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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for AJAX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland region.

 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank345373
Rank change year-on-year
Up+19Up+20
Matching permanent IT job ads8065118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland4.296 %3.163 %2.217 %
As % of the Application Development category12.14 %8.333 %6.872 %
Salaries quoted524790
Average salary£31,000£30,000£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.330 %-3.220 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,550£25,000£24,900
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£37,900£58,200
UK excluding London average salary£33,000£32,500£32,000
% change year-on-year
+1.530 %+1.560 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6597801717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland35.39 %37.96 %32.26 %
Salaries quoted4125921136
Average salary£36,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.850 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
AJAX UKAJAX
UK

AJAX
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland AJAX Salary Trend

AJAX
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
GlasgowUp+1732£31,500-12.50 %
EdinburghDown-1724£35,000+40.00 %
DundeeUp+97--
FifeUp+25--
West LothianUp+174£30,000-3.22 %
StirlingUp+64£27,500-
AberdeenUp+161£40,000+3.89 %
AyrshireNew entry-1--
AJAX UKAJAX
UK

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1128 (74.42 %).NET
2117 (68.02 %)C#
3106 (61.63 %)SQL Server
497 (56.40 %)ASP.NET
596 (55.81 %)JavaScript
667 (38.95 %)XML
761 (35.47 %)SQL Server 2005
858 (33.72 %)Microsoft
955 (31.98 %)HTML
1049 (28.49 %)CSS
1147 (27.33 %)Degree
1240 (23.26 %)Visual Studio
1240 (23.26 %)VB
1338 (22.09 %)SQL
1431 (18.02 %)Web Services
1431 (18.02 %).NET Framework
1529 (16.86 %)Java
1628 (16.28 %)OO
1727 (15.70 %)SQL Server 2008
1826 (15.12 %)WCF
1923 (13.37 %)MS Excel
2022 (12.79 %)VB6
2121 (12.21 %)XHTML
2121 (12.21 %)VB.NET
2121 (12.21 %)MVC
2121 (12.21 %)TDD
2219 (11.05 %)NUnit
2219 (11.05 %)J2EE
2219 (11.05 %)ASP
2219 (11.05 %)NHibernate

