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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the East of England 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank42121
Rank change on same period last yearUp+79
Matching contract IT job ads15228
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.195 %0.031 %
As % of the category below11.12 %2.775 %
Daily rates quoted965
Average minimum daily rate£345£288
Average daily rate£378£319
% change on same period last year+18.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£412£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£281
% change on same period last year+19.07 %
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£30.23£30.11
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Application Development East of EnglandApplication Development
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads13671009
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.754 %1.134 %
Daily rates quoted451281
Average minimum daily rate£336£321
Average daily rate£363£347
% change on same period last year+4.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted122100
Average minimum hourly rate£31.15£27.98
Average hourly rate£34.18£29.61
% change on same period last year+15.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.22£31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.87
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
AJAX EnglandAJAX
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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the past 3 months.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England 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
1HertfordshireUp+4487£398+13.59 %
2SuffolkNew entry-24£387-
3EssexUp+722£290-
4CambridgeshireNo change016£300+55.84 %
5NorfolkUp+183£150-
AJAX EnglandAJAX
England

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1141 (56.40 %)CSS
2134 (53.60 %)XML
3121 (48.40 %).NET
4109 (43.60 %)HTML
5103 (41.20 %)ASP.NET
692 (36.80 %)JavaScript
791 (36.40 %)C#
791 (36.40 %)XHTML
889 (35.60 %)Internet
962 (24.80 %)SQL
1061 (24.40 %)DHTML
1152 (20.80 %)Retail
1250 (20.00 %)W3C
1349 (19.60 %)OO
1446 (18.40 %)SQL Server
1543 (17.20 %)XSLT
1642 (16.80 %)E-Commerce
1642 (16.80 %)iDTV
1737 (14.80 %)WebServices
1836 (14.40 %)HTTP
1933 (13.20 %)WPF
2032 (12.80 %)Java
2032 (12.80 %)VB.NET
2131 (12.40 %)BizTalk Server
2229 (11.60 %)SMTP
2328 (11.20 %)WCAG
2427 (10.80 %)FTP
2427 (10.80 %)TCP/IP
2526 (10.40 %)RAD
2625 (10.00 %)PHP

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England 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
1141 (56.40 %)CSS
2134 (53.60 %)XML
3121 (48.40 %).NET
4109 (43.60 %)HTML
5103 (41.20 %)ASP.NET
691 (36.40 %)XHTML
743 (17.20 %)XSLT
837 (14.80 %)WebServices
933 (13.20 %)WPF
1025 (10.00 %)ADO.NET
1120 (8.000 %)XSL
1219 (7.600 %)JSP
1318 (7.200 %).NET Framework
1412 (4.800 %)J2EE
1412 (4.800 %)Spring
1510 (4.000 %)ASP
1510 (4.000 %)Servlets
1510 (4.000 %)Silverlight
1510 (4.000 %)WCF
169 (3.600 %)DOM
Application Platforms
131 (12.40 %)BizTalk Server
216 (6.400 %)IIS
310 (4.000 %)Apache
44 (1.600 %)SharePoint
44 (1.600 %)Joomla!
