Ajax Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 63 51 74
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +23
Contract jobs citing Ajax 34 58 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.085% 2.579% 1.361%
As % of the Application Development category 8.740% 10.60% 5.462%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 36 19
Average daily rate £313 £283 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.61% +13.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £360 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £290
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £28.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.46 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-3.20% -23.52%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 389 547 476
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 23.85% 24.32% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 299 255
Average daily rate £300 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 22
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.72% -9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £37.50 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
England

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Ajax Daily Rate Trend

Ajax
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ajax across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands Ajax Daily Rate Histogram

Ajax
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Warwickshire +8 11 £245 -
Staffordshire +8 7 £330 +1.53%
Birmingham -1 7 £293 +1.73%
Solihull - 2 - -
Walsall - 2 £300 -
Coventry -3 1 - -
Worcestershire - 1 £375 -
Ajax
England

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 62 (81.58%) .NET
2 59 (77.63%) ASP.NET
3 58 (76.32%) JavaScript
4 57 (75.00%) C#
5 50 (65.79%) jQuery
6 48 (63.16%) SQL Server
6 48 (63.16%) CSS
7 41 (53.95%) SQL
8 40 (52.63%) XML
9 33 (43.42%) HTML
9 33 (43.42%) HTML5
10 25 (32.89%) .NET Framework
10 25 (32.89%) VB.NET
11 23 (30.26%) XHTML
11 23 (30.26%) CSS3
12 21 (27.63%) XSLT
13 20 (26.32%) N-Tier
14 19 (25.00%) SOA
14 19 (25.00%) SEO
14 19 (25.00%) MVC
15 18 (23.68%) E-Commerce
15 18 (23.68%) Unit Testing
16 17 (22.37%) Web Application Development
17 15 (19.74%) Degree
17 15 (19.74%) TDD
17 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
17 15 (19.74%) Web Services
18 12 (15.79%) T-SQL
19 11 (14.47%) ASP.NET MVC
20 10 (13.16%) JSON

