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 19 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.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank151723
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads7382687812159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.592 %8.110 %5.958 %
As % of the Programming Languages category17.59 %17.25 %13.05 %
Salaries quoted6643599210748
Average salary£35,000£33,500£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.470 %-1.470 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£49,500
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
419763987893186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.86 %47.02 %45.66 %
Salaries quoted360403372177921
Average salary£40,000£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %

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 19 March 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 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+27079£35,000+2.94 %
LondonDown-62720£40,000+2.56 %
South EastUp+81472£35,000-
City of LondonNo change0736£40,000-
North WestUp+1653£30,000+7.14 %
South WestUp+11622£31,500-
East of EnglandDown-1574£32,500-4.41 %
YorkshireUp+7501£31,000+6.89 %
SurreyUp+13375£40,000+10.34 %
ManchesterUp+1361£28,000+1.81 %
BerkshireDown-1345£37,000+5.71 %
West MidlandsDown-4280£30,000-6.25 %
West YorkshireUp+12272£31,500+10.52 %
CambridgeshireDown-1230£32,500-
HampshireUp+10213£29,500-1.66 %
East MidlandsDown-1204£30,750+2.50 %
WiltshireUp+49180£31,500+10.52 %
CambridgeUp+1168£30,000-9.09 %
BristolUp+4166£28,000-13.84 %
LeedsUp+17156£30,000+9.09 %
WalesUp+25151£30,000-6.25 %
OxfordshireUp+11143£35,000+7.69 %
CheshireUp+9143£30,000+9.09 %
South WalesUp+30135£30,000-6.25 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0129£33,500-4.28 %
ScotlandNo change0123£33,000+10.00 %
West SussexUp+18118£28,500+3.63 %
LancashireUp+5108£29,750-0.83 %
EssexUp+1108£40,000+14.28 %
HertfordshireDown-8108£37,500+7.14 %

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 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.

19422 (66.04 %)CSS
28946 (62.70 %)HTML
36288 (44.07 %).NET
45265 (36.90 %)AJAX
55072 (35.55 %)XML
64960 (34.76 %)ASP.NET
74908 (34.40 %)C#
84791 (33.58 %)SQL Server
94318 (30.26 %)SQL
103839 (26.91 %)PHP
113626 (25.41 %)XHTML
122819 (19.76 %)MySQL
132745 (19.24 %)Java
142443 (17.12 %)Web Development
152307 (16.17 %)OO
162145 (15.03 %)Web Services
172063 (14.46 %)jQuery
182046 (14.34 %)E-Commerce
191863 (13.06 %)Flash
201765 (12.37 %)Linux
211515 (10.62 %)ASP
221508 (10.57 %)Microsoft
231502 (10.53 %)Degree
241403 (9.833 %)VB.NET
251402 (9.826 %)Photoshop
261371 (9.609 %)XSLT
271274 (8.929 %)SQL Server 2005
281232 (8.635 %)Finance
291210 (8.481 %)MVC
301205 (8.445 %)CMS

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 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
19422 (66.04 %)CSS
28946 (62.70 %)HTML
36288 (44.07 %).NET
45265 (36.90 %)AJAX
55072 (35.55 %)XML
64960 (34.76 %)ASP.NET
73626 (25.41 %)XHTML
82145 (15.03 %)Web Services
92063 (14.46 %)jQuery
101863 (13.06 %)Flash
111515 (10.62 %)ASP
121371 (9.609 %)XSLT
131077 (7.548 %)JSP
14973 (6.819 %)DHTML
15920 (6.448 %)Spring
16916 (6.420 %)J2EE
17840 (5.887 %).NET Framework
18723 (5.067 %)LAMP
19622 (4.359 %)WCF
20602 (4.219 %)Hibernate
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11205 (8.445 %)CMS
21109 (7.773 %)Apache
3785 (5.502 %)IIS
4681 (4.773 %)SharePoint
5438 (3.070 %)Tomcat
6363 (2.544 %)Drupal
7277 (1.941 %)ColdFusion
8260 (1.822 %)SharePoint Server 2007
9185 (1.297 %)WebLogic
10156 (1.093 %)BizTalk Server
11150 (1.051 %)EPiServer
12130 (0.911 %)Joomla!
