JavaScript Contracts in Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for JavaScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

JavaScript (including ECMAScript) England > Yorkshire
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	5	4	12
Rank change year-on-year	-1	+8
Contract jobs citing JavaScript	330	446	304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	16.03%	15.95%	10.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category	38.46%	34.79%	25.92%
Number of daily rates quoted	258	323	230
Yorkshire median daily rate	£389	£400	£325
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-2.81%	+23.07%
10th Percentile	£263	£303	£263
90th Percentile	£491	£500	£450
England median daily rate	£425	£400	£375
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	+6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	8
Yorkshire median hourly rate	-	-	£40.00
England median hourly rate	£42.50	£38.13	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+11.47%	+8.92%

JavaScript is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for programming language skills.

Contract Programming Language Skills Yorkshire
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	858	1282	1173
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire	41.69%	45.83%	39.66%
Number of daily rates quoted	1242	1741	1779
Yorkshire median daily rate	£400	£400	£328
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+22.13%
10th Percentile	£300	£303	£263
90th Percentile	£519	£538	£463
England median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
% change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted	7	15	69
Yorkshire median hourly rate	£40.00	£15.25	£40.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+162.29%	-61.87%
10th Percentile	£18.55	£12.25	£24.29
90th Percentile	£43.00	£30.15	£47.50
England median hourly rate	£41.50	£37.50	£37.00
% change year-on-year	+10.66%	+1.35%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing JavaScript as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in Yorkshire

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing JavaScript in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for JavaScript in Yorkshire

JavaScript
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing JavaScript in Yorkshire over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for JavaScript in Yorkshire

JavaScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate trend for JavaScript in Yorkshire

JavaScript
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 29 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire	0	250	£400	-	106
South Yorkshire	-2	47	£380	+1.33%	21
North Yorkshire	-2	20	£300	-21.05%	21
East Yorkshire	+4	9	£325	-27.77%	8
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JavaScript
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for JavaScript.

1	375 (60.88%)	HTML
2	357 (57.95%)	CSS
3	323 (52.44%)	Agile Software Development
4	221 (35.88%)	Java
5	190 (30.84%)	Git (software)
6	155 (25.16%)	Front End Development
7	153 (24.84%)	TDD
8	151 (24.51%)	AngularJS
9	140 (22.73%)	Python
10	130 (21.10%)	HTML5
11	124 (20.13%)	PHP
12	122 (19.81%)	Linux
13	115 (18.67%)	SQL
14	114 (18.51%)	Test Automation
14	114 (18.51%)	CSS3

15	113 (18.34%)	Node.js
16	110 (17.86%)	.NET
17	107 (17.37%)	React
18	103 (16.72%)	jQuery
19	102 (16.56%)	MVC
20	96 (15.58%)	Web Development
21	94 (15.26%)	C#
22	90 (14.61%)	BDD
23	87 (14.12%)	Unix
24	84 (13.64%)	User Experience
25	81 (13.15%)	Relational Database
26	80 (12.99%)	Jenkins
27	76 (12.34%)	ASP.NET
28	70 (11.36%)	Continuous Integration
29	68 (11.04%)	REST

JavaScript
Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	21 (3.41%)	Confluence
2	20 (3.25%)	Apache
3	17 (2.76%)	CMS
4	11 (1.79%)	WebSphere
5	10 (1.62%)	Tomcat
6	9 (1.46%)	Sitecore CMS
7	8 (1.30%)	IIS
7	8 (1.30%)	SharePoint
8	7 (1.14%)	SharePoint 2013
8	7 (1.14%)	WordPress
9	5 (0.81%)	nginx
10	4 (0.65%)	Adobe Experience Manager
10	4 (0.65%)	Apache Solr
10	4 (0.65%)	Umbraco
10	4 (0.65%)	WebSphere Application Server
11	3 (0.49%)	Apache ServiceMix
11	3 (0.49%)	Drupal
11	3 (0.49%)	JBoss
11	3 (0.49%)	Oracle SOA Suite
11	3 (0.49%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	17 (2.76%)	Photoshop
2	6 (0.97%)	Microsoft Office
3	4 (0.65%)	Adobe Illustrator
4	2 (0.32%)	InfoPath
5	1 (0.16%)	Adobe After Effects
5	1 (0.16%)	Adobe Creative Suite
5	1 (0.16%)	HipChat
5	1 (0.16%)	Microsoft Excel
5	1 (0.16%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	1 (0.16%)	MS Visio
5	1 (0.16%)	OmniGraffle

Business Applications
1	11 (1.79%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	6 (0.97%)	Adobe Campaign
2	6 (0.97%)	Dynamics CRM
3	3 (0.49%)	Magento
3	3 (0.49%)	Payment Gateway
4	1 (0.16%)	NetSuite

Cloud Services
1	15 (2.44%)	Microsoft Azure
2	14 (2.27%)	Amazon AWS
3	13 (2.11%)	Slack
4	8 (1.30%)	Google Cloud Platform
5	6 (0.97%)	IaaS
6	4 (0.65%)	Loggly
6	4 (0.65%)	Sumo Logic
7	3 (0.49%)	GitHub
8	2 (0.32%)	Dynamics 365
9	1 (0.16%)	Amazon EC2
9	1 (0.16%)	Google Analytics
9	1 (0.16%)	Google Tag Manager

Communications & Networking
1	47 (7.63%)	HTTP
2	17 (2.76%)	Internet
3	10 (1.62%)	Firewall
4	9 (1.46%)	DNS
5	6 (0.97%)	LAN
5	6 (0.97%)	WAN
6	5 (0.81%)	DHCP
6	5 (0.81%)	VLAN
6	5 (0.81%)	Wi-Fi
7	3 (0.49%)	LDAP
7	3 (0.49%)	SMTP
7	3 (0.49%)	SSH
8	2 (0.32%)	Broadband
8	2 (0.32%)	Intranet
8	2 (0.32%)	OpenLDAP
9	1 (0.16%)	Extranet
9	1 (0.16%)	FCoE
9	1 (0.16%)	Fibre Channel
9	1 (0.16%)	iSCSI
9	1 (0.16%)	NAS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	81 (13.15%)	Relational Database
2	66 (10.71%)	MySQL
3	54 (8.77%)	SQL Server
4	47 (7.63%)	NoSQL
5	31 (5.03%)	MongoDB
6	24 (3.90%)	PostgreSQL
7	20 (3.25%)	Apache Cassandra
8	9 (1.46%)	RDBMS
8	9 (1.46%)	Redis
9	7 (1.14%)	Oracle Database
9	7 (1.14%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
10	6 (0.97%)	Amazon DynamoDB
10	6 (0.97%)	MS Access
11	4 (0.65%)	Big Data
11	4 (0.65%)	Riak
11	4 (0.65%)	SQL Server 2012
12	3 (0.49%)	DB2
12	3 (0.49%)	SQL Server 2014
13	2 (0.32%)	Ingres
13	2 (0.32%)	Oracle Reports

Development Applications
1	190 (30.84%)	Git (software)
2	80 (12.99%)	Jenkins
3	48 (7.79%)	JIRA
4	41 (6.66%)	Subversion
5	35 (5.68%)	Cucumber
6	34 (5.52%)	Grunt
7	29 (4.71%)	Selenium
8	25 (4.06%)	JUnit
9	21 (3.41%)	gulp
9	21 (3.41%)	WebDriver
10	19 (3.08%)	Jasmine
10	19 (3.08%)	Visual Studio
11	18 (2.92%)	Hudson
11	18 (2.92%)	Maven
12	11 (1.79%)	Team Foundation Server
13	10 (1.62%)	Mercurial
14	9 (1.46%)	Mockito
15	8 (1.30%)	Eclipse
15	8 (1.30%)	JMeter
16	7 (1.14%)	Bower

