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This section looks at the demand for jQuery skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited jQuery over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkjQuery
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank666971
Rank change on same period last yearUp+305
Matching permanent IT job ads26444
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.142 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.437 %0.058 %
Salaries quoted23544
Average minimum salary£33,004£36,977
Average salary£35,733£39,670
% change on same period last year-9.92 %
Average maximum salary£38,461£42,364
UK excluding London average salary£31,149£36,500
% change on same period last year-14.66 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6044175403
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.54 %31.43 %
Salaries quoted5197261857
Average minimum salary£36,905£38,729
Average salary£40,489£42,527
% change on same period last year-4.79 %
Average maximum salary£44,073£46,326
UK excluding London average salary£35,926£36,840
% change on same period last year-2.48 %

jQuery
Demand Trend

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

jQuery Demand Trend

jQuery
Salary Trend

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

jQuery Salary Trend

jQuery
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing jQuery over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

jQuery Salary Histogram

jQuery
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing jQuery within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+266242£36,180-8.79 %
LondonUp+210145£39,587-4.99 %
East of EnglandUp+5439£32,852+9.50 %
CambridgeUp+1028£33,643+12.14 %
CambridgeshireUp+1628£33,318+11.06 %
ScotlandNew entry-22£27,125-
South EastUp+5920£35,605-28.78 %
GlasgowNew entry-17£27,429-
City of LondonDown-315£33,500-17.95 %
YorkshireUp+513£30,583+21.92 %
North WestNew entry-13£26,150-
West YorkshireUp+1712£32,050+27.77 %
ManchesterNew entry-12£26,150-
LeedsUp+2611£32,000+45.45 %
HertfordshireNew entry-9£31,944-
NottinghamshireNew entry-7£26,214-
SurreyNew entry-7£36,083-
NottinghamNew entry-7£26,214-
East MidlandsNew entry-7£26,214-
West MidlandsNew entry-7£28,286-
EalingNew entry-6£65,000-
OxfordshireNew entry-6£40,833-
PeterboroughNew entry-5£31,500-
StevenageNew entry-5£32,500-
EdinburghNew entry-5£26,700-
AbingdonNew entry-5£40,000-
BirminghamNew entry-5£28,400-
ReigateNew entry-4£36,167-
Isle of WightNew entry-3£27,500-
EssexNew entry-2£29,250-

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1359 (85.68 %)JavaScript
2332 (79.24 %)CSS
3285 (68.02 %)AJAX
4232 (55.37 %)XHTML
5213 (50.84 %)HTML
6143 (34.13 %).NET
7120 (28.64 %)PHP
8115 (27.45 %)XML
9109 (26.01 %)ASP.NET
10106 (25.30 %)C#
1192 (21.96 %)SQL Server
1287 (20.76 %)Flash
1380 (19.09 %)W3C
1472 (17.18 %)Photoshop
1569 (16.47 %)DHTML
1569 (16.47 %)Marketing
1668 (16.23 %)YUI
1668 (16.23 %)MySQL
1766 (15.75 %)Web 2.0
1864 (15.27 %)Internet
1960 (14.32 %)LAMP
2056 (13.37 %)Finance
2056 (13.37 %)SQL
2152 (12.41 %)JSP
2251 (12.17 %)DOM
2251 (12.17 %)Web Development
2347 (11.22 %)Java
2444 (10.50 %)XSLT
2444 (10.50 %)Agile Software Development
2444 (10.50 %)Adobe Flex

