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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Gloucester 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 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1818
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.005 %
As % of the category below12.00 %31.25 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£307£306
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.53£37.41
% change on same period last year-15.72 %
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Gloucester
Matching contract IT job ads2516
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£322£175
Average daily rate£342£238
% change on same period last year+44.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£32.00£23.33
Average hourly rate£34.50£25.00
% change on same period last year+38.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.00£26.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.03
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
AJAX GloucestershireAJAX
Gloucestershire

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing AJAX across the Gloucester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Gloucester AJAX Demand Trend

AJAX
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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.

14 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)C#
23 (75.00 %).NET
23 (75.00 %)ASP.NET
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
23 (75.00 %)SharePoint
23 (75.00 %)Microsoft
23 (75.00 %)Silverlight
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)IIS
31 (25.00 %)ASP
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript
31 (25.00 %)VBScript

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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.

Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %).NET
13 (75.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (75.00 %)WebServices
13 (75.00 %)Silverlight
21 (25.00 %)ASP
21 (25.00 %)HTML
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)SharePoint
21 (25.00 %)IIS
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Developer
13 (75.00 %).NET Developer
13 (75.00 %)C# Developer
13 (75.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
13 (75.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)C#
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript
31 (25.00 %)VBScript
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft