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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Cambridgeshire 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
Rank6561
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads155
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.006 %
As % of the category below3.886 %2.283 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£190
Average daily rate£300£193
% change on same period last year+55.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£195
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£279
% change on same period last year+19.42 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.18£30.42
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Application Development CambridgeshireApplication Development
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads386219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.495 %0.246 %
Daily rates quoted9150
Average minimum daily rate£319£255
Average daily rate£345£269
% change on same period last year+28.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£283
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted2816
Average minimum hourly rate£29.06£27.93
Average hourly rate£33.14£28.90
% change on same period last year+14.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.22£29.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£31.83
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
AJAX East of EnglandAJAX
East of England

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire AJAX Daily Rate Trend

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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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
1CambridgeUp+1010£300-
2PeterboroughDown-271--
AJAX East of EnglandAJAX
East of England

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

119 (73.08 %).NET
215 (57.69 %)ASP.NET
215 (57.69 %)CSS
311 (42.31 %)Visual Studio
311 (42.31 %)JavaScript
49 (34.62 %)VB.NET
49 (34.62 %)SQL Server
57 (26.92 %)C#
66 (23.08 %)HTML
66 (23.08 %)OO
75 (19.23 %)XML
75 (19.23 %)Java
75 (19.23 %)SQL
84 (15.38 %)PHP
84 (15.38 %)XSLT
93 (11.54 %)Flash
93 (11.54 %)WebServices
93 (11.54 %)Web Design
93 (11.54 %)MS Excel
93 (11.54 %)Insurance
102 (7.692 %)Marketing
102 (7.692 %)Internet Marketing
102 (7.692 %)PHP5
102 (7.692 %).NET Framework
102 (7.692 %)Degree
102 (7.692 %)Adobe Flex
102 (7.692 %)Microsoft
102 (7.692 %)Pharmaceutical
102 (7.692 %)WinForms
102 (7.692 %)Telecoms

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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
119 (73.08 %).NET
215 (57.69 %)ASP.NET
215 (57.69 %)CSS
36 (23.08 %)HTML
45 (19.23 %)XML
54 (15.38 %)XSLT
63 (11.54 %)WebServices
72 (7.692 %)XSL
72 (7.692 %).NET Framework
72 (7.692 %)Adobe Flex
72 (7.692 %)XHTML
72 (7.692 %)WinForms
72 (7.692 %)ASP
81 (3.846 %)J2EE
81 (3.846 %)JSP
81 (3.846 %)Servlets
81 (3.846 %)PicoContainer
81 (3.846 %)Spring
81 (3.846 %)WebSphere
81 (3.846 %)Hibernate
Application Platforms
11 (3.846 %)SharePoint
11 (3.846 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
13 (11.54 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
11 (3.846 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
19 (34.62 %)SQL Server
22 (7.692 %)Crystal Reports
31 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (3.846 %)DB2
31 (3.846 %)MySQL
Development Applications
111 (42.31 %)Visual Studio
23 (11.54 %)Flash
31 (3.846 %)JBuilder
31 (3.846 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
31 (3.846 %)Eclipse
31 (3.846 %)Dreamweaver
31 (3.846 %)JDeveloper
31 (3.846 %)Firebug
General
13 (11.54 %)Insurance
22 (7.692 %)Marketing
22 (7.692 %)Health
22 (7.692 %)Banking
22 (7.692 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (7.692 %)Telecoms
22 (7.692 %)Finance
31 (3.846 %)Education
31 (3.846 %)Graphic Design
Job Titles
119 (73.08 %)Developer
29 (34.62 %).NET Developer
35 (19.23 %)C# Developer
35 (19.23 %)Web Developer
35 (19.23 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
44 (15.38 %).NET Web Developer
44 (15.38 %)Web Designer
53 (11.54 %)ASP.NET Developer
62 (7.692 %)VB.NET Developer
62 (7.692 %)Flash Developer
71 (3.846 %).NET Designer
71 (3.846 %).NET Consultant
71 (3.846 %)SharePoint Consultant
71 (3.846 %)Web Manager
71 (3.846 %)PHP Developer
71 (3.846 %)Consultant
71 (3.846 %)Website Designer
71 (3.846 %)Java Developer
Miscellaneous
11 (3.846 %)Web 2.0
Processes & Methodologies
16 (23.08 %)OO
23 (11.54 %)Web Design
32 (7.692 %)Internet Marketing
41 (3.846 %)UML
41 (3.846 %)Information Management
41 (3.846 %)Web Development
41 (3.846 %)RAD
41 (3.846 %)E-Commerce
41 (3.846 %)B2C
41 (3.846 %)MVC
Programming Languages
111 (42.31 %)JavaScript
29 (34.62 %)VB.NET
37 (26.92 %)C#
45 (19.23 %)Java
45 (19.23 %)SQL
54 (15.38 %)PHP
62 (7.692 %)VBScript
62 (7.692 %)ActionScript
62 (7.692 %)PHP5
71 (3.846 %)DHTML
71 (3.846 %)Perl
Qualifications
12 (7.692 %)Degree
21 (3.846 %)Sun Certification
Vendors
12 (7.692 %)Oracle
12 (7.692 %)Microsoft
21 (3.846 %)Sun
21 (3.846 %)IBM
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