The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 54 39 61
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +22
Permanent jobs citing Ajax 12 12 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 2.098% 2.797% 1.761%
As % of the Application Development category 4.959% 7.059% 3.704%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 10
Average salary £34,181 £30,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.06% -27.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,250 £25,000 £34,250
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £42,500 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Application Development
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
242 170 270
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 42.31% 39.63% 47.54%
Number of salaries quoted 221 154 249
Average salary £35,000 £30,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.75% -23.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,600 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ajax
South Wales

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff Ajax Jobs Demand Trend

Ajax
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ajax across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff Ajax Salary Trend

Ajax
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ajax across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cardiff Ajax Salary Histogram

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

1 23 (74.19%) JavaScript
2 16 (51.61%) CSS
3 15 (48.39%) Java
4 13 (41.94%) C#
4 13 (41.94%) .NET
4 13 (41.94%) Web Services
4 13 (41.94%) Spring
5 12 (38.71%) XML
5 12 (38.71%) Apache
5 12 (38.71%) HTML
6 11 (35.48%) SQL
6 11 (35.48%) ASP.NET
6 11 (35.48%) Maven
7 9 (29.03%) SQL Server
8 8 (25.81%) J2EE
8 8 (25.81%) OO
8 8 (25.81%) Android
9 7 (22.58%) jQuery
9 7 (22.58%) Hibernate
9 7 (22.58%) BEA
9 7 (22.58%) PL/SQL
9 7 (22.58%) WebLogic
9 7 (22.58%) UNIX
10 6 (19.35%) Servlets
10 6 (19.35%) Oracle
10 6 (19.35%) Staffware
10 6 (19.35%) Identity Management
10 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
10 6 (19.35%) Spring Web Flow
10 6 (19.35%) JSF

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Application Development
1 16 (51.61%) CSS
2 13 (41.94%) .NET
2 13 (41.94%) Web Services
2 13 (41.94%) Spring
3 12 (38.71%) XML
3 12 (38.71%) HTML
4 11 (35.48%) ASP.NET
5 8 (25.81%) J2EE
6 7 (22.58%) jQuery
6 7 (22.58%) Hibernate
7 6 (19.35%) Servlets
7 6 (19.35%) Spring Web Flow
7 6 (19.35%) JSF
7 6 (19.35%) Spring Integration
8 5 (16.13%) Java EE
9 2 (6.452%) XHTML
9 2 (6.452%) Node.js
10 1 (3.226%) .NET Framework
10 1 (3.226%) Lucene
10 1 (3.226%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 12 (38.71%) Apache
2 7 (22.58%) WebLogic
3 6 (19.35%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (16.13%) Tomcat
5 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
6 2 (6.452%) IIS
6 2 (6.452%) ColdFusion
6 2 (6.452%) CMS
7 1 (3.226%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (3.226%) Apache Solr
7 1 (3.226%) Windows Azure
7 1 (3.226%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Staffware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (29.03%) SQL Server
2 5 (16.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (16.13%) TOAD
3 1 (3.226%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (35.48%) Maven
2 6 (19.35%) Subversion
3 5 (16.13%) Eclipse
3 5 (16.13%) Ant
3 5 (16.13%) JUnit
4 4 (12.90%) Concordion
4 4 (12.90%) Jenkins
5 3 (9.677%) Visual Studio
6 1 (3.226%) Git (software)
6 1 (3.226%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (3.226%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 29 (93.55%) Developer
2 13 (41.94%) Java Developer
3 10 (32.26%) Senior Developer
4 8 (25.81%) .NET Developer
5 5 (16.13%) C# .NET Developer
5 5 (16.13%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
5 5 (16.13%) Senior C# Developer
5 5 (16.13%) Senior Java Developer
5 5 (16.13%) Senior .NET Developer
5 5 (16.13%) Senior VB Developer
5 5 (16.13%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 5 (16.13%) C# Developer
5 5 (16.13%) VB Developer
5 5 (16.13%) ASP.NET Developer
5 5 (16.13%) Web Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Development Manager
6 2 (6.452%) Software Development Manager
6 2 (6.452%) J2EE Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
1 6 (19.35%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (16.13%) iPhone
2 5 (16.13%) N-Tier
3 2 (6.452%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (6.452%) Web 2.0
4 1 (3.226%) SCORM
4 1 (3.226%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Android
2 7 (22.58%) UNIX
3 3 (9.677%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.226%) Windows 8
4 1 (3.226%) Windows Phone 8
4 1 (3.226%) Windows Phone
4 1 (3.226%) Windows
4 1 (3.226%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) OO
2 6 (19.35%) Identity Management
3 5 (16.13%) Integration Testing
3 5 (16.13%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (16.13%) Migration
4 4 (12.90%) Scrum
5 3 (9.677%) E-Commerce
6 2 (6.452%) OOP
6 2 (6.452%) Project Management
6 2 (6.452%) MVC
6 2 (6.452%) SEO
6 2 (6.452%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.452%) Analytics
6 2 (6.452%) Unit Testing
7 1 (3.226%) Web Development
7 1 (3.226%) TDD
7 1 (3.226%) OOD
7 1 (3.226%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 23 (74.19%) JavaScript
2 15 (48.39%) Java
3 13 (41.94%) C#
4 11 (35.48%) SQL
5 7 (22.58%) PL/SQL
6 5 (16.13%) VB
7 4 (12.90%) VB.NET
7 4 (12.90%) C++
8 3 (9.677%) PHP
9 2 (6.452%) Perl
9 2 (6.452%) C
9 2 (6.452%) T-SQL
9 2 (6.452%) Python
9 2 (6.452%) Ruby
10 1 (3.226%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 2 (6.452%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.452%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) BEA
2 6 (19.35%) Oracle
3 2 (6.452%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.226%) Zend
4 1 (3.226%) Sitecore