General
1	43 (6.98%)	Finance
2	30 (4.87%)	Marketing
3	15 (2.44%)	Telecoms
4	13 (2.11%)	Electronics
5	11 (1.79%)	Manufacturing
6	10 (1.62%)	Advertising
6	10 (1.62%)	Retail
7	9 (1.46%)	Banking
8	5 (0.81%)	Games
8	5 (0.81%)	Online Betting
9	2 (0.32%)	Back Office
9	2 (0.32%)	German Language
9	2 (0.32%)	Law
9	2 (0.32%)	Retail Banking
10	1 (0.16%)	Local Government
10	1 (0.16%)	Pharmaceutical

Job Titles
1	510 (82.79%)	Developer
2	130 (21.10%)	JavaScript Developer
3	128 (20.78%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4	114 (18.51%)	Java Developer
5	67 (10.88%)	.NET Developer
6	66 (10.71%)	PHP Developer
7	40 (6.49%)	HTML Developer
8	33 (5.36%)	HTML CSS Developer
9	30 (4.87%)	C# Developer
10	29 (4.71%)	Angular Developer
11	27 (4.38%)	C# .NET Developer
11	27 (4.38%)	Python Developer
12	26 (4.22%)	Tester
13	25 (4.06%)	Senior Developer
14	22 (3.57%)	ASP.NET Developer
15	20 (3.25%)	Software Engineer
16	19 (3.08%)	Agile Developer
16	19 (3.08%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
17	18 (2.92%)	Web Developer
18	17 (2.76%)	Automation Tester

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	375 (60.88%)	HTML
2	357 (57.95%)	CSS
3	151 (24.51%)	AngularJS
4	130 (21.10%)	HTML5
5	114 (18.51%)	CSS3
6	113 (18.34%)	Node.js
7	110 (17.86%)	.NET
8	107 (17.37%)	React
9	103 (16.72%)	jQuery
10	76 (12.34%)	ASP.NET
11	68 (11.04%)	REST
12	64 (10.39%)	Spring
13	62 (10.06%)	Web Services
14	54 (8.77%)	XML
15	50 (8.12%)	Symfony
16	41 (6.66%)	Sass
17	38 (6.17%)	ASP.NET MVC
18	36 (5.84%)	Hibernate
19	30 (4.87%)	JSON
20	29 (4.71%)	RESTful

Miscellaneous
1	84 (13.64%)	User Experience
2	46 (7.47%)	Greenfield Project
3	34 (5.52%)	Analytical Skills
4	11 (1.79%)	Enterprise Software
5	9 (1.46%)	Data Structures
5	9 (1.46%)	Management Information System
6	8 (1.30%)	Algorithms
7	7 (1.14%)	Mobile App
8	6 (0.97%)	Data Centre
9	5 (0.81%)	Computer Science
10	4 (0.65%)	Replication
11	3 (0.49%)	NHS
11	3 (0.49%)	Private Cloud
11	3 (0.49%)	VxBlock/Vblock
11	3 (0.49%)	W3C
12	2 (0.32%)	Clustering
12	2 (0.32%)	Fintech
12	2 (0.32%)	N-Tier
12	2 (0.32%)	Over-the-Top Content
12	2 (0.32%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	122 (19.81%)	Linux
2	87 (14.12%)	Unix
3	61 (9.90%)	Mac OS X
4	17 (2.76%)	Windows
5	15 (2.44%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	8 (1.30%)	Android
7	4 (0.65%)	Solaris
8	3 (0.49%)	AIX
8	3 (0.49%)	Apple iOS
8	3 (0.49%)	Embedded Linux
9	2 (0.32%)	Windows Embedded Compact
9	2 (0.32%)	Windows Server
10	1 (0.16%)	CoreOS
10	1 (0.16%)	Mac OS
10	1 (0.16%)	Ubuntu
10	1 (0.16%)	Windows Mobile
10	1 (0.16%)	Windows Server 2003

