Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for AJAX skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AJAX over the 3 months to 9 February 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.

LinkAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank364286
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Up+44
Matching permanent IT job ads372343054669
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.728 %4.259 %2.310 %
As % of the Application Development category12.98 %12.45 %7.253 %
Salaries quoted334738794167
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£33,000£33,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.530 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
286743457164377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.42 %34.20 %31.86 %
Salaries quoted248923022554762
Average salary£37,500£37,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.350 %-1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-

AJAX
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing AJAX within 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 citing AJAX within the UK.

AJAX Salary Trend

AJAX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AJAX over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

AJAX Salary Histogram

AJAX
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandUp+63543£35,000-
LondonDown-71360£40,000-5.88 %
South EastUp+30839£37,250+3.47 %
East of EnglandUp+12399£35,000+7.69 %
City of LondonUp+6370£40,000-11.11 %
North WestDown-13245£32,500+8.33 %
BerkshireUp+15216£37,500+7.14 %
South WestUp+20207£31,500-7.35 %
YorkshireUp+20206£28,500-18.57 %
SurreyUp+38191£37,500-1.96 %
West MidlandsUp+1162£31,500-3.07 %
CambridgeshireUp+19153£34,000+3.03 %
CambridgeUp+12120£34,000+3.81 %
ManchesterDown-10120£34,000+10.56 %
HampshireUp+25105£31,500-3.07 %
East MidlandsDown-393£30,000-
West YorkshireUp+3491£27,000-10.00 %
WalesUp+1987£31,500+1.61 %
HertfordshireUp+5179£42,500-10.52 %
South WalesUp+2478£31,500+5.00 %
ScotlandDown-477£30,000+11.11 %
CheshireDown-1076£33,000+17.85 %
EssexUp+375£35,000+7.69 %
OxfordshireUp+2573£38,000-1.29 %
BirminghamUp+572£32,500+1.56 %
WiltshireUp+3870£32,000+6.66 %
LeedsUp+2470£26,500-11.66 %
North YorkshireUp+3360£27,500-21.42 %
CardiffUp+1860£31,000+3.33 %
West SussexUp+2158£36,000-5.26 %

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

15053 (68.13 %)JavaScript
24349 (58.64 %)CSS
33940 (53.12 %).NET
43688 (49.72 %)HTML
53334 (44.95 %)ASP.NET
63323 (44.80 %)C#
72937 (39.60 %)XML
82900 (39.10 %)SQL Server
91958 (26.40 %)SQL
101815 (24.47 %)XHTML
111791 (24.15 %)PHP
121612 (21.73 %)Java
131557 (20.99 %)Web Services
141372 (18.50 %)MySQL
151230 (16.58 %)jQuery
161223 (16.49 %)OO
171118 (15.07 %)Web Development
181105 (14.90 %)E-Commerce
191022 (13.78 %)VB.NET
201004 (13.54 %)SQL Server 2005
21881 (11.88 %)MVC
22867 (11.69 %)Microsoft
23862 (11.62 %)Degree
24818 (11.03 %)XSLT
25782 (10.54 %)Spring
26770 (10.38 %)Linux
27732 (9.869 %)Flash
28731 (9.856 %)J2EE
29692 (9.330 %)JSP
30680 (9.168 %)ASP

