The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 24 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 East of England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 65 39 51
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +12
Contract jobs citing Ajax 51 121 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 2.384% 4.095% 3.101%
As % of the Application Development category 8.347% 14.34% 10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 53 46
Average daily rate £360 £325 £245
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% +32.65%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £363 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £290
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 10
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.22 £38.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.91% -9.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.49 £33.20 £16.03
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.15 £60.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.46 £32.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-2.44% -24.11%
All Application Development
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
611 844 774
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 28.56% 28.56% 29.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 436 355
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 59 60
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £27.50 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.40 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
England

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Essex +9 19 £218 -3.33%
Hertfordshire -27 18 £450 +38.46%
Cambridgeshire -14 9 £275 +22.22%
Bedfordshire +2 2 £400 +33.33%
Norfolk 0 2 - -
Suffolk - 1 £350 -
Ajax
England

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 102 (91.89%) JavaScript
2 80 (72.07%) HTML
3 76 (68.47%) CSS
4 61 (54.95%) XML
5 57 (51.35%) jQuery
6 52 (46.85%) SQL
7 49 (44.14%) OO
8 45 (40.54%) .NET
9 40 (36.04%) Java
10 39 (35.14%) XHTML
11 35 (31.53%) ASP.NET
12 34 (30.63%) JSP
13 33 (29.73%) Web Services
13 33 (29.73%) HTML5
14 32 (28.83%) SQL Server
15 30 (27.03%) Linux
15 30 (27.03%) JSON
16 29 (26.13%) XSLT
16 29 (26.13%) CSS3
17 26 (23.42%) C#
18 24 (21.62%) J2EE
18 24 (21.62%) .NET Framework
19 22 (19.82%) T-SQL
19 22 (19.82%) UNIX
20 21 (18.92%) Windows
20 21 (18.92%) DHTML
21 20 (18.02%) Photoshop
21 20 (18.02%) MVC
21 20 (18.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
22 19 (17.12%) Subversion

