The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset 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 Dorset 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 27 25 41
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +16
Contract jobs citing Ajax 5 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 2.304% 3.943% 0.635%
As % of the Application Development category 10.42% 16.42% 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 1
Average daily rate £350 £379 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.59% +16.53%
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 £33.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -23.52%
All Application Development
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
48 67 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 22.12% 24.01% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 40 32
Average daily rate £300 £395 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.05% +8.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £363 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £450 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
Average hourly rate £47.50 £40.00 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -2.43%
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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Dorset Ajax Daily Rate Histogram

Ajax
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset Ajax Hourly Rate Trend

Ajax
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ajax within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth -7 4 £300 -20.79%
Ajax
South West

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (75.00%) jQuery
2 5 (62.50%) XML
3 4 (50.00%) Web Services
4 3 (37.50%) MVC
4 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) OO
4 3 (37.50%) PHP
4 3 (37.50%) HTML
4 3 (37.50%) Java
4 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 3 (37.50%) Intranet
4 3 (37.50%) Mobile App
5 2 (25.00%) REST
5 2 (25.00%) GlassFish
5 2 (25.00%) Google Maps API
5 2 (25.00%) .NET
5 2 (25.00%) J2EE
5 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
5 2 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (25.00%) WebLogic
5 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (25.00%) EJB
5 2 (25.00%) CSS
5 2 (25.00%) JSP
5 2 (25.00%) Servlets
5 2 (25.00%) SOAP
5 2 (25.00%) Struts
5 2 (25.00%) JBoss
5 2 (25.00%) Apache

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 6 (75.00%) jQuery
2 5 (62.50%) XML
3 4 (50.00%) Web Services
4 3 (37.50%) HTML
5 2 (25.00%) REST
5 2 (25.00%) Google Maps API
5 2 (25.00%) .NET
5 2 (25.00%) J2EE
5 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (25.00%) EJB
5 2 (25.00%) CSS
5 2 (25.00%) JSP
5 2 (25.00%) Servlets
5 2 (25.00%) SOAP
5 2 (25.00%) Struts
5 2 (25.00%) JMS
5 2 (25.00%) Hibernate
5 2 (25.00%) Spring
5 2 (25.00%) JTA
5 2 (25.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) GlassFish
1 2 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (25.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (25.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Intranet
2 1 (12.50%) IMAP
2 1 (12.50%) POP3
2 1 (12.50%) SMTP
2 1 (12.50%) HTTP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) MySQL
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Subversion
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
1 1 (12.50%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) PHP Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
3 1 (12.50%) PHP Web Developer
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Java Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Streaming Media
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) MVC
1 3 (37.50%) OO
2 2 (25.00%) UML
2 2 (25.00%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (12.50%) Refactoring
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Web Design
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) PHP
2 3 (37.50%) Java
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (12.50%) PHP5
4 1 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) JBoss
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Sitecore
2 1 (12.50%) Facebook
2 1 (12.50%) Twitter
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