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This section 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJavaScript
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2229
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads1257112340
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.768 %5.144 %
As % of the category below14.75 %11.16 %
Salaries quoted1117310492
Average minimum salary£32,664£32,571
Average salary£35,647£35,470
% change on same period last year+0.49 %
Average maximum salary£38,629£38,369
UK excluding London average salary£32,902£32,553
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads85248110611
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.89 %46.11 %
Salaries quoted7227589246
Average minimum salary£37,393£39,239
Average salary£41,069£43,047
% change on same period last year-4.59 %
Average maximum salary£44,746£46,855
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

JavaScript Salary Histogram

JavaScript
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 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+712227£35,739+0.29 %
LondonUp+135293£39,661-2.09 %
South EastUp+22437£35,975-0.19 %
South WestUp+1981£31,492+3.90 %
City of LondonUp+22901£42,895-6.51 %
YorkshireUp+1832£30,959+8.96 %
North WestUp+3828£29,487-1.75 %
East of EnglandUp+2816£33,808+3.22 %
West MidlandsUp+10650£30,556+2.62 %
BerkshireUp+7640£38,403+0.71 %
SurreyDown-7473£34,751-5.25 %
West YorkshireUp+4433£31,283+12.26 %
CambridgeshireNo change0409£34,126+6.10 %
East MidlandsUp+5407£32,046+6.62 %
ManchesterUp+10404£28,849-3.06 %
HampshireDown-3344£32,817-0.07 %
LeedsUp+8313£31,261+10.60 %
CambridgeUp+12302£34,361+5.30 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4297£38,516+3.29 %
OxfordshireUp+6272£36,734+11.71 %
GloucestershireUp+8238£32,493+7.72 %
CheshireDown-4236£29,829-5.44 %
South YorkshireDown-6215£31,094+8.80 %
HertfordshireUp+6210£35,198-0.25 %
ScotlandUp+5197£31,412-0.62 %
SomersetUp+14189£32,658+11.13 %
ReadingUp+9181£37,261-5.09 %
North YorkshireUp+23175£30,365-4.60 %
SheffieldDown-3174£31,118+8.03 %
WiltshireUp+16163£31,674+9.31 %

JavaScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

116048 (64.00 %)HTML
214142 (56.40 %)CSS
312054 (48.07 %).NET
411205 (44.69 %)XML
59331 (37.21 %)ASP.NET
68968 (35.77 %)SQL Server
78344 (33.28 %)C#
88267 (32.97 %)SQL
97556 (30.13 %)AJAX
106413 (25.58 %)XHTML
115596 (22.32 %)PHP
125300 (21.14 %)Java
134613 (18.40 %)ASP
143963 (15.81 %)MySQL
153883 (15.49 %)Web Development
163570 (14.24 %)VB.NET
173557 (14.19 %)OO
183451 (13.76 %)Flash
193208 (12.79 %)Microsoft
203007 (11.99 %)Degree
212841 (11.33 %)WebServices
222772 (11.06 %)VB
232690 (10.73 %)Finance
242671 (10.65 %)Internet
252608 (10.40 %)XSLT
262536 (10.11 %)Oracle
272474 (9.867 %)SQL Server 2005
282427 (9.679 %)Photoshop
292405 (9.592 %)Linux
302384 (9.508 %)JSP

JavaScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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
116048 (64.00 %)HTML
214142 (56.40 %)CSS
312054 (48.07 %).NET
411205 (44.69 %)XML
59331 (37.21 %)ASP.NET
67556 (30.13 %)AJAX
76413 (25.58 %)XHTML
84613 (18.40 %)ASP
