Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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 average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited JavaScript over the 3 months to 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2025
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads868811525
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled7.367 %5.836 %
As % of the category below15.70 %12.87 %
Salaries quoted771110014
Average minimum salary£32,407£32,231
Average salary£35,310£35,356
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Average maximum salary£38,213£38,481
UK excluding London average salary£32,747£32,723
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5534589556
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled46.93 %45.35 %
Salaries quoted4785473747
Average minimum salary£36,751£37,474
Average salary£40,309£41,278
% change on same period last year-2.34 %
Average maximum salary£43,868£45,083
UK excluding London average salary£35,659£35,902
% change on same period last year-0.67 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+38410£35,496+0.19 %
LondonUp+93221£40,133+1.27 %
South EastUp+41812£35,449+0.59 %
North WestUp+10811£29,617+1.56 %
East of EnglandUp+2657£33,296+0.04 %
South WestUp+4652£33,088+2.14 %
BerkshireUp+8541£40,617+6.80 %
West MidlandsUp+12531£31,876-1.18 %
City of LondonUp+8510£43,075-1.48 %
YorkshireDown-1464£30,657+3.68 %
SurreyUp+1399£36,879+0.94 %
ManchesterUp+6353£28,795+0.51 %
East MidlandsUp+5319£30,644+5.90 %
HampshireUp+6265£29,741-9.06 %
BristolUp+13253£34,418+8.20 %
West YorkshireDown-8234£29,617+5.36 %
CheshireUp+21218£28,795-6.10 %
CambridgeshireDown-2198£32,631-1.30 %
ScotlandUp+3193£29,551-4.43 %
LancashireUp+25167£30,648+7.68 %
West SussexUp+3166£31,905-4.05 %
BirminghamNo change0162£31,603-6.44 %
LeedsDown-3162£29,079-0.28 %
EssexUp+13157£36,366+6.86 %
South YorkshireUp+13153£32,206+3.09 %
HertfordshireDown-7150£36,491+5.72 %
NottinghamshireUp+6148£31,112+10.79 %
ReadingUp+12148£37,819-5.25 %
CambridgeDown-5147£32,504-2.25 %
OxfordshireDown-3134£33,911-1.45 %

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

112993 (62.81 %)HTML
212096 (58.47 %)CSS
310199 (49.30 %).NET
48816 (42.62 %)XML
58166 (39.47 %)ASP.NET
67224 (34.92 %)SQL Server
77124 (34.44 %)C#
86722 (32.49 %)SQL
96632 (32.06 %)AJAX
105427 (26.23 %)XHTML
114695 (22.70 %)PHP
123888 (18.79 %)Java
133546 (17.14 %)ASP
143448 (16.67 %)MySQL
153188 (15.41 %)OO
163138 (15.17 %)Web Development
172964 (14.33 %)Flash
182826 (13.66 %)VB.NET
192553 (12.34 %)Microsoft
202493 (12.05 %)WebServices
212172 (10.50 %)XSLT
222153 (10.41 %)Degree
232136 (10.33 %)SQL Server 2005
242104 (10.17 %)E-Commerce
252097 (10.14 %)Photoshop
262078 (10.04 %)Linux
271986 (9.600 %)Finance
281963 (9.489 %)Oracle
291931 (9.334 %)Windows
301930 (9.330 %)VB

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
112993 (62.81 %)HTML
212096 (58.47 %)CSS
310199 (49.30 %).NET
48816 (42.62 %)XML
58166 (39.47 %)ASP.NET
66632 (32.06 %)AJAX
75427 (26.23 %)XHTML
