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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Bristol 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 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank4849
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads1715
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.017 %
As % of the category below8.173 %9.740 %
Daily rates quoted73
Average minimum daily rate£236£233
Average daily rate£250£250
% change on same period last year-0.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£264£267
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£279
% change on same period last year+19.42 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£28.00
Average hourly rate£32.50£29.00
% change on same period last year+12.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.18£30.42
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Application Development BristolApplication Development
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads208154
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.267 %0.173 %
Daily rates quoted6243
Average minimum daily rate£276£290
Average daily rate£301£299
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£308
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted3420
Average minimum hourly rate£31.10£32.20
Average hourly rate£33.92£34.89
% change on same period last year-2.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.74£37.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£31.83
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
AJAX South WestAJAX
South West

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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the past 3 months.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol AJAX Hourly Rate Trend

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

117 (60.71 %).NET
216 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
216 (57.14 %)CSS
315 (53.57 %)HTML
414 (50.00 %)JavaScript
512 (42.86 %)C#
611 (39.29 %)XML
710 (35.71 %)SQL Server
710 (35.71 %)PHP
87 (25.00 %)XHTML
87 (25.00 %)Flash
87 (25.00 %)MySQL
96 (21.43 %)WebServices
96 (21.43 %)ActionScript
105 (17.86 %)SQL
105 (17.86 %)Java
105 (17.86 %)W3C
105 (17.86 %)SQL Server 2005
114 (14.29 %)CMS
114 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
114 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
123 (10.71 %)WAP
123 (10.71 %)Internet
123 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2000
123 (10.71 %)Microsoft
123 (10.71 %)Retail
123 (10.71 %)LAMP
123 (10.71 %)DHTML
123 (10.71 %)VB.NET
123 (10.71 %)DOM

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Bristol 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
117 (60.71 %).NET
216 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
216 (57.14 %)CSS
315 (53.57 %)HTML
411 (39.29 %)XML
57 (25.00 %)XHTML
66 (21.43 %)WebServices
73 (10.71 %)WAP
73 (10.71 %)SOAP
73 (10.71 %)LAMP
73 (10.71 %)DOM
73 (10.71 %)XSL
82 (7.143 %)ASP
82 (7.143 %)CakePHP
82 (7.143 %)WSDL
82 (7.143 %)ASP.NET 2.0
91 (3.571 %)Drupal
91 (3.571 %)Ruby on Rails
91 (3.571 %).NET Framework
91 (3.571 %)J2EE
Application Platforms
14 (14.29 %)CMS
21 (3.571 %)Apache
Applications
11 (3.571 %)Photoshop
11 (3.571 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
13 (10.71 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
110 (35.71 %)SQL Server
27 (25.00 %)MySQL
35 (17.86 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
17 (25.00 %)Flash
23 (10.71 %)Visual Studio
31 (3.571 %)Dreamweaver
31 (3.571 %)Subversion
General
13 (10.71 %)Retail
13 (10.71 %)Music
21 (3.571 %)Marketing
21 (3.571 %)Publishing
Job Titles
128 (100.00 %)Developer
210 (35.71 %).NET Developer
38 (28.57 %)C# Developer
38 (28.57 %)ASP.NET Developer
45 (17.86 %)PHP Developer
45 (17.86 %)Web Developer
45 (17.86 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
53 (10.71 %).NET Web Developer
62 (7.143 %)Software Developer
62 (7.143 %)Senior Developer
71 (3.571 %)Java Developer
71 (3.571 %)Architect
71 (3.571 %)Software Architect
71 (3.571 %)MySQL Developer
71 (3.571 %)C# Web Developer
Miscellaneous
15 (17.86 %)W3C
23 (10.71 %)Web 2.0
31 (3.571 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
12 (7.143 %)Linux
21 (3.571 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
14 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
14 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
22 (7.143 %)Content Management
22 (7.143 %)Web Development
31 (3.571 %)OOD
31 (3.571 %)SOA
31 (3.571 %)HOOD
Programming Languages
114 (50.00 %)JavaScript
212 (42.86 %)C#
310 (35.71 %)PHP
46 (21.43 %)ActionScript
55 (17.86 %)Java
55 (17.86 %)SQL
63 (10.71 %)DHTML
63 (10.71 %)VB.NET
63 (10.71 %)XPath
72 (7.143 %)C++
81 (3.571 %)C
81 (3.571 %)VBScript
81 (3.571 %)VB
81 (3.571 %)PHP5
81 (3.571 %)PHP4
81 (3.571 %)Python
81 (3.571 %)Ruby
81 (3.571 %)Perl
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (10.71 %)WAI
System Software
11 (3.571 %)Active Directory
Vendors
13 (10.71 %)Microsoft
22 (7.143 %)Oracle
22 (7.143 %)Red Hat
31 (3.571 %)Macromedia
31 (3.571 %)Nokia
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