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1128 (74.42 %).NET
297 (56.40 %)ASP.NET
367 (38.95 %)XML
455 (31.98 %)HTML
549 (28.49 %)CSS
631 (18.02 %)Web Services
631 (18.02 %).NET Framework
726 (15.12 %)WCF
821 (12.21 %)XHTML
919 (11.05 %)NHibernate
919 (11.05 %)ASP
919 (11.05 %)J2EE
1017 (9.884 %)MonoRail
1115 (8.721 %)ADO.NET
1213 (7.558 %)WPF
1213 (7.558 %)Silverlight
1213 (7.558 %)Adobe Flex
1312 (6.977 %)WinForms
149 (5.233 %)Flash
149 (5.233 %)jQuery
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (6.395 %)SharePoint
28 (4.651 %)CMS
34 (2.326 %)SharePoint Server 2007
43 (1.744 %)Tomcat
52 (1.163 %)Apache
52 (1.163 %)TeamSite
52 (1.163 %)Immediacy CMS
61 (0.581 %)Umbraco
61 (0.581 %)Joomla!
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (13.37 %)MS Excel
28 (4.651 %)MS Visio
28 (4.651 %)MS Office
34 (2.326 %)Photoshop
42 (1.163 %)Fireworks
Scotland IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.744 %)Google Analytics
22 (1.163 %)WebTrends
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (6.395 %)TCP/IP
23 (1.744 %)Internet
32 (1.163 %)SSL
32 (1.163 %)LDAP
32 (1.163 %)HTTP
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1106 (61.63 %)SQL Server
261 (35.47 %)SQL Server 2005
327 (15.70 %)SQL Server 2008
412 (6.977 %)MySQL
59 (5.233 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
68 (4.651 %)RDBMS
Scotland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
140 (23.26 %)Visual Studio
219 (11.05 %)NUnit
313 (7.558 %)Subversion
49 (5.233 %)InstallShield
55 (2.907 %)JIRA
55 (2.907 %)Git (software)
64 (2.326 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
64 (2.326 %)RSpec
64 (2.326 %)Oracle Forms
73 (1.744 %)VSS/SourceSafe
82 (1.163 %)ClearCase
82 (1.163 %)JUnit
82 (1.163 %)CruiseControl
82 (1.163 %)Selenium
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (4.070 %)Finance
24 (2.326 %)Retail
33 (1.744 %)Health
41 (0.581 %)Advertising
41 (0.581 %)Construction
41 (0.581 %)Pensions
41 (0.581 %)Music
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1137 (79.65 %)Developer
263 (36.63 %).NET Developer
331 (18.02 %)Web Developer
427 (15.70 %)Software Developer
521 (12.21 %)Software Engineer
620 (11.63 %)ASP.NET Developer
713 (7.558 %)Senior Developer
812 (6.977 %)C# Developer
910 (5.814 %).NET Web Developer
109 (5.233 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
118 (4.651 %)Applications Developer
127 (4.070 %)Junior
127 (4.070 %)Junior Developer
127 (4.070 %)PHP Developer
136 (3.488 %)Senior Web Developer
145 (2.907 %)C# Software Engineer
154 (2.326 %)Graduate
154 (2.326 %)Architect
154 (2.326 %)Web Applications Developer
163 (1.744 %)ActionScript Developer
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (7.558 %)Computer Science
26 (3.488 %)Mathematics
34 (2.326 %)Tandem
34 (2.326 %)Web 2.0
34 (2.326 %)Open Source
43 (1.744 %)RIA
51 (0.581 %)Visualisation
51 (0.581 %)Clustering
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (10.47 %)Windows
210 (5.814 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (4.070 %)Linux
42 (1.163 %)Windows 2000
42 (1.163 %)UNIX
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
128 (16.28 %)OO
221 (12.21 %)MVC
221 (12.21 %)TDD
318 (10.47 %)Scrum
416 (9.302 %)Web Development
515 (8.721 %)UML
614 (8.140 %)Workflow
713 (7.558 %)Document Management
811 (6.395 %)OOD
910 (5.814 %)OOP
910 (5.814 %)E-Commerce
910 (5.814 %)Software Architecture
109 (5.233 %)CRM
118 (4.651 %)Software Engineering
126 (3.488 %)Extreme Programming
134 (2.326 %)Agile Software Development
134 (2.326 %)Data Modelling
134 (2.326 %)Unit Testing
134 (2.326 %)Continuous Integration
143 (1.744 %)Web Analytics
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1117 (68.02 %)C#
296 (55.81 %)JavaScript
340 (23.26 %)VB
438 (22.09 %)SQL
529 (16.86 %)Java
622 (12.79 %)VB6
721 (12.21 %)VB.NET
814 (8.140 %)C++
911 (6.395 %)PHP
1010 (5.814 %)ActionScript
119 (5.233 %)T-SQL
119 (5.233 %)VBScript
126 (3.488 %)Ruby
135 (2.907 %)Python
135 (2.907 %)Perl
144 (2.326 %)PL/SQL
144 (2.326 %)VBA
153 (1.744 %)Pascal
162 (1.163 %)C
162 (1.163 %)XPath
Scotland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
147 (27.33 %)Degree
218 (10.47 %)Microsoft Certification
315 (8.721 %)MCTS
315 (8.721 %)MCP
315 (8.721 %)MCAD
315 (8.721 %)MCSD
47 (4.070 %)PhD
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.581 %)SLA
11 (0.581 %)QA
Scotland IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.163 %)Active Directory
12 (1.163 %)VMware Infrastructure
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
158 (33.72 %)Microsoft
210 (5.814 %)Oracle
33 (1.744 %)Google
42 (1.163 %)ATG
42 (1.163 %)VMware
51 (0.581 %)Sybase
51 (0.581 %)JBoss
51 (0.581 %)Adobe