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14349 (58.64 %)CSS
23940 (53.12 %).NET
33688 (49.72 %)HTML
43334 (44.95 %)ASP.NET
52937 (39.60 %)XML
61815 (24.47 %)XHTML
71557 (20.99 %)Web Services
81230 (16.58 %)jQuery
9881 (11.88 %)MVC
10818 (11.03 %)XSLT
11782 (10.54 %)Spring
12732 (9.869 %)Flash
13731 (9.856 %)J2EE
14692 (9.330 %)JSP
15680 (9.168 %)ASP
16671 (9.047 %)WCF
17619 (8.346 %).NET Framework
18534 (7.200 %)DHTML
19437 (5.892 %)Hibernate
20426 (5.744 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1611 (8.238 %)CMS
2487 (6.566 %)Apache
3420 (5.663 %)IIS
4287 (3.869 %)SharePoint
5214 (2.885 %)Tomcat
6114 (1.537 %)Drupal
7105 (1.416 %)ColdFusion
7105 (1.416 %)SharePoint Server 2007
881 (1.092 %)WebLogic
977 (1.038 %)EPiServer
1054 (0.728 %)WordPress
1152 (0.701 %)BizTalk Server
1251 (0.688 %)ArcGIS
1342 (0.566 %)Joomla!
1435 (0.472 %)Lotus Notes
1530 (0.404 %)MS Exchange
1626 (0.351 %)DotNetNuke
1723 (0.310 %)ESB
1821 (0.283 %)WebSphere Application Server
1821 (0.283 %)Umbraco
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1531 (7.159 %)Photoshop
2210 (2.831 %)MS Excel
3120 (1.618 %)Fireworks
4104 (1.402 %)MS Visio
574 (0.998 %)Adobe Illustrator
633 (0.445 %)InfoPath
724 (0.324 %)MS Office
89 (0.121 %)MS Project
97 (0.094 %)ImageReady
97 (0.094 %)Acrobat
104 (0.054 %)QuarkXPress
113 (0.040 %)MATLAB
113 (0.040 %)InDesign
113 (0.040 %)Paint Shop Pro
113 (0.040 %)CA Clarity
122 (0.027 %)PrintSoft PReS
122 (0.027 %)GIMP
131 (0.013 %)Adobe After Effects
131 (0.013 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
124 (0.324 %)Google Analytics
213 (0.175 %)Dynamics CRM
311 (0.148 %)Microsoft CRM
49 (0.121 %)WebTrends
54 (0.054 %)Pivotal CRM
63 (0.040 %)Summit
72 (0.027 %)Oracle General Ledger
81 (0.013 %)LiquidOffice
81 (0.013 %)Adaptiv
81 (0.013 %)SalesLogix
81 (0.013 %)GoldMine
81 (0.013 %)Oracle EBS R12
81 (0.013 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
81 (0.013 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1371 (5.002 %)Internet
2204 (2.750 %)Intranet
3168 (2.265 %)HTTP
452 (0.701 %)TCP/IP
540 (0.539 %)Extranet
629 (0.391 %)DNS
724 (0.324 %)FTP
822 (0.297 %)Firewall
914 (0.189 %)AMQP
1010 (0.135 %)SSH
1010 (0.135 %)SSL
1010 (0.135 %)LDAP
119 (0.121 %)VoIP
128 (0.108 %)SMS
128 (0.108 %)Asterisk PBX
137 (0.094 %)Broadband
137 (0.094 %)SMPP
145 (0.067 %)SNMP
154 (0.054 %)SAN
154 (0.054 %)DHCP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12900 (39.10 %)SQL Server
21372 (18.50 %)MySQL
31004 (13.54 %)SQL Server 2005
4439 (5.919 %)SQL Server 2008
5287 (3.869 %)SQL Server 2000
6148 (1.995 %)RDBMS
7119 (1.604 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8118 (1.591 %)SQL Server Integration Services
980 (1.079 %)PostgreSQL
1075 (1.011 %)Crystal Reports
1171 (0.957 %)GIS
1251 (0.688 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1251 (0.688 %)Oracle 10g
1336 (0.485 %)Datawarehouse
1427 (0.364 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1525 (0.337 %)Oracle 8/8i
1624 (0.324 %)Oracle 11g
1624 (0.324 %)BusinessObjects
1723 (0.310 %)DB2
1821 (0.283 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1641 (8.642 %)Visual Studio
2531 (7.159 %)Subversion
3451 (6.081 %)NUnit
4177 (2.386 %)Dreamweaver
5174 (2.346 %)Ant
6163 (2.198 %)JUnit
7143 (1.928 %)Maven
8141 (1.901 %)Team Foundation Server
9132 (1.780 %)Eclipse
1095 (1.281 %)Selenium
1182 (1.106 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1252 (0.701 %)TeamCity
1340 (0.539 %)CruiseControl
1438 (0.512 %)Git (software)
1536 (0.485 %)JSUnit
1627 (0.364 %)JIRA
1627 (0.364 %)NCover
1726 (0.351 %)InstallShield
1825 (0.337 %)JCAPS
1919 (0.256 %)ClearCase
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1587 (7.914 %)Finance
2421 (5.676 %)Marketing
3364 (4.908 %)Pensions
4262 (3.532 %)Health
5215 (2.899 %)Insurance
6204 (2.750 %)Retail
7190 (2.562 %)Banking
8174 (2.346 %)Education
9143 (1.928 %)Games
10117 (1.577 %)Music
11106 (1.429 %)Graphic Design
1289 (1.200 %)Advertising
1384 (1.133 %)Investment Banking
1472 (0.971 %)Publishing
1568 (0.917 %)Telecoms
1666 (0.890 %)Multimedia
1755 (0.742 %)Front Office
1851 (0.688 %)Government
1949 (0.661 %)Construction
2045 (0.607 %)Online Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16390 (86.15 %)Developer
22141 (28.87 %)Web Developer