13110 (0.771 %)WordPress
13110 (0.771 %)WebSphere MQ
1468 (0.477 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1566 (0.463 %)Umbraco
1662 (0.435 %)Force.com
1755 (0.385 %)WebSphere Application Server
1853 (0.371 %)Commerce Server
1941 (0.287 %)ArcGIS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11402 (9.826 %)Photoshop
2550 (3.855 %)MS Excel
3417 (2.923 %)Adobe Illustrator
4309 (2.166 %)Fireworks
5175 (1.227 %)MS Visio
6155 (1.086 %)MS Office
751 (0.357 %)InfoPath
822 (0.154 %)ImageReady
919 (0.133 %)InDesign
1018 (0.126 %)Acrobat
1113 (0.091 %)SPSS
1211 (0.077 %)MATLAB
137 (0.049 %)QuarkXPress
137 (0.049 %)MS Project
146 (0.042 %)Paint Shop Pro
146 (0.042 %)MS PowerPoint
155 (0.035 %)RoboHelp
155 (0.035 %)CA Clarity
164 (0.028 %)FrameMaker
173 (0.021 %)GIMP
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1101 (0.708 %)Google Analytics
286 (0.603 %)Dynamics CRM
357 (0.399 %)Microsoft CRM
445 (0.315 %)WebTrends
525 (0.175 %)SalesLogix
623 (0.161 %)Summit
714 (0.098 %)Pivotal CRM
813 (0.091 %)Oracle EBS
97 (0.049 %)Oracle BPM
106 (0.042 %)Oracle EBS R12
106 (0.042 %)SAP PM
106 (0.042 %)SAP CRM
115 (0.035 %)Navision
124 (0.028 %)GoldMine
133 (0.021 %)Oracle Applications
133 (0.021 %)SAP ERP
141 (0.007 %)LiquidOffice
141 (0.007 %)AquaLogic BPM
141 (0.007 %)Endur
141 (0.007 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11023 (7.170 %)Internet
2452 (3.168 %)Intranet
3308 (2.159 %)HTTP
4160 (1.121 %)TCP/IP
5106 (0.743 %)Extranet
695 (0.666 %)DNS
779 (0.554 %)FTP
860 (0.421 %)SMTP
942 (0.294 %)LDAP
1039 (0.273 %)Firewall
1132 (0.224 %)SSH
1226 (0.182 %)SSL
1323 (0.161 %)VPN
1323 (0.161 %)Broadband
1418 (0.126 %)SMS
1418 (0.126 %)DHCP
1517 (0.119 %)SAN
1614 (0.098 %)SNMP
1713 (0.091 %)LAN
1810 (0.070 %)WAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14791 (33.58 %)SQL Server
22819 (19.76 %)MySQL
31274 (8.929 %)SQL Server 2005
4546 (3.827 %)SQL Server 2008
5417 (2.923 %)SQL Server 2000
6304 (2.131 %)RDBMS
7273 (1.913 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8199 (1.395 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9164 (1.149 %)PostgreSQL
10141 (0.988 %)Crystal Reports
11115 (0.806 %)Oracle 10g
1294 (0.659 %)Datawarehouse
1392 (0.645 %)ETL
1468 (0.477 %)GIS
1561 (0.428 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1654 (0.378 %)DB2
1750 (0.350 %)Oracle 8/8i
1750 (0.350 %)TOAD
1846 (0.322 %)DTS
1941 (0.287 %)Oracle Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11027 (7.198 %)Visual Studio
2940 (6.588 %)Subversion
3509 (3.567 %)Dreamweaver
4399 (2.796 %)NUnit
5301 (2.110 %)Eclipse
6243 (1.703 %)JUnit
7205 (1.437 %)Team Foundation Server
8193 (1.353 %)Ant
9178 (1.248 %)VSS/SourceSafe
10153 (1.072 %)Maven
11144 (1.009 %)Selenium
1250 (0.350 %)Git (software)
1346 (0.322 %)WATIR
1445 (0.315 %)CruiseControl
1538 (0.266 %)Oracle Forms
1636 (0.252 %)QuickTest Pro
1735 (0.245 %)FitNesse
1833 (0.231 %)TeamCity
1833 (0.231 %)NCover
1928 (0.196 %)ClearCase
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11232 (8.635 %)Finance
21040 (7.289 %)Marketing
3506 (3.546 %)Pensions
4447 (3.133 %)Health
5371 (2.600 %)Retail
6368 (2.579 %)Insurance
7347 (2.432 %)Games
8301 (2.110 %)Banking
9277 (1.941 %)Education
10257 (1.801 %)Advertising
11239 (1.675 %)Graphic Design
12226 (1.584 %)Publishing
13190 (1.332 %)Multimedia
14157 (1.100 %)Back Office
15154 (1.079 %)Telecoms
16136 (0.953 %)Government
17126 (0.883 %)Front Office
18122 (0.855 %)Music
19112 (0.785 %)Financial Institution
19112 (0.785 %)Social Media
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
111326 (79.38 %)Developer
24001 (28.04 %)Web Developer
32642 (18.52 %).NET Developer
41757 (12.31 %)PHP Developer
51669 (11.70 %)Senior Developer
61400 (9.812 %)C# Developer
71284 (8.999 %)ASP.NET Developer
8975 (6.833 %)Java Developer
9894 (6.266 %)Front-End Developer
10856 (5.999 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
11844 (5.915 %)Designer
12637 (4.465 %)Web Designer
13626 (4.387 %).NET Web Developer
14617 (4.324 %)Analyst
15494 (3.462 %)Senior Web Developer
16484 (3.392 %)Software Developer
17475 (3.329 %)Programmer
18472 (3.308 %)PHP Web Developer
19453 (3.175 %)Senior .NET Developer
20426 (2.986 %)Junior
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1761 (5.334 %)W3C
2565 (3.960 %)Computer Science
3380 (2.663 %)Open Source
4334 (2.341 %)Web 2.0
5307 (2.152 %)N-Tier
6283 (1.983 %)Social Network
7267 (1.871 %)Client/Server
8123 (0.862 %)Mathematics
9112 (0.785 %)iPhone
10101 (0.708 %)SaaS
1197 (0.680 %)Fixed Income
1274 (0.519 %)RIA
1371 (0.498 %)Multithreading
1468 (0.477 %)Derivative
1566 (0.463 %)E-Learning
1663 (0.442 %)Replication
1754 (0.378 %)Visualisation
1853 (0.371 %)Blog
1944 (0.308 %)French Language
2035 (0.245 %)Spread Betting
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11765 (12.37 %)Linux
21077 (7.548 %)Windows
3941 (6.595 %)UNIX
4178 (1.248 %)Windows Server 2003
5174 (1.220 %)Solaris
674 (0.519 %)Red Hat Linux
769 (0.484 %)Windows XP
866 (0.463 %)AIX
959 (0.414 %)Windows Server 2008
1036 (0.252 %)Ubuntu
1131 (0.217 %)Android
1228 (0.196 %)Debian
1228 (0.196 %)Windows NT
1327 (0.189 %)Windows 2000
1417 (0.119 %)HPUX
1417 (0.119 %)Windows Mobile
1515 (0.105 %)VMS
1613 (0.091 %)Windows Vista
1712 (0.084 %)Mac OS X
1811 (0.077 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12443 (17.12 %)Web Development
22307 (16.17 %)OO
32046 (14.34 %)E-Commerce
41210 (8.481 %)MVC
51200 (8.410 %)Agile Software Development
6871 (6.105 %)Scrum
7852 (5.971 %)Content Management
