The first table below looks at the demand for jQuery skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited jQuery over the 3 months to 24 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
jQuery
Rank 37 36 65
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +29
Permanent jobs citing jQuery 11 26 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.793% 7.536% 0.671%
As % of the Application Development category 8.730% 13.68% 1.316%
Number of salaries quoted 11 26 3
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Application Development
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
126 190 228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 43.45% 55.07% 51.01%
Number of salaries quoted 93 118 168
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,400 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £61,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
jQuery
Hertfordshire

jQuery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford jQuery Salary Trend

jQuery
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing jQuery across the Watford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Watford jQuery Salary Histogram

jQuery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 41 (97.62%) JavaScript
2 31 (73.81%) CSS
3 27 (64.29%) SQL Server
4 25 (59.52%) .NET
5 24 (57.14%) C#
6 22 (52.38%) ASP.NET
7 21 (50.00%) XML
7 21 (50.00%) HTML
8 18 (42.86%) Web Services
9 17 (40.48%) E-Commerce
9 17 (40.48%) Ajax
10 15 (35.71%) MVC
10 15 (35.71%) SQL
11 14 (33.33%) Java
11 14 (33.33%) SOAP
12 13 (30.95%) HTML5
13 12 (28.57%) CSS3
13 12 (28.57%) Web Development
13 12 (28.57%) DHTML
14 11 (26.19%) VB.NET
14 11 (26.19%) SQL Server 2008
15 10 (23.81%) Oracle
16 9 (21.43%) Degree
16 9 (21.43%) TDD
17 8 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
17 8 (19.05%) JSP
17 8 (19.05%) DB2
18 7 (16.67%) MySQL
18 7 (16.67%) Retail
18 7 (16.67%) .NET Framework

jQuery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 31 (73.81%) CSS
2 25 (59.52%) .NET
3 22 (52.38%) ASP.NET
4 21 (50.00%) XML
4 21 (50.00%) HTML
5 18 (42.86%) Web Services
6 17 (40.48%) Ajax
7 14 (33.33%) SOAP
8 13 (30.95%) HTML5
9 12 (28.57%) CSS3
9 12 (28.57%) DHTML
10 8 (19.05%) JSP
11 7 (16.67%) .NET Framework
12 6 (14.29%) Spring
12 6 (14.29%) Hibernate
12 6 (14.29%) Servlets
13 5 (11.90%) Java EE
13 5 (11.90%) ASP.NET MVC
14 4 (9.524%) XHTML
15 3 (7.143%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.524%) Magento
2 2 (4.762%) Liferay
2 2 (4.762%) WordPress
2 2 (4.762%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (4.762%) SAS
2 2 (4.762%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.381%) CMS
3 1 (2.381%) Apache
3 1 (2.381%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.762%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) Internet
2 1 (2.381%) Intranet
2 1 (2.381%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (64.29%) SQL Server
2 11 (26.19%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (19.05%) DB2
4 7 (16.67%) MySQL
5 2 (4.762%) Informix
6 1 (2.381%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (2.381%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (4.762%) JUnit
1 2 (4.762%) Visual Studio
1 2 (4.762%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.381%) PhoneGap
General
1 7 (16.67%) Retail
2 4 (9.524%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.381%) Finance
Job Titles
1 39 (92.86%) Developer
2 12 (28.57%) Web Developer
3 8 (19.05%) Software Developer
4 5 (11.90%) Software Engineer
5 4 (9.524%) .NET Developer
5 4 (9.524%) Lead Developer
6 2 (4.762%) .NET Software Developer
6 2 (4.762%) C# Developer
6 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (4.762%) Junior Developer
6 2 (4.762%) PHP Developer
6 2 (4.762%) Junior
6 2 (4.762%) Analyst
6 2 (4.762%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.762%) Analyst Programmer
6 2 (4.762%) Programmer
7 1 (2.381%) Applications Developer
7 1 (2.381%) Java Analyst Programmer
7 1 (2.381%) Java Programmer
7 1 (2.381%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (7.143%) N-Tier
2 3 (7.143%) RIA
2 3 (7.143%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.381%) W3C
3 1 (2.381%) Blog
3 1 (2.381%) iPhone
3 1 (2.381%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.143%) Windows
2 2 (4.762%) Linux
2 2 (4.762%) UNIX
3 1 (2.381%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (2.381%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) E-Commerce
2 15 (35.71%) MVC
3 12 (28.57%) Web Development
4 9 (21.43%) TDD
5 8 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (14.29%) Scrum
7 5 (11.90%) OO
7 5 (11.90%) B2B
7 5 (11.90%) Logistics
8 3 (7.143%) Content Management
9 2 (4.762%) Unit Testing
9 2 (4.762%) Web Design
9 2 (4.762%) Configuration Management
10 1 (2.381%) OOP
10 1 (2.381%) Software Engineering
10 1 (2.381%) Domain-Driven Design
10 1 (2.381%) Continuous Integration
10 1 (2.381%) Change Control
10 1 (2.381%) Web Application Development
10 1 (2.381%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 41 (97.62%) JavaScript
2 24 (57.14%) C#
3 15 (35.71%) SQL
4 14 (33.33%) Java
5 11 (26.19%) VB.NET
6 6 (14.29%) PHP
7 5 (11.90%) VBScript
8 2 (4.762%) Delphi
9 1 (2.381%) C++
9 1 (2.381%) Objective-C
9 1 (2.381%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.143%) QA
2 2 (4.762%) ISO 9001
2 2 (4.762%) TickIT
Vendors
1 10 (23.81%) Oracle
2 6 (14.29%) Demandware
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.762%) hybris
4 2 (4.762%) Perforce
4 2 (4.762%) ATG
5 1 (2.381%) Sencha