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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Oxfordshire 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4648
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads126
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.006 %
As % of the category below5.769 %3.030 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£200
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£297
% change on same period last year+6.25 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.60£36.62
% change on same period last year-13.72 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads208198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.277 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted4747
Average minimum daily rate£302£292
Average daily rate£332£323
% change on same period last year+3.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted910
Average minimum hourly rate£19.90£26.00
Average hourly rate£21.48£28.65
% change on same period last year-25.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.05£31.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing AJAX across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Oxfordshire AJAX Demand Trend

AJAX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AJAX across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire AJAX Daily Rate Trend

AJAX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AJAX across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire AJAX Hourly Rate Trend

AJAX
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AJAX within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordUp+16--
FaringdonNew entry-1--
AJAX South EastAJAX
South East

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

113 (65.00 %)C#
113 (65.00 %)XML
212 (60.00 %)JavaScript
311 (55.00 %).NET
311 (55.00 %)ASP.NET
410 (50.00 %)HTML
59 (45.00 %)PHP
59 (45.00 %)MySQL
68 (40.00 %)OO
77 (35.00 %)CSS
86 (30.00 %)Apache
86 (30.00 %)SOAP
86 (30.00 %)SQL Server
86 (30.00 %)E-Commerce
95 (25.00 %)Eclipse
95 (25.00 %)PostgreSQL
95 (25.00 %)XHTML
95 (25.00 %)Symfony
95 (25.00 %)PHP5
95 (25.00 %)PHP4
104 (20.00 %)jQuery
104 (20.00 %)Zend
104 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
104 (20.00 %)XPath
104 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
104 (20.00 %)XQuery
113 (15.00 %)OOP
113 (15.00 %)IIS
113 (15.00 %)ASP
113 (15.00 %)SQL

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (65.00 %)XML
211 (55.00 %).NET
211 (55.00 %)ASP.NET
310 (50.00 %)HTML
47 (35.00 %)CSS
56 (30.00 %)SOAP
65 (25.00 %)XHTML
65 (25.00 %)Symfony
74 (20.00 %)jQuery
83 (15.00 %)ASP
92 (10.00 %)MVC
92 (10.00 %)WebServices
92 (10.00 %)DOM
92 (10.00 %)JSON
101 (5.000 %)Flex 2
101 (5.000 %)Adobe Flex
101 (5.000 %)WPF
101 (5.000 %)Drupal
101 (5.000 %)LAMP
101 (5.000 %)WebSphere
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (30.00 %)Apache
23 (15.00 %)IIS
31 (5.000 %)CMS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.00 %)Photoshop
21 (5.000 %)Adobe Illustrator
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (45.00 %)MySQL
26 (30.00 %)SQL Server
35 (25.00 %)PostgreSQL
44 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (5.000 %)SQL Server 7
51 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2000
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (25.00 %)Eclipse
24 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
31 (5.000 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (5.000 %)Flash
31 (5.000 %)NUnit
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (10.00 %)Retail
21 (5.000 %)Back Office
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (95.00 %)Developer
24 (20.00 %)Web Developer
24 (20.00 %)PHP Developer
33 (15.00 %).NET Developer
33 (15.00 %)Software Developer
42 (10.00 %)Programmer
42 (10.00 %)Web Programmer
51 (5.000 %)JavaScript Developer
51 (5.000 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (5.000 %)UI Developer
51 (5.000 %)Web Applications Developer
51 (5.000 %).NET Designer
51 (5.000 %)Senior PHP Developer
51 (5.000 %)Interface Designer
51 (5.000 %)Java Developer
51 (5.000 %)C# Developer
51 (5.000 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (5.000 %)Applications Developer
51 (5.000 %)Senior Developer
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (15.00 %)Web 2.0
22 (10.00 %)Client/Server
31 (5.000 %)W3C
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (10.00 %)Linux
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (40.00 %)OO
26 (30.00 %)E-Commerce
33 (15.00 %)OOP
42 (10.00 %)ERP
51 (5.000 %)Business Intelligence
51 (5.000 %)Process Management
51 (5.000 %)Scrum
51 (5.000 %)Content Management
51 (5.000 %)Web Development
51 (5.000 %)Unit Testing
51 (5.000 %)UML
51 (5.000 %)CRM
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (65.00 %)C#
212 (60.00 %)JavaScript
39 (45.00 %)PHP
45 (25.00 %)PHP5
45 (25.00 %)PHP4
54 (20.00 %)XQuery
54 (20.00 %)XPath
63 (15.00 %)SQL
72 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
72 (10.00 %)Delphi
72 (10.00 %)DHTML
72 (10.00 %)Java
81 (5.000 %)VB
81 (5.000 %)ActionScript
81 (5.000 %)VB6
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.000 %)MCP
11 (5.000 %)MCAD
11 (5.000 %)MCSD
11 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (20.00 %)Zend
21 (5.000 %)Microsoft
21 (5.000 %)Adobe
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