The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 23 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 Essex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 28 40 40
Rank change year-on-year
+12 0
Contract jobs citing Ajax 18 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 4.534% 1.961% 2.481%
As % of the Application Development category 16.22% 10.13% 9.901%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 5
Average daily rate £215 £225 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% -35.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £290
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +34.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.46 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-3.20% -23.52%
All Application Development
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
111 79 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 27.96% 19.36% 25.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 38 51
Average daily rate £240 £270 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.20% -32.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 10
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.25 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.72% +21.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £26.28 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.22 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
East of England

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Ajax Daily Rate Trend

Ajax
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Brentwood - 6 £213 -
Chelmsford - 5 £215 -
Witham - 3 £220 -
Ajax
East of England

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 27 (90.00%) JavaScript
1 27 (90.00%) CSS
2 21 (70.00%) HTML
3 16 (53.33%) SQL
3 16 (53.33%) XML
3 16 (53.33%) XHTML
4 15 (50.00%) OO
5 14 (46.67%) JSP
5 14 (46.67%) Java
5 14 (46.67%) J2EE
6 12 (40.00%) jQuery
7 11 (36.67%) .NET
8 10 (33.33%) Scrum
9 9 (30.00%) RUP
10 8 (26.67%) JSON
10 8 (26.67%) FQL
10 8 (26.67%) HTML5
10 8 (26.67%) Facebook
10 8 (26.67%) Twitter
11 7 (23.33%) CSS3
11 7 (23.33%) Social Media
11 7 (23.33%) WebSphere
11 7 (23.33%) RAD
11 7 (23.33%) Linux
11 7 (23.33%) ASP.NET
11 7 (23.33%) UNIX
11 7 (23.33%) C#
11 7 (23.33%) SQL Server
11 7 (23.33%) Ant
11 7 (23.33%) IBM

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 27 (90.00%) CSS
2 21 (70.00%) HTML
3 16 (53.33%) XML
3 16 (53.33%) XHTML
4 14 (46.67%) JSP
4 14 (46.67%) J2EE
5 12 (40.00%) jQuery
6 11 (36.67%) .NET
7 8 (26.67%) JSON
7 8 (26.67%) HTML5
8 7 (23.33%) CSS3
8 7 (23.33%) WebSphere
8 7 (23.33%) ASP.NET
9 5 (16.67%) .NET Framework
10 4 (13.33%) WebCenter
10 4 (13.33%) XSLT
11 3 (10.00%) Web Services
11 3 (10.00%) ASP
11 3 (10.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 2 (6.667%) Dojo
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (3.333%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.333%) IIS
2 1 (3.333%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Photoshop
2 2 (6.667%) MS Project
3 1 (3.333%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (23.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Ant
2 3 (10.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.333%) NUnit
3 1 (3.333%) CruiseControl
3 1 (3.333%) ReSharper
General
1 6 (20.00%) Marketing
2 4 (13.33%) Legal
3 2 (6.667%) Spanish Language
3 2 (6.667%) Automotive
4 1 (3.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (90.00%) Developer
2 7 (23.33%) Front-End Developer
2 7 (23.33%) Web Developer
3 6 (20.00%) .NET Developer
4 5 (16.67%) Front-End Web Developer
5 3 (10.00%) C# Developer
5 3 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Java Developer
6 2 (6.667%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.667%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Applications Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Junior
7 1 (3.333%) Junior Project Manager
7 1 (3.333%) Junior Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Junior .NET Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Graphic Designer
7 1 (3.333%) E-Commerce Web Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Designer
7 1 (3.333%) UI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Social Media
2 1 (3.333%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Linux
1 7 (23.33%) UNIX
2 4 (13.33%) Android
2 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
3 3 (10.00%) Windows
4 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) OO
2 10 (33.33%) Scrum
3 9 (30.00%) RUP
4 7 (23.33%) RAD
5 6 (20.00%) Content Management
6 4 (13.33%) E-Commerce
6 4 (13.33%) MVC
7 3 (10.00%) SOA
7 3 (10.00%) Analytics
8 2 (6.667%) Web Design
8 2 (6.667%) Unit Testing
8 2 (6.667%) Image Processing
8 2 (6.667%) Responsive Web Design
8 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (6.667%) OOD
8 2 (6.667%) SEO
8 2 (6.667%) Project Management
9 1 (3.333%) SSADM
9 1 (3.333%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (90.00%) JavaScript
2 16 (53.33%) SQL
3 14 (46.67%) Java
4 8 (26.67%) FQL
5 7 (23.33%) C#
6 3 (10.00%) PHP
7 2 (6.667%) XPath
7 2 (6.667%) T-SQL
8 1 (3.333%) VB.NET
8 1 (3.333%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 1 (3.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Facebook
1 8 (26.67%) Twitter
2 7 (23.33%) IBM
3 6 (20.00%) FatWire
4 4 (13.33%) Oracle
5 3 (10.00%) Google
6 2 (6.667%) Omniture
6 2 (6.667%) Microsoft
6 2 (6.667%) Adobe
Chelmsford, Essex
Location Chelmsford, Essex 6 Month Contract £220 - £240 day I have an immediate requirement for a Front-End Developer with strong HTML, CSS, Javascript and JQuery skills... We...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £180 - 220 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Essex
I am looking for a Front End Developer with javascript, jquery, css, ajax, json, c#, html, flash, photoshop, asp.net, tfs and ecommerce experience to join a Healthcare...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £250 - £300 per day + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Witham, Essex
Job Title: Contract Front End Web Developer Location: Witham, Essex Rate £230 to £250 per day Duration: 6 months with possible extensions Skills: XHTML, JavaScript, jQuery, XSLT, XML,...
Coburg Banks IT
Rate: £230 - £250 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013