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The table below looks at the demand for JavaScript skills across the UK with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 6 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to
6 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank3340
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads20172936
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.115 %3.610 %
As % of the category below13.18 %10.38 %
Daily rates quoted7541075
Average minimum daily rate£288£319
Average daily rate£310£338
% change on same period last year-8.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£303
% change on same period last year-9.27 %
Hourly rates quoted139159
Average minimum hourly rate£22.89£26.66
Average hourly rate£25.08£29.37
% change on same period last year-14.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.28£32.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.84£28.22
% change on same period last year-11.98 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1530728281
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled31.23 %34.78 %
Daily rates quoted50688890
Average minimum daily rate£347£390
Average daily rate£371£416
% change on same period last year-10.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£442
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.41 %
Hourly rates quoted12641979
Average minimum hourly rate£28.83£30.52
Average hourly rate£30.80£32.78
% change on same period last year-6.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.78£35.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.85£32.41
% change on same period last year-4.82 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

JavaScript
Demand Trend

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

JavaScript Demand Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JavaScript within the UK.

JavaScript Daily Rate Trend

JavaScript
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK over the 3 months to 6 January 2009.

JavaScript Daily Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing JavaScript within the UK.

JavaScript Hourly Rate Trend

JavaScript
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK over the 3 months to 6 January 2009.

JavaScript Hourly Rate Histogram

JavaScript
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK over the 3 months to 6 January 2009. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+81939£311-8.04 %
LondonUp+61033£328-7.23 %
South EastUp+5295£261-14.77 %
City of LondonUp+22164£340-10.13 %
South WestUp+23152£312-0.53 %
North WestUp+45146£339+28.17 %
East of EnglandDown-2100£241-20.65 %
YorkshireUp+283£287-9.44 %
West YorkshireUp+1869£294-5.32 %
BerkshireUp+865£326-11.25 %
West MidlandsDown-264£303+26.11 %
LeedsUp+1960£297-4.75 %
SurreyUp+452£247-4.54 %
ScotlandUp+949£290-20.65 %
ManchesterUp+2641£400+43.19 %
HampshireUp+1039£288-19.13 %
BristolUp+1637£247-15.78 %
MerseysideUp+2735£307-2.49 %
CambridgeshireDown-434£233-13.85 %
CheshireUp+933£350+41.93 %
East MidlandsUp+533£209-42.66 %
OxfordshireDown-232£235-26.46 %
ReadingUp+1631£283-22.75 %
GloucestershireUp+2330£324-29.47 %
KentUp+2329£269+25.33 %
HertfordshireDown-326£261-8.47 %
WiltshireUp+1926£525+106.55 %
BuckinghamshireDown-325£251-18.82 %
GlasgowUp+2024£326+7.91 %
LiverpoolUp+2123£325+3.17 %

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT contractor 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited JavaScript.

12877 (61.02 %)HTML
22814 (59.68 %)CSS
31734 (36.78 %)XML
41658 (35.16 %).NET
51340 (28.42 %)AJAX
61308 (27.74 %)XHTML
71285 (27.25 %)ASP.NET
81203 (25.51 %)SQL
91156 (24.52 %)C#
101124 (23.84 %)SQL Server
11826 (17.52 %)Java
12801 (16.99 %)PHP
13781 (16.56 %)Flash
14672 (14.25 %)ASP
15600 (12.73 %)MySQL
16576 (12.22 %)OO
17565 (11.98 %)Web Development
18483 (10.24 %)XSLT
19458 (9.714 %)Oracle
20454 (9.629 %)Photoshop
21452 (9.586 %)ActionScript
22444 (9.417 %)Microsoft
23440 (9.332 %)DHTML
24432 (9.162 %)SQL Server 2005
25426 (9.035 %)WebServices
26414 (8.780 %)JSP
27373 (7.911 %)Finance
28355 (7.529 %)Visual Studio
29353 (7.487 %)J2EE
30343 (7.275 %)Agile Software Development

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT contractor 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited JavaScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12877 (61.02 %)HTML
22814 (59.68 %)CSS
31734 (36.78 %)XML
41658 (35.16 %).NET
51340 (28.42 %)AJAX
61308 (27.74 %)XHTML
71285 (27.25 %)ASP.NET
8781 (16.56 %)Flash
9672 (14.25 %)ASP
10483 (10.24 %)XSLT
11440 (9.332 %)DHTML
12426 (9.035 %)WebServices
13414 (8.780 %)JSP
14353 (7.487 %)J2EE
15239 (5.069 %)jQuery
16228 (4.836 %)Spring
17224 (4.751 %)Hibernate
18222 (4.708 %)XSL
19217 (4.602 %)ASP.NET 2.0
20208 (4.411 %).NET Framework
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1322 (6.829 %)CMS
2209 (4.433 %)IIS
2209 (4.433 %)SharePoint
3200 (4.242 %)Apache
4130 (2.757 %)Tomcat
5128 (2.715 %)WebLogic
699 (2.100 %)SharePoint Server 2007
798 (2.078 %)ColdFusion
857 (1.209 %)Drupal
947 (0.997 %)Lotus Notes
947 (0.997 %)Lotus Domino
1045 (0.954 %)BizTalk Server
1133 (0.700 %)JBoss
1222 (0.467 %)ArcGIS
1222 (0.467 %)TeamSite
1321 (0.445 %)ColdFusion MX
1321 (0.445 %)ArcIMS
1416 (0.339 %)WebSphere Application Server
1416 (0.339 %)Content Management Server
1515 (0.318 %)ArcSDE
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1454 (9.629 %)Photoshop
2156 (3.309 %)MS Excel
3123 (2.609 %)Adobe Illustrator
493 (1.972 %)Fireworks
553 (1.124 %)MS Office
633 (0.700 %)MS Visio
722 (0.467 %)ImageReady
820 (0.424 %)MS Project
910 (0.212 %)Acrobat
109 (0.191 %)InDesign
118 (0.170 %)InfoPath
118 (0.170 %)MS PowerPoint
118 (0.170 %)Spreadsheet
126 (0.127 %)FreeHand
135 (0.106 %)3ds Max
143 (0.064 %)CA Clarity
143 (0.064 %)QuarkXPress
143 (0.064 %)Adobe Premiere
152 (0.042 %)Paint Shop Pro
152 (0.042 %)MATLAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
129 (0.615 %)WebTrends
211 (0.233 %)Dynamics CRM
310 (0.212 %)Microsoft CRM
47 (0.148 %)Summit
56 (0.127 %)Oracle Applications
56 (0.127 %)Google Analytics
65 (0.106 %)SAP CRM
74 (0.085 %)Navision
74 (0.085 %)Oracle Financials
74 (0.085 %)Remedy ITSM
74 (0.085 %)Remedy AR System
83 (0.064 %)Oracle 11i
92 (0.042 %)Teamcenter
92 (0.042 %)Dynamics AX
92 (0.042 %)Siebel Analytics
101 (0.021 %)RMDS
101 (0.021 %)InvestOne
101 (0.021 %)SAP FI
101 (0.021 %)HiPortfolio
101 (0.021 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1295 (6.257 %)Internet
2158 (3.351 %)Intranet
352 (1.103 %)HTTP
434 (0.721 %)FTP
529 (0.615 %)LDAP
626 (0.551 %)TCP/IP
724 (0.509 %)SSL
816 (0.339 %)HTTPS
816 (0.339 %)Extranet
913 (0.276 %)DNS
1012 (0.255 %)Wireless
118 (0.170 %)Firewall
127 (0.148 %)ADSL
136 (0.127 %)GPRS
136 (0.127 %)SNMP
145 (0.106 %)X.509
145 (0.106 %)SMTP
153 (0.064 %)DAB
153 (0.064 %)DHCP
162 (0.042 %)Bluetooth
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11124 (23.84 %)SQL Server
2600 (12.73 %)MySQL
3432 (9.162 %)SQL Server 2005
4248 (5.260 %)SQL Server 2000
579 (1.676 %)Crystal Reports
662 (1.315 %)Oracle 10g
754 (1.145 %)SQL Server Integration Services
845 (0.954 %)RDBMS
941 (0.870 %)Oracle Reports
1039 (0.827 %)BusinessObjects
1138 (0.806 %)Oracle 9i
1237 (0.785 %)GIS
