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The table below looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AJAX over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5290
Rank change on same period last yearUp+38
Matching permanent IT job ads14098
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.043 %
As % of the category below11.31 %6.644 %
Salaries quoted11972
Average minimum salary£40,602£41,507
Average salary£45,168£46,399
% change on same period last year-2.65 %
Average maximum salary£49,734£51,292
UK excluding London average salary£34,769£33,446
% change on same period last year+3.95 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads12381475
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.713 %0.644 %
Salaries quoted10701264
Average minimum salary£37,852£36,163
Average salary£41,702£39,866
% change on same period last year+4.60 %
Average maximum salary£45,552£43,568
UK excluding London average salary£35,959£36,645
% change on same period last year-1.87 %
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire AJAX Salary Trend

AJAX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AJAX across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St AlbansUp+1013£44,375+51.85 %
RoystonUp+1012£36,500+4.28 %
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-10£34,722-
WatfordDown-117£35,643-21.80 %
StevenageNew entry-4£34,000-
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-2£38,750-
BaldockNew entry-2£34,000-
HertfordNew entry-1£37,500-
LetchworthNew entry-1£34,000-
WelwynNew entry-1£62,500-
AJAX East of EnglandAJAX
East of England

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1205 (73.21 %).NET
2187 (66.79 %)XML
3181 (64.64 %)ASP.NET
4150 (53.57 %)C#
5130 (46.43 %)HTML
6124 (44.29 %)JavaScript
795 (33.93 %)XSLT
887 (31.07 %)CSS
985 (30.36 %)OO
1083 (29.64 %)ASP
1179 (28.21 %)Degree
1278 (27.86 %)Web Development
1374 (26.43 %)SQL
1471 (25.36 %)SQL Server
1566 (23.57 %)PHP
1662 (22.14 %)Java
1756 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
1756 (20.00 %)Scrum
1853 (18.93 %)HTTP
1952 (18.57 %)VB.NET
1952 (18.57 %)WebServices
2051 (18.21 %)VSS/SourceSafe
2051 (18.21 %)Retail
2149 (17.50 %)XHTML
2247 (16.79 %)DOM
2343 (15.36 %)IIS
2343 (15.36 %)TCP/IP
2442 (15.00 %)JSP
2539 (13.93 %)Web 2.0
2638 (13.57 %)E-Commerce

