The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 36 35 45
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +10
Contract jobs citing Ajax 7 21 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.595% 3.382% 0.780%
As % of the Application Development category 7.071% 12.73% 2.963%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 4
Average daily rate £293 £275 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.36% +15.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £244 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £355 £285
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £290
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.46 £32.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-2.44% -24.11%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
99 165 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 22.55% 26.57% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 103 77
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
West Midlands

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Ajax across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham Ajax Jobs Demand Trend

Ajax
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Ajax across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Ajax Daily Rate Trend

Ajax
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ajax across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Ajax Daily Rate Histogram

Ajax
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Ajax across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Ajax Hourly Rate Trend

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Ajax 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 Ajax.

1 18 (69.23%) .NET
1 18 (69.23%) ASP.NET
2 17 (65.38%) C#
3 16 (61.54%) SQL Server
4 15 (57.69%) JavaScript
5 12 (46.15%) HTML
6 11 (42.31%) CSS
7 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
7 10 (38.46%) jQuery
8 9 (34.62%) XML
9 7 (26.92%) InfoPath
9 7 (26.92%) Visual Studio
9 7 (26.92%) SharePoint
10 6 (23.08%) Web Services
10 6 (23.08%) SQL
10 6 (23.08%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (23.08%) .NET Framework
11 5 (19.23%) WCF
11 5 (19.23%) Project Planning
11 5 (19.23%) Content Management
11 5 (19.23%) Release Management
11 5 (19.23%) HTML5
11 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (19.23%) Process Management
11 5 (19.23%) Workflow
12 4 (15.38%) IIS
13 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
13 3 (11.54%) Subversion
13 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET MVC
13 3 (11.54%) OO

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Ajax 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 Ajax. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (69.23%) .NET
1 18 (69.23%) ASP.NET
2 12 (46.15%) HTML
3 11 (42.31%) CSS
4 10 (38.46%) jQuery
5 9 (34.62%) XML
6 6 (23.08%) Web Services
6 6 (23.08%) .NET Framework
7 5 (19.23%) WCF
7 5 (19.23%) HTML5
8 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (11.54%) XHTML
9 2 (7.692%) LINQ
9 2 (7.692%) Node.js
9 2 (7.692%) CSS3
9 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 2 (7.692%) JSON
10 1 (3.846%) .NET Compact Framework
10 1 (3.846%) Dojo
10 1 (3.846%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 7 (26.92%) SharePoint
2 6 (23.08%) SharePoint Server
3 4 (15.38%) IIS
4 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (3.846%) SharePoint Foundation
4 1 (3.846%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) InfoPath
2 1 (3.846%) Photoshop
2 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.846%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) Internet
1 1 (3.846%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (61.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.692%) GIS
2 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (7.692%) Redis
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (3.846%) MySQL
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Visual Studio
2 3 (11.54%) Subversion
3 2 (7.692%) Git (software)
4 1 (3.846%) NUnit
4 1 (3.846%) CruiseControl
4 1 (3.846%) MSBuild
4 1 (3.846%) Moq
4 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 2 (7.692%) Marketing
2 1 (3.846%) German Language
2 1 (3.846%) Japanese Language
2 1 (3.846%) Retail
2 1 (3.846%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (84.62%) Developer
2 8 (30.77%) C# Developer
3 5 (19.23%) .NET Developer
4 4 (15.38%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (15.38%) ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (15.38%) JavaScript Developer
5 3 (11.54%) SharePoint Developer
5 3 (11.54%) SharePoint Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) Front-End Developer
5 3 (11.54%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Programmer
6 2 (7.692%) UI Developer
6 2 (7.692%) UI Programmer
6 2 (7.692%) SQL Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Software Programmer
7 1 (3.846%) SQL DBA
7 1 (3.846%) PL/SQL Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Senior C# Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Social Media
2 1 (3.846%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (3.846%) Pocket PC
2 1 (3.846%) New Media
2 1 (3.846%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Project Planning
1 5 (19.23%) Content Management
1 5 (19.23%) Release Management
1 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Process Management
1 5 (19.23%) Workflow
2 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (11.54%) OO
2 3 (11.54%) MVC
3 2 (7.692%) Social Media Marketing
3 2 (7.692%) TDD
3 2 (7.692%) BDD
4 1 (3.846%) Web Development
4 1 (3.846%) Business Analysis
4 1 (3.846%) Change Control
4 1 (3.846%) MSF
4 1 (3.846%) Unit Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (3.846%) CRM
4 1 (3.846%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) C#
2 15 (57.69%) JavaScript
3 6 (23.08%) SQL
4 2 (7.692%) PL/SQL
4 2 (7.692%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.846%) VB6
5 1 (3.846%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.846%) VBScript
5 1 (3.846%) VB
5 1 (3.846%) Java
5 1 (3.846%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.692%) BT
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle
2 2 (7.692%) DevExpress
3 1 (3.846%) Cordys