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 62 (81.58%) .NET
2 59 (77.63%) ASP.NET
3 50 (65.79%) jQuery
4 48 (63.16%) CSS
5 40 (52.63%) XML
6 33 (43.42%) HTML
6 33 (43.42%) HTML5
7 25 (32.89%) .NET Framework
8 23 (30.26%) XHTML
8 23 (30.26%) CSS3
9 21 (27.63%) XSLT
10 15 (19.74%) Web Services
11 11 (14.47%) ASP.NET MVC
12 10 (13.16%) JSON
13 9 (11.84%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 7 (9.211%) WCF
15 4 (5.263%) ASP
15 4 (5.263%) DHTML
15 4 (5.263%) YUI
15 4 (5.263%) Dojo
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.211%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.895%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (6.579%) IIS
4 1 (1.316%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.316%) SharePoint Foundation
4 1 (1.316%) CMS
4 1 (1.316%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (9.211%) InfoPath
2 2 (2.632%) MS Office
2 2 (2.632%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.316%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.316%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.263%) Internet
2 1 (1.316%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (63.16%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.263%) MySQL
2 4 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.947%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.632%) GIS
4 2 (2.632%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.632%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.632%) Redis
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (1.316%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.316%) DTS
5 1 (1.316%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.316%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (9.211%) Subversion
1 7 (9.211%) Visual Studio
2 6 (7.895%) JIRA
3 2 (2.632%) Git (software)
3 2 (2.632%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.316%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (1.316%) Moq
4 1 (1.316%) MSBuild
4 1 (1.316%) CruiseControl
4 1 (1.316%) NUnit
General
1 7 (9.211%) Games
2 3 (3.947%) Automotive
3 2 (2.632%) Retail
3 2 (2.632%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.632%) Marketing
4 1 (1.316%) German Language
4 1 (1.316%) Japanese Language
4 1 (1.316%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.316%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (93.42%) Developer
2 38 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 26 (34.21%) ASP.NET Developer
4 24 (31.58%) Web Developer
5 22 (28.95%) C# Developer
6 17 (22.37%) SQL Developer
7 16 (21.05%) VB.NET Developer
7 16 (21.05%) .NET Web Developer
7 16 (21.05%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
8 14 (18.42%) C# .NET Developer
9 12 (15.79%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 7 (9.211%) JavaScript Developer
11 6 (7.895%) Front-End Developer
12 3 (3.947%) SharePoint Developer
12 3 (3.947%) SharePoint Consultant
12 3 (3.947%) Consultant
13 2 (2.632%) Programmer
13 2 (2.632%) Website Developer
13 2 (2.632%) C# Web Developer
13 2 (2.632%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (26.32%) N-Tier
2 3 (3.947%) WURFL
2 3 (3.947%) Mobile App
2 3 (3.947%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.632%) Social Media
4 1 (1.316%) New Media
4 1 (1.316%) Pocket PC
4 1 (1.316%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (1.316%) NHS
4 1 (1.316%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.263%) Windows
2 3 (3.947%) Android
2 3 (3.947%) Apple iOS
2 3 (3.947%) BlackBerry OS
2 3 (3.947%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (25.00%) SOA
1 19 (25.00%) SEO
1 19 (25.00%) MVC
2 18 (23.68%) E-Commerce
2 18 (23.68%) Unit Testing
3 17 (22.37%) Web Application Development
4 15 (19.74%) TDD
5 9 (11.84%) Web Development
6 7 (9.211%) Document Management
6 7 (9.211%) OO
7 6 (7.895%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (7.895%) Content Management
7 6 (7.895%) Project Planning
8 5 (6.579%) Release Management
8 5 (6.579%) Workflow
8 5 (6.579%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (6.579%) Process Management
9 4 (5.263%) Scrum
10 3 (3.947%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (3.947%) Graceful Degradation
Programming Languages
1 58 (76.32%) JavaScript
2 57 (75.00%) C#
3 41 (53.95%) SQL
4 25 (32.89%) VB.NET
5 12 (15.79%) T-SQL
6 4 (5.263%) PHP
7 3 (3.947%) VBScript
8 2 (2.632%) VB
8 2 (2.632%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.316%) VB6
9 1 (1.316%) Java
9 1 (1.316%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 15 (19.74%) Degree
2 2 (2.632%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.316%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.316%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.316%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.895%) AccuRev
3 5 (6.579%) Oracle
4 2 (2.632%) BT
4 2 (2.632%) DevExpress
5 1 (1.316%) Cordys
5 1 (1.316%) Zend
Web Developer - MVC - West Midlands
West Midlands
These will all be web based - some standard ASP.NET Web forms and some will be written in MVC so MVC is a desirable skill but not essential.
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
C# DEVELOPER 3-months- Warwick
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Essential: - 2 years C# experience Desirable skill set: - ASP.NET - Winforms - MVC - Entity Frameworks - T-SQL - HTML5 - Javascript - Jquery - Ajax - Agile - TDD - N-Unit This is an excellent...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
C# DEVELOPER
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Essential: - 2 years C# experience Desirable skill set: - ASP.NET - Winforms - MVC - Entity Frameworks - T-SQL - HTML5 - Javascript - Jquery - Ajax - Agile - TDD - N-Unit This is an excellent...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
ASP.Net C# Developer - Warwickshire - Contract
Warwickshire, West Midlands
ASP.Net C# Developer ( ASP.Net, C#, SQL Server ) - West Midlands , Warwickshire£200- £250 Per Day3 Months +The Role:My client are a leading software house based in...
IT Ventures Ltd
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
C#, ASP.NET Developer - Warwickshire - Contract
Warwickshire
Technical Skills - Mandatory *Microsoft .NET Web development (including AJAX) *Proficiency in an object oriented language (preferably C#) *Database programming (preferably Microsoft SQL Server / T-SQL) *HTML, CSS Technical...
Roc Search
Posted: 17 May 2013
About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Thursday 23 May 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.