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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Lancashire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2143
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.003 %
As % of the category below16.28 %2.419 %
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£316£297
% change on same period last year+6.25 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£33.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£37.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.60£36.62
% change on same period last year-13.72 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads86124
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.115 %0.125 %
Daily rates quoted522
Average minimum daily rate£260£322
Average daily rate£291£352
% change on same period last year-17.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1623
Average minimum hourly rate£26.23£22.47
Average hourly rate£29.14£26.84
% change on same period last year+8.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.04£31.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
AJAX North WestAJAX
North West

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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire AJAX Demand Trend

AJAX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AJAX across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire AJAX Daily Rate Trend

AJAX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AJAX across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire AJAX Hourly Rate Trend

AJAX
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AJAX across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Lancashire AJAX Hourly Rate Histogram

AJAX
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AJAX within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank 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
PrestonNew entry-5--
BlackpoolNew entry-2--
AJAX North WestAJAX
North West

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

116 (84.21 %)C#
116 (84.21 %)JavaScript
116 (84.21 %).NET
215 (78.95 %)ASP.NET
310 (52.63 %)SQL Server
49 (47.37 %)E-Commerce
58 (42.11 %)XML
67 (36.84 %)CSS
67 (36.84 %)SQL
67 (36.84 %)SQL Server 2005
67 (36.84 %)Microsoft
67 (36.84 %)WebServices
76 (31.58 %)MVC
76 (31.58 %).NET Framework
76 (31.58 %)JSON
76 (31.58 %)jQuery
76 (31.58 %)ASP.NET 2.0
76 (31.58 %)XSLT
76 (31.58 %)SOA
84 (21.05 %)HTML
93 (15.79 %)Java
93 (15.79 %)Retail
102 (10.53 %)SQL Server 2000
102 (10.53 %)Hibernate
102 (10.53 %)DHTML
102 (10.53 %)Ant
102 (10.53 %)Apache
102 (10.53 %)XHTML
102 (10.53 %)JSP
111 (5.263 %)Servlets

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (84.21 %).NET
215 (78.95 %)ASP.NET
38 (42.11 %)XML
47 (36.84 %)CSS
47 (36.84 %)WebServices
56 (31.58 %)XSLT
56 (31.58 %).NET Framework
56 (31.58 %)JSON
56 (31.58 %)jQuery
56 (31.58 %)ASP.NET 2.0
56 (31.58 %)MVC
64 (21.05 %)HTML
72 (10.53 %)JSP
72 (10.53 %)XHTML
72 (10.53 %)Hibernate
81 (5.263 %)Spring
81 (5.263 %)XML Schema
81 (5.263 %)Servlets
81 (5.263 %)Struts
81 (5.263 %)J2EE
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (10.53 %)Apache
21 (5.263 %)IIS
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.263 %)LDAP
11 (5.263 %)SSL
11 (5.263 %)Internet
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (52.63 %)SQL Server
27 (36.84 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (10.53 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (5.263 %)MySQL
41 (5.263 %)Crystal Reports
41 (5.263 %)Oracle 9i
41 (5.263 %)Oracle 10g
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (10.53 %)Ant
21 (5.263 %)Visual Studio
21 (5.263 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (5.263 %)Eclipse
21 (5.263 %)Subversion
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.79 %)Retail
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (94.74 %)Developer
210 (52.63 %).NET Developer
37 (36.84 %)ASP.NET Developer
43 (15.79 %)Web Developer
43 (15.79 %)Senior Developer
51 (5.263 %)C# Developer
51 (5.263 %)Senior Web Developer
51 (5.263 %)Software Developer
51 (5.263 %)SQL Developer
51 (5.263 %)SQL Server Developer
51 (5.263 %)PHP Developer
51 (5.263 %).NET Web Developer
51 (5.263 %)Senior .NET Developer
51 (5.263 %)MySQL Developer
51 (5.263 %)Senior .NET Web Developer
51 (5.263 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)EPoS
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.263 %)UNIX
11 (5.263 %)Linux
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (47.37 %)E-Commerce
26 (31.58 %)SOA
31 (5.263 %)Scrum
31 (5.263 %)Web Design
31 (5.263 %)Content Management
31 (5.263 %)Information Management
31 (5.263 %)Logistics
31 (5.263 %)UML
31 (5.263 %)OO
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (84.21 %)C#
116 (84.21 %)JavaScript
27 (36.84 %)SQL
33 (15.79 %)Java
42 (10.53 %)DHTML
51 (5.263 %)C
51 (5.263 %)Perl
51 (5.263 %)PHP
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.263 %)Degree
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (36.84 %)Microsoft
21 (5.263 %)Oracle
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