Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for AJAX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AJAX over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Berkshire region.

 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank3041152
Rank change year-on-year
Up+11Up+111
Matching permanent IT job ads224178132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire5.687 %3.828 %1.117 %
As % of the Application Development category15.52 %13.29 %4.208 %
Salaries quoted201156122
Average salary£37,500£35,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-12.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,800£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,000£32,500£32,000
% change year-on-year
+1.530 %+1.560 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
144313393137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire36.63 %28.80 %26.55 %
Salaries quoted125711362694
Average salary£37,500£40,000£39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.250 %+1.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£57,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
AJAX South EastAJAX
South East

AJAX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing AJAX across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire AJAX Demand Trend

AJAX
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing AJAX across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire AJAX Salary Trend

AJAX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AJAX across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Berkshire AJAX Salary Histogram

AJAX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AJAX within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-356£45,000+20.00 %
SloughUp+3335£33,000-12.00 %
NewburyUp+435£37,500+15.38 %
WindsorUp+623£32,500-27.77 %
BracknellUp+413£40,000+21.21 %
WokinghamUp+213£40,000+14.28 %
AscotUp+64£29,000+7.40 %
MaidenheadDown-101£37,500-
AJAX South EastAJAX
South East

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited AJAX.

1331 (71.18 %)JavaScript
2265 (56.99 %)CSS
3234 (50.32 %)HTML
4226 (48.60 %)SQL Server
5218 (46.88 %).NET
6204 (43.87 %)C#
7192 (41.29 %)ASP.NET
8185 (39.78 %)XML
9141 (30.32 %)Java
1099 (21.29 %)Web Services
1099 (21.29 %)SQL Server 2005
1197 (20.86 %)PHP
1292 (19.78 %)XHTML
1390 (19.35 %)Scrum
1482 (17.63 %)SQL Server 2008
1580 (17.20 %)MVC
1580 (17.20 %)J2EE
1678 (16.77 %)SQL
1777 (16.56 %)Hibernate
1870 (15.05 %)Web Development
1967 (14.41 %)jQuery
2066 (14.19 %)Spring
2163 (13.55 %)Agile Software Development
2262 (13.33 %)OO
2361 (13.12 %)Degree
2361 (13.12 %)E-Commerce
2460 (12.90 %)Linux
2559 (12.69 %)SOAP
2658 (12.47 %)JSP
2756 (12.04 %)MySQL