83546 (17.14 %)ASP
92964 (14.33 %)Flash
102493 (12.05 %)WebServices
112172 (10.50 %)XSLT
121693 (8.184 %)JSP
131651 (7.981 %)DHTML
141611 (7.787 %)J2EE
151030 (4.979 %).NET Framework
16837 (4.046 %)Spring
17767 (3.708 %)SOAP
18762 (3.683 %)LAMP
19742 (3.587 %)Hibernate
20728 (3.519 %)XSL
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11293 (6.250 %)IIS
21160 (5.607 %)Apache
31137 (5.496 %)CMS
4872 (4.215 %)SharePoint
5391 (1.890 %)Tomcat
6355 (1.716 %)SharePoint Server 2007
7342 (1.653 %)WebLogic
8317 (1.532 %)BizTalk Server
9288 (1.392 %)ColdFusion
10211 (1.020 %)JBoss
11170 (0.822 %)Drupal
1273 (0.353 %)Movable Type
1369 (0.334 %)Lotus Notes
1466 (0.319 %)Lotus Domino
1563 (0.305 %)ColdFusion MX
1660 (0.290 %)Content Management Server
1759 (0.285 %)WebSphere Application Server
1857 (0.276 %)WebLogic Portal
1955 (0.266 %)MQSeries
2052 (0.251 %)MS Exchange
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12097 (10.14 %)Photoshop
21165 (5.632 %)MS Excel
3594 (2.871 %)Adobe Illustrator
4362 (1.750 %)Fireworks
5335 (1.619 %)MS Visio
6316 (1.528 %)MS Office
798 (0.474 %)3ds Max
866 (0.319 %)ImageReady
956 (0.271 %)InfoPath
1050 (0.242 %)FreeHand
1146 (0.222 %)InDesign
1234 (0.164 %)MS Project
1327 (0.131 %)MS PowerPoint
1424 (0.116 %)CA Clarity
1520 (0.097 %)Shockwave
1616 (0.077 %)AutoCAD
1714 (0.068 %)Acrobat
1812 (0.058 %)Quicktime
1911 (0.053 %)Adobe Director
208 (0.039 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
179 (0.382 %)WebTrends
243 (0.208 %)Google Analytics
334 (0.164 %)Microsoft CRM
430 (0.145 %)Dynamics CRM
528 (0.135 %)Oracle Applications
624 (0.116 %)SAP Retail
719 (0.092 %)Dynamics AX
818 (0.087 %)Summit
915 (0.073 %)Oracle 11i
1014 (0.068 %)Axapta
1112 (0.058 %)Navision
1211 (0.053 %)Oracle EBS
137 (0.034 %)Oracle Financials
137 (0.034 %)Applix TM1
137 (0.034 %)Oracle Payroll
146 (0.029 %)Oracle EBS R12
154 (0.019 %)SAP CRM
154 (0.019 %)Oracle CRM
163 (0.015 %)Metrica
163 (0.015 %)Pivotal CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11894 (9.156 %)Internet
2746 (3.606 %)Intranet
3309 (1.494 %)HTTP
4217 (1.049 %)DNS
5196 (0.947 %)TCP/IP
6111 (0.537 %)SMTP
7103 (0.498 %)FTP
7103 (0.498 %)Wireless
8100 (0.483 %)Extranet
976 (0.367 %)LDAP
1072 (0.348 %)Firewall
1168 (0.329 %)DHCP
1258 (0.280 %)SMS
1355 (0.266 %)SSL
1431 (0.150 %)SSH
1528 (0.135 %)VPN
1627 (0.131 %)HTTPS
1726 (0.126 %)Network Security
1821 (0.102 %)3G
1821 (0.102 %)ISDN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17224 (34.92 %)SQL Server
23448 (16.67 %)MySQL
32136 (10.33 %)SQL Server 2005
41324 (6.400 %)SQL Server 2000
5490 (2.369 %)RDBMS
6274 (1.325 %)Crystal Reports
7215 (1.039 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8213 (1.030 %)PostgreSQL
9172 (0.831 %)MS Access
10168 (0.812 %)Oracle 10g
11163 (0.788 %)Oracle 9i
12160 (0.773 %)DTS
13155 (0.749 %)GIS
14126 (0.609 %)SQL Server Integration Services
15102 (0.493 %)DB2
16101 (0.488 %)SQL Server 2008
1791 (0.440 %)Oracle Reports
1878 (0.377 %)Oracle 8/8i
1959 (0.285 %)OLAP
2049 (0.237 %)Datawarehouse
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11473 (7.120 %)Visual Studio
2795 (3.843 %)Dreamweaver
3515 (2.489 %)Eclipse
4486 (2.349 %)JUnit
5476 (2.301 %)Subversion
6245 (1.184 %)VSS/SourceSafe
7234 (1.131 %)Ant
8213 (1.030 %)NUnit
9105 (0.508 %)Oracle Forms
1068 (0.329 %)Selenium
1160 (0.290 %)IntelliJ
1254 (0.261 %)Visual Studio Team System
1351 (0.247 %)JDeveloper
1445 (0.218 %)Log4j
1542 (0.203 %)Bugzilla
1542 (0.203 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1639 (0.189 %)Rational Rose
1639 (0.189 %)ClearCase
1738 (0.184 %)FitNesse
1828 (0.135 %)Flex Builder
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11986 (9.600 %)Finance
21426 (6.893 %)Marketing
3933 (4.510 %)Pensions
4680 (3.287 %)Retail
5672 (3.248 %)Health
6656 (3.171 %)Games
7549 (2.654 %)Insurance
8482 (2.330 %)Education
9454 (2.195 %)Banking
10417 (2.016 %)Publishing
11365 (1.764 %)Graphic Design
12346 (1.673 %)Advertising
13312 (1.508 %)Telecoms
14273 (1.320 %)Multimedia
15192 (0.928 %)Investment Banking
16190 (0.918 %)Back Office
17174 (0.841 %)Music
18168 (0.812 %)Government
19156 (0.754 %)Online Games
20122 (0.590 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115767 (76.22 %)Developer
25593 (27.04 %)Web Developer
33954 (19.11 %).NET Developer
42112 (10.21 %)C# Developer
51967 (9.508 %)ASP.NET Developer
61956 (9.455 %)PHP Developer
71852 (8.952 %)Senior Developer
81397 (6.753 %)Java Developer
91286 (6.216 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
101066 (5.153 %)Software Developer
111038 (5.018 %)Programmer
12967 (4.674 %)Analyst
13794 (3.838 %)Web Designer
13794 (3.838 %).NET Web Developer
14790 (3.819 %)Front-End Developer
15660 (3.190 %)Junior
16641 (3.099 %)PHP Web Developer
17615 (2.973 %)VB.NET Developer
18585 (2.828 %)Junior Developer
19500 (2.417 %)Flash Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11170 (5.656 %)W3C
2657 (3.176 %)Computer Science
3575 (2.780 %)Web 2.0
4475 (2.296 %)N-Tier
5266 (1.286 %)Social Network
6258 (1.247 %)E-Learning
7246 (1.189 %)Client/Server
8150 (0.725 %)BBC
9109 (0.527 %)Mathematics
10108 (0.522 %)Streaming Video
1199 (0.479 %)Derivative
1277 (0.372 %)Equities
1371 (0.343 %)Fixed Income
1470 (0.338 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1566 (0.319 %)Handset
1566 (0.319 %)Clustering
1665 (0.314 %)IVR
1763 (0.305 %)French Language
1852 (0.251 %)Spread Betting
1949 (0.237 %)Multithreading
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12078 (10.04 %)Linux
21931 (9.334 %)Windows
31212 (5.859 %)UNIX
4398 (1.924 %)Windows Server 2003
5174 (0.841 %)Windows 2000
6166 (0.802 %)Solaris
7152 (0.735 %)Windows XP
887 (0.421 %)Red Hat Linux
970 (0.338 %)AIX
1048 (0.232 %)Windows 2000 Server
1147 (0.227 %)Windows Mobile
1232 (0.155 %)Windows Vista
1326 (0.126 %)Windows CE
1326 (0.126 %)Debian
1416 (0.077 %)HPUX
1416 (0.077 %)FreeBSD
1513 (0.063 %)Nucleus RTOS
1513 (0.063 %)Windows Server 2008
1611 (0.053 %)Windows NT
1710 (0.048 %)Embedded Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13188 (15.41 %)OO
23138 (15.17 %)Web Development
