Hertfordshire AJAX Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location Abingdon Alderley Edge Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham Cirencester City of London Cobham Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Exeter Fareham Feltham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Lowestoft Luton Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Ringwood Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swindon Thame Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Upminster Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Yorkshire Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Woking Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	28	69
Rank change on same period last year	+41
Matching contract IT job ads	87	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.112 %	0.018 %
As % of the category below	17.06 %	4.923 %
Daily rates quoted	74	3
Average minimum daily rate	£357	£300
Average daily rate	£398	£350
% change on same period last year	+13.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£438	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£279
% change on same period last year	+19.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.18	£30.42
% change on same period last year	-0.81 %
Application Development Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	510	325
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.654 %	0.365 %
Daily rates quoted	240	124
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£299
Average daily rate	£385	£330
% change on same period last year	+16.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£420	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£334
% change on same period last year	+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	19	19
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.08	£29.82
Average hourly rate	£36.44	£31.28
% change on same period last year	+16.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.79	£32.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.40	£31.83
% change on same period last year	+1.80 %
AJAX East of 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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

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 Hertfordshire region.

AJAX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AJAX across the Hertfordshire region over the past 3 months.

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 Hertfordshire region.

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 Hertfordshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	Watford	-	10	£331	-
2	Welwyn Garden City	-	4	£363	-
3	Hertford	-	1	£425	-

AJAX East of England

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 116 (73.42 %) XML 2 109 (68.99 %) CSS 3 87 (55.06 %) HTML 3 87 (55.06 %) Internet 4 84 (53.16 %) XHTML 5 59 (37.34 %) DHTML 6 57 (36.08 %) JavaScript 7 51 (32.28 %) Retail 8 50 (31.65 %) W3C 9 45 (28.48 %) .NET 10 44 (27.85 %) ASP.NET 11 42 (26.58 %) OO 11 42 (26.58 %) iDTV 12 40 (25.32 %) E-Commerce 12 40 (25.32 %) SQL

13 37 (23.42 %) XSLT 14 36 (22.78 %) HTTP 15 33 (20.89 %) C# 16 29 (18.35 %) SMTP 16 29 (18.35 %) BizTalk Server 17 28 (17.72 %) WCAG 18 27 (17.09 %) FTP 18 27 (17.09 %) TCP/IP 19 26 (16.46 %) Java 20 25 (15.82 %) RAD 21 24 (15.19 %) ADO.NET 22 23 (14.56 %) WPF 23 22 (13.92 %) Scrum 24 18 (11.39 %) JSP 24 18 (11.39 %) XSL

