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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the South Yorkshire 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
Rank2437
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads174
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.004 %
As % of the category below20.00 %5.479 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£288-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£297
% change on same period last year+6.25 %
Hourly rates quoted60
Average minimum hourly rate£33.33-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£36.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.60£36.62
% change on same period last year-13.72 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads8573
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.113 %0.074 %
Daily rates quoted248
Average minimum daily rate£337£292
Average daily rate£347£315
% change on same period last year+9.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted179
Average minimum hourly rate£31.04£15.53
Average hourly rate£33.56£16.71
% change on same period last year+100.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.08£17.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
AJAX YorkshireAJAX
Yorkshire

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South Yorkshire AJAX Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South Yorkshire 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
SheffieldUp+78£288-
DoncasterNew entry-5--
AJAX YorkshireAJAX
Yorkshire

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

118 (66.67 %)C#
217 (62.96 %)JavaScript
314 (51.85 %)SQL Server
412 (44.44 %).NET
412 (44.44 %)CSS
510 (37.04 %)HTML
69 (33.33 %)ASP
69 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
78 (29.63 %)XML
78 (29.63 %)Marketing
87 (25.93 %)Visual Studio
87 (25.93 %)C
96 (22.22 %)Oracle
96 (22.22 %)Java
105 (18.52 %)SQL
105 (18.52 %)Struts
105 (18.52 %)Hibernate
105 (18.52 %)XHTML
105 (18.52 %)MS Access
105 (18.52 %)SharePoint
114 (14.81 %)J2EE
114 (14.81 %)Security Cleared
123 (11.11 %)ASP.NET 2.0
123 (11.11 %)jQuery
123 (11.11 %)JSTL
123 (11.11 %)HttpUnit
123 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
123 (11.11 %)Spring
123 (11.11 %)JUnit
123 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (44.44 %).NET
112 (44.44 %)CSS
210 (37.04 %)HTML
39 (33.33 %)ASP
39 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
48 (29.63 %)XML
55 (18.52 %)Hibernate
55 (18.52 %)XHTML
55 (18.52 %)Struts
64 (14.81 %)J2EE
73 (11.11 %)WebServices
73 (11.11 %)ASP.NET 2.0
73 (11.11 %)jQuery
73 (11.11 %)Spring
73 (11.11 %)JSTL
82 (7.407 %)Dojo
82 (7.407 %)YUI
82 (7.407 %)JSP
82 (7.407 %)RSS
82 (7.407 %)Lucene
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (18.52 %)SharePoint
23 (11.11 %)Lotus Notes
23 (11.11 %)Lotus Domino
32 (7.407 %)Tomcat
41 (3.704 %)CMS
41 (3.704 %)Apache
41 (3.704 %)IIS
41 (3.704 %)JBoss
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.704 %)MS Excel
11 (3.704 %)MS Visio
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (7.407 %)LDAP
21 (3.704 %)Internet
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (51.85 %)SQL Server
25 (18.52 %)MS Access
33 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (7.407 %)MySQL
51 (3.704 %)SQL Server 2000
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (25.93 %)Visual Studio
23 (11.11 %)JUnit
23 (11.11 %)Eclipse
23 (11.11 %)HttpUnit
32 (7.407 %)NUnit
41 (3.704 %)CheckStyle
41 (3.704 %)TestDirector
41 (3.704 %)Ant
41 (3.704 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (3.704 %)JIRA
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (29.63 %)Marketing
22 (7.407 %)Finance
22 (7.407 %)Government
31 (3.704 %)Financial Institution
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (88.89 %)Developer
28 (29.63 %)Web Developer
28 (29.63 %).NET Developer
37 (25.93 %)C# Developer
37 (25.93 %)Software Developer
44 (14.81 %)ASP.NET Developer
44 (14.81 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
53 (11.11 %).NET Web Developer
53 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
62 (7.407 %)Lead Developer
62 (7.407 %)Java Developer
62 (7.407 %)Lotus Notes Developer
62 (7.407 %)Domino Developer
62 (7.407 %)C# Web Developer
71 (3.704 %).NET Applications Developer
71 (3.704 %)SQL Developer
71 (3.704 %)SQL Server Developer
71 (3.704 %)PHP Developer
71 (3.704 %)Web Applications Developer
71 (3.704 %)Technical Lead
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.704 %)Wiki
11 (3.704 %)RIA
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.704 %)Linux
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (14.81 %)Security Cleared
23 (11.11 %)UML
32 (7.407 %)Content Management
32 (7.407 %)Web Development
32 (7.407 %)Unit Testing
41 (3.704 %)Internet Marketing
41 (3.704 %)Knowledge Management
41 (3.704 %)Requirements Analysis
41 (3.704 %)RAD
41 (3.704 %)RUP
41 (3.704 %)Project Management
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (66.67 %)C#
217 (62.96 %)JavaScript
37 (25.93 %)C
46 (22.22 %)Java
55 (18.52 %)SQL
63 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
63 (11.11 %)DHTML
71 (3.704 %)VB
71 (3.704 %)VB6
71 (3.704 %)PHP
71 (3.704 %)PL/SQL
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.704 %)MSMQ
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (22.22 %)Oracle
23 (11.11 %)Lotus
31 (3.704 %)Microsoft
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