92841 (11.33 %)WebServices
102608 (10.40 %)XSLT
112384 (9.508 %)JSP
122066 (8.240 %)J2EE
131288 (5.137 %).NET Framework
14953 (3.801 %)LAMP
15908 (3.621 %)Spring
16904 (3.605 %)XSL
17886 (3.534 %)SOAP
18838 (3.342 %)Hibernate
19773 (3.083 %)Servlets
20768 (3.063 %)DOM
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11809 (7.215 %)IIS
21595 (6.361 %)Apache
31390 (5.544 %)CMS
41006 (4.012 %)SharePoint
5648 (2.584 %)Tomcat
6428 (1.707 %)ColdFusion
7407 (1.623 %)JBoss
8351 (1.400 %)WebLogic
9349 (1.392 %)BizTalk Server
10327 (1.304 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11130 (0.518 %)Lotus Domino
12116 (0.463 %)Lotus Notes
12116 (0.463 %)WebSphere Application Server
13114 (0.455 %)Content Management Server
1492 (0.367 %)MQSeries
1571 (0.283 %)MTS
1669 (0.275 %)ColdFusion MX
1764 (0.255 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1863 (0.251 %)MS Exchange
1955 (0.219 %)Commerce Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12427 (9.679 %)Photoshop
21535 (6.122 %)MS Excel
3790 (3.151 %)Adobe Illustrator
4469 (1.870 %)Fireworks
5326 (1.300 %)MS Office
6243 (0.969 %)MS Visio
778 (0.311 %)ImageReady
857 (0.227 %)InDesign
952 (0.207 %)MS Project
1044 (0.175 %)FreeHand
1141 (0.164 %)3ds Max
1229 (0.116 %)MATLAB
1325 (0.100 %)Shockwave
1424 (0.096 %)MS PowerPoint
1522 (0.088 %)InfoPath
1620 (0.080 %)CA Clarity
1620 (0.080 %)Adobe Premiere
1620 (0.080 %)Acrobat
1713 (0.052 %)QuarkXPress
1713 (0.052 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1124 (0.495 %)Microsoft CRM
287 (0.347 %)Dynamics CRM
360 (0.239 %)WebTrends
437 (0.148 %)Google Analytics
535 (0.140 %)Axapta
627 (0.108 %)Oracle Applications
725 (0.100 %)SAP Retail
823 (0.092 %)SAP CRM
918 (0.072 %)Dynamics AX
1016 (0.064 %)Oracle 11i
1115 (0.060 %)Summit
1214 (0.056 %)Oracle EBS
1312 (0.048 %)Navision
1312 (0.048 %)Metrica
1411 (0.044 %)Dynamics GP
1510 (0.040 %)Oracle Financials
1510 (0.040 %)Oracle Payroll
167 (0.028 %)RMDS
167 (0.028 %)Line 500
176 (0.024 %)Eagle PACE
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12671 (10.65 %)Internet
2810 (3.230 %)Intranet
3466 (1.858 %)HTTP
4212 (0.845 %)TCP/IP
5205 (0.818 %)Extranet
6186 (0.742 %)DNS
7106 (0.423 %)LDAP
8105 (0.419 %)SSL
9104 (0.415 %)FTP
10101 (0.403 %)SMTP
1195 (0.379 %)Wireless
1292 (0.367 %)SMS
1369 (0.275 %)Firewall
1450 (0.199 %)HTTPS
1537 (0.148 %)Broadband
1633 (0.132 %)SSH
1730 (0.120 %)VPN
1827 (0.108 %)DHCP
1921 (0.084 %)Reverse Proxy
2020 (0.080 %)VoIP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18968 (35.77 %)SQL Server
23963 (15.81 %)MySQL
32474 (9.867 %)SQL Server 2005
41836 (7.322 %)SQL Server 2000
5531 (2.118 %)RDBMS
6403 (1.607 %)Crystal Reports
7358 (1.428 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8270 (1.077 %)Oracle 9i
9252 (1.005 %)Oracle 10g
10241 (0.961 %)DB2
11232 (0.925 %)DTS
12213 (0.849 %)PostgreSQL
13177 (0.706 %)MS Access
14151 (0.602 %)Oracle Reports
15129 (0.514 %)GIS
16118 (0.471 %)Oracle 8/8i
17112 (0.447 %)OLAP
17112 (0.447 %)Datawarehouse
18107 (0.427 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1998 (0.391 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13451 (13.76 %)Flash