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 80 (72.07%) HTML
2 76 (68.47%) CSS
3 61 (54.95%) XML
4 57 (51.35%) jQuery
5 45 (40.54%) .NET
6 39 (35.14%) XHTML
7 35 (31.53%) ASP.NET
8 34 (30.63%) JSP
9 33 (29.73%) Web Services
9 33 (29.73%) HTML5
10 30 (27.03%) JSON
11 29 (26.13%) XSLT
11 29 (26.13%) CSS3
12 24 (21.62%) J2EE
12 24 (21.62%) .NET Framework
13 21 (18.92%) DHTML
14 17 (15.32%) ADO.NET
15 16 (14.41%) WinForms
16 15 (13.51%) WebSphere
17 14 (12.61%) REST
Application Platforms
1 10 (9.009%) CMS
1 10 (9.009%) Apache
2 8 (7.207%) IIS
3 6 (5.405%) WordPress
3 6 (5.405%) WebSphere Application Server
3 6 (5.405%) MQSeries
4 5 (4.505%) Tomcat
5 4 (3.604%) concrete5
6 3 (2.703%) Drupal
7 2 (1.802%) Umbraco
7 2 (1.802%) nginx
8 1 (0.901%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.901%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.901%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.901%) Kentico
8 1 (0.901%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.901%) DotNetNuke
8 1 (0.901%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 20 (18.02%) Photoshop
2 13 (11.71%) MS Office
3 8 (7.207%) Fireworks
4 5 (4.505%) GIMP
5 3 (2.703%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.802%) MS Project
7 1 (0.901%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (5.405%) Tridion
2 3 (2.703%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.901%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.41%) FTP
2 7 (6.306%) Internet
3 6 (5.405%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.901%) 3G
4 1 (0.901%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (28.83%) SQL Server
2 20 (18.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (14.41%) DTS
4 14 (12.61%) MySQL
5 8 (7.207%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (7.207%) RDBMS
6 7 (6.306%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (5.405%) DB2
8 5 (4.505%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (3.604%) MongoDB
9 4 (3.604%) Redis
10 2 (1.802%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.802%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.901%) SQL Server 2000
11 1 (0.901%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.901%) Oracle 8/8i
11 1 (0.901%) SQLite
11 1 (0.901%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 19 (17.12%) Subversion
2 16 (14.41%) Ant
3 12 (10.81%) Eclipse
4 10 (9.009%) JUnit
5 8 (7.207%) Git (software)
6 6 (5.405%) Visual Studio
6 6 (5.405%) Log4j
6 6 (5.405%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
7 5 (4.505%) Axure RP
8 4 (3.604%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (3.604%) PhoneGap
8 4 (3.604%) Appcelerator Titanium
9 2 (1.802%) CruiseControl
9 2 (1.802%) Selenium
9 2 (1.802%) LoadRunner
9 2 (1.802%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.901%) Gradle
10 1 (0.901%) Xcode
10 1 (0.901%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.901%) JProfiler
General
1 12 (10.81%) Finance
2 11 (9.910%) Retail
2 11 (9.910%) Telecoms
3 8 (7.207%) Marketing
4 7 (6.306%) Games
5 4 (3.604%) Legal
6 2 (1.802%) Spanish Language
6 2 (1.802%) Automotive
7 1 (0.901%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.901%) Advertising
7 1 (0.901%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.901%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.901%) Banking
Job Titles
1 105 (94.59%) Developer
2 34 (30.63%) Web Developer
3 17 (15.32%) Front-End Developer
4 16 (14.41%) UI Developer
5 15 (13.51%) Java Developer
6 13 (11.71%) UI Programmer
7 11 (9.910%) .NET Developer
8 9 (8.108%) J2EE Developer
8 9 (8.108%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 7 (6.306%) JavaScript Developer
9 7 (6.306%) ASP.NET Developer
10 6 (5.405%) Front-End Web Developer
11 5 (4.505%) C# .NET Developer
11 5 (4.505%) C# Developer
12 4 (3.604%) PHP Developer
12 4 (3.604%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 4 (3.604%) Applications Developer
12 4 (3.604%) Senior Developer
13 3 (2.703%) .NET Web Developer
14 2 (1.802%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.108%) Social Media
2 6 (5.405%) Web 2.0
3 3 (2.703%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.802%) Online Games
4 2 (1.802%) N-Tier
4 2 (1.802%) W3C
5 1 (0.901%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.901%) Semantic Web
5 1 (0.901%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.901%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 30 (27.03%) Linux
2 22 (19.82%) UNIX
3 21 (18.92%) Windows
4 15 (13.51%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (5.405%) HPUX
5 6 (5.405%) Solaris
6 5 (4.505%) Apple iOS
6 5 (4.505%) Android
7 1 (0.901%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.14%) OO
2 20 (18.02%) MVC
3 19 (17.12%) E-Commerce
4 16 (14.41%) Scrum
5 13 (11.71%) RAD
6 12 (10.81%) Web Development
6 12 (10.81%) Content Management
7 11 (9.910%) Agile Software Development
7 11 (9.910%) Web Design
8 9 (8.108%) RUP
8 9 (8.108%) UML
8 9 (8.108%) TDD
9 8 (7.207%) Responsive Web Design
10 7 (6.306%) SEO
11 6 (5.405%) Migration
11 6 (5.405%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (4.505%) BDD
12 5 (4.505%) SOA
12 5 (4.505%) Compatibility Testing
12 5 (4.505%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 102 (91.89%) JavaScript
2 52 (46.85%) SQL
3 40 (36.04%) Java
4 26 (23.42%) C#
5 22 (19.82%) T-SQL
6 19 (17.12%) VBScript
7 18 (16.22%) VB.NET
7 18 (16.22%) XPath
8 17 (15.32%) PHP
9 8 (7.207%) FQL
10 7 (6.306%) Ruby
11 6 (5.405%) Bash shell
11 6 (5.405%) Perl
11 6 (5.405%) PowerHouse
12 4 (3.604%) PHP5
13 3 (2.703%) VBA
13 3 (2.703%) C++
14 2 (1.802%) VB
15 1 (0.901%) XQuery
15 1 (0.901%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (4.505%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (1.802%) Varnish
Vendors
1 19 (17.12%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.71%) IBM
3 12 (10.81%) Adobe
4 9 (8.108%) Oracle
5 8 (7.207%) ATG
5 8 (7.207%) Facebook
5 8 (7.207%) Twitter
6 6 (5.405%) Blue Martini
6 6 (5.405%) Elastic Path
6 6 (5.405%) FatWire
6 6 (5.405%) Interwoven
6 6 (5.405%) Apple
7 4 (3.604%) Google
8 3 (2.703%) Sencha
8 3 (2.703%) Zend
9 2 (1.802%) Telerik
9 2 (1.802%) Omniture
9 2 (1.802%) JBoss
10 1 (0.901%) Ektron
10 1 (0.901%) DevExpress
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