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 116 (73.42 %) XML 2 109 (68.99 %) CSS 3 87 (55.06 %) HTML 4 84 (53.16 %) XHTML 5 45 (28.48 %) .NET 6 44 (27.85 %) ASP.NET 7 37 (23.42 %) XSLT 8 24 (15.19 %) ADO.NET 9 23 (14.56 %) WPF 10 18 (11.39 %) JSP 10 18 (11.39 %) XSL 11 12 (7.595 %) WebServices 12 11 (6.962 %) J2EE 12 11 (6.962 %) Spring 13 9 (5.696 %) Middleware 13 9 (5.696 %) LAMP 13 9 (5.696 %) Servlets 13 9 (5.696 %) DOM 14 7 (4.430 %) XML Schema 15 5 (3.165 %) SOAP	Application Platforms 1 29 (18.35 %) BizTalk Server 2 15 (9.494 %) IIS 3 6 (3.797 %) Apache 4 4 (2.532 %) Joomla! 4 4 (2.532 %) Mambo 5 2 (1.266 %) Tomcat 5 2 (1.266 %) JBoss 5 2 (1.266 %) CMS 5 2 (1.266 %) WebLogic 5 2 (1.266 %) TeamSite 6 1 (0.633 %) SharePoint 6 1 (0.633 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 13 (8.228 %) Photoshop 2 3 (1.899 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 2 (1.266 %) Fireworks	Communications & Networking 1 87 (55.06 %) Internet 2 36 (22.78 %) HTTP 3 29 (18.35 %) SMTP 4 27 (17.09 %) FTP 4 27 (17.09 %) TCP/IP 5 4 (2.532 %) SSH 6 2 (1.266 %) SMPP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (5.063 %) SQL Server 2 7 (4.430 %) MySQL 3 5 (3.165 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (2.532 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 4 (2.532 %) RDBMS 5 1 (0.633 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (0.633 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 1 (0.633 %) Datawarehouse	Development Applications 1 11 (6.962 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 3 (1.899 %) Flash 2 3 (1.899 %) Eclipse 2 3 (1.899 %) Visual Studio 3 2 (1.266 %) Dreamweaver 3 2 (1.266 %) JDeveloper 3 2 (1.266 %) JBuilder 3 2 (1.266 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 4 1 (0.633 %) StarTeam
General 1 51 (32.28 %) Retail 2 14 (8.861 %) Games 3 9 (5.696 %) Telecoms 4 4 (2.532 %) Finance 5 3 (1.899 %) Multimedia 5 3 (1.899 %) Graphic Design 6 2 (1.266 %) Insurance 7 1 (0.633 %) Marketing 7 1 (0.633 %) Education 7 1 (0.633 %) Publishing 7 1 (0.633 %) Animation 7 1 (0.633 %) Online Games	Job Titles 1 123 (77.85 %) Developer 2 39 (24.68 %) Web Developer 3 15 (9.494 %) Architect 4 13 (8.228 %) .NET Developer 5 11 (6.962 %) Java Developer 6 10 (6.329 %) Development Manager 6 10 (6.329 %) C# Developer 7 7 (4.430 %) Solutions Architect 7 7 (4.430 %) JavaScript Developer 8 6 (3.797 %) Team Leader 9 5 (3.165 %) Java/J2EE Developer 10 4 (2.532 %) Web Designer 10 4 (2.532 %) Lead Developer 11 3 (1.899 %) Information Architect 11 3 (1.899 %) Consultant 11 3 (1.899 %) Lead Architect 11 3 (1.899 %) Web Manager 11 3 (1.899 %) Development Team Leader 12 2 (1.266 %) .NET Web Developer 12 2 (1.266 %) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous 1 50 (31.65 %) W3C 2 42 (26.58 %) iDTV 3 18 (11.39 %) Web 2.0 4 5 (3.165 %) Handset 5 2 (1.266 %) Streaming Media 6 1 (0.633 %) Asset Management	Operating Systems 1 7 (4.430 %) Windows 2 3 (1.899 %) Unix 3 1 (0.633 %) Linux 3 1 (0.633 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (0.633 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 42 (26.58 %) OO 2 40 (25.32 %) E-Commerce 3 25 (15.82 %) RAD 4 22 (13.92 %) Scrum 5 18 (11.39 %) Web Development 6 12 (7.595 %) Web Design 7 9 (5.696 %) Change Management 8 6 (3.797 %) UML 9 5 (3.165 %) SEO 9 5 (3.165 %) Agile Software Development 10 4 (2.532 %) B2B 10 4 (2.532 %) Use Case 11 3 (1.899 %) Content Management 11 3 (1.899 %) Information Management 12 2 (1.266 %) MVC 12 2 (1.266 %) Project Management 13 1 (0.633 %) OOD 13 1 (0.633 %) OOP 13 1 (0.633 %) Workflow 13 1 (0.633 %) Validation	Programming Languages 1 59 (37.34 %) DHTML 2 57 (36.08 %) JavaScript 3 40 (25.32 %) SQL 4 33 (20.89 %) C# 5 26 (16.46 %) Java 6 13 (8.228 %) PHP 7 4 (2.532 %) XPath 8 2 (1.266 %) Transact-SQL 9 1 (0.633 %) VBScript 9 1 (0.633 %) VB 9 1 (0.633 %) VB.NET 9 1 (0.633 %) Perl 9 1 (0.633 %) PHP5
Qualifications 1 2 (1.266 %) Sun Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 28 (17.72 %) WCAG 2 11 (6.962 %) WAI
Vendors 1 11 (6.962 %) Serena 2 10 (6.329 %) Microsoft 3 5 (3.165 %) Adobe 4 2 (1.266 %) Sun 4 2 (1.266 %) BEA 4 2 (1.266 %) IBM 5 1 (0.633 %) Oracle