The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 22 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 Northern Ireland 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 24 22 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Ajax 12 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 4.878% 3.500% -
As % of the Application Development category 10.71% 12.73% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 0
Average daily rate £350 £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 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -23.52%
All Application Development
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
112 55 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 45.53% 27.50% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 17 24
Average daily rate £350 £280 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
UK

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Ajax Daily Rate Trend

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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 22 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
County Antrim +3 12 £350 -
Ajax
UK

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 18 (90.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (65.00%) CSS
2 13 (65.00%) jQuery
3 9 (45.00%) C#
3 9 (45.00%) Java
4 8 (40.00%) .NET
4 8 (40.00%) ASP.NET
5 7 (35.00%) XML
5 7 (35.00%) HTML
5 7 (35.00%) OO
5 7 (35.00%) JSON
6 6 (30.00%) Degree
7 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 5 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (25.00%) MVC
7 5 (25.00%) J2EE
8 4 (20.00%) C++
8 4 (20.00%) Web Services
8 4 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (15.00%) HTML5
9 3 (15.00%) Dojo
9 3 (15.00%) OOA/OOD
9 3 (15.00%) JDBC
9 3 (15.00%) JSP
9 3 (15.00%) Servlets
9 3 (15.00%) DHTML
9 3 (15.00%) JMS
9 3 (15.00%) HTTP
9 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
10 2 (10.00%) IBM

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 13 (65.00%) CSS
1 13 (65.00%) jQuery
2 8 (40.00%) .NET
2 8 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 7 (35.00%) XML
3 7 (35.00%) HTML
3 7 (35.00%) JSON
4 5 (25.00%) J2EE
5 4 (20.00%) Web Services
6 3 (15.00%) HTML5
6 3 (15.00%) Dojo
6 3 (15.00%) JDBC
6 3 (15.00%) JSP
6 3 (15.00%) Servlets
6 3 (15.00%) DHTML
6 3 (15.00%) JMS
7 2 (10.00%) WebSphere
7 2 (10.00%) SOAP
7 2 (10.00%) LINQ
7 2 (10.00%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) HTTP
1 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (10.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (10.00%) JUnit
General
1 2 (10.00%) Finance
1 2 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Developer
2 7 (35.00%) .NET Developer
3 5 (25.00%) JavaScript Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Java Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (10.00%) STB
2 2 (10.00%) IPTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) OO
2 5 (25.00%) MVC
3 3 (15.00%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (10.00%) TDD
5 1 (5.000%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (90.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (45.00%) C#
2 9 (45.00%) Java
3 4 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) IBM