8822 (5.761 %)SEO
9729 (5.109 %)OOP
10645 (4.521 %)TDD
11638 (4.472 %)Web Design
12465 (3.259 %)Project Management
13457 (3.203 %)Unit Testing
14452 (3.168 %)CRM
15426 (2.986 %)UML
16360 (2.523 %)SOA
17325 (2.278 %)OOD
18249 (1.745 %)Software Engineering
19211 (1.479 %)Online Marketing
20196 (1.374 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14908 (34.40 %)C#
24318 (30.26 %)SQL
33839 (26.91 %)PHP
42745 (19.24 %)Java
51403 (9.833 %)VB.NET
6909 (6.371 %)PHP5
7892 (6.252 %)ActionScript
8849 (5.950 %)T-SQL
9807 (5.656 %)VB
10730 (5.116 %)Perl
11702 (4.920 %)C++
12615 (4.310 %)C
13435 (3.049 %)VBScript
14364 (2.551 %)Ruby
15328 (2.299 %)ActionScript 3.0
16298 (2.089 %)Python
17286 (2.004 %)PHP4
18236 (1.654 %)VB6
19209 (1.465 %)PL/SQL
20206 (1.444 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11502 (10.53 %)Degree
2371 (2.600 %)Microsoft Certification
3259 (1.815 %)MCSD
4227 (1.591 %)MCAD
5209 (1.465 %)MCTS
6203 (1.423 %)MCP
794 (0.659 %)Security Cleared
866 (0.463 %)ISEB
941 (0.287 %)MCPD
1037 (0.259 %)HND
1136 (0.252 %)PhD
1136 (0.252 %)SC Cleared
1222 (0.154 %)Sun Certification
1313 (0.091 %)PRINCE2 Certification
148 (0.056 %)MBA
148 (0.056 %)ISTQB
148 (0.056 %)MCITP
148 (0.056 %)MCDBA
157 (0.049 %)CCNA
157 (0.049 %)Cisco Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1349 (2.446 %)QA
290 (0.631 %)WAI
343 (0.301 %)WCAG
429 (0.203 %)SLA
513 (0.091 %)PCI DSS
68 (0.056 %)ISO9001
74 (0.028 %)TickIT
82 (0.014 %)ISO14001
82 (0.014 %)HL7
91 (0.007 %)ISO/IEC 20000
91 (0.007 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1101 (0.708 %)MSMQ
272 (0.505 %)Active Directory
314 (0.098 %)VMware Infrastructure
47 (0.049 %)ISA Server
55 (0.035 %)Xen
55 (0.035 %)Postfix
62 (0.014 %)VMware Server
62 (0.014 %)Hyper-V
62 (0.014 %)OpenLDAP
62 (0.014 %)Samba
62 (0.014 %)VMware ESX
71 (0.007 %)Terminal Server
71 (0.007 %)Oracle RAC
71 (0.007 %)XenServer
71 (0.007 %)Hadoop
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (0.063 %)SCOM
25 (0.035 %)Zenoss
25 (0.035 %)Nagios
34 (0.028 %)BMC PATROL
34 (0.028 %)Plesk
43 (0.021 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
43 (0.021 %)OpenView
43 (0.021 %)Tivoli
52 (0.014 %)Tivoli Monitoring
52 (0.014 %)CONTROL-M
61 (0.007 %)ServiceCenter
61 (0.007 %)SCCM
61 (0.007 %)MOM
61 (0.007 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11508 (10.57 %)Microsoft
21184 (8.298 %)Oracle
3614 (4.303 %)Adobe
4475 (3.329 %)Zend
5274 (1.920 %)Google
6245 (1.717 %)JBoss
7117 (0.820 %)IBM
8111 (0.778 %)Sybase
987 (0.610 %)Red Hat
1072 (0.505 %)Salesforce.com
1162 (0.435 %)Yahoo!
1251 (0.357 %)Sun
1350 (0.350 %)Lotus
1350 (0.350 %)Sitecore
1447 (0.329 %)Interwoven
1544 (0.308 %)HP
1640 (0.280 %)Perforce
1739 (0.273 %)ATG
1836 (0.252 %)ESRI
1836 (0.252 %)VMware