1334 (0.721 %)MS Access
1334 (0.721 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1432 (0.679 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1529 (0.615 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1529 (0.615 %)Datawarehouse
1626 (0.551 %)Oracle 8/8i
1626 (0.551 %)DTS
1722 (0.467 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1355 (7.529 %)Visual Studio
2257 (5.451 %)Dreamweaver
3197 (4.178 %)Subversion
4105 (2.227 %)Eclipse
591 (1.930 %)Ant
678 (1.654 %)VSS/SourceSafe
678 (1.654 %)NUnit
776 (1.612 %)JUnit
874 (1.569 %)Selenium
936 (0.764 %)FitNesse
1023 (0.488 %)FrontPage
1023 (0.488 %)InterDev
1122 (0.467 %)CruiseControl
1216 (0.339 %)IntelliJ
1314 (0.297 %)LoadRunner
1412 (0.255 %)ClearCase
1412 (0.255 %)JSUnit
1511 (0.233 %)QuickTest Pro
1610 (0.212 %)ClearQuest
179 (0.191 %)Oracle Forms
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1373 (7.911 %)Finance
2173 (3.669 %)Marketing
3164 (3.478 %)Banking
4146 (3.097 %)Government
5101 (2.142 %)Games
683 (1.760 %)Retail
782 (1.739 %)Publishing
876 (1.612 %)Education
975 (1.591 %)Investment Banking
1066 (1.400 %)Health
1158 (1.230 %)Graphic Design
1251 (1.082 %)Insurance
1350 (1.060 %)Telecoms
1445 (0.954 %)Back Office
1537 (0.785 %)Multimedia
1635 (0.742 %)Advertising
1734 (0.721 %)Construction
1734 (0.721 %)Online Games
1826 (0.551 %)Animation
1826 (0.551 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13617 (76.71 %)Developer
21071 (22.71 %)Web Developer
3682 (14.46 %).NET Developer
4365 (7.741 %)PHP Developer
5342 (7.253 %)C# Developer
6312 (6.617 %)ASP.NET Developer
7273 (5.790 %)Java Developer
8272 (5.769 %)Front-End Developer
9216 (4.581 %)Analyst
10209 (4.433 %)Flash Developer
11200 (4.242 %)Senior Developer
12189 (4.008 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
13159 (3.372 %)JavaScript Developer
14158 (3.351 %)Web Designer
1594 (1.994 %)Consultant
1692 (1.951 %)Front-End Web Developer
1790 (1.909 %)Applications Developer
1889 (1.888 %)Programmer
1889 (1.888 %)J2EE Developer
1988 (1.866 %).NET Web Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1319 (6.766 %)W3C
2142 (3.012 %)Web 2.0
386 (1.824 %)Computer Science
481 (1.718 %)N-Tier
572 (1.527 %)Social Network
654 (1.145 %)NHS
748 (1.018 %)IPTV
847 (0.997 %)Derivative
930 (0.636 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1027 (0.573 %)iPhone
1126 (0.551 %)E-Learning
1126 (0.551 %)Equities
1222 (0.467 %)Spread Betting
1319 (0.403 %)Client/Server
1319 (0.403 %)Fixed Income
1418 (0.382 %)Photography
1515 (0.318 %)Multithreading
1613 (0.276 %)Statistics
1613 (0.276 %)RIA
1613 (0.276 %)French Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1334 (7.084 %)Windows
2309 (6.554 %)Linux
3208 (4.411 %)UNIX
4107 (2.269 %)Windows Server 2003
554 (1.145 %)Red Hat Linux
634 (0.721 %)Windows 2000
731 (0.657 %)Solaris
826 (0.551 %)Windows XP
923 (0.488 %)Windows NT
1012 (0.255 %)HPUX
1110 (0.212 %)Nucleus RTOS
1110 (0.212 %)Windows Vista
129 (0.191 %)Windows Server 2008
134 (0.085 %)Mac OS X
134 (0.085 %)Windows Mobile
134 (0.085 %)Windows 2000 Server
143 (0.064 %)CentOS
143 (0.064 %)Embedded Linux
143 (0.064 %)AIX
152 (0.042 %)OS/2
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1576 (12.22 %)OO
2565 (11.98 %)Web Development
3343 (7.275 %)Agile Software Development
4274 (5.811 %)E-Commerce
5269 (5.705 %)Content Management
6266 (5.642 %)OOP
7188 (3.987 %)UML
8175 (3.712 %)Web Design
9163 (3.457 %)TDD
10117 (2.481 %)Scrum
11109 (2.312 %)Migration
12105 (2.227 %)SEO
13101 (2.142 %)Project Management
13101 (2.142 %)Unit Testing
1495 (2.015 %)OOD
1581 (1.718 %)CRM
1658 (1.230 %)SOA
1757 (1.209 %)ITIL
1856 (1.188 %)Workflow
1946 (0.976 %)System Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11203 (25.51 %)SQL
21156 (24.52 %)C#
3826 (17.52 %)Java
4801 (16.99 %)PHP
5452 (9.586 %)ActionScript
6279 (5.917 %)VB.NET
7239 (5.069 %)VB
8221 (4.687 %)Transact-SQL
9207 (4.390 %)PHP5
10200 (4.242 %)Perl
11170 (3.606 %)VBScript
12130 (2.757 %)PL/SQL
13127 (2.694 %)C
14117 (2.481 %)C++
1582 (1.739 %)VB6
1674 (1.569 %)Python
1767 (1.421 %)XPath
1863 (1.336 %)Ruby
1961 (1.294 %)PHP4
2043 (0.912 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1172 (3.648 %)Degree
2149 (3.160 %)Security Cleared
377 (1.633 %)SC Cleared
446 (0.976 %)ISEB
545 (0.954 %)Microsoft Certification
633 (0.700 %)ITIL Certification
725 (0.530 %)CTC Cleared
823 (0.488 %)MCSD
823 (0.488 %)DV Cleared
916 (0.339 %)ISEB Practitioner
1014 (0.297 %)MCAD
119 (0.191 %)BC Cleared
119 (0.191 %)MCP
127 (0.148 %)Sun Certification
136 (0.127 %)PRINCE2 Certification
136 (0.127 %)HND
145 (0.106 %)ISTQB
145 (0.106 %)MCSE
145 (0.106 %)IBM Certification
154 (0.085 %)CISSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
161 (1.294 %)QA
240 (0.848 %)WAI
312 (0.255 %)SLA
48 (0.170 %)WCAG
55 (0.106 %)GCP
64 (0.085 %)ISO9001
71 (0.021 %)ISO9000
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
140 (0.848 %)Active Directory
27 (0.148 %)MSMQ
35 (0.106 %)WebInspect
44 (0.085 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (0.042 %)NDS
61 (0.021 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.021 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
61 (0.021 %)Terminal Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
120 (0.424 %)AssetCenter
217 (0.361 %)ServiceCenter
39 (0.191 %)Tivoli
45 (0.106 %)DirXML
53 (0.064 %)Tivoli Monitoring
53 (0.064 %)Tivoli NetView
62 (0.042 %)CiscoWorks
62 (0.042 %)MIIS
62 (0.042 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
62 (0.042 %)Netcool
62 (0.042 %)AutoSys
71 (0.021 %)BMC PATROL
71 (0.021 %)CONTROL-M
71 (0.021 %)Tivoli Remote Control
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1458 (9.714 %)Oracle
2444 (9.417 %)Microsoft
3138 (2.927 %)Adobe
457 (1.209 %)Google
556 (1.188 %)Red Hat
654 (1.145 %)Lotus
747 (0.997 %)Zend
844 (0.933 %)Sybase
939 (0.827 %)IBM
939 (0.827 %)Business Objects
1031 (0.657 %)HP
1129 (0.615 %)RedDot
1226 (0.551 %)Proxima
1325 (0.530 %)Mediasurface
1423 (0.488 %)Macromedia
1522 (0.467 %)Apple
1620 (0.424 %)SAP
1719 (0.403 %)CA
1817 (0.361 %)Interwoven
1915 (0.318 %)Sun