Marketing
18195 (1.450 %)Migration
19180 (1.339 %)Workflow
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14709 (35.02 %)C#
24139 (30.78 %)SQL
33555 (26.44 %)PHP
42656 (19.75 %)Java
51410 (10.49 %)VB.NET
6921 (6.849 %)ActionScript
7848 (6.306 %)PHP5
8747 (5.555 %)T-SQL
9741 (5.511 %)VB
10707 (5.258 %)Perl
11652 (4.849 %)C++
12630 (4.685 %)C
13441 (3.280 %)VBScript
14357 (2.655 %)ActionScript 3.0
15346 (2.573 %)Ruby
16310 (2.305 %)Python
17278 (2.067 %)PHP4
18202 (1.502 %)VB6
19192 (1.428 %)PL/SQL
20181 (1.346 %)ActionScript 2.0
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11452 (10.80 %)Degree
2343 (2.551 %)Microsoft Certification
3209 (1.554 %)MCSD
4183 (1.361 %)MCP
5171 (1.272 %)MCAD
5171 (1.272 %)MCTS
6113 (0.840 %)Security Cleared
758 (0.431 %)ISEB
838 (0.283 %)HND
838 (0.283 %)SC Cleared
933 (0.245 %)PhD
1026 (0.193 %)Sun Certification
1125 (0.186 %)MCPD
1214 (0.104 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1310 (0.074 %)DV Cleared
148 (0.059 %)MCDBA
148 (0.059 %)MBA
148 (0.059 %)MCITP
148 (0.059 %)ISTQB
156 (0.045 %)Cisco Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1325 (2.417 %)QA
274 (0.550 %)WAI
360 (0.446 %)WCAG
430 (0.223 %)SLA
57 (0.052 %)ISO9001
66 (0.045 %)PCI DSS
74 (0.030 %)TickIT
82 (0.015 %)HL7
82 (0.015 %)ISO14001
91 (0.007 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
91 (0.007 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
196 (0.714 %)MSMQ
267 (0.498 %)Active Directory
313 (0.097 %)AquaLogic
49 (0.067 %)Terminal Server
49 (0.067 %)VMware Infrastructure
57 (0.052 %)ISA Server
66 (0.045 %)Xen
73 (0.022 %)Samba
82 (0.015 %)OpenLDAP
82 (0.015 %)Hyper-V
82 (0.015 %)VMware ESX
91 (0.007 %)VMware GSX
91 (0.007 %)Postfix
91 (0.007 %)IMail Server
91 (0.007 %)Veritas Cluster Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (0.059 %)SCOM
27 (0.052 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
36 (0.045 %)Nagios
45 (0.037 %)Zenoss
54 (0.030 %)Plesk
63 (0.022 %)BMC PATROL
63 (0.022 %)Tivoli
72 (0.015 %)SCCM
72 (0.015 %)OpenView
72 (0.015 %)MOM
81 (0.007 %)Norton AntiVirus
81 (0.007 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
81 (0.007 %)Tivoli Monitoring
81 (0.007 %)ServiceCenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11369 (10.18 %)Microsoft
21135 (8.441 %)Oracle
3554 (4.120 %)Adobe
4466 (3.465 %)Zend
5242 (1.800 %)JBoss
6215 (1.599 %)Google
796 (0.714 %)IBM
885 (0.632 %)Sybase
982 (0.610 %)Red Hat
1069 (0.513 %)Lotus
1163 (0.469 %)Salesforce.com
1256 (0.416 %)Sun
1347 (0.350 %)Interwoven
1347 (0.350 %)Sitecore
1446 (0.342 %)ESRI
1542 (0.312 %)HP
1640 (0.297 %)Yahoo!
1738 (0.283 %)Sage
1835 (0.260 %)ATG
1932 (0.238 %)Macromedia