The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the Herefordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 21 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 Herefordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank - 6 -
Contract jobs citing Ajax 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Herefordshire - 21.05% -
As % of the Application Development category - 44.44% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £225 -
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 £29.96 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-7.81% -23.52%
All Application Development
Herefordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Herefordshire 20.00% 47.37% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
Average daily rate £255 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
West Midlands

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire Ajax Daily Rate Trend

Ajax
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
1 1 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript