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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited AJAX over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank87103
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads4148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.053 %0.054 %
As % of the category below5.366 %4.638 %
Daily rates quoted78
Average minimum daily rate£306£276
Average daily rate£315£283
% change on same period last year+11.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£324£291
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£281
% change on same period last year+19.07 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£22.50£43.00
Average hourly rate£25.00£43.00
% change on same period last year-41.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.50£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.23£30.11
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Application Development BerkshireApplication Development
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads7641035
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.980 %1.163 %
Daily rates quoted187226
Average minimum daily rate£334£309
Average daily rate£355£328
% change on same period last year+8.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£377£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted8068
Average minimum hourly rate£34.29£38.61
Average hourly rate£36.85£39.60
% change on same period last year-6.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.40£40.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.87
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
AJAX South EastAJAX
South East

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.

AJAX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing AJAX across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire AJAX Demand Trend

AJAX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing AJAX across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire AJAX Daily Rate Trend

AJAX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AJAX across the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

Berkshire AJAX Daily Rate Histogram

AJAX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing AJAX across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire AJAX Hourly Rate Trend

AJAX
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AJAX within the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ReadingUp+1117£310+17.87 %
2SloughNew entry-5£265-
3NewburyUp+131--
3WindsorNew entry-1--
3MaidenheadNew entry-1£350-
AJAX South EastAJAX
South East

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing AJAX also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing AJAX.

156 (80.00 %)JavaScript
244 (62.86 %)CSS
339 (55.71 %)XHTML
424 (34.29 %)HTML
523 (32.86 %).NET
523 (32.86 %)XML
622 (31.43 %)ASP.NET
720 (28.57 %)SQL Server
720 (28.57 %)PHP
817 (24.29 %)MySQL
915 (21.43 %)C#
1012 (17.14 %)JSP
1012 (17.14 %)Telecoms
1012 (17.14 %)SQL Server 2005
1110 (14.29 %)Eclipse
1110 (14.29 %)DOM
129 (12.86 %)Apache
129 (12.86 %)Linux
129 (12.86 %)Web Design
129 (12.86 %)System Testing
138 (11.43 %)PHP5
147 (10.00 %)LAMP
147 (10.00 %)WCAG
147 (10.00 %)QA
147 (10.00 %)XSLT
147 (10.00 %)DHTML
147 (10.00 %)VB.NET
156 (8.571 %)Web Development
165 (7.143 %)Web 2.0
165 (7.143 %)Flash

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing AJAX also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing AJAX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
144 (62.86 %)CSS
239 (55.71 %)XHTML
324 (34.29 %)HTML
423 (32.86 %).NET
423 (32.86 %)XML
522 (31.43 %)ASP.NET
612 (17.14 %)JSP
710 (14.29 %)DOM
87 (10.00 %)XSLT
87 (10.00 %)LAMP
94 (5.714 %)WebServices
102 (2.857 %)J2EE
102 (2.857 %)Ruby on Rails
102 (2.857 %)Hibernate
102 (2.857 %)Zend Framework
102 (2.857 %)CakePHP
102 (2.857 %)ASP.NET 2.0
111 (1.429 %)WinForms
111 (1.429 %)Spring
111 (1.429 %)JSTL
Application Platforms
19 (12.86 %)Apache
22 (2.857 %)SharePoint
22 (2.857 %)CMS
22 (2.857 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (1.429 %)Mambo
31 (1.429 %)Joomla!
31 (1.429 %)ColdFusion
31 (1.429 %)Tomcat
31 (1.429 %)IIS
31 (1.429 %)JBoss
Applications
14 (5.714 %)Photoshop
22 (2.857 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (1.429 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
11 (1.429 %)Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking
11 (1.429 %)LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
120 (28.57 %)SQL Server
217 (24.29 %)MySQL
312 (17.14 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (5.714 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (5.714 %)PostgreSQL
51 (1.429 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (1.429 %)DB2
51 (1.429 %)Crystal Reports
51 (1.429 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (1.429 %)RDBMS
51 (1.429 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
110 (14.29 %)Eclipse
25 (7.143 %)Flash
34 (5.714 %)Subversion
42 (2.857 %)Ant
51 (1.429 %)JUnit
51 (1.429 %)Dreamweaver
51 (1.429 %)NUnit
General
112 (17.14 %)Telecoms
21 (1.429 %)Finance
21 (1.429 %)Automotive
21 (1.429 %)Retail
21 (1.429 %)Financial Institution
21 (1.429 %)Electronics
Job Titles
164 (91.43 %)Developer
229 (41.43 %)Web Developer
318 (25.71 %).NET Developer
411 (15.71 %)Senior Developer
411 (15.71 %)ASP.NET Developer
59 (12.86 %)PHP Developer
68 (11.43 %)C# Developer
77 (10.00 %)VB.NET Developer
77 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
86 (8.571 %)Senior Web Developer
94 (5.714 %)Junior Developer
94 (5.714 %)Applications Developer
94 (5.714 %)Junior
94 (5.714 %).NET Web Developer
94 (5.714 %)Senior PHP Developer
94 (5.714 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
103 (4.286 %)Junior C# Developer
103 (4.286 %)Junior .NET Developer
103 (4.286 %)Junior Web Developer
103 (4.286 %)Junior .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
15 (7.143 %)Web 2.0
22 (2.857 %)Social Network
22 (2.857 %)Client/Server
22 (2.857 %)W3C
31 (1.429 %)Handset
31 (1.429 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
19 (12.86 %)Linux
22 (2.857 %)Unix
31 (1.429 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
19 (12.86 %)Web Design
19 (12.86 %)System Testing
26 (8.571 %)Web Development
34 (5.714 %)OOP
34 (5.714 %)OO
42 (2.857 %)E-Commerce
51 (1.429 %)MVC
51 (1.429 %)SEO
51 (1.429 %)Scrum
51 (1.429 %)Extreme Programming
51 (1.429 %)Agile Software Development
51 (1.429 %)TDD
51 (1.429 %)Data Management
51 (1.429 %)Requirements Analysis
51 (1.429 %)Use Case
Programming Languages
156 (80.00 %)JavaScript
220 (28.57 %)PHP
315 (21.43 %)C#
48 (11.43 %)PHP5
57 (10.00 %)VB.NET
57 (10.00 %)DHTML
65 (7.143 %)PHP4
74 (5.714 %)ActionScript
74 (5.714 %)Java
74 (5.714 %)SQL
83 (4.286 %)Perl
92 (2.857 %)Ruby
101 (1.429 %)Korn
101 (1.429 %)Shell Script
101 (1.429 %)Transact-SQL
101 (1.429 %)VBScript
Qualifications
13 (4.286 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.429 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
17 (10.00 %)WCAG
17 (10.00 %)QA
Vendors
13 (4.286 %)Microsoft
22 (2.857 %)Adobe
22 (2.857 %)Oracle
22 (2.857 %)Zend
31 (1.429 %)Red Hat
31 (1.429 %)ION Trading
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