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The table below looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills within the North West 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank50130
Rank change on same period last yearUp+80
Matching permanent IT job ads407168
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.225 %0.070 %
As % of the category below11.15 %3.618 %
Salaries quoted347142
Average minimum salary£27,514£27,906
Average salary£29,902£31,406
% change on same period last year-4.78 %
Average maximum salary£32,290£34,906
UK excluding London average salary£34,842£33,615
% change on same period last year+3.65 %
North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads36494643
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.019 %1.947 %
Salaries quoted31523922
Average minimum salary£29,007£31,439
Average salary£31,954£34,554
% change on same period last year-7.52 %
Average maximum salary£34,901£37,669
UK excluding London average salary£35,934£36,795
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
AJAX EnglandAJAX
England

AJAX
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West AJAX Salary Trend

AJAX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AJAX across the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
ManchesterUp+101203£29,031-17.42 %
CheshireUp+46139£30,441+2.64 %
MerseysideUp+1632£30,550+7.02 %
LancashireDown-527£29,405-2.17 %
CumbriaDown-17£26,000-20.00 %
AJAX EnglandAJAX
England

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1623 (73.90 %).NET
2540 (64.06 %)ASP.NET
3507 (60.14 %)JavaScript
4468 (55.52 %)C#
5423 (50.18 %)CSS
6414 (49.11 %)SQL Server
7387 (45.91 %)XML
8356 (42.23 %)HTML
9297 (35.23 %)SQL
10219 (25.98 %)WebServices
11209 (24.79 %)XHTML
12178 (21.12 %)VB.NET
13148 (17.56 %)Microsoft
14147 (17.44 %)PHP
15146 (17.32 %)Web Development
16141 (16.73 %)SQL Server 2005
17139 (16.49 %)OO
18135 (16.01 %)ASP
19129 (15.30 %)SQL Server 2000
20128 (15.18 %)DHTML
21123 (14.59 %)MySQL
22121 (14.35 %)Java
2394 (11.15 %)XSLT
2493 (11.03 %)VB
2592 (10.91 %)Transact-SQL
2684 (9.964 %)Oracle
2684 (9.964 %)Internet
2780 (9.490 %)E-Commerce
2866 (7.829 %)Linux
2965 (7.711 %).NET Framework

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1623 (73.90 %).NET
2540 (64.06 %)ASP.NET
3423 (50.18 %)CSS
4387 (45.91 %)XML
5356 (42.23 %)HTML
6219 (25.98 %)WebServices
7209 (24.79 %)XHTML
8135 (16.01 %)ASP
994 (11.15 %)XSLT
1065 (7.711 %).NET Framework
1151 (6.050 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1247 (5.575 %)Spring
1342 (4.982 %)Silverlight
1342 (4.982 %)J2EE
1439 (4.626 %)SOAP
1538 (4.508 %)Hibernate
1636 (4.270 %)WPF
1727 (3.203 %)XSL
1823 (2.728 %)JSP
1823 (2.728 %)Adobe Flex
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
157 (6.762 %)CMS
255 (6.524 %)IIS
343 (5.101 %)SharePoint
441 (4.864 %)Apache
518 (2.135 %)MTS
616 (1.898 %)Lotus Domino
715 (1.779 %)Lotus Notes
813 (1.542 %)Tomcat
910 (1.186 %)BizTalk Server
910 (1.186 %)SharePoint Server 2007
109 (1.068 %)JBoss
116 (0.712 %)ColdFusion
124 (0.474 %)ColdFusion MX
124 (0.474 %)WebLogic
124 (0.474 %)Oracle 9iAS
132 (0.237 %)Zope
132 (0.237 %)Plone
132 (0.237 %)Oracle Application Server
132 (0.237 %)Umbraco
141 (0.119 %)Community Server
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
145 (5.338 %)MS Excel
238 (4.508 %)Photoshop
322 (2.610 %)Adobe Illustrator
414 (1.661 %)Fireworks
513 (1.542 %)MS Visio
66 (0.712 %)MS Office
75 (0.593 %)ImageReady
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.237 %)Oracle Applications
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
184 (9.964 %)Internet
216 (1.898 %)Intranet
310 (1.186 %)FTP
48 (0.949 %)HTTP
53 (0.356 %)LDAP
53 (0.356 %)Extranet
61 (0.119 %)SMS
61 (0.119 %)POP3
61 (0.119 %)SMTP
61 (0.119 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.119 %)DNS
61 (0.119 %)SSL
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1414 (49.11 %)SQL Server
2141 (16.73 %)SQL Server 2005
3129 (15.30 %)SQL Server 2000
4123 (14.59 %)MySQL
556 (6.643 %)Crystal Reports
644 (5.219 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
717 (2.017 %)SQL Server 2008
816 (1.898 %)PostgreSQL
910 (1.186 %)Oracle Reports
109 (1.068 %)Oracle 9i
109 (1.068 %)RDBMS
117 (0.830 %)MS Access
126 (0.712 %)Oracle 10g
135 (0.593 %)DTS
143 (0.356 %)Datawarehouse
143 (0.356 %)DB2
152 (0.237 %)SQL Server Integration Services
161 (0.119 %)Oracle 8/8i
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
155 (6.524 %)Flash
246 (5.457 %)Visual Studio
320 (2.372 %)Subversion
418 (2.135 %)Dreamweaver
512 (1.423 %)NUnit
67 (0.830 %)JIRA
76 (0.712 %)Oracle APEX
76 (0.712 %)Eclipse
76 (0.712 %)Oracle Forms
85 (0.593 %)Ant
92 (0.237 %)VSS/SourceSafe
92 (0.237 %)Visual Studio Team System
101 (0.119 %)FrontPage
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
142 (4.982 %)Marketing
237 (4.389 %)Education
336 (4.270 %)Finance
336 (4.270 %)Pensions
427 (3.203 %)Advertising
525 (2.966 %)Health
622 (2.610 %)Retail
719 (2.254 %)Telecoms
719 (2.254 %)Banking
86 (0.712 %)Back Office
95 (0.593 %)Government
95 (0.593 %)Legal
95 (0.593 %)Graphic Design
104 (0.474 %)Interactive Media
104 (0.474 %)Multimedia
113 (0.356 %)Insurance
113 (0.356 %)Law
122 (0.237 %)Automotive
122 (0.237 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.237 %)Games
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1680 (80.66 %)Developer
2256 (30.37 %)Web Developer
3230 (27.28 %).NET Developer
4189 (22.42 %)C# Developer
5166 (19.69 %)ASP.NET Developer
6135 (16.01 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
799 (11.74 %)PHP Developer
863 (7.473 %)Software Developer
960 (7.117 %)C# Web Developer
1059 (6.999 %)Senior Developer
1152 (6.168 %).NET Web Developer
1251 (6.050 %)PHP Web Developer
1343 (5.101 %)Programmer
1441 (4.864 %)Applications Developer
1540 (4.745 %)Architect
1540 (4.745 %)Analyst
1540 (4.745 %)VB.NET Developer
1638 (4.508 %)Java Developer
1735 (4.152 %)Web Applications Developer
1735 (4.152 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
162 (7.355 %)W3C
223 (2.728 %)Client/Server
315 (1.779 %)Web 2.0
413 (1.542 %)Tandem
512 (1.423 %)Blackberry
611 (1.305 %)Artificial Intelligence
76 (0.712 %)PDA
76 (0.712 %)N-Tier
76 (0.712 %)Clustering
85 (0.593 %)Data Integration
85 (0.593 %)Computer Science
93 (0.356 %)Streaming Video
102 (0.237 %)Social Network
111 (0.119 %)Multithreading
111 (0.119 %)Statistics
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
166 (7.829 %)Linux
262 (7.355 %)Windows
334 (4.033 %)UNIX
42 (0.237 %)FreeBSD
51 (0.119 %)Windows Server 2003
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1146 (17.32 %)Web Development
2139 (16.49 %)OO
380 (9.490 %)E-Commerce
454 (6.406 %)OOA/OOD
540 (4.745 %)CRM
639 (4.626 %)Content Management
738 (4.508 %)OOP
837 (4.389 %)Agile Software Development
935 (4.152 %)SEO
1031 (3.677 %)UML
1123 (2.728 %)Business Intelligence
1221 (2.491 %)Project Management
1320 (2.372 %)Scrum
1418 (2.135 %)Migration
1418 (2.135 %)Unit Testing
1515 (1.779 %)Web Design
1515 (1.779 %)Business Analysis
1515 (1.779 %)OOD
1613 (1.542 %)Configuration Management
1710 (1.186 %)E-business
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1507 (60.14 %)JavaScript
2468 (55.52 %)C#
3297 (35.23 %)SQL
4178 (21.12 %)VB.NET
5147 (17.44 %)PHP
6128 (15.18 %)DHTML
7121 (14.35 %)Java
893 (11.03 %)VB
992 (10.91 %)Transact-SQL
1047 (5.575 %)PHP5
1129 (3.440 %)VB6
1223 (2.728 %)PHP4
1321 (2.491 %)ActionScript
1414 (1.661 %)LotusScript
1513 (1.542 %)C
1612 (1.423 %)Formula Language
1711 (1.305 %)C++
189 (1.068 %)Perl
198 (0.949 %)Python
198 (0.949 %)Ruby
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
160 (7.117 %)Degree
229 (3.440 %)Microsoft Certification
318 (2.135 %)MCSD
47 (0.830 %)HND
56 (0.712 %)MCTS
56 (0.712 %)MCPD
65 (0.593 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.119 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.119 %)ISEB
71 (0.119 %)MCP
71 (0.119 %)MCAD
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.068 %)QA
21 (0.119 %)WCAG
21 (0.119 %)WAI
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (0.474 %)Active Directory
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1148 (17.56 %)Microsoft
284 (9.964 %)Oracle
317 (2.017 %)Adobe
317 (2.017 %)Dundas
415 (1.779 %)Lotus
59 (1.068 %)IBM
65 (0.593 %)Tridion
65 (0.593 %)Macromedia
73 (0.356 %)Sun
73 (0.356 %)BEA
82 (0.237 %)Sybase
82 (0.237 %)Google
91 (0.119 %)Yahoo!
91 (0.119 %)Sitecore
91 (0.119 %)Novell