Ajax Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 55 61 86
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +25
Contract jobs citing Ajax 66 79 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.873% 2.494% 1.494%
As % of the Application Development category 10.53% 8.404% 6.150%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 40 23
Average daily rate £285 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.30% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £242 £230 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £353 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 0
Average hourly rate £112.50 £20.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+462.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.94 £32.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-7.16% -24.11%
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 627 940 748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 27.30% 29.68% 24.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 521 431
Average daily rate £302 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 24
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -29.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £145.42 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
England

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Ajax Daily Rate Trend

Ajax
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ajax across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Ajax Daily Rate Histogram

Ajax
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Ajax Hourly Rate Trend

Ajax
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ajax across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Ajax Hourly Rate Histogram

Ajax
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ajax within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +14 41 £275 -14.06%
Cheshire -3 15 £375 +22.85%
Lancashire +10 5 £263 -15.33%
Merseyside +4 1 - -
Ajax
England

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 119 (90.84%) JavaScript
2 90 (68.70%) CSS
3 81 (61.83%) jQuery
4 69 (52.67%) HTML
5 60 (45.80%) .NET
6 56 (42.75%) XML
7 55 (41.98%) C#
8 53 (40.46%) ASP.NET
9 52 (39.69%) MVC
10 49 (37.40%) SQL
11 46 (35.11%) SQL Server
11 46 (35.11%) Web Services
12 40 (30.53%) Java
13 32 (24.43%) TDD
14 31 (23.66%) XHTML
15 30 (22.90%) Subversion
15 30 (22.90%) .NET Framework
15 30 (22.90%) HTML5
16 29 (22.14%) Servlets
17 28 (21.37%) JSON
18 27 (20.61%) JSP
18 27 (20.61%) CSS3
19 26 (19.85%) J2EE
19 26 (19.85%) WCF
20 25 (19.08%) SharePoint
21 24 (18.32%) Finance
22 23 (17.56%) OO
23 22 (16.79%) SQL Server 2008
23 22 (16.79%) ASP.NET MVC
23 22 (16.79%) Agile Software Development