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1332 (79.24 %)CSS
2285 (68.02 %)AJAX
3232 (55.37 %)XHTML
4213 (50.84 %)HTML
5143 (34.13 %).NET
6115 (27.45 %)XML
7109 (26.01 %)ASP.NET
868 (16.23 %)YUI
960 (14.32 %)LAMP
1052 (12.41 %)JSP
1151 (12.17 %)DOM
1244 (10.50 %)XSLT
1244 (10.50 %)Adobe Flex
1341 (9.785 %)WebServices
1436 (8.592 %)JSON
1531 (7.399 %)MVC
1531 (7.399 %)Dojo
1531 (7.399 %)GWT
1628 (6.683 %)MochiKit
1725 (5.967 %)script.aculo.us
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
130 (7.160 %)IIS
229 (6.921 %)Apache
328 (6.683 %)ColdFusion
421 (5.012 %)CMS
516 (3.819 %)WebLogic
65 (1.193 %)Umbraco
72 (0.477 %)Joomla!
81 (0.239 %)OpenCms
81 (0.239 %)Tomcat
81 (0.239 %)SharePoint
81 (0.239 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.239 %)Lotus Domino
81 (0.239 %)WordPress
81 (0.239 %)Movable Type
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
172 (17.18 %)Photoshop
217 (4.057 %)MS Excel
316 (3.819 %)MS Visio
411 (2.625 %)Adobe Illustrator
58 (1.909 %)Fireworks
62 (0.477 %)Adobe Premiere
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
164 (15.27 %)Internet
216 (3.819 %)Intranet
35 (1.193 %)VPN
44 (0.955 %)HTTP
51 (0.239 %)SMTP
51 (0.239 %)FTP
51 (0.239 %)Extranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
192 (21.96 %)SQL Server
268 (16.23 %)MySQL
337 (8.831 %)SQL Server 2005
419 (4.535 %)SQL Server 2000
512 (2.864 %)Data Mining
67 (1.671 %)Datawarehouse
74 (0.955 %)Oracle 10g
82 (0.477 %)DB2
82 (0.477 %)PostgreSQL
91 (0.239 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.239 %)FileMaker
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
187 (20.76 %)Flash
236 (8.592 %)Subversion
318 (4.296 %)Visual Studio
415 (3.580 %)Dreamweaver
57 (1.671 %)Zend Studio
57 (1.671 %)Eclipse
57 (1.671 %)IntelliJ
66 (1.432 %)Log4Net
71 (0.239 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
169 (16.47 %)Marketing
256 (13.37 %)Finance
328 (6.683 %)Games
422 (5.251 %)Online Games
518 (4.296 %)Retail
611 (2.625 %)Insurance
611 (2.625 %)Banking
710 (2.387 %)Publishing
710 (2.387 %)Pensions
86 (1.432 %)Advertising
95 (1.193 %)Legal
104 (0.955 %)Health
113 (0.716 %)Music
122 (0.477 %)Education
131 (0.239 %)Government
131 (0.239 %)Automotive
131 (0.239 %)Construction
131 (0.239 %)Pharmaceutical
131 (0.239 %)Back Office
131 (0.239 %)Telecoms
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1386 (92.12 %)Developer
2200 (47.73 %)Web Developer
359 (14.08 %)PHP Developer
455 (13.13 %)JavaScript Developer
532 (7.637 %).NET Developer
630 (7.160 %)Junior
729 (6.921 %)Senior Developer
729 (6.921 %)Junior Developer
828 (6.683 %)Web Designer
927 (6.444 %)UI Developer
1022 (5.251 %)ColdFusion Developer
1022 (5.251 %)Senior Web Developer
1121 (5.012 %)C# Developer
1121 (5.012 %)PHP Web Developer
1214 (3.341 %)ASP.NET Developer
1312 (2.864 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1411 (2.625 %)Java Developer
1411 (2.625 %).NET Web Developer
159 (2.148 %)Flash Developer
159 (2.148 %)Web Applications Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
180 (19.09 %)W3C
266 (15.75 %)Web 2.0
322 (5.251 %)BBC
420 (4.773 %)Social Network
517 (4.057 %)Computer Science
615 (3.580 %)RIA
75 (1.193 %)Chemistry
75 (1.193 %)Biology
75 (1.193 %)Data Protection Act
75 (1.193 %)N-Tier
75 (1.193 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
75 (1.193 %)IPTV
84 (0.955 %)Informatics
92 (0.477 %)Streaming Music
92 (0.477 %)iDTV
101 (0.239 %)Streaming Video
101 (0.239 %)Replication
101 (0.239 %)Tandem
101 (0.239 %)Freedom of Information
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
140 (9.547 %)Linux
228 (6.683 %)Windows
39 (2.148 %)UNIX
47 (1.671 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (1.671 %)CentOS
53 (0.716 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
151 (12.17 %)Web Development
244 (10.50 %)Agile Software Development
341 (9.785 %)OO
341 (9.785 %)SEO
431 (7.399 %)E-Commerce
530 (7.160 %)OOP
620 (4.773 %)Validation
719 (4.535 %)Continuous Integration
815 (3.580 %)Content Management
914 (3.341 %)Web Design
914 (3.341 %)Digital Marketing
1013 (3.103 %)TDD
1112 (2.864 %)Scrum
1211 (2.625 %)Unit Testing
1310 (2.387 %)B2B
1310 (2.387 %)B2C
148 (1.909 %)Internet Marketing
157 (1.671 %)Product Marketing
166 (1.432 %)Email Marketing
175 (1.193 %)Data Protection
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1359 (85.68 %)JavaScript
2120 (28.64 %)PHP
3106 (25.30 %)C#
469 (16.47 %)DHTML
556 (13.37 %)SQL
647 (11.22 %)Java
742 (10.02 %)ActionScript
828 (6.683 %)VB.NET
924 (5.728 %)PHP5
1017 (4.057 %)VB
1116 (3.819 %)Python
1212 (2.864 %)Perl
139 (2.148 %)C
139 (2.148 %)Transact-SQL
148 (1.909 %)PHP4
157 (1.671 %)VBScript
157 (1.671 %)VB6
165 (1.193 %)Ruby
171 (0.239 %)PL/SQL
171 (0.239 %)C++
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
136 (8.592 %)Degree
27 (1.671 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (6.683 %)WAI
218 (4.296 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.477 %)SCOM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
141 (9.785 %)Microsoft
240 (9.547 %)Adobe
240 (9.547 %)Google
332 (7.637 %)Yahoo!
414 (3.341 %)Zend
59 (2.148 %)Oracle
66 (1.432 %)IBM
74 (0.955 %)Mercator
74 (0.955 %)Actuate
81 (0.239 %)Nokia
81 (0.239 %)Lotus
81 (0.239 %)Perforce