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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Middlesex 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.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank2245
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.002 %
As % of the category below22.30 %1.923 %
Daily rates quoted210
Average minimum daily rate£330-
Average daily rate£332-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£334-
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£279
% change on same period last year+19.42 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.18£30.42
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Application Development MiddlesexApplication Development
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads139104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.178 %0.117 %
Daily rates quoted5428
Average minimum daily rate£357£308
Average daily rate£371£311
% change on same period last year+19.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£314
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£30.86£31.86
Average hourly rate£31.14£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.43£32.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£31.83
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
AJAX South EastAJAX
South East

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex AJAX Daily Rate Trend

AJAX
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Middlesex AJAX Daily Rate Histogram

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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex AJAX Hourly Rate Trend

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

148 (92.31 %)JavaScript
239 (75.00 %)HTML
333 (63.46 %)CSS
432 (61.54 %)Java
519 (36.54 %)Internet
617 (32.69 %)J2EE
617 (32.69 %)XML
716 (30.77 %)Oracle
814 (26.92 %)JSP
814 (26.92 %)XHTML
912 (23.08 %)Web 2.0
1011 (21.15 %)Agile Software Development
1110 (19.23 %)TDD
1110 (19.23 %)Perl
129 (17.31 %)Pair Programming
129 (17.31 %)Extreme Programming
138 (15.38 %)Spring MVC
138 (15.38 %)Photoshop
138 (15.38 %)Flash
147 (13.46 %)JUnit
147 (13.46 %)PHP
147 (13.46 %)ActionScript
147 (13.46 %)MVC
147 (13.46 %)Web Development
156 (11.54 %)JSON
156 (11.54 %)Apache
156 (11.54 %)JMS
165 (9.615 %)HTTP
165 (9.615 %)UML
165 (9.615 %)Windows

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Middlesex 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
139 (75.00 %)HTML
233 (63.46 %)CSS
317 (32.69 %)J2EE
317 (32.69 %)XML
414 (26.92 %)XHTML
414 (26.92 %)JSP
58 (15.38 %)Spring MVC
66 (11.54 %)JSON
66 (11.54 %)JMS
75 (9.615 %)WebServices
75 (9.615 %)Adobe Flex
84 (7.692 %)Acegi Security
84 (7.692 %)Velocity
84 (7.692 %)DWR
84 (7.692 %)SOAP
84 (7.692 %).NET
84 (7.692 %)Hibernate
84 (7.692 %)Spring
93 (5.769 %)JSF
93 (5.769 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
16 (11.54 %)Apache
22 (3.846 %)Tomcat
Applications
18 (15.38 %)Photoshop
Business Applications
11 (1.923 %)Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking
119 (36.54 %)Internet
25 (9.615 %)HTTP
34 (7.692 %)LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (5.769 %)SQL Server
22 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (1.923 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.923 %)DB2
31 (1.923 %)Oracle Reports
31 (1.923 %)RDBMS
31 (1.923 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
18 (15.38 %)Flash
27 (13.46 %)JUnit
35 (9.615 %)Subversion
44 (7.692 %)Ant
44 (7.692 %)Log4j
53 (5.769 %)Selenium
General
15 (9.615 %)Games
21 (1.923 %)Marketing
21 (1.923 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (1.923 %)Telecoms
21 (1.923 %)Publishing
Job Titles
136 (69.23 %)Developer
229 (55.77 %)Web Developer
311 (21.15 %)Web Designer
47 (13.46 %)UI Designer
55 (9.615 %)Java Developer
64 (7.692 %)Analyst
64 (7.692 %)Programmer
64 (7.692 %)Web Analyst
64 (7.692 %)Java Web Developer
73 (5.769 %)HTML Developer
73 (5.769 %)JSP Developer
73 (5.769 %)Business Analyst
73 (5.769 %).NET Developer
82 (3.846 %)C# Developer
91 (1.923 %)Applications Support Analyst
91 (1.923 %)J2EE Developer
91 (1.923 %)Systems Developer
91 (1.923 %)ASP Developer
91 (1.923 %)ASP.NET Developer
91 (1.923 %)SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
112 (23.08 %)Web 2.0
24 (7.692 %)Blackberry
33 (5.769 %)W3C
42 (3.846 %)AS400
Operating Systems
15 (9.615 %)Windows
24 (7.692 %)Windows Mobile
33 (5.769 %)Unix
33 (5.769 %)Windows XP
42 (3.846 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
111 (21.15 %)Agile Software Development
210 (19.23 %)TDD
39 (17.31 %)Pair Programming
39 (17.31 %)Extreme Programming
47 (13.46 %)MVC
47 (13.46 %)Web Development
55 (9.615 %)Refactoring
55 (9.615 %)Unit Testing
55 (9.615 %)Continuous Integration
55 (9.615 %)Scrum
55 (9.615 %)UML
64 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
64 (7.692 %)Usability Testing
72 (3.846 %)Web Design
81 (1.923 %)ERP
81 (1.923 %)Business Intelligence
81 (1.923 %)CRM
81 (1.923 %)Performance Testing
81 (1.923 %)Problem Management
Programming Languages
148 (92.31 %)JavaScript
232 (61.54 %)Java
310 (19.23 %)Perl
47 (13.46 %)PHP
47 (13.46 %)ActionScript
53 (5.769 %)C#
53 (5.769 %)SQL
62 (3.846 %)PL/SQL
71 (1.923 %)Transact-SQL
71 (1.923 %)C++
71 (1.923 %)Groovy
Vendors
116 (30.77 %)Oracle
24 (7.692 %)Symbian
24 (7.692 %)Adobe
32 (3.846 %)JD Edwards
32 (3.846 %)IBM
41 (1.923 %)Microsoft
41 (1.923 %)Vignette
41 (1.923 %)Google
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