21796 (7.163 %)Visual Studio
3966 (3.853 %)Dreamweaver
4624 (2.489 %)Subversion
5535 (2.134 %)Eclipse
6409 (1.631 %)JUnit
7381 (1.520 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8271 (1.081 %)Ant
9172 (0.686 %)NUnit
10115 (0.459 %)Oracle Forms
1192 (0.367 %)Selenium
1277 (0.307 %)Visual Studio Team System
1375 (0.299 %)ClearCase
1375 (0.299 %)JDeveloper
1470 (0.279 %)JIRA
1563 (0.251 %)CruiseControl
1662 (0.247 %)IntelliJ
1758 (0.231 %)Bugzilla
1851 (0.203 %)FitNesse
1949 (0.195 %)PVCS
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12690 (10.73 %)Finance
21810 (7.219 %)Marketing
31112 (4.435 %)Pensions
4886 (3.534 %)Health
5798 (3.183 %)Retail
6683 (2.724 %)Games
7628 (2.505 %)Insurance
8612 (2.441 %)Banking
9528 (2.106 %)Advertising
10522 (2.082 %)Education
11461 (1.839 %)Publishing
12384 (1.531 %)Telecoms
13383 (1.527 %)Graphic Design
14294 (1.173 %)Multimedia
15250 (0.997 %)Back Office
16247 (0.985 %)Government
17212 (0.845 %)Investment Banking
18204 (0.814 %)Music
19181 (0.722 %)Law
20177 (0.706 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119108 (76.21 %)Developer
26912 (27.57 %)Web Developer
34657 (18.57 %).NET Developer
42602 (10.38 %)C# Developer
52280 (9.093 %)ASP.NET Developer
62170 (8.654 %)PHP Developer
72103 (8.387 %)Senior Developer
81882 (7.506 %)Java Developer
91505 (6.002 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
101297 (5.173 %)Analyst
111251 (4.989 %)Software Developer
121197 (4.774 %)Programmer
131084 (4.323 %).NET Web Developer
14963 (3.841 %)Web Designer
15776 (3.095 %)Junior
16737 (2.939 %)VB.NET Developer
17731 (2.915 %)Consultant
18680 (2.712 %)Junior Developer
19634 (2.529 %)C# Web Developer
20607 (2.421 %)PHP Web Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11446 (5.767 %)W3C
2858 (3.422 %)Computer Science
3719 (2.868 %)Web 2.0
4408 (1.627 %)N-Tier
5365 (1.456 %)Client/Server
6331 (1.320 %)Social Network
7218 (0.869 %)Mathematics
8154 (0.614 %)E-Learning
9129 (0.514 %)Derivative
10124 (0.495 %)BBC
1187 (0.347 %)RIA
1278 (0.311 %)German Language
1372 (0.287 %)Equities
1469 (0.275 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1567 (0.267 %)Management Information System
1665 (0.259 %)French Language
1762 (0.247 %)Multithreading
1762 (0.247 %)Streaming Video
1854 (0.215 %)Fixed Income
1854 (0.215 %)iDTV
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12405 (9.592 %)Linux
22368 (9.444 %)Windows
31567 (6.250 %)UNIX
4497 (1.982 %)Windows Server 2003
5313 (1.248 %)Windows XP
6273 (1.089 %)Solaris
7267 (1.065 %)Windows 2000
892 (0.367 %)Red Hat Linux
988 (0.351 %)Windows 2000 Server
1051 (0.203 %)AIX
1143 (0.171 %)Windows Vista
1233 (0.132 %)Debian
1327 (0.108 %)Windows CE
1426 (0.104 %)FreeBSD
1522 (0.088 %)HPUX
1620 (0.080 %)Mac OS X
1719 (0.076 %)Windows NT
1818 (0.072 %)SUSE
1917 (0.068 %)Windows Mobile
2014 (0.056 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13883 (15.49 %)Web Development
23557 (14.19 %)OO
32318 (9.245 %)E-Commerce
41281 (5.109 %)Content Management
51182 (4.714 %)Web Design
61155 (4.606 %)UML
71121 (4.471 %)OOP
8947 (3.777 %)SEO
9946 (3.773 %)Agile Software Development
10791 (3.155 %)Project Management
