The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 17 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 Sussex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 39 55 48
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -7
Contract jobs citing Ajax 2 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.518% 0.474% 0.899%
As % of the Application Development category 2.273% 2.000% 4.598%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £375 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +32.74%
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 £29.94 £32.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-7.16% -24.11%
All Application Development
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
88 150 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 22.80% 23.70% 19.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 101 50
Average daily rate £400 £350 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +14.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £50.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ajax
South East

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Crawley +11 2 - -
Ajax
South East

Ajax
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 15 (88.24%) HTML
1 15 (88.24%) JSF
1 15 (88.24%) FreeMarker
1 15 (88.24%) JavaScript
1 15 (88.24%) CSS
1 15 (88.24%) JSP
1 15 (88.24%) Adobe CQ
2 14 (82.35%) CMS
3 2 (11.76%) Web Services
3 2 (11.76%) XML
3 2 (11.76%) XSL
3 2 (11.76%) XSLT
3 2 (11.76%) WSDL
3 2 (11.76%) IBM
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) XMLSpy
3 2 (11.76%) Mule
3 2 (11.76%) ESB
3 2 (11.76%) JSON
3 2 (11.76%) Java
3 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 15 (88.24%) HTML
1 15 (88.24%) CSS
1 15 (88.24%) JSP
1 15 (88.24%) JSF
1 15 (88.24%) FreeMarker
2 2 (11.76%) JSON
2 2 (11.76%) Web Services
2 2 (11.76%) XML
2 2 (11.76%) XSL
2 2 (11.76%) XSLT
2 2 (11.76%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 15 (88.24%) Adobe CQ
2 14 (82.35%) CMS
3 2 (11.76%) ESB
3 2 (11.76%) Mule
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) XMLSpy
Job Titles
1 17 (100.00%) Developer
2 15 (88.24%) Web Developer
2 15 (88.24%) UI Developer
2 15 (88.24%) UI Programmer
3 14 (82.35%) CMS Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.76%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) IBM
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft