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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the South East 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
Rank107160
Rank change on same period last yearUp+53
Matching contract IT job ads174137
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.223 %0.154 %
As % of the category below5.421 %3.300 %
Daily rates quoted5834
Average minimum daily rate£300£274
Average daily rate£312£285
% change on same period last year+9.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£296
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£279
% change on same period last year+19.42 %
Hourly rates quoted714
Average minimum hourly rate£27.14£32.88
Average hourly rate£29.29£33.41
% change on same period last year-12.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.43£33.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.18£30.42
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Application Development South EastApplication Development
South East
Matching contract IT job ads32104151
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.118 %4.663 %
Daily rates quoted835962
Average minimum daily rate£343£318
Average daily rate£363£336
% change on same period last year+7.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted299402
Average minimum hourly rate£32.27£33.99
Average hourly rate£34.63£35.29
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.99£36.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£31.83
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
AJAX EnglandAJAX
England

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the past 3 months.

South East 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 South East region.

South East AJAX Hourly Rate Trend

AJAX
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South East AJAX Hourly Rate Histogram

AJAX
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AJAX within the South East region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1SurreyUp+3043£292+10.08 %
2BerkshireUp+1539£317+15.92 %
3MiddlesexUp+2331£332-
4HampshireUp+2617£285-
5BuckinghamshireUp+314£393-
6OxfordshireNo change07£242-3.33 %
7KentNew entry-4£110-
8East SussexNew entry-3--
9Thames ValleyUp+161--
9Home CountiesDown-131--
AJAX EnglandAJAX
England

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South East 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.

1240 (61.70 %)JavaScript
2176 (45.24 %)CSS
3154 (39.59 %)HTML
3154 (39.59 %).NET
4153 (39.33 %)XML
5124 (31.88 %)SQL Server
6122 (31.36 %)Java
6122 (31.36 %)C#
7121 (31.11 %)ASP.NET
8110 (28.28 %)XHTML
982 (21.08 %)SQL
1075 (19.28 %)JSP
1169 (17.74 %)PHP
1262 (15.94 %)MySQL
1357 (14.65 %)J2EE
1451 (13.11 %)Windows
1548 (12.34 %)SQL Server 2005
1642 (10.80 %)Oracle
1741 (10.54 %)WebServices
1840 (10.28 %)Apache
1840 (10.28 %)Web Development
1939 (10.03 %)Internet
2037 (9.512 %)Flash
2037 (9.512 %)OO
2037 (9.512 %)DHTML
2134 (8.740 %)ASP
2231 (7.969 %)Eclipse
2231 (7.969 %)Web 2.0
2330 (7.712 %)XSLT
2330 (7.712 %)ActionScript