11652 (2.600 %)CRM
12599 (2.389 %)Scrum
13426 (1.699 %)Unit Testing
14408 (1.627 %)Software Engineering
15357 (1.424 %)Internet Marketing
16353 (1.408 %)OOD
17344 (1.372 %)Extreme Programming
18340 (1.356 %)TDD
19270 (1.077 %)OOA/OOD
20263 (1.049 %)Workflow
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18344 (33.28 %)C#
28267 (32.97 %)SQL
35596 (22.32 %)PHP
45300 (21.14 %)Java
53570 (14.24 %)VB.NET
62772 (11.06 %)VB
72314 (9.229 %)DHTML
81773 (7.071 %)ActionScript
91444 (5.759 %)C++
101436 (5.727 %)VBScript
111409 (5.619 %)Perl
121407 (5.611 %)Transact-SQL
13987 (3.936 %)VB6
14965 (3.849 %)PHP5
15803 (3.203 %)PL/SQL
16761 (3.035 %)C
17537 (2.142 %)Python
18493 (1.966 %)Ruby
19394 (1.571 %)PHP4
20393 (1.567 %)VBA
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13007 (11.99 %)Degree
2909 (3.625 %)Microsoft Certification
3556 (2.217 %)MCSD
4514 (2.050 %)MCAD
5489 (1.950 %)MCP
672 (0.287 %)Sun Certification
771 (0.283 %)MCPD
863 (0.251 %)ISEB
956 (0.223 %)HND
1042 (0.168 %)MCTS
1128 (0.112 %)MCSE
1226 (0.104 %)ITIL Certification
1320 (0.080 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1416 (0.064 %)ISTQB
1514 (0.056 %)HNC
1612 (0.048 %)PhD
1711 (0.044 %)SCWCD
1810 (0.040 %)IBM WebSphere Certification
199 (0.036 %)Cisco Certification
208 (0.032 %)CCNA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1449 (1.791 %)WAI
2350 (1.396 %)QA
3191 (0.762 %)WCAG
481 (0.323 %)SLA
527 (0.108 %)ISO9001
69 (0.036 %)HL7
78 (0.032 %)Basel II
85 (0.020 %)PAS 78
93 (0.012 %)ISO27001
93 (0.012 %)BS7799
102 (0.008 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
102 (0.008 %)ISO8583
102 (0.008 %)DICOM
111 (0.004 %)MiFID
111 (0.004 %)TickIT
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1146 (0.582 %)Active Directory
238 (0.152 %)MSMQ
323 (0.092 %)VMware Infrastructure
422 (0.088 %)NFS
521 (0.084 %)AquaLogic
68 (0.032 %)MetaFrame
76 (0.024 %)Oracle RAC
84 (0.016 %)Xen
93 (0.012 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
93 (0.012 %)Backup Exec
93 (0.012 %)Squid
102 (0.008 %)Samba
111 (0.004 %)NetBackup
111 (0.004 %)Cronacle
111 (0.004 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
153 (0.211 %)SCOM
214 (0.056 %)MIIS
311 (0.044 %)AutoSys
410 (0.040 %)BMC PATROL
59 (0.036 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
65 (0.020 %)BMC Performance Manager
74 (0.016 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
83 (0.012 %)Nagios
83 (0.012 %)Tivoli
92 (0.008 %)OpenView
92 (0.008 %)Unicenter
92 (0.008 %)MOM
101 (0.004 %)Netcool/Webtop
101 (0.004 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
101 (0.004 %)Tivoli Monitoring
101 (0.004 %)Netcool
101 (0.004 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13208 (12.79 %)Microsoft
22536 (10.11 %)Oracle
3903 (3.601 %)Adobe
4289 (1.153 %)IBM
5199 (0.794 %)Macromedia
6197 (0.786 %)Google
7160 (0.638 %)Sun
8149 (0.594 %)SAP
9146 (0.582 %)Lotus
10131 (0.522 %)Zend
11119 (0.475 %)Yahoo!
12116 (0.463 %)Sybase
13102 (0.407 %)BEA
1498 (0.391 %)Business Objects
1590 (0.359 %)Red Hat
1677 (0.307 %)Perforce
1759 (0.235 %)Progress
1858 (0.231 %)Sony
1953 (0.211 %)Cognos
2050 (0.199 %)Interwoven