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The first part of the 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 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 Cardiff region.

 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank53457
Rank change year-on-year
Up+29Up+23
Matching permanent IT job ads7067
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff22.80 %1.987 %1.023 %
As % of the Application Development category40.70 %5.660 %3.030 %
Salaries quoted6857
Average salary£32,500£30,000£25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %+20.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£30,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£30,600£31,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,000£32,500£32,000
% change year-on-year
+1.530 %+1.560 %
Cardiff IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
172106231
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff56.03 %35.10 %33.77 %
Salaries quoted16892221
Average salary£31,500£30,000£30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-1.630 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£22,500£22,300
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£37,574£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
AJAX South WalesAJAX
South Wales

AJAX
Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff AJAX Salary Trend

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

189 (83.18 %)JavaScript
278 (72.90 %)CSS
373 (68.22 %)PHP
464 (59.81 %)HTML
464 (59.81 %)XHTML
563 (58.88 %)Zend
652 (48.60 %)PHP5
747 (43.93 %)MySQL
842 (39.25 %)Zend Framework
941 (38.32 %)Linux
1040 (37.38 %)MVC
1138 (35.51 %)Apache
1232 (29.91 %)OO
1232 (29.91 %).NET
1232 (29.91 %)LAMP
1331 (28.97 %)ASP.NET
1430 (28.04 %)C#
1527 (25.23 %)SQL Server
1527 (25.23 %)XML
1625 (23.36 %)Visual Studio
1722 (20.56 %)Web Services
1722 (20.56 %)jQuery
1818 (16.82 %)OOP
1818 (16.82 %)C
1917 (15.89 %)Subversion
2015 (14.02 %)DHTML
2114 (13.08 %)XSLT
2114 (13.08 %)N-Tier
2114 (13.08 %)ASP.NET 2.0
2114 (13.08 %)SQL Server 2008

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Cardiff IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
178 (72.90 %)CSS
264 (59.81 %)HTML
264 (59.81 %)XHTML
342 (39.25 %)Zend Framework
432 (29.91 %)LAMP
432 (29.91 %).NET
531 (28.97 %)ASP.NET
627 (25.23 %)XML
722 (20.56 %)jQuery
722 (20.56 %)Web Services
815 (14.02 %)DHTML
914 (13.08 %)ASP.NET 2.0
914 (13.08 %)XSLT
103 (2.804 %)SOAP
112 (1.869 %)ADO.NET
121 (0.935 %)J2EE
121 (0.935 %)WinForms
Cardiff IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
138 (35.51 %)Apache
29 (8.411 %)CMS
29 (8.411 %)IIS
32 (1.869 %)Umbraco
Cardiff IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (1.869 %)Photoshop
12 (1.869 %)MS Excel
12 (1.869 %)Fireworks
Cardiff IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (6.542 %)SSH
21 (0.935 %)Internet
21 (0.935 %)Firewall
Cardiff IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
147 (43.93 %)MySQL
227 (25.23 %)SQL Server
314 (13.08 %)SQL Server 2005
314 (13.08 %)SQL Server 2008
Cardiff IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
125 (23.36 %)Visual Studio
217 (15.89 %)Subversion
38 (7.477 %)VSS/SourceSafe
47 (6.542 %)Eclipse
52 (1.869 %)Team Foundation Server
Cardiff IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (5.607 %)Pensions
23 (2.804 %)Health
Cardiff IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
194 (87.85 %)Developer
257 (53.27 %)PHP Developer
322 (20.56 %).NET Developer
419 (17.76 %)LAMP Developer
511 (10.28 %)Software Engineer
69 (8.411 %)Senior Developer
77 (6.542 %)Web Developer
77 (6.542 %)Senior PHP Developer
84 (3.738 %)Designer
84 (3.738 %)Applications Developer
84 (3.738 %)Web Designer
93 (2.804 %)C# Developer
93 (2.804 %)Java Developer
102 (1.869 %)Senior .NET Developer
102 (1.869 %)UI Developer
102 (1.869 %)Front-End Developer
102 (1.869 %)ASP.NET Developer
102 (1.869 %)C# Web Developer
102 (1.869 %)Linux Engineer
102 (1.869 %).NET Applications Developer
Cardiff IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
114 (13.08 %)N-Tier
29 (8.411 %)W3C
32 (1.869 %)Web 2.0
41 (0.935 %)Open Source
41 (0.935 %)Management Information System
Cardiff IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
141 (38.32 %)Linux
22 (1.869 %)Embedded Linux
31 (0.935 %)Windows
Cardiff IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
140 (37.38 %)MVC
232 (29.91 %)OO
318 (16.82 %)OOP
410 (9.346 %)E-Commerce
410 (9.346 %)Web Development
58 (7.477 %)Web Design
58 (7.477 %)Agile Software Development
67 (6.542 %)Extreme Programming
73 (2.804 %)B2B
73 (2.804 %)B2C
82 (1.869 %)E-business
82 (1.869 %)Validation
82 (1.869 %)Software Architecture
91 (0.935 %)Information Architecture
91 (0.935 %)SEO
91 (0.935 %)Web Services Management
Cardiff IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
189 (83.18 %)JavaScript
273 (68.22 %)PHP
352 (48.60 %)PHP5
430 (28.04 %)C#
518 (16.82 %)C
612 (11.21 %)VB.NET
612 (11.21 %)T-SQL
711 (10.28 %)SQL
85 (4.673 %)C++
85 (4.673 %)Java
94 (3.738 %)VBA
94 (3.738 %)PHP4
103 (2.804 %)Perl
112 (1.869 %)VB
112 (1.869 %)Ruby
112 (1.869 %)Python
121 (0.935 %)VB6
Cardiff IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (1.869 %)Degree
Cardiff IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.935 %)MSMQ
Cardiff IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
163 (58.88 %)Zend
28 (7.477 %)Adobe