31927 (25.98 %).NET Developer
41053 (14.20 %)Senior Developer
51022 (13.78 %)C# Developer
6979 (13.20 %)PHP Developer
7954 (12.86 %)ASP.NET Developer
8789 (10.64 %)Java Developer
9650 (8.764 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
10391 (5.272 %).NET Web Developer
11367 (4.948 %)Front-End Developer
12308 (4.153 %)PHP Web Developer
13304 (4.099 %)Software Developer
14294 (3.964 %)Senior Web Developer
15288 (3.883 %)Applications Developer
16287 (3.869 %)Senior .NET Developer
17260 (3.505 %)C# Web Developer
18237 (3.195 %)Designer
19229 (3.088 %)Senior Java Developer
20227 (3.061 %)Java/J2EE Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1442 (5.959 %)W3C
2322 (4.341 %)Web 2.0
3271 (3.654 %)N-Tier
4259 (3.492 %)Computer Science
5199 (2.683 %)Open Source
6142 (1.915 %)Social Network
7133 (1.793 %)Client/Server
881 (1.092 %)Mathematics
971 (0.957 %)iPhone
1068 (0.917 %)Derivative
1068 (0.917 %)Fixed Income
1167 (0.903 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1262 (0.836 %)RIA
1358 (0.782 %)Blog
1447 (0.634 %)Multithreading
1447 (0.634 %)Spread Betting
1543 (0.580 %)SaaS
1641 (0.553 %)Blackberry
1740 (0.539 %)E-Learning
1835 (0.472 %)Management Information System
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1770 (10.38 %)Linux
2593 (7.995 %)Windows
3317 (4.274 %)UNIX
4106 (1.429 %)Windows Server 2003
561 (0.822 %)Solaris
630 (0.404 %)Windows Server 2008
727 (0.364 %)FreeBSD
727 (0.364 %)Red Hat Linux
816 (0.216 %)Ubuntu
915 (0.202 %)Android
1013 (0.175 %)Windows XP
1110 (0.135 %)Windows Mobile
126 (0.081 %)CentOS
126 (0.081 %)SUSE
126 (0.081 %)OS/400
135 (0.067 %)Windows Vista
144 (0.054 %)Fedora
144 (0.054 %)Windows 2000
152 (0.027 %)Mac OS
152 (0.027 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11223 (16.49 %)OO
21118 (15.07 %)Web Development
31105 (14.90 %)E-Commerce
4640 (8.629 %)Scrum
5604 (8.143 %)Agile Software Development
6573 (7.725 %)TDD
7427 (5.757 %)UML
8400 (5.393 %)OOP
9376 (5.069 %)SEO
10342 (4.611 %)Content Management
11337 (4.544 %)Unit Testing
12271 (3.654 %)Web Design
13223 (3.007 %)SOA
14189 (2.548 %)Extreme Programming
15174 (2.346 %)CRM
16165 (2.225 %)Project Management
17157 (2.117 %)RAD
18143 (1.928 %)OOD
19135 (1.820 %)Workflow
20129 (1.739 %)Continuous Integration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15053 (68.13 %)JavaScript
23323 (44.80 %)C#
31958 (26.40 %)SQL
41791 (24.15 %)PHP
51612 (21.73 %)Java
61022 (13.78 %)VB.NET
7496 (6.687 %)PHP5
8481 (6.485 %)T-SQL
9397 (5.353 %)VB
10347 (4.678 %)C++
11320 (4.314 %)ActionScript
12246 (3.317 %)C
13217 (2.926 %)Perl
14140 (1.888 %)Ruby
15118 (1.591 %)VB6
16115 (1.550 %)Python
17111 (1.497 %)ActionScript 3.0
18108 (1.456 %)PHP4
1994 (1.267 %)PL/SQL
2083 (1.119 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1862 (11.62 %)Degree
2287 (3.869 %)Microsoft Certification
3231 (3.114 %)MCSD
4222 (2.993 %)MCP
5216 (2.912 %)MCAD
6205 (2.764 %)MCTS
783 (1.119 %)Security Cleared
830 (0.404 %)PhD
920 (0.270 %)MCPD
1018 (0.243 %)ISEB
1116 (0.216 %)SC Cleared
1210 (0.135 %)ITIL Certification
138 (0.108 %)MCITP
138 (0.108 %)MCDBA
147 (0.094 %)HND
155 (0.067 %)PRINCE2 Certification
155 (0.067 %)Sun Certification
155 (0.067 %)PMI Certification
163 (0.040 %)DV Cleared
172 (0.027 %)A+ Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1119 (1.604 %)QA
256 (0.755 %)WAI
325 (0.337 %)WCAG
411 (0.148 %)SLA
52 (0.027 %)TickIT
52 (0.027 %)ISO9001
61 (0.013 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
114 (0.189 %)Active Directory
27 (0.094 %)MSMQ
34 (0.054 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.027 %)Hyper-V
51 (0.013 %)NFS
51 (0.013 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (0.108 %)Plesk
22 (0.027 %)SCOM
22 (0.027 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.013 %)Tivoli
31 (0.013 %)MOM
31 (0.013 %)SCCM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1867 (11.69 %)Microsoft
2552 (7.442 %)Oracle
3293 (3.950 %)Zend
4257 (3.465 %)Adobe
5156 (2.103 %)JBoss
6102 (1.375 %)Google
748 (0.647 %)Sybase
845 (0.607 %)Lotus
939 (0.526 %)Yahoo!
1037 (0.499 %)Red Hat
1136 (0.485 %)ESRI
1231 (0.418 %)TIBCO
1328 (0.378 %)Perforce
1427 (0.364 %)Interwoven
1524 (0.324 %)Business Objects
1623 (0.310 %)ATG
1623 (0.310 %)FatWire
1722 (0.297 %)BroadVision
1722 (0.297 %)Sun
1821 (0.283 %)IBM