The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 21 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 Tyne and Wear 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 25 40 34
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -6
Contract jobs citing Ajax 4 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.210% 0.305% 1.141%
As % of the Application Development category 8.889% 0.980% 4.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £223 - £385
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 - £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £229 - £477
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 £29.96 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-7.81% -23.52%
All Application Development
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
45 102 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 24.86% 31.10% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 58 47
Average daily rate £275 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £238 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
Average hourly rate £13.11 £35.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-62.54% +250.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
North East

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Ajax Daily Rate Trend

Ajax
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Tyne and Wear Ajax Hourly 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +12 2 £230 -
Sunderland - 2 £215 -
Ajax
North East

Ajax
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (75.00%) XHTML
2 3 (75.00%) N-Tier
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) ASP
3 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (25.00%) Fireworks
4 1 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
4 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
4 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (25.00%) CMS

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) XHTML
3 2 (50.00%) ASP
3 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Fireworks
1 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Web Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Web Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Web Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) OO
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) VB
2 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
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