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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank70147
Rank change on same period last yearUp+77
Matching permanent IT job ads56872953
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.772 %1.320 %
As % of the category below8.632 %4.135 %
Salaries quoted51072514
Average minimum salary£34,791£35,082
Average salary£38,353£38,648
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
Average maximum salary£41,916£42,215
UK excluding London average salary£33,898£33,838
% change on same period last year+0.17 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6588071417
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.11 %31.91 %
Salaries quoted5587158773
Average minimum salary£37,334£38,453
Average salary£41,047£42,292
% change on same period last year-2.94 %
Average maximum salary£44,760£46,131
UK excluding London average salary£36,011£36,651
% change on same period last year-1.74 %

AJAX
Demand Trend

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

AJAX Demand Trend

AJAX
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing AJAX across the UK.

AJAX Salary Trend

AJAX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AJAX across the UK over the past 3 months.

AJAX Salary Histogram

AJAX
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AJAX within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+785487£38,407-1.29 %
2LondonUp+632738£43,734+1.17 %
3South EastUp+921029£35,338-8.10 %
4City of LondonUp+53424£43,093-10.68 %
5North WestUp+94400£33,503+7.61 %
6South WestUp+46392£31,110-0.92 %
7East of EnglandUp+48350£36,151+11.10 %
8YorkshireUp+31271£31,198-2.67 %
9HampshireUp+91240£32,747+6.43 %
10SurreyUp+87223£36,088-24.25 %
11West MidlandsUp+15195£31,979+3.80 %
12BerkshireUp+23169£41,601+2.10 %
13ManchesterUp+58161£34,644+17.83 %
14ScotlandUp+82155£37,227+23.11 %
15West YorkshireUp+32154£31,231-6.12 %
16CheshireUp+77137£34,535-3.80 %
17CambridgeshireUp+2136£36,928+16.18 %
18LeedsUp+22129£31,597-3.98 %
19East MidlandsUp+44114£33,045+19.29 %
20OxfordshireUp+34105£31,469+7.38 %
21BristolUp+595£31,440-5.10 %
22South YorkshireUp+2389£30,782-0.04 %
23HertfordshireUp+4385£39,358+14.45 %
23CambridgeUp+2885£38,146+11.04 %
23BasingstokeUp+3285£34,806-
24DorsetUp+5283£28,691-1.54 %
25SheffieldUp+3779£31,058+3.72 %
26BuckinghamshireUp+1775£36,059+17.14 %
27ChesterUp+5170£36,136+33.83 %
28KentUp+2869£28,724-11.73 %

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing AJAX also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing AJAX.

16490 (62.54 %)JavaScript
25470 (52.71 %).NET
35349 (51.55 %)CSS
45056 (48.72 %)XML
54423 (42.62 %)HTML
64402 (42.42 %)ASP.NET
74010 (38.64 %)C#
83799 (36.61 %)SQL Server
93081 (29.69 %)SQL
102636 (25.40 %)Java
112356 (22.70 %)XHTML
122014 (19.41 %)PHP
131930 (18.60 %)WebServices
141738 (16.75 %)OO
151574 (15.17 %)SQL Server 2005
161544 (14.88 %)MySQL
171526 (14.71 %)Web Development
181471 (14.18 %)VB.NET
191397 (13.46 %)Finance
201386 (13.36 %)DHTML
211325 (12.77 %)Microsoft
221269 (12.23 %)J2EE
231250 (12.05 %)ASP
241237 (11.92 %)JSP
251209 (11.65 %)XSLT
261165 (11.23 %)Flash
271112 (10.72 %)E-Commerce
281107 (10.67 %)Internet
291076 (10.37 %)Linux
301031 (9.935 %)Oracle

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing AJAX also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing AJAX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
15470 (52.71 %).NET
25349 (51.55 %)CSS
35056 (48.72 %)XML
44423 (42.62 %)HTML
54402 (42.42 %)ASP.NET
62356 (22.70 %)XHTML
71930 (18.60 %)WebServices
81269 (12.23 %)J2EE
91250 (12.05 %)ASP
101237 (11.92 %)JSP
111209 (11.65 %)XSLT
12954 (9.193 %)Spring
13754 (7.266 %)Hibernate
14617 (5.946 %)SOAP
15571 (5.503 %).NET Framework
16542 (5.223 %)Servlets
17506 (4.876 %)DOM
18481 (4.635 %)LAMP
19414 (3.990 %)WCF
19414 (3.990 %)WPF
Application Platforms
1819 (7.892 %)Apache
2731 (7.044 %)IIS
3558 (5.377 %)CMS
4525 (5.059 %)SharePoint
5373 (3.594 %)WebLogic
6338 (3.257 %)Tomcat
7295 (2.843 %)JBoss
8287 (2.766 %)BizTalk Server
9208 (2.004 %)ColdFusion
10175 (1.686 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1160 (0.578 %)WebLogic Portal
1257 (0.549 %)MQSeries
1350 (0.482 %)MS Exchange
1449 (0.472 %)ColdFusion MX
1547 (0.453 %)WebSphere Application Server
1547 (0.453 %)Jetty
1641 (0.395 %)Lotus Notes
1736 (0.347 %)Lotus Domino
1833 (0.318 %)Resin
1928 (0.270 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
1696 (6.707 %)Photoshop
2441 (4.250 %)MS Excel
3183 (1.764 %)Adobe Illustrator
4136 (1.311 %)Fireworks
5105 (1.012 %)MS Visio
671 (0.684 %)MS Office
717 (0.164 %)Acrobat
717 (0.164 %)InfoPath
810 (0.096 %)Quicktime
98 (0.077 %)MATLAB
107 (0.067 %)ImageReady
116 (0.058 %)Paint Shop Pro
125 (0.048 %)Shockwave
125 (0.048 %)MS Project
125 (0.048 %)Adobe Premiere
125 (0.048 %)Adobe After Effects
134 (0.039 %)MS PowerPoint
134 (0.039 %)Adobe Director
143 (0.029 %)FreeHand
143 (0.029 %)InDesign
Business Applications
141 (0.395 %)Summit
222 (0.212 %)Dynamics CRM
318 (0.173 %)WebTrends
415 (0.145 %)Microsoft CRM
512 (0.116 %)Navision
69 (0.087 %)Axapta
78 (0.077 %)e-Work
78 (0.077 %)Google Analytics
85 (0.048 %)Oracle EBS
93 (0.029 %)Oracle 11i
101 (0.010 %)Oracle Applications
101 (0.010 %)BusinessWorks
101 (0.010 %)RMDS
101 (0.010 %)TIBCO BusinessEvents
101 (0.010 %)TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
11107 (10.67 %)Internet
2405 (3.903 %)Intranet
3109 (1.050 %)Extranet
4107 (1.031 %)HTTP
588 (0.848 %)SSL
652 (0.501 %)TCP/IP
751 (0.491 %)DNS
842 (0.405 %)LDAP
934 (0.328 %)HTTPS
1032 (0.308 %)VoIP
1131 (0.299 %)SSH
1228 (0.270 %)FTP
1228 (0.270 %)Firewall
1327 (0.260 %)SMTP
1425 (0.241 %)CTI
1522 (0.212 %)TETRA
1617 (0.164 %)WAN
1617 (0.164 %)LAN
1617 (0.164 %)SMS
1714 (0.135 %)WINS
Database & Business Intelligence
13799 (36.61 %)SQL Server
21574 (15.17 %)SQL Server 2005
31544 (14.88 %)MySQL
4968 (9.328 %)SQL Server 2000
5286 (2.756 %)RDBMS
6278 (2.679 %)SQL Server 7
7217 (2.091 %)Crystal Reports
8209 (2.014 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9112 (1.079 %)PostgreSQL