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1205 (73.21 %).NET
2187 (66.79 %)XML
3181 (64.64 %)ASP.NET
4130 (46.43 %)HTML
595 (33.93 %)XSLT
687 (31.07 %)CSS
783 (29.64 %)ASP
852 (18.57 %)WebServices
949 (17.50 %)XHTML
1047 (16.79 %)DOM
1142 (15.00 %)JSP
1234 (12.14 %)LAMP
1330 (10.71 %)J2EE
1428 (10.00 %).NET Framework
1520 (7.143 %)Ruby on Rails
1619 (6.786 %)ADO.NET
1715 (5.357 %)JSTL
1715 (5.357 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1811 (3.929 %)WSDL
1910 (3.571 %)Spring
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
156 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
243 (15.36 %)IIS
324 (8.571 %)CMS
418 (6.429 %)Apache
58 (2.857 %)SharePoint Server 2007
65 (1.786 %)MQSeries
73 (1.071 %)SharePoint
73 (1.071 %)WebLogic
82 (0.714 %)SharePoint Portal Server
82 (0.714 %)Tomcat
82 (0.714 %)JBoss
91 (0.357 %)WebLogic Portal
91 (0.357 %)ESB
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (3.214 %)Photoshop
24 (1.429 %)MS Excel
33 (1.071 %)Fireworks
33 (1.071 %)MATLAB
41 (0.357 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (0.357 %)InfoPath
41 (0.357 %)MS Visio
41 (0.357 %)MS Project
41 (0.357 %)MS Office
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
153 (18.93 %)HTTP
243 (15.36 %)TCP/IP
331 (11.07 %)Internet
427 (9.643 %)SMTP
517 (6.071 %)FTP
69 (3.214 %)HTTPS
74 (1.429 %)Firewall
82 (0.714 %)Intranet
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
171 (25.36 %)SQL Server
238 (13.57 %)MySQL
330 (10.71 %)SQL Server Integration Services
46 (2.143 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (1.786 %)DB2
64 (1.429 %)PostgreSQL
72 (0.714 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (0.714 %)Text Mining
72 (0.714 %)Crystal Reports
72 (0.714 %)DTS
72 (0.714 %)Data Mining
81 (0.357 %)RDBMS
81 (0.357 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.357 %)MS Access
81 (0.357 %)OLAP
81 (0.357 %)SQLPlus
81 (0.357 %)GIS
81 (0.357 %)Firebird
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
151 (18.21 %)VSS/SourceSafe
232 (11.43 %)ClearCase
232 (11.43 %)Bugzilla
327 (9.643 %)Visual Studio
48 (2.857 %)Eclipse
56 (2.143 %)Dreamweaver
56 (2.143 %)JUnit
65 (1.786 %)Flash
74 (1.429 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
83 (1.071 %)Subversion
92 (0.714 %)Log4j
92 (0.714 %)JDeveloper
92 (0.714 %)JBuilder
101 (0.357 %)Ant
101 (0.357 %)IntelliJ
101 (0.357 %)XDoclet
101 (0.357 %)JIRA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
151 (18.21 %)Retail
222 (7.857 %)Pensions
320 (7.143 %)Health
416 (5.714 %)Education
511 (3.929 %)Finance
66 (2.143 %)Financial Institution
66 (2.143 %)Games
75 (1.786 %)Marketing
75 (1.786 %)FMCG
83 (1.071 %)Manufacturing
92 (0.714 %)Publishing
92 (0.714 %)Front Office
92 (0.714 %)Automotive
101 (0.357 %)Telecoms
101 (0.357 %)Government
101 (0.357 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.357 %)Multimedia
101 (0.357 %)Insurance
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1120 (42.86 %)Developer
271 (25.36 %)Development Manager
340 (14.29 %)Architect
436 (12.86 %).NET Developer
532 (11.43 %)Web Manager
631 (11.07 %)Web Developer
729 (10.36 %)Web Development Manager
821 (7.500 %)Team Leader
920 (7.143 %)Development Team Leader
1018 (6.429 %)Java Developer
1116 (5.714 %)Senior Developer
1116 (5.714 %).NET Team Leader
1211 (3.929 %)UI Developer
1310 (3.571 %)Software Team Leader
1310 (3.571 %)Solutions Designer
149 (3.214 %)Junior
149 (3.214 %)Software Manager
158 (2.857 %)GUI Designer
158 (2.857 %)Solutions Architect
158 (2.857 %)PHP Developer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
139 (13.93 %)Web 2.0
25 (1.786 %)Computer Science
34 (1.429 %)W3C
34 (1.429 %)Mainframe
43 (1.071 %)Statistics
43 (1.071 %)N-Tier
52 (0.714 %)Speech Recognition
52 (0.714 %)Mathematics
52 (0.714 %)BBC
61 (0.357 %)Streaming Video
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (12.50 %)UNIX
223 (8.214 %)Linux
318 (6.429 %)Windows
42 (0.714 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.357 %)HPUX
51 (0.357 %)Solaris
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
185 (30.36 %)OO
278 (27.86 %)Web Development
356 (20.00 %)Scrum
438 (13.57 %)E-Commerce
528 (10.00 %)RAD
617 (6.071 %)UML
617 (6.071 %)B2B
716 (5.714 %)Agile Software Development
814 (5.000 %)Web Design
96 (2.143 %)SEO
96 (2.143 %)Project Management
96 (2.143 %)Content Management
96 (2.143 %)PRINCE2
105 (1.786 %)OOD
105 (1.786 %)SOA
114 (1.429 %)Data Modelling
114 (1.429 %)CRM
123 (1.071 %)OOP
123 (1.071 %)Process Management
123 (1.071 %)Release Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1150 (53.57 %)C#
2124 (44.29 %)JavaScript
374 (26.43 %)SQL
466 (23.57 %)PHP
562 (22.14 %)Java
652 (18.57 %)VB.NET
726 (9.286 %)VB
824 (8.571 %)C++
922 (7.857 %)DHTML
1020 (7.143 %)Ruby
1116 (5.714 %)Python
1212 (4.286 %)PHP4
1311 (3.929 %)PHP5
148 (2.857 %)Transact-SQL
148 (2.857 %)VBScript
157 (2.500 %)XPath
165 (1.786 %)Perl
172 (0.714 %)VC++
181 (0.357 %)PL/SQL
181 (0.357 %)C
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
179 (28.21 %)Degree
23 (1.071 %)MBA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.714 %)HL7
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
129 (10.36 %)Microsoft
214 (5.000 %)telerik
311 (3.929 %)Oracle
45 (1.786 %)IBM
54 (1.429 %)Blue Martini
54 (1.429 %)Macromedia
63 (1.071 %)Interwoven
63 (1.071 %)BEA
63 (1.071 %)Tridion
63 (1.071 %)ATG
72 (0.714 %)Quark
72 (0.714 %)SAP
81 (0.357 %)Adobe
81 (0.357 %)Serena
81 (0.357 %)Google