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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Leeds 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank5459
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads1811
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.012 %
As % of the category below5.806 %4.120 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£281
% change on same period last year+19.07 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£20.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.23£30.11
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Application Development LeedsApplication Development
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads310267
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.398 %0.300 %
Daily rates quoted5333
Average minimum daily rate£278£308
Average daily rate£292£322
% change on same period last year-9.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£306£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted1114
Average minimum hourly rate£27.40£24.19
Average hourly rate£28.09£26.53
% change on same period last year+5.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.79£28.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.87
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
AJAX West YorkshireAJAX
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds AJAX Demand Trend

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 Leeds region.

Leeds AJAX Daily Rate Trend

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 Leeds region.

Leeds AJAX Hourly Rate Trend

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

115 (57.69 %)JavaScript
115 (57.69 %).NET
214 (53.85 %)ASP.NET
214 (53.85 %)CSS
313 (50.00 %)C#
412 (46.15 %)XHTML
510 (38.46 %)PHP
510 (38.46 %)SQL
510 (38.46 %)SQL Server
69 (34.62 %)HTML
77 (26.92 %)SQL Server 2005
85 (19.23 %)CMS
85 (19.23 %)E-Commerce
85 (19.23 %)MySQL
85 (19.23 %)XML
94 (15.38 %)DOM
94 (15.38 %)Linux
94 (15.38 %)OO
94 (15.38 %)Apache
94 (15.38 %)RSS
94 (15.38 %)Web 2.0
94 (15.38 %)Web Development
94 (15.38 %)JSON
94 (15.38 %)ASP.NET 2.0
103 (11.54 %)Finance
103 (11.54 %)WebServices
112 (7.692 %)IIS
112 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
112 (7.692 %)CRM
112 (7.692 %)NUnit

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Leeds 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
115 (57.69 %).NET
214 (53.85 %)ASP.NET
214 (53.85 %)CSS
312 (46.15 %)XHTML
49 (34.62 %)HTML
55 (19.23 %)XML
64 (15.38 %)DOM
64 (15.38 %)RSS
64 (15.38 %)ASP.NET 2.0
64 (15.38 %)JSON
73 (11.54 %)WebServices
82 (7.692 %).NET Framework
91 (3.846 %)KML
91 (3.846 %)MonoRail
91 (3.846 %)Google Maps API
91 (3.846 %)NHibernate
Application Platforms
15 (19.23 %)CMS
24 (15.38 %)Apache
32 (7.692 %)IIS
Communications & Networking
11 (3.846 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
110 (38.46 %)SQL Server
27 (26.92 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (19.23 %)MySQL
Development Applications
12 (7.692 %)NUnit
21 (3.846 %)Subversion
21 (3.846 %)Flash
General
13 (11.54 %)Finance
21 (3.846 %)Banking
21 (3.846 %)Marketing
21 (3.846 %)Front Office
21 (3.846 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
121 (80.77 %)Developer
29 (34.62 %)PHP Developer
37 (26.92 %)Web Developer
46 (23.08 %).NET Developer
55 (19.23 %)C# Developer
63 (11.54 %)ASP.NET Developer
63 (11.54 %)SQL Developer
63 (11.54 %)SQL Server Developer
63 (11.54 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
72 (7.692 %)Senior PHP Developer
72 (7.692 %)Analyst
72 (7.692 %)Senior Developer
72 (7.692 %)Support Analyst
81 (3.846 %)Applications Support
81 (3.846 %)Applications Support Analyst
81 (3.846 %)Web Designer
81 (3.846 %)Team Leader
81 (3.846 %)Software Developer
81 (3.846 %)Development Team Leader
81 (3.846 %)Web Analyst
Miscellaneous
14 (15.38 %)Web 2.0
21 (3.846 %)RIA
21 (3.846 %)W3C
Operating Systems
14 (15.38 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
15 (19.23 %)E-Commerce
24 (15.38 %)OO
24 (15.38 %)Web Development
32 (7.692 %)CRM
41 (3.846 %)MVC
41 (3.846 %)SEO
41 (3.846 %)TDD
Programming Languages
115 (57.69 %)JavaScript
213 (50.00 %)C#
310 (38.46 %)PHP
310 (38.46 %)SQL
42 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
51 (3.846 %)VB.NET
51 (3.846 %)PHP5
51 (3.846 %)PL/SQL
Vendors
11 (3.846 %)Oracle
11 (3.846 %)Adobe
11 (3.846 %)Google
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