32104 (10.17 %)E-Commerce
41161 (5.612 %)OOP
51136 (5.491 %)Agile Software Development
61111 (5.371 %)Content Management
7930 (4.496 %)Web Design
8823 (3.978 %)SEO
9793 (3.833 %)UML
10640 (3.094 %)Project Management
11600 (2.900 %)Scrum
12584 (2.823 %)TDD
13441 (2.132 %)CRM
14438 (2.117 %)Unit Testing
15426 (2.059 %)OOD
16422 (2.040 %)Software Engineering
17305 (1.474 %)Extreme Programming
18252 (1.218 %)Internet Marketing
19210 (1.015 %)Business Intelligence
20182 (0.880 %)Time Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17124 (34.44 %)C#
26722 (32.49 %)SQL
34695 (22.70 %)PHP
43888 (18.79 %)Java
52826 (13.66 %)VB.NET
61930 (9.330 %)VB
71474 (7.125 %)ActionScript
81003 (4.848 %)C++
9996 (4.815 %)Perl
10980 (4.737 %)VBScript
11973 (4.703 %)Transact-SQL
12826 (3.993 %)PHP5
13715 (3.456 %)PL/SQL
14651 (3.147 %)VB6
15619 (2.992 %)C
16590 (2.852 %)Python
17380 (1.837 %)VBA
18344 (1.663 %)XPath
19340 (1.644 %)Ruby
20336 (1.624 %)PHP4
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12153 (10.41 %)Degree
2720 (3.480 %)Microsoft Certification
3468 (2.262 %)MCSD
4431 (2.083 %)MCAD
5403 (1.948 %)MCP
6130 (0.628 %)Security Cleared
780 (0.387 %)MCTS
878 (0.377 %)HND
968 (0.329 %)MCPD
1056 (0.271 %)Sun Certification
1155 (0.266 %)SC Cleared
1240 (0.193 %)ISEB
1326 (0.126 %)MCSE
1421 (0.102 %)PhD
1518 (0.087 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1614 (0.068 %)ITIL Certification
1713 (0.063 %)HNC
1810 (0.048 %)IBM WebSphere Certification
198 (0.039 %)MBA
198 (0.039 %)Oracle Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1266 (1.286 %)WAI
2249 (1.204 %)QA
3108 (0.522 %)WCAG
459 (0.285 %)SLA
541 (0.198 %)ISO9001
628 (0.135 %)TickIT
77 (0.034 %)PAS 78
85 (0.024 %)GCP
94 (0.019 %)ISO9000
94 (0.019 %)HL7
103 (0.015 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
111 (0.005 %)CDISC
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1143 (0.691 %)Active Directory
249 (0.237 %)MSMQ
344 (0.213 %)NFS
46 (0.029 %)Cronacle
54 (0.019 %)Backup Exec
63 (0.015 %)Squid
72 (0.010 %)Xen
81 (0.005 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (0.082 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
216 (0.077 %)SCOM
310 (0.048 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
49 (0.044 %)BMC Performance Manager
55 (0.024 %)BMC PATROL
63 (0.015 %)OpenView
63 (0.015 %)Unicenter
63 (0.015 %)Tivoli
63 (0.015 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
63 (0.015 %)AutoSys
63 (0.015 %)AssetCenter
72 (0.010 %)ServiceCenter
72 (0.010 %)MOM
72 (0.010 %)Netcool/Webtop
72 (0.010 %)Netcool
72 (0.010 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12553 (12.34 %)Microsoft
21963 (9.489 %)Oracle
3915 (4.423 %)Adobe
4196 (0.947 %)IBM
5193 (0.933 %)Google
6182 (0.880 %)Zend
7120 (0.580 %)BEA
8101 (0.488 %)Macromedia
8101 (0.488 %)Sun
9100 (0.483 %)SAP
1099 (0.479 %)Yahoo!
1188 (0.425 %)Lotus
1287 (0.421 %)Red Hat
1359 (0.285 %)Sybase
1458 (0.280 %)Ericsson
1550 (0.242 %)ATG
1649 (0.237 %)FatWire
1748 (0.232 %)Cognos
1845 (0.218 %)telerik
1943 (0.208 %)JD Edwards