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 Essex 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 Essex region.

 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank151387
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Up+74
Matching permanent IT job ads7514237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex11.09 %13.56 %1.693 %
As % of the Application Development category28.85 %32.49 %3.416 %
Salaries quoted6614231
Average salary£35,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£25,000£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,250£37,500£39,750
UK excluding London average salary£33,000£32,500£32,000
% change year-on-year
+1.530 %+1.560 %
Essex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2604371083
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex38.46 %41.74 %49.57 %
Salaries quoted215408971
Average salary£37,500£32,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38 %-7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£60,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
AJAX East of EnglandAJAX
East of England

AJAX
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex AJAX Salary Trend

AJAX
Salary Histogram

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

Essex 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 Essex 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
ColchesterDown-525£35,000+10.23 %
ChelmsfordUp+113£40,000-11.11 %
HockleyNew entry-3£35,000-
Southend-on-SeaUp+52£28,000-25.33 %
RayleighNew entry-2£26,500-
HarlowDown-41£22,000+2.32 %
BraintreeNew entry-1£35,000-
AJAX East of EnglandAJAX
East of England

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

1105 (90.52 %).NET
296 (82.76 %)C#
388 (75.86 %)HTML
483 (71.55 %)ASP.NET
579 (68.10 %)JavaScript
677 (66.38 %)SQL Server
774 (63.79 %)CSS
851 (43.97 %)Web Services
939 (33.62 %)Visual Studio
1034 (29.31 %)Advertising
1034 (29.31 %)MS Visio
1034 (29.31 %)Team Foundation Server
1123 (19.83 %)OO
1222 (18.97 %)E-Commerce
1319 (16.38 %)VB.NET
1319 (16.38 %)Web Development
1418 (15.52 %)Marketing
1418 (15.52 %)SQL
1418 (15.52 %)MVC
1516 (13.79 %)PHP
1516 (13.79 %)SQL Server 2005
1516 (13.79 %)Online Marketing
1614 (12.07 %)jQuery
1614 (12.07 %)TDD
1614 (12.07 %)XML
1614 (12.07 %)Adobe
1713 (11.21 %)Fireworks
1713 (11.21 %)IIS
1713 (11.21 %)Java
1713 (11.21 %)MySQL

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1105 (90.52 %).NET
288 (75.86 %)HTML
383 (71.55 %)ASP.NET
474 (63.79 %)CSS
551 (43.97 %)Web Services
614 (12.07 %)XML
614 (12.07 %)jQuery
713 (11.21 %)WCF
713 (11.21 %)WPF
812 (10.34 %)ASP
96 (5.172 %)Flash
105 (4.310 %)XHTML
113 (2.586 %)Spring
122 (1.724 %)XHR
122 (1.724 %)Windows SharePoint Services
122 (1.724 %)script.aculo.us
122 (1.724 %)J2EE
131 (0.862 %)XSLT
131 (0.862 %)Swing
131 (0.862 %)Zend Framework
Essex IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (11.21 %)IIS
22 (1.724 %)SharePoint
22 (1.724 %)Joomla!
31 (0.862 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (0.862 %)Drupal
31 (0.862 %)ExpressionEngine
31 (0.862 %)CMS
31 (0.862 %)Apache
Essex IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
134 (29.31 %)MS Visio
213 (11.21 %)Fireworks
35 (4.310 %)Photoshop
43 (2.586 %)Adobe Illustrator
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (6.897 %)Asterisk PBX
26 (5.172 %)SMS
35 (4.310 %)Internet
42 (1.724 %)HTTP
42 (1.724 %)SSL
51 (0.862 %)Extranet
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
177 (66.38 %)SQL Server
216 (13.79 %)SQL Server 2005
313 (11.21 %)MySQL
43 (2.586 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (0.862 %)RDBMS
51 (0.862 %)PostgreSQL
Essex IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
139 (33.62 %)Visual Studio
234 (29.31 %)Team Foundation Server
33 (2.586 %)Subversion
41 (0.862 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.862 %)NUnit
Essex IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
134 (29.31 %)Advertising
218 (15.52 %)Marketing
311 (9.483 %)Graphic Design
43 (2.586 %)Games
43 (2.586 %)Construction
52 (1.724 %)Retail
Essex IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1110 (94.83 %)Developer
232 (27.59 %)Web Developer
324 (20.69 %).NET Developer
423 (19.83 %)Senior Developer
511 (9.483 %)C# Developer
69 (7.759 %)Designer
78 (6.897 %)Senior Web Developer
78 (6.897 %)Software Developer
87 (6.034 %)Senior C# Developer
87 (6.034 %)Senior .NET Developer
96 (5.172 %)PHP Developer
96 (5.172 %)Web Designer
104 (3.448 %)Senior Software Developer
113 (2.586 %)Senior Designer
113 (2.586 %)Digital Designer
122 (1.724 %)SQL Developer
122 (1.724 %)ASP.NET Developer
122 (1.724 %)Applications Developer
122 (1.724 %)Development Manager
122 (1.724 %)Web Applications Developer
Essex IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (5.172 %)Blackberry
24 (3.448 %)Web 2.0
32 (1.724 %)Open Source
32 (1.724 %)W3C
41 (0.862 %)Chip and PIN
41 (0.862 %)Tandem
41 (0.862 %)Computer Science
Essex IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (10.34 %)Linux
22 (1.724 %)Windows
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (19.83 %)OO
222 (18.97 %)E-Commerce
319 (16.38 %)Web Development
418 (15.52 %)MVC
516 (13.79 %)Online Marketing
614 (12.07 %)TDD
713 (11.21 %)Scrum
713 (11.21 %)Extreme Programming
812 (10.34 %)Business Intelligence
96 (5.172 %)Pay per click
104 (3.448 %)Direct Marketing
104 (3.448 %)OOP
113 (2.586 %)Web Design
122 (1.724 %)Agile Software Development
122 (1.724 %)Workflow Management
122 (1.724 %)Workflow
122 (1.724 %)Migration
122 (1.724 %)Project Planning
131 (0.862 %)OOD
131 (0.862 %)CRM
Essex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
196 (82.76 %)C#
279 (68.10 %)JavaScript
319 (16.38 %)VB.NET
418 (15.52 %)SQL
516 (13.79 %)PHP
613 (11.21 %)Java
76 (5.172 %)VB
83 (2.586 %)PHP5
92 (1.724 %)VBScript
101 (0.862 %)C
101 (0.862 %)ActionScript
101 (0.862 %)Shell Script
Essex IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (9.483 %)MCP
111 (9.483 %)MCAD
111 (9.483 %)MCSD
111 (9.483 %)Microsoft Certification
111 (9.483 %)MCTS
23 (2.586 %)Degree
Essex IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.862 %)Plesk
Essex IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (12.07 %)Adobe
211 (9.483 %)Microsoft
32 (1.724 %)Zend
41 (0.862 %)Oracle
41 (0.862 %)Google