The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 17 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 Docklands, London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 26 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing Ajax 3 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.796% 1.357% -
As % of the Application Development category 7.895% 6.383% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £240 £500 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.94 £32.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-7.16% -24.11%
All Application Development
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
38 47 136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 22.75% 21.27% 22.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 30 47
Average daily rate £413 £525 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £475 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £585 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £45.00 £42.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +13.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
London

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Docklands, London Ajax Daily Rate Histogram

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 4 (80.00%) HTML
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 3 (60.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Apache Flex
2 3 (60.00%) LAMP
3 2 (40.00%) Streaming Video
3 2 (40.00%) PHP
3 2 (40.00%) SOAP
3 2 (40.00%) Apache
3 2 (40.00%) RSS
3 2 (40.00%) HTTP
3 2 (40.00%) Web 2.0
3 2 (40.00%) JSON
3 2 (40.00%) jQuery
3 2 (40.00%) Android
3 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (40.00%) REST
3 2 (40.00%) CSS3
4 1 (20.00%) Sencha Touch
4 1 (20.00%) Facebook
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 8
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (20.00%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (20.00%) nginx
4 1 (20.00%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (20.00%) Amazon AWS

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 4 (80.00%) HTML
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 3 (60.00%) Apache Flex
2 3 (60.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) LAMP
3 2 (40.00%) JSON
3 2 (40.00%) SOAP
3 2 (40.00%) RSS
3 2 (40.00%) jQuery
3 2 (40.00%) REST
3 2 (40.00%) CSS3
4 1 (20.00%) Sencha Touch
4 1 (20.00%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (20.00%) WCF
4 1 (20.00%) Zend Framework
4 1 (20.00%) Web Services
4 1 (20.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (20.00%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Apache
2 1 (20.00%) nginx
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Flash Builder
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Streaming Video
1 2 (40.00%) Web 2.0
2 1 (20.00%) Video on Demand
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 8
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) MVC
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) PHP
4 1 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) ActionScript
4 1 (20.00%) Objective-C
4 1 (20.00%) ActionScript 3.0
4 1 (20.00%) ActionScript 2.0
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Zend
1 1 (20.00%) Sencha
1 1 (20.00%) Facebook