1077 (0.742 %)GIS
1170 (0.675 %)DTS
1266 (0.636 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1364 (0.617 %)Oracle 10g
1463 (0.607 %)OLAP
1551 (0.491 %)DB2
1643 (0.414 %)MS Access
1734 (0.328 %)Oracle Reports
1829 (0.279 %)Oracle 9i
1927 (0.260 %)Datawarehouse
2026 (0.251 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
11165 (11.23 %)Flash
2758 (7.305 %)Visual Studio
3358 (3.450 %)Subversion
4292 (2.814 %)Ant
5243 (2.342 %)Dreamweaver
6232 (2.236 %)Eclipse
7218 (2.101 %)JUnit
8208 (2.004 %)VSS/SourceSafe
9123 (1.185 %)NUnit
1081 (0.781 %)Selenium
1168 (0.655 %)PVCS
1264 (0.617 %)IntelliJ
1354 (0.520 %)JIRA
1450 (0.482 %)CruiseControl
1525 (0.241 %)FitNesse
1616 (0.154 %)ClearCase
1714 (0.135 %)Oracle Forms
1714 (0.135 %)QuickTest Pro
1812 (0.116 %)FrontPage
199 (0.087 %)JDeveloper
General
11397 (13.46 %)Finance
2613 (5.907 %)Marketing
3351 (3.382 %)Banking
4335 (3.228 %)Pensions
5304 (2.930 %)Retail
6264 (2.544 %)Games
7247 (2.380 %)Health
8237 (2.284 %)Education
9206 (1.985 %)Advertising
10203 (1.956 %)Insurance
11166 (1.600 %)Publishing
12136 (1.311 %)Music
13135 (1.301 %)Multimedia
14128 (1.233 %)Telecoms
1587 (0.838 %)Graphic Design
1679 (0.761 %)Government
1775 (0.723 %)Financial Institution
1874 (0.713 %)Investment Banking
1962 (0.597 %)Front Office
2047 (0.453 %)Back Office
Job Titles
18715 (83.98 %)Developer
22915 (28.09 %)Web Developer
32355 (22.69 %).NET Developer
41453 (14.00 %)C# Developer
51348 (12.99 %)Senior Developer
61250 (12.05 %)Java Developer
71211 (11.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
8870 (8.384 %)PHP Developer
9863 (8.316 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
10599 (5.772 %)Software Developer
11461 (4.443 %).NET Web Developer
12447 (4.308 %)Java/J2EE Developer
13406 (3.912 %)Programmer
14330 (3.180 %)Junior
15320 (3.084 %)C# Web Developer
16316 (3.045 %)Analyst
17313 (3.016 %)Architect
18312 (3.007 %)J2EE Developer
19311 (2.997 %)Senior Web Developer
20306 (2.949 %)Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1610 (5.878 %)Web 2.0
2504 (4.857 %)W3C
3379 (3.652 %)Computer Science
4239 (2.303 %)Social Network
5183 (1.764 %)N-Tier
6164 (1.580 %)Client/Server
7122 (1.176 %)Derivative
898 (0.944 %)RIA
982 (0.790 %)Mathematics
1070 (0.675 %)Tandem
1158 (0.559 %)Spread Betting
1249 (0.472 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1343 (0.414 %)Equities
1442 (0.405 %)DTV
1538 (0.366 %)Management Information System
1636 (0.347 %)Multithreading
1733 (0.318 %)E-Learning
1829 (0.279 %)Credit Derivative
1926 (0.251 %)Fixed Income
2024 (0.231 %)Asset Management
Operating Systems
11076 (10.37 %)Linux
2792 (7.632 %)Windows
3501 (4.828 %)Unix
492 (0.887 %)Solaris
557 (0.549 %)Windows 2000
634 (0.328 %)Windows Server 2003
727 (0.260 %)Windows Mobile