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited AJAX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1265 (56.99 %)CSS
2234 (50.32 %)HTML
3218 (46.88 %).NET
4192 (41.29 %)ASP.NET
5185 (39.78 %)XML
699 (21.29 %)Web Services
792 (19.78 %)XHTML
880 (17.20 %)J2EE
977 (16.56 %)Hibernate
1067 (14.41 %)jQuery
1166 (14.19 %)Spring
1259 (12.69 %)SOAP
1358 (12.47 %)JSP
1438 (8.172 %)WCF
1438 (8.172 %)Silverlight
1537 (7.957 %)ASP
1537 (7.957 %)XSLT
1635 (7.527 %)Struts
1733 (7.097 %)NHibernate
1733 (7.097 %)JSON
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
137 (7.957 %)Apache
216 (3.441 %)WebSphere Application Server
216 (3.441 %)CMS
216 (3.441 %)IIS
38 (1.720 %)Oracle Application Server
38 (1.720 %)WordPress
46 (1.290 %)WebLogic
46 (1.290 %)Tomcat
55 (1.075 %)ColdFusion
55 (1.075 %)WebSphere Portal
64 (0.860 %)ExpressionEngine
64 (0.860 %)AquaLogic
73 (0.645 %)Joomla!
73 (0.645 %)Magento
73 (0.645 %)Drupal
73 (0.645 %)SharePoint
82 (0.430 %)Commerce Server
82 (0.430 %)WebLogic Portal
82 (0.430 %)GlassFish
82 (0.430 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
130 (6.452 %)Photoshop
212 (2.581 %)MS Excel
37 (1.505 %)Adobe Illustrator
46 (1.290 %)Fireworks
51 (0.215 %)MS Project
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.860 %)Google Analytics
22 (0.430 %)WebTrends
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (4.516 %)Internet
25 (1.075 %)Broadband
34 (0.860 %)LDAP
42 (0.430 %)Intranet
42 (0.430 %)Extranet
51 (0.215 %)VoIP
51 (0.215 %)HTTP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1226 (48.60 %)SQL Server
299 (21.29 %)SQL Server 2005
382 (17.63 %)SQL Server 2008
456 (12.04 %)MySQL
517 (3.656 %)SQL Server Integration Services
616 (3.441 %)RDBMS
78 (1.720 %)Informix
86 (1.290 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (0.645 %)GIS
93 (0.645 %)Datawarehouse
93 (0.645 %)Data Cleansing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
150 (10.75 %)Subversion
245 (9.677 %)NUnit
328 (6.022 %)Visual Studio
425 (5.376 %)Eclipse
520 (4.301 %)Ant
614 (3.011 %)Dreamweaver
712 (2.581 %)JUnit
811 (2.366 %)JIRA
98 (1.720 %)CruiseControl
107 (1.505 %)TeamCity
116 (1.290 %)Maven
125 (1.075 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
125 (1.075 %)Git (software)
134 (0.860 %)RequisitePro
134 (0.860 %)PVCS
143 (0.645 %)ClearCase
143 (0.645 %)EasyMock
143 (0.645 %)Flash Builder
143 (0.645 %)Flex Builder
152 (0.430 %)Team Foundation Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
155 (11.83 %)Marketing
234 (7.312 %)Finance
321 (4.516 %)Telecoms
321 (4.516 %)Multimedia
412 (2.581 %)Retail
412 (2.581 %)Pensions
511 (2.366 %)Health
610 (2.151 %)Billing
78 (1.720 %)Education
87 (1.505 %)Electronics
87 (1.505 %)Social Media
96 (1.290 %)Graphic Design
96 (1.290 %)Back Office
105 (1.075 %)Music
114 (0.860 %)Construction
114 (0.860 %)Government
123 (0.645 %)Games
123 (0.645 %)Pharmaceutical
123 (0.645 %)Financial Institution
123 (0.645 %)Video Editing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1397 (85.38 %)Developer
2132 (28.39 %)Web Developer
3117 (25.16 %).NET Developer
475 (16.13 %)C# Developer
475 (16.13 %)Java Developer
571 (15.27 %)ASP.NET Developer
662 (13.33 %)Senior Developer
662 (13.33 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
746 (9.892 %)PHP Developer
831 (6.667 %)Front-End Developer
928 (6.022 %)Junior
1027 (5.806 %)Applications Developer
1126 (5.591 %)Senior Java Developer
1225 (5.376 %)Senior Web Developer
1225 (5.376 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1324 (5.161 %)Graduate
1423 (4.946 %)Software Developer
1423 (4.946 %)Junior Developer
1423 (4.946 %)PHP Web Developer
1522 (4.731 %)Designer
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
127 (5.806 %)Computer Science
226 (5.591 %)Web 2.0
322 (4.731 %)Open Source
417 (3.656 %)W3C
513 (2.796 %)Mathematics
69 (1.935 %)iPhone
76 (1.290 %)PMI
76 (1.290 %)SaaS
76 (1.290 %)Social Network
76 (1.290 %)RIA
85 (1.075 %)Multithreading
85 (1.075 %)Tandem
85 (1.075 %)Cloud Computing
94 (0.860 %)Dependency Injection
94 (0.860 %)Client/Server
94 (0.860 %)Thin Client
94 (0.860 %)Fat Client
103 (0.645 %)Blackberry
112 (0.430 %)Handset
112 (0.430 %)Streaming Media
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
160 (12.90 %)Linux
237 (7.957 %)Windows
38 (1.720 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (1.505 %)Windows XP
56 (1.290 %)UNIX
56 (1.290 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (0.215 %)Windows Mobile
61 (0.215 %)Solaris
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
190 (19.35 %)Scrum
280 (17.20 %)MVC
370 (15.05 %)Web Development
463 (13.55 %)Agile Software Development
562 (13.33 %)OO
661 (13.12 %)E-Commerce
746 (9.892 %)TDD
831 (6.667 %)SEO
925 (5.376 %)Content Management
1023 (4.946 %)UML
1023 (4.946 %)B2B
1122 (4.731 %)SOA
1216 (3.441 %)Project Management
1315 (3.226 %)Extreme Programming
1315 (3.226 %)Online Marketing
1412 (2.581 %)Web Design
1412 (2.581 %)Business Intelligence
1412 (2.581 %)OOP
1510 (2.151 %)Unit Testing
169 (1.935 %)Continuous Integration
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1331 (71.18 %)JavaScript
2204 (43.87 %)C#
3141 (30.32 %)Java
497 (20.86 %)PHP
578 (16.77 %)SQL
637 (7.957 %)C
722 (4.731 %)C++
819 (4.086 %)Perl
918 (3.871 %)VB.NET
1014 (3.011 %)Python
1113 (2.796 %)T-SQL
1113 (2.796 %)PHP5
1211 (2.366 %)VB
139 (1.935 %)ActionScript
148 (1.720 %)Delphi
155 (1.075 %)Ruby
164 (0.860 %)PL/SQL
164 (0.860 %)ActionScript 3.0
164 (0.860 %)ActionScript 2.0
164 (0.860 %)VB6
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
161 (13.12 %)Degree
232 (6.882 %)Microsoft Certification
330 (6.452 %)MCTS
330 (6.452 %)MCP
330 (6.452 %)MCAD
330 (6.452 %)MCSD
410 (2.151 %)PhD
58 (1.720 %)Security Cleared
66 (1.290 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.215 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.215 %)SC Cleared
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.505 %)QA
22 (0.430 %)ISO9001
31 (0.215 %)WCAG
31 (0.215 %)WAI
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.430 %)VMware Infrastructure
12 (0.430 %)Hyper-V
21 (0.215 %)MSMQ
21 (0.215 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
153 (11.40 %)Microsoft
233 (7.097 %)JBoss
327 (5.806 %)Zend
425 (5.376 %)Oracle
511 (2.366 %)ATG
68 (1.720 %)IBM
68 (1.720 %)Google
74 (0.860 %)Adobe
74 (0.860 %)Citrix
83 (0.645 %)JD Edwards
83 (0.645 %)TIBCO
83 (0.645 %)Algorithmics
92 (0.430 %)Apple
92 (0.430 %)Perforce
92 (0.430 %)VMware
92 (0.430 %)hybris
101 (0.215 %)Yahoo!
101 (0.215 %)Sun
101 (0.215 %)Nortel
101 (0.215 %)Vignette