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The table below looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Chester 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 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2728
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.002 %
As % of the category below7.407 %5.882 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£150£350
Average daily rate£150£350
% change on same period last year-57.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£150£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£292
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.91£33.30
% change on same period last year-16.17 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads5434
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.088 %0.037 %
Daily rates quoted84
Average minimum daily rate£282£342
Average daily rate£293£353
% change on same period last year-16.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£334
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£28.50-
Average hourly rate£31.80-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.10-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.53
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
AJAX CheshireAJAX
Cheshire

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing AJAX across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Chester AJAX Demand Trend

AJAX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester AJAX Daily Rate Trend

AJAX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester AJAX Hourly Rate Trend

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

16 (85.71 %)C++
16 (85.71 %)HTML
16 (85.71 %)SOAP
16 (85.71 %)WebServices
25 (71.43 %)XML
25 (71.43 %)Swing
25 (71.43 %)Tuxedo
25 (71.43 %)Java
25 (71.43 %)Oracle
25 (71.43 %)WSDL
25 (71.43 %)JAX-RPC
25 (71.43 %)Middleware
25 (71.43 %)CSS
25 (71.43 %)JSP
25 (71.43 %)Hibernate
25 (71.43 %)Agile Software Development
25 (71.43 %)Spring
25 (71.43 %)XPath
25 (71.43 %)JIRA
34 (57.14 %)Finance
42 (28.57 %)SQL Server
42 (28.57 %)C#
42 (28.57 %).NET
42 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
51 (14.29 %)German Language
51 (14.29 %)Apache Axis
51 (14.29 %)International Banking
51 (14.29 %)Banking
51 (14.29 %)Visual Studio
51 (14.29 %)JavaScript

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (85.71 %)HTML
16 (85.71 %)SOAP
16 (85.71 %)WebServices
25 (71.43 %)XML
25 (71.43 %)Swing
25 (71.43 %)CSS
25 (71.43 %)JSP
25 (71.43 %)WSDL
25 (71.43 %)JAX-RPC
25 (71.43 %)Middleware
25 (71.43 %)Hibernate
25 (71.43 %)Spring
32 (28.57 %).NET
32 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
41 (14.29 %)Java RMI
41 (14.29 %)Apache Axis
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (71.43 %)Tuxedo
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)SQL Server
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (71.43 %)JIRA
21 (14.29 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Banking
21 (14.29 %)International Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %)Software Engineer
32 (28.57 %)Java Software Engineer
32 (28.57 %)Java Developer
41 (14.29 %).NET Developer
41 (14.29 %)C# Developer
41 (14.29 %)Web Developer
41 (14.29 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (14.29 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)German Language
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (71.43 %)Agile Software Development
21 (14.29 %)OOP
21 (14.29 %)OOA/OOD
21 (14.29 %)OO
21 (14.29 %)OOD
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (85.71 %)C++
25 (71.43 %)Java
25 (71.43 %)XPath
32 (28.57 %)C#
41 (14.29 %)JavaScript
41 (14.29 %)VB.NET
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (71.43 %)Oracle
21 (14.29 %)Perforce