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 90 (68.70%) CSS
2 81 (61.83%) jQuery
3 69 (52.67%) HTML
4 60 (45.80%) .NET
5 56 (42.75%) XML
6 53 (40.46%) ASP.NET
7 46 (35.11%) Web Services
8 31 (23.66%) XHTML
9 30 (22.90%) HTML5
9 30 (22.90%) .NET Framework
10 29 (22.14%) Servlets
11 28 (21.37%) JSON
12 27 (20.61%) JSP
12 27 (20.61%) CSS3
13 26 (19.85%) J2EE
13 26 (19.85%) WCF
14 22 (16.79%) ASP.NET MVC
15 21 (16.03%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 20 (15.27%) LINQ
17 19 (14.50%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 25 (19.08%) SharePoint
2 14 (10.69%) Apache
3 9 (6.870%) WebSphere Application Server
4 8 (6.107%) MQSeries
5 6 (4.580%) CMS
6 5 (3.817%) WebLogic
6 5 (3.817%) IIS
6 5 (3.817%) WordPress
7 4 (3.053%) Drupal
8 3 (2.290%) Joomla!
8 3 (2.290%) Magento
8 3 (2.290%) Apache Solr
9 2 (1.527%) Umbraco
9 2 (1.527%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.763%) MSMQ
10 1 (0.763%) ActiveMQ
10 1 (0.763%) ESB
10 1 (0.763%) Mule
10 1 (0.763%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.763%) EPiServer CMS
Applications
1 9 (6.870%) Photoshop
2 6 (4.580%) MS Excel
3 4 (3.053%) Fireworks
4 3 (2.290%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.763%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.763%) Office 365
5 1 (0.763%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (6.107%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.924%) Internet
2 5 (3.817%) Intranet
3 2 (1.527%) DNS
4 1 (0.763%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (35.11%) SQL Server
2 22 (16.79%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (12.98%) SQL Server 2005
4 16 (12.21%) MySQL
5 14 (10.69%) DB2
6 9 (6.870%) RDBMS
7 5 (3.817%) RavenDB
8 4 (3.053%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (1.527%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.763%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.763%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.763%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 30 (22.90%) Subversion
2 18 (13.74%) Eclipse
3 15 (11.45%) JUnit
3 15 (11.45%) Visual Studio
4 9 (6.870%) JIRA
5 8 (6.107%) Git (software)
5 8 (6.107%) Ant
5 8 (6.107%) Log4j
5 8 (6.107%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
6 7 (5.344%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (3.817%) NetBeans
7 5 (3.817%) ClearCase
8 3 (2.290%) Gradle
9 2 (1.527%) Redmine
9 2 (1.527%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 2 (1.527%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.763%) TortoiseSVN
10 1 (0.763%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.763%) TestNG
10 1 (0.763%) Maven
General
1 24 (18.32%) Finance
2 12 (9.160%) Retail
3 10 (7.634%) Games
4 9 (6.870%) Banking
5 3 (2.290%) Marketing
6 2 (1.527%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.763%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.763%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 122 (93.13%) Developer
2 32 (24.43%) Java Developer
3 27 (20.61%) .NET Developer
4 17 (12.98%) Web Developer
5 16 (12.21%) C# Developer
6 14 (10.69%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 11 (8.397%) Senior Developer
8 10 (7.634%) Agile C# Developer
9 9 (6.870%) Designer
9 9 (6.870%) J2EE Developer
9 9 (6.870%) ASP.NET Developer
9 9 (6.870%) PHP Developer
10 8 (6.107%) Software Developer
10 8 (6.107%) Mobile Developer
11 6 (4.580%) Senior Java Developer
12 5 (3.817%) Web Applications Developer
12 5 (3.817%) Applications Developer
12 5 (3.817%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 5 (3.817%) iOS Developer
13 4 (3.053%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.69%) Web 2.0
2 12 (9.160%) Mobile App
3 8 (6.107%) N-Tier
3 8 (6.107%) NHS
4 7 (5.344%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (4.580%) iPhone
6 5 (3.817%) iPad
6 5 (3.817%) PMI
7 4 (3.053%) W3C
7 4 (3.053%) Open Source
8 3 (2.290%) Graphic Design
8 3 (2.290%) Computer Science
9 2 (1.527%) Kindle
10 1 (0.763%) Social Media
10 1 (0.763%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.763%) RIA
10 1 (0.763%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.763%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.924%) Linux
2 10 (7.634%) Android
2 10 (7.634%) UNIX
3 9 (6.870%) HPUX
3 9 (6.870%) Solaris
4 8 (6.107%) Apple iOS
5 6 (4.580%) Windows
6 3 (2.290%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (39.69%) MVC
2 32 (24.43%) TDD
3 23 (17.56%) OO
4 22 (16.79%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (11.45%) Web Design
6 14 (10.69%) E-Commerce
7 13 (9.924%) Web Application Development
8 12 (9.160%) Content Management
9 11 (8.397%) OOP
10 10 (7.634%) UML
11 9 (6.870%) Waterfall
12 8 (6.107%) RAD
12 8 (6.107%) Project Management
12 8 (6.107%) Scrum
13 7 (5.344%) SOA
13 7 (5.344%) PRINCE2
13 7 (5.344%) MVVM
14 6 (4.580%) RUP
14 6 (4.580%) CMMI
14 6 (4.580%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 119 (90.84%) JavaScript
2 55 (41.98%) C#
3 49 (37.40%) SQL
4 40 (30.53%) Java
5 21 (16.03%) PHP
6 14 (10.69%) XPath
7 11 (8.397%) T-SQL
8 9 (6.870%) Perl
8 9 (6.870%) Bash shell
9 6 (4.580%) Ruby
9 6 (4.580%) Objective-C
10 5 (3.817%) PL/SQL
11 4 (3.053%) VB.NET
12 3 (2.290%) Groovy
13 2 (1.527%) PHP5
13 2 (1.527%) VB6
13 2 (1.527%) VB
14 1 (0.763%) VBA
14 1 (0.763%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (8.397%) Degree
2 5 (3.817%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.053%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.763%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.763%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.527%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.763%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.290%) Postfix
2 1 (0.763%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (11.45%) Oracle
2 13 (9.924%) Telerik
3 12 (9.160%) IBM
4 11 (8.397%) Microsoft
5 9 (6.870%) Blue Martini
5 9 (6.870%) ATG
6 8 (6.107%) Interwoven
6 8 (6.107%) Elastic Path
7 6 (4.580%) Apple
7 6 (4.580%) JBoss
7 6 (4.580%) Zend
8 5 (3.817%) Chordiant
9 3 (2.290%) Red Hat
9 3 (2.290%) EPiServer
9 3 (2.290%) Perforce
10 2 (1.527%) Adobe
10 2 (1.527%) Razor Risk
11 1 (0.763%) Facebook
11 1 (0.763%) Twitter
11 1 (0.763%) Sybase
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