Processes & Methodologies
1	323 (52.44%)	Agile Software Development
2	155 (25.16%)	Front End Development
3	153 (24.84%)	TDD
4	114 (18.51%)	Test Automation
5	102 (16.56%)	MVC
6	96 (15.58%)	Web Development
7	90 (14.61%)	BDD
8	70 (11.36%)	Continuous Integration
9	68 (11.04%)	Configuration Management
10	64 (10.39%)	Software Engineering
11	60 (9.74%)	Web Design
12	59 (9.58%)	DevOps
13	57 (9.25%)	OO
13	57 (9.25%)	Responsive Web Design
14	55 (8.93%)	Mentoring
15	53 (8.60%)	Scrum
16	45 (7.31%)	Continuous Delivery
17	40 (6.49%)	Line Management
18	35 (5.68%)	SDLC
19	31 (5.03%)	Data Visualisation

Programming Languages
1	221 (35.88%)	Java
2	140 (22.73%)	Python
3	124 (20.13%)	PHP
4	115 (18.67%)	SQL
5	94 (15.26%)	C#
6	57 (9.25%)	Ruby
7	34 (5.52%)	Bash Shell
8	32 (5.19%)	Scala
9	16 (2.60%)	C++
9	16 (2.60%)	TypeScript
10	13 (2.11%)	T-SQL
11	9 (1.46%)	Groovy
12	8 (1.30%)	ECMAScript
12	8 (1.30%)	Go
12	8 (1.30%)	VB.NET
13	7 (1.14%)	C
13	7 (1.14%)	ES6
14	5 (0.81%)	Delphi
14	5 (0.81%)	PL/SQL
14	5 (0.81%)	PowerShell

Qualifications
1	27 (4.38%)	Security Cleared
2	23 (3.73%)	Degree
3	14 (2.27%)	SC Cleared
4	11 (1.79%)	CTC Cleared
5	10 (1.62%)	BC Cleared
6	6 (0.97%)	BPSS Clearance
7	5 (0.81%)	Computer Science Degree
8	4 (0.65%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
9	1 (0.16%)	DBS Check

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	9 (1.46%)	Disclosure Scotland
2	5 (0.81%)	QA
3	1 (0.16%)	FATCA
3	1 (0.16%)	ISO 9001
3	1 (0.16%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	1 (0.16%)	WAI

System Software
1	38 (6.17%)	Docker
2	4 (0.65%)	Active Directory
2	4 (0.65%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	3 (0.49%)	vCloud
3	3 (0.49%)	VMware ESXi
4	1 (0.16%)	HDFS
4	1 (0.16%)	Hyper-V
4	1 (0.16%)	KVM
4	1 (0.16%)	NFS
4	1 (0.16%)	Oracle RAC
4	1 (0.16%)	SRDF
4	1 (0.16%)	VirtualBox
4	1 (0.16%)	vSphere
4	1 (0.16%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	29 (4.71%)	Puppet
2	20 (3.25%)	Ansible
3	14 (2.27%)	vRealize
4	9 (1.46%)	Opscode Chef
4	9 (1.46%)	vCenter Server
5	7 (1.14%)	Salt
6	5 (0.81%)	Kubernetes
6	5 (0.81%)	Nagios
7	4 (0.65%)	ZABBIX
8	3 (0.49%)	Prometheus
9	2 (0.32%)	Oracle Identity Management
9	2 (0.32%)	Oracle Identity Manager
9	2 (0.32%)	Rancher
10	1 (0.16%)	Cobbler

Vendors
1	40 (6.49%)	Microsoft
2	29 (4.71%)	Oracle
3	17 (2.76%)	VMware
3	17 (2.76%)	Zend
4	16 (2.60%)	Sitecore
5	14 (2.27%)	Adobe
6	13 (2.11%)	Google
7	11 (1.79%)	Red Hat
7	11 (1.79%)	SAP
8	6 (0.97%)	Rackspace
8	6 (0.97%)	SaltStack
9	5 (0.81%)	HP
9	5 (0.81%)	IBM
9	5 (0.81%)	Splunk
10	4 (0.65%)	New Relic
10	4 (0.65%)	ServiceNow
11	3 (0.49%)	Sun
12	2 (0.32%)	Apple
12	2 (0.32%)	ATG
12	2 (0.32%)	TIBCO