The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ajax over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 47 28 22
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -6
Permanent jobs citing Ajax 10 39 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 1.908% 6.352% 7.652%
As % of the Application Development category 4.425% 14.77% 13.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9 35 35
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,400 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £40,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Application Development
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
226 264 335
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 43.13% 43.00% 58.26%
Number of salaries quoted 209 229 299
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £24,950 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ajax
South Yorkshire

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Ajax across the Sheffield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Sheffield Ajax Jobs Demand Trend

Ajax
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ajax across the Sheffield region.

Sheffield Ajax Salary Trend

Ajax
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ajax across the Sheffield region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Sheffield Ajax Salary Histogram

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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.

1 40 (93.02%) JavaScript
2 33 (76.74%) CSS
3 26 (60.47%) Java
4 23 (53.49%) HTML5
5 21 (48.84%) HTML
6 18 (41.86%) jQuery
7 16 (37.21%) .NET
7 16 (37.21%) OO
8 15 (34.88%) MVC
8 15 (34.88%) ASP.NET
9 14 (32.56%) OOP
10 13 (30.23%) JSON
11 12 (27.91%) Spring
11 12 (27.91%) Web Services
11 12 (27.91%) XML
11 12 (27.91%) XHTML
12 11 (25.58%) SQL Server
12 11 (25.58%) C#
12 11 (25.58%) YUI
12 11 (25.58%) CSS3
13 10 (23.26%) SQL
14 9 (20.93%) Degree
15 8 (18.60%) ASP
15 8 (18.60%) VB.NET
15 8 (18.60%) JSP
15 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
16 7 (16.28%) JUnit
16 7 (16.28%) PHP
16 7 (16.28%) Computer Science
17 6 (13.95%) Apache

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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.

Application Development
1 33 (76.74%) CSS
2 23 (53.49%) HTML5
3 21 (48.84%) HTML
4 18 (41.86%) jQuery
5 16 (37.21%) .NET
6 15 (34.88%) ASP.NET
7 13 (30.23%) JSON
8 12 (27.91%) Spring
8 12 (27.91%) Web Services
8 12 (27.91%) XML
8 12 (27.91%) XHTML
9 11 (25.58%) YUI
9 11 (25.58%) CSS3
10 8 (18.60%) ASP
10 8 (18.60%) JSP
11 5 (11.63%) J2EE
11 5 (11.63%) SOAP
11 5 (11.63%) Silverlight
11 5 (11.63%) ASP.NET MVC
12 4 (9.302%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 6 (13.95%) Apache
2 5 (11.63%) Tomcat
3 3 (6.977%) Umbraco
4 2 (4.651%) Orchard CMS
4 2 (4.651%) CMS
5 1 (2.326%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.326%) WebLogic
5 1 (2.326%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (2.326%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (4.651%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.326%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.326%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.302%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (25.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (11.63%) MySQL
2 5 (11.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (4.651%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.326%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.326%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (16.28%) JUnit
2 4 (9.302%) Maven
2 4 (9.302%) Eclipse
2 4 (9.302%) IntelliJ
2 4 (9.302%) NetBeans
3 3 (6.977%) Subversion
4 2 (4.651%) Selenium
5 1 (2.326%) JMeter
5 1 (2.326%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.326%) jMock
5 1 (2.326%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (2.326%) QUnit
General
1 2 (4.651%) Automotive
1 2 (4.651%) Publishing
2 1 (2.326%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 42 (97.67%) Developer
2 14 (32.56%) JavaScript Developer
3 13 (30.23%) Java Developer
4 12 (27.91%) Front-End Developer
4 12 (27.91%) .NET Developer
5 6 (13.95%) ASP.NET Developer
5 6 (13.95%) Web Developer
6 3 (6.977%) Senior Developer
6 3 (6.977%) Software Developer
6 3 (6.977%) C# Developer
6 3 (6.977%) .NET Web Developer
6 3 (6.977%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 3 (6.977%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (6.977%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
7 2 (4.651%) C# Application Developer
7 2 (4.651%) .NET Applications Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Graduate Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (4.651%) Graduate Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Computer Science
2 5 (11.63%) Web 2.0
3 1 (2.326%) E-Learning
3 1 (2.326%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.326%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.326%) Visualisation
3 1 (2.326%) Open Source
3 1 (2.326%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (2.326%) Semantic Web
3 1 (2.326%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.651%) Linux
2 1 (2.326%) UNIX
2 1 (2.326%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) OO
2 15 (34.88%) MVC
3 14 (32.56%) OOP
4 6 (13.95%) Scrum
5 5 (11.63%) Progressive Enhancement
5 5 (11.63%) Resource Management
6 3 (6.977%) Web Development
6 3 (6.977%) TDD
6 3 (6.977%) Unit Testing
7 2 (4.651%) Web Application Development
7 2 (4.651%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (4.651%) Data Management
8 1 (2.326%) HOOD
8 1 (2.326%) E-Commerce
8 1 (2.326%) UML
8 1 (2.326%) OOA/OOD
8 1 (2.326%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (93.02%) JavaScript
2 26 (60.47%) Java
3 11 (25.58%) C#
4 10 (23.26%) SQL
5 8 (18.60%) VB.NET
6 7 (16.28%) PHP
7 5 (11.63%) VB
8 1 (2.326%) ActionScript
8 1 (2.326%) C++
8 1 (2.326%) PHP5
8 1 (2.326%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Degree
2 2 (4.651%) SCJA
2 2 (4.651%) SCJP
3 1 (2.326%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.326%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.326%) ATG
2 1 (2.326%) JBoss
2 1 (2.326%) Oracle
2 1 (2.326%) Zend