44 (1.600 %)Mambo
53 (1.200 %)SharePoint Server 2007
53 (1.200 %)CMS
62 (0.800 %)TeamSite
62 (0.800 %)Tomcat
62 (0.800 %)JBoss
62 (0.800 %)WebLogic
71 (0.400 %)Office Project Server
Applications
113 (5.200 %)Photoshop
23 (1.200 %)MS Excel
23 (1.200 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (0.800 %)Fireworks
Communications & Networking
189 (35.60 %)Internet
236 (14.40 %)HTTP
329 (11.60 %)SMTP
427 (10.80 %)FTP
427 (10.80 %)TCP/IP
513 (5.200 %)CTI
612 (4.800 %)TETRA
78 (3.200 %)VoIP
84 (1.600 %)SSH
92 (0.800 %)SMPP
101 (0.400 %)Intranet
101 (0.400 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
146 (18.40 %)SQL Server
216 (6.400 %)SQL Server 2005
216 (6.400 %)MySQL
37 (2.800 %)SQL Server 2000
45 (2.000 %)RDBMS
54 (1.600 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (0.800 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (0.800 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.400 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.400 %)DB2
71 (0.400 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
115 (6.000 %)Visual Studio
212 (4.800 %)VSS/SourceSafe
36 (2.400 %)Flash
44 (1.600 %)Eclipse
53 (1.200 %)Dreamweaver
53 (1.200 %)JDeveloper
53 (1.200 %)JBuilder
53 (1.200 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
61 (0.400 %)NUnit
61 (0.400 %)StarTeam
61 (0.400 %)Firebug
General
152 (20.80 %)Retail
214 (5.600 %)Games
311 (4.400 %)Telecoms
48 (3.200 %)Finance
57 (2.800 %)Marketing
65 (2.000 %)Insurance
74 (1.600 %)Graphic Design
83 (1.200 %)Multimedia
92 (0.800 %)Banking
92 (0.800 %)Education
92 (0.800 %)Health
92 (0.800 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.400 %)Animation
101 (0.400 %)Online Games
101 (0.400 %)Publishing
Job Titles
1204 (81.60 %)Developer
257 (22.80 %).NET Developer
354 (21.60 %)Web Developer
448 (19.20 %)C# Developer
530 (12.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
629 (11.60 %)ASP.NET Developer
715 (6.000 %)Architect
812 (4.800 %)Java Developer
910 (4.000 %)Development Manager
109 (3.600 %)SQL Developer
118 (3.200 %)Web Designer
118 (3.200 %).NET Web Developer
127 (2.800 %)Software Developer
127 (2.800 %)Solutions Architect
127 (2.800 %)JavaScript Developer
136 (2.400 %)PHP Developer
136 (2.400 %)Team Leader
145 (2.000 %)VB.NET Developer
145 (2.000 %)Java/J2EE Developer
145 (2.000 %)CSharp Software Developer
Miscellaneous
150 (20.00 %)W3C
242 (16.80 %)iDTV
321 (8.400 %)Web 2.0
48 (3.200 %)Client/Server
55 (2.000 %)Handset
62 (0.800 %)Streaming Media
71 (0.400 %)Mandarin Language
71 (0.400 %)Cantonese Language
71 (0.400 %)Asset Management
71 (0.400 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
19 (3.600 %)Windows
25 (2.000 %)Linux
33 (1.200 %)Unix
41 (0.400 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.400 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
149 (19.60 %)OO
242 (16.80 %)E-Commerce
326 (10.40 %)RAD
424 (9.600 %)Web Development
522 (8.800 %)Scrum
619 (7.600 %)Web Design
79 (3.600 %)Change Management
79 (3.600 %)UML
85 (2.000 %)SEO
85 (2.000 %)Agile Software Development
94 (1.600 %)Workflow
94 (1.600 %)B2B
94 (1.600 %)Information Management
94 (1.600 %)Statistical Analysis
94 (1.600 %)Use Case
103 (1.200 %)Internet Marketing
103 (1.200 %)Content Management
103 (1.200 %)OOD
103 (1.200 %)MVC
112 (0.800 %)Project Management
Programming Languages
192 (36.80 %)JavaScript
291 (36.40 %)C#
362 (24.80 %)SQL
461 (24.40 %)DHTML
532 (12.80 %)Java
532 (12.80 %)VB.NET
625 (10.00 %)PHP
713 (5.200 %)Transact-SQL
88 (3.200 %)C++
94 (1.600 %)VB
94 (1.600 %)XPath
103 (1.200 %)PHP5
103 (1.200 %)VB6
103 (1.200 %)VBScript
112 (0.800 %)Perl
112 (0.800 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
13 (1.200 %)Sun Certification
22 (0.800 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
128 (11.20 %)WCAG
211 (4.400 %)WAI
Vendors
115 (6.000 %)Microsoft
211 (4.400 %)Serena
39 (3.600 %)Oracle
45 (2.000 %)Adobe
53 (1.200 %)Sun
53 (1.200 %)IBM
62 (0.800 %)BEA
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