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South East 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
1176 (45.24 %)CSS
2154 (39.59 %)HTML
2154 (39.59 %).NET
3153 (39.33 %)XML
4121 (31.11 %)ASP.NET
5110 (28.28 %)XHTML
675 (19.28 %)JSP
757 (14.65 %)J2EE
841 (10.54 %)WebServices
934 (8.740 %)ASP
1030 (7.712 %)XSLT
1129 (7.455 %)SOAP
1227 (6.941 %)Hibernate
1325 (6.427 %)Struts
1424 (6.170 %)Spring
1519 (4.884 %)JSF
1519 (4.884 %)WebSphere
1519 (4.884 %)LAMP
1519 (4.884 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1618 (4.627 %)DOM
Application Platforms
140 (10.28 %)Apache
220 (5.141 %)IIS
312 (3.085 %)Tomcat
312 (3.085 %)CMS
48 (2.057 %)ColdFusion
56 (1.542 %)SharePoint
56 (1.542 %)WebLogic
56 (1.542 %)JBoss
65 (1.285 %)ColdFusion MX
74 (1.028 %)WebSphere Application Server
74 (1.028 %)Community Server
82 (0.514 %)TeamSite
82 (0.514 %)Lotus Domino
82 (0.514 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.257 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.257 %)BizTalk Server
91 (0.257 %)Mambo
91 (0.257 %)Oracle Application Server
91 (0.257 %)Oracle Spatial
91 (0.257 %)TYPO3
Applications
124 (6.170 %)Photoshop
216 (4.113 %)MS Excel
36 (1.542 %)Adobe Illustrator
45 (1.285 %)MS Office
52 (0.514 %)MS Visio
61 (0.257 %)ImageReady
Business Applications
14 (1.028 %)Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking
139 (10.03 %)Internet
28 (2.057 %)LDAP
36 (1.542 %)Extranet
45 (1.285 %)HTTP
54 (1.028 %)TCP/IP
63 (0.771 %)Intranet
71 (0.257 %)SMTP
71 (0.257 %)FTP
71 (0.257 %)Wireless
71 (0.257 %)SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1124 (31.88 %)SQL Server
262 (15.94 %)MySQL
348 (12.34 %)SQL Server 2005
428 (7.198 %)SQL Server 2000
514 (3.599 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
67 (1.799 %)DB2
74 (1.028 %)PostgreSQL
74 (1.028 %)JasperReports
74 (1.028 %)SQL Server 7
82 (0.514 %)RDBMS
82 (0.514 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.257 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.257 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.257 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.257 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
137 (9.512 %)Flash
231 (7.969 %)Eclipse
324 (6.170 %)Visual Studio
414 (3.599 %)Subversion
512 (3.085 %)Ant
512 (3.085 %)JUnit
610 (2.571 %)Dreamweaver
77 (1.799 %)Log4j
84 (1.028 %)VSS/SourceSafe
93 (0.771 %)Selenium
102 (0.514 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
111 (0.257 %)NUnit
111 (0.257 %)JDeveloper
111 (0.257 %)ClearCase
General
114 (3.599 %)Telecoms
114 (3.599 %)Finance
210 (2.571 %)Marketing
38 (2.057 %)Publishing
47 (1.799 %)Games
47 (1.799 %)Insurance
56 (1.542 %)Manufacturing
65 (1.285 %)Government
65 (1.285 %)Back Office
74 (1.028 %)Law
74 (1.028 %)Legal
74 (1.028 %)Retail
83 (0.771 %)Financial Institution
92 (0.514 %)Advertising
101 (0.257 %)Music
101 (0.257 %)Multimedia
101 (0.257 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.257 %)Electronics
101 (0.257 %)Automotive
101 (0.257 %)Online Games
Job Titles
1319 (82.01 %)Developer
2115 (29.56 %)Web Developer
386 (22.11 %).NET Developer
471 (18.25 %)C# Developer
549 (12.60 %)ASP.NET Developer
639 (10.03 %)Java Developer
735 (8.997 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
829 (7.455 %)PHP Developer
920 (5.141 %)Web Designer
1019 (4.884 %)J2EE Developer
1118 (4.627 %)Programmer
1118 (4.627 %)Senior Developer
1216 (4.113 %).NET Web Developer
1315 (3.856 %)VB.NET Developer
1414 (3.599 %)Software Developer
1414 (3.599 %)C# Web Developer
1513 (3.342 %)SQL Developer
1612 (3.085 %)SQL Server Developer
1612 (3.085 %)CSharp Software Developer
1711 (2.828 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
131 (7.969 %)Web 2.0
215 (3.856 %)W3C
36 (1.542 %)Client/Server
45 (1.285 %)N-Tier
54 (1.028 %)Blackberry
54 (1.028 %)Mathematics
62 (0.514 %)Social Network
62 (0.514 %)Mainframe
62 (0.514 %)AS400
71 (0.257 %)Handset
71 (0.257 %)Streaming Media
71 (0.257 %)iDTV
71 (0.257 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71 (0.257 %)Mashup
71 (0.257 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
151 (13.11 %)Windows
228 (7.198 %)Linux
319 (4.884 %)Unix
44 (1.028 %)Windows Mobile
44 (1.028 %)Solaris
53 (0.771 %)Windows XP
61 (0.257 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
140 (10.28 %)Web Development
237 (9.512 %)OO
322 (5.656 %)OOP
421 (5.398 %)E-Commerce
516 (4.113 %)OOD
516 (4.113 %)MVC
516 (4.113 %)Agile Software Development
614 (3.599 %)Workflow
614 (3.599 %)Web Design
713 (3.342 %)TDD
812 (3.085 %)UML
910 (2.571 %)Content Management
910 (2.571 %)Extreme Programming
109 (2.314 %)Pair Programming
109 (2.314 %)System Testing
118 (2.057 %)Scrum
118 (2.057 %)CRM
127 (1.799 %)Unit Testing
127 (1.799 %)Requirements Analysis
135 (1.285 %)Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1240 (61.70 %)JavaScript
2122 (31.36 %)C#
2122 (31.36 %)Java
382 (21.08 %)SQL
469 (17.74 %)PHP
537 (9.512 %)DHTML
630 (7.712 %)ActionScript
729 (7.455 %)VB.NET
824 (6.170 %)C++
921 (5.398 %)Perl
921 (5.398 %)Transact-SQL
1015 (3.856 %)PHP5
1110 (2.571 %)VB
128 (2.057 %)VC++
136 (1.542 %)PHP4
145 (1.285 %)C
154 (1.028 %)Delphi
154 (1.028 %)Python
154 (1.028 %)FoxPro (VFP)
154 (1.028 %)Ruby
Qualifications
110 (2.571 %)Degree
25 (1.285 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (0.514 %)MCP
32 (0.514 %)MCAD
32 (0.514 %)MCSD
41 (0.257 %)MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.314 %)QA
25 (1.285 %)WCAG
33 (0.771 %)HL7
33 (0.771 %)DICOM
41 (0.257 %)WAI
System Software
13 (0.771 %)Active Directory
Vendors
142 (10.80 %)Oracle
221 (5.398 %)Microsoft
314 (3.599 %)Adobe
410 (2.571 %)IBM
59 (2.314 %)Interwoven
67 (1.799 %)Vignette
76 (1.542 %)Mercator
76 (1.542 %)IXOS
84 (1.028 %)VMware
84 (1.028 %)BEA
84 (1.028 %)Symbian
84 (1.028 %)Intel
84 (1.028 %)Google
93 (0.771 %)Citrix
93 (0.771 %)ION Trading
102 (0.514 %)Lotus
102 (0.514 %)SAP
102 (0.514 %)Zend
102 (0.514 %)JD Edwards
111 (0.257 %)Red Hat
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