821 (0.202 %)Fedora
915 (0.145 %)Windows XP
1014 (0.135 %)FreeBSD
1111 (0.106 %)Embedded Linux
1210 (0.096 %)Windows NT
1210 (0.096 %)Slackware
137 (0.067 %)Windows CE
137 (0.067 %)Debian
144 (0.039 %)pSOS
144 (0.039 %)SUSE
153 (0.029 %)Gentoo
162 (0.019 %)VxWorks
162 (0.019 %)ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
11738 (16.75 %)OO
21526 (14.71 %)Web Development
31112 (10.72 %)E-Commerce
4651 (6.273 %)UML
5616 (5.936 %)Agile Software Development
6524 (5.050 %)OOP
7509 (4.905 %)Scrum
8462 (4.452 %)Content Management
9445 (4.288 %)Web Design
10395 (3.806 %)SEO
11295 (2.843 %)MVC
12288 (2.775 %)TDD
13282 (2.718 %)OOD
14276 (2.660 %)Project Management
15250 (2.409 %)SOA
16232 (2.236 %)Extreme Programming
17187 (1.802 %)CRM
18180 (1.735 %)Software Engineering
19160 (1.542 %)Internet Marketing
20153 (1.474 %)Unit Testing
Programming Languages
16490 (62.54 %)JavaScript
24010 (38.64 %)C#
33081 (29.69 %)SQL
42636 (25.40 %)Java
52014 (19.41 %)PHP
61471 (14.18 %)VB.NET
71386 (13.36 %)DHTML
8811 (7.815 %)VB
9748 (7.208 %)Transact-SQL
10534 (5.146 %)C++
11525 (5.059 %)ActionScript
12467 (4.500 %)Perl
13395 (3.806 %)PHP5
14351 (3.382 %)Ruby
15281 (2.708 %)C
16249 (2.400 %)VB6
17237 (2.284 %)PL/SQL
18211 (2.033 %)VBScript
19188 (1.812 %)PHP4
20183 (1.764 %)Python
Qualifications
11015 (9.781 %)Degree
2458 (4.414 %)Microsoft Certification
3327 (3.151 %)MCP
4304 (2.930 %)MCSD
5291 (2.804 %)MCAD
625 (0.241 %)MCPD
722 (0.212 %)ISEB
821 (0.202 %)Sun Certification
911 (0.106 %)MCTS
1010 (0.096 %)HND
114 (0.039 %)HNC
123 (0.029 %)MCSE
132 (0.019 %)PRINCE2 Certification
132 (0.019 %)ITIL Certification
141 (0.010 %)PMP
141 (0.010 %)PMI Certification
141 (0.010 %)MBA
141 (0.010 %)SCWCD
141 (0.010 %)SCJD
141 (0.010 %)MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1191 (1.841 %)WAI
2116 (1.118 %)QA
375 (0.723 %)WCAG
422 (0.212 %)ISO9001
519 (0.183 %)HL7
610 (0.096 %)DICOM
71 (0.010 %)ISO17799
System Software
152 (0.501 %)Active Directory
231 (0.299 %)MSMQ
310 (0.096 %)VMware Workstation
310 (0.096 %)VMware Server
43 (0.029 %)Squid
52 (0.019 %)Xen
61 (0.010 %)AquaLogic
61 (0.010 %)NFS
Systems Management
119 (0.183 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
28 (0.077 %)SCOM
34 (0.039 %)Nagios
34 (0.039 %)CA SiteMinder
42 (0.019 %)WSUS
51 (0.010 %)OpenView
Vendors
11325 (12.77 %)Microsoft
21031 (9.935 %)Oracle
3268 (2.583 %)Adobe
4131 (1.262 %)IBM
5108 (1.041 %)Google
679 (0.761 %)Zend
777 (0.742 %)Macromedia
876 (0.732 %)Sun
974 (0.713 %)BEA
1051 (0.491 %)Lotus
1148 (0.463 %)Perforce
1246 (0.443 %)Sybase
1341 (0.395 %)Vignette
1437 (0.357 %)Red Hat
1535 (0.337 %)Interwoven
1634 (0.328 %)SAP
1725 (0.241 %)Business Objects
1725 (0.241 %)Citrix
1725 (0.241 %)VMware
1821 (0.202 %)SeeBeyond
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