The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 22 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 Bristol 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 47 45 45
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Contract jobs citing Ajax 4 18 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.762% 2.110% 1.280%
As % of the Application Development category 3.704% 8.824% 8.163%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 17 2
Average daily rate - £325 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £38.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -23.52%
All Application Development
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
108 204 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 20.57% 23.92% 15.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 141 37
Average daily rate £309 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.92% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £405 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 8
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
South West

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Ajax Daily Rate Trend

Ajax
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Ajax Hourly Rate Trend

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 11 (84.62%) JavaScript
2 9 (69.23%) HTML
3 8 (61.54%) C#
3 8 (61.54%) .NET
3 8 (61.54%) jQuery
4 7 (53.85%) CSS
5 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET
5 6 (46.15%) MVC
6 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
6 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
6 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (30.77%) Visual Studio
6 4 (30.77%) MySQL
6 4 (30.77%) Oracle
6 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
6 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (23.08%) REST
7 3 (23.08%) SQL
7 3 (23.08%) Java
8 2 (15.38%) Oracle ADF
8 2 (15.38%) Scrum
8 2 (15.38%) NetBeans
8 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
8 2 (15.38%) Degree
8 2 (15.38%) ESB
8 2 (15.38%) MDX
8 2 (15.38%) Drupal
8 2 (15.38%) Android
8 2 (15.38%) iPhone
8 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 9 (69.23%) HTML
2 8 (61.54%) .NET
2 8 (61.54%) jQuery
3 7 (53.85%) CSS
4 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET
5 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (23.08%) REST
7 2 (15.38%) Oracle ADF
7 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
7 2 (15.38%) MDX
7 2 (15.38%) Ext JS
7 2 (15.38%) WCF
7 2 (15.38%) SOAP
7 2 (15.38%) XML
7 2 (15.38%) XHTML
7 2 (15.38%) Sass
7 2 (15.38%) LESS
7 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 2 (15.38%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 2 (15.38%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) ESB
1 2 (15.38%) Drupal
1 2 (15.38%) IIS
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle Service Bus
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (30.77%) MySQL
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Visual Studio
2 2 (15.38%) NetBeans
2 2 (15.38%) Subversion
2 2 (15.38%) Eclipse
2 2 (15.38%) JDeveloper
2 2 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (7.692%) JUnit
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle APEX
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Java Developer
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Developer
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Drupal Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Java Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) iPhone
1 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
1 2 (15.38%) iPad
1 2 (15.38%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Android
1 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) MVC
2 2 (15.38%) Scrum
2 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
2 2 (15.38%) Multithreading
2 2 (15.38%) OO
2 2 (15.38%) ETL
3 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.692%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) JavaScript
2 8 (61.54%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) Java
4 2 (15.38%) PHP
5 1 (7.692%) PL/SQL
5 1 (7.692%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.692%) Mercator