The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 17 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 Middlesex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 27 - 34
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Ajax 1 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.478% - 1.136%
As % of the Application Development category 4.167% - 4.819%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £450 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.94 £32.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-7.16% -24.11%
All Application Development
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
24 49 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 11.48% 15.12% 23.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 32
Average daily rate £350 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £19.52 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+104.91% -32.68%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
South East

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Ajax Daily Rate Trend

Ajax
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Ajax across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex Ajax Hourly Rate Trend

Ajax
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) DOM
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) Games
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) jQuery
1 4 (100.00%) Product Management
2 3 (75.00%) Video on Demand
3 1 (25.00%) STB
3 1 (25.00%) DRM

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) DOM
1 4 (100.00%) jQuery
General
1 4 (100.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Video on Demand
2 1 (25.00%) STB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) Product Management
2 1 (25.00%) DRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript