The first table below looks at the demand for Ajax skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ajax
Rank 48 44 47
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Ajax 240 215 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.773% 4.717% 4.003%
As % of the Application Development category 11.79% 10.96% 10.68%
Number of salaries quoted 232 201 161
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Application Development
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2035 1961 1563
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 40.47% 43.02% 37.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1813 1757 1428
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ajax
England

Ajax
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Ajax Salary Trend

Ajax
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham +14 76 £38,000 +8.57%
Warwickshire +4 47 £32,500 -18.75%
Staffordshire -16 35 £40,000 -2.43%
Solihull -3 23 £40,000 +14.28%
Walsall -8 15 £31,000 +34.78%
Coventry -29 14 £37,500 +7.14%
Worcestershire +8 13 £29,500 -1.66%
Shropshire +7 10 £34,000 +54.54%
Herefordshire -3 2 £40,000 +63.26%
Ajax
England

Ajax
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 397 (83.93%) JavaScript
2 355 (75.05%) CSS
3 332 (70.19%) .NET
4 319 (67.44%) ASP.NET
5 307 (64.90%) jQuery
6 288 (60.89%) SQL Server
7 280 (59.20%) HTML
8 257 (54.33%) C#
9 217 (45.88%) MVC
10 186 (39.32%) SQL
11 182 (38.48%) XML
12 164 (34.67%) Web Services
13 149 (31.50%) VB.NET
14 121 (25.58%) TDD
15 118 (24.95%) SQL Server 2008
16 114 (24.10%) Microsoft
17 99 (20.93%) HTML5
18 97 (20.51%) PHP
19 93 (19.66%) SQL Server 2005
20 91 (19.24%) Agile Software Development
21 89 (18.82%) XSLT
22 88 (18.60%) Subversion
23 82 (17.34%) Web Development
24 79 (16.70%) E-Commerce
24 79 (16.70%) ASP.NET MVC
25 76 (16.07%) WCF
26 75 (15.86%) Java
27 71 (15.01%) OO
28 66 (13.95%) MS Excel
29 64 (13.53%) T-SQL

Ajax
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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
1 355 (75.05%) CSS
2 332 (70.19%) .NET
3 319 (67.44%) ASP.NET
4 307 (64.90%) jQuery
5 280 (59.20%) HTML
6 182 (38.48%) XML
7 164 (34.67%) Web Services
8 99 (20.93%) HTML5
9 89 (18.82%) XSLT
10 79 (16.70%) ASP.NET MVC
11 76 (16.07%) WCF
12 64 (13.53%) XHTML
13 58 (12.26%) CSS3
14 52 (10.99%) .NET Framework
15 44 (9.302%) JSON
16 41 (8.668%) SOAP
17 36 (7.611%) WPF
18 33 (6.977%) ASP.NET MVC 4
19 30 (6.342%) NHibernate
19 30 (6.342%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 53 (11.21%) Apache
2 36 (7.611%) Tomcat
3 34 (7.188%) SharePoint
4 26 (5.497%) ActiveMQ
5 25 (5.285%) BizTalk Server
6 20 (4.228%) IIS
7 19 (4.017%) CMS
8 14 (2.960%) SharePoint 2010
9 13 (2.748%) SharePoint Server
10 12 (2.537%) SharePoint Foundation
11 9 (1.903%) Windows Azure
12 7 (1.480%) WordPress
13 5 (1.057%) Magento
14 4 (0.846%) Kentico
15 3 (0.634%) Drupal
16 1 (0.211%) WebSphere Application Server
16 1 (0.211%) Umbraco
16 1 (0.211%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 66 (13.95%) MS Excel
2 20 (4.228%) Photoshop
3 14 (2.960%) MS Office
4 12 (2.537%) InfoPath
5 7 (1.480%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.846%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.423%) OmniGraffle
7 2 (0.423%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 11 (2.326%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.846%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.114%) DHCP
1 10 (2.114%) Intranet
2 8 (1.691%) Modbus
3 6 (1.268%) HTTP
3 6 (1.268%) Internet
4 4 (0.846%) VoIP
5 2 (0.423%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.211%) GSM
6 1 (0.211%) Extranet
6 1 (0.211%) 3G
6 1 (0.211%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 288 (60.89%) SQL Server
2 118 (24.95%) SQL Server 2008
3 93 (19.66%) SQL Server 2005
4 61 (12.90%) MySQL
5 31 (6.554%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (6.131%) SQL Server 2012
7 24 (5.074%) JasperReports
7 24 (5.074%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (3.383%) Oracle Reports
8 16 (3.383%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.268%) Redis
9 6 (1.268%) Oracle 8/8i
10 4 (0.846%) SQL Server 2000
10 4 (0.846%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.846%) MS Access
11 2 (0.423%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.423%) DB2
12 1 (0.211%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.211%) DTS
12 1 (0.211%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 88 (18.60%) Subversion
2 55 (11.63%) Visual Studio
3 40 (8.457%) NUnit
4 28 (5.920%) Selenium
5 27 (5.708%) Maven
6 26 (5.497%) Eclipse
7 24 (5.074%) TeamCity
7 24 (5.074%) FitNesse
7 24 (5.074%) Apache Continuum
8 18 (3.805%) Rhino Mocks
9 15 (3.171%) Moq
10 14 (2.960%) Git (software)
10 14 (2.960%) CruiseControl
11 13 (2.748%) Team Foundation Server
12 12 (2.537%) Visual Studio Team System
12 12 (2.537%) JIRA
12 12 (2.537%) MSBuild
13 3 (0.634%) WATIR
13 3 (0.634%) RSpec
13 3 (0.634%) Cucumber
General
1 47 (9.937%) Finance
2 16 (3.383%) Marketing
3 14 (2.960%) Advertising
4 13 (2.748%) Telecoms
4 13 (2.748%) Games
5 10 (2.114%) Manufacturing
5 10 (2.114%) Music
5 10 (2.114%) Music Industry
5 10 (2.114%) Retail
6 9 (1.903%) Aerospace
6 9 (1.903%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (1.268%) Automotive
8 5 (1.057%) Back Office
9 4 (0.846%) Publishing
10 3 (0.634%) Banking
11 2 (0.423%) Legal
12 1 (0.211%) Law
12 1 (0.211%) Billing
Job Titles
1 413 (87.32%) Developer
2 152 (32.14%) .NET Developer
3 111 (23.47%) Web Developer
4 90 (19.03%) C# Developer
5 81 (17.12%) ASP.NET Developer
6 77 (16.28%) Senior Developer
7 57 (12.05%) .NET Web Developer
8 50 (10.57%) C# .NET Developer
9 46 (9.725%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 38 (8.034%) Team Leader
11 35 (7.400%) PHP Developer
12 27 (5.708%) Senior .NET Developer
12 27 (5.708%) Software Developer
13 26 (5.497%) Front-End Developer
14 24 (5.074%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
15 23 (4.863%) VB.NET Developer
16 21 (4.440%) Development Team Leader
17 19 (4.017%) Junior Developer
17 19 (4.017%) Senior C# Developer
17 19 (4.017%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.342%) N-Tier
2 29 (6.131%) Open Source
3 17 (3.594%) Firmware
3 17 (3.594%) Mobile App
4 15 (3.171%) Social Network
5 10 (2.114%) Digital Media
5 10 (2.114%) New Media
6 9 (1.903%) Social Media
7 8 (1.691%) Computer Science
8 5 (1.057%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.057%) Heroku
9 4 (0.846%) SaaS
9 4 (0.846%) Statistics
10 3 (0.634%) Device Driver
10 3 (0.634%) W3C
11 2 (0.423%) iPhone
11 2 (0.423%) Blog
11 2 (0.423%) Psychology
11 2 (0.423%) Graphic Design
11 2 (0.423%) RIA
Operating Systems
1 58 (12.26%) Linux
2 36 (7.611%) Windows
3 21 (4.440%) UNIX
4 11 (2.326%) Solaris
4 11 (2.326%) OpenVMS
4 11 (2.326%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.846%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (45.88%) MVC
2 121 (25.58%) TDD
3 91 (19.24%) Agile Software Development
4 82 (17.34%) Web Development
5 79 (16.70%) E-Commerce
6 71 (15.01%) OO
7 60 (12.68%) Scrum
8 51 (10.78%) Web Application Development
9 48 (10.15%) Unit Testing
10 40 (8.457%) SEO
11 34 (7.188%) BDD
12 27 (5.708%) SOA
13 23 (4.863%) CRM
14 22 (4.651%) OOP
14 22 (4.651%) Content Management
15 21 (4.440%) Continuous Integration
16 18 (3.805%) Kanban
16 18 (3.805%) Automated Testing
17 16 (3.383%) Multithreading
18 15 (3.171%) UML
Programming Languages
1 397 (83.93%) JavaScript
2 257 (54.33%) C#
3 186 (39.32%) SQL
4 149 (31.50%) VB.NET
5 97 (20.51%) PHP
6 75 (15.86%) Java
7 64 (13.53%) T-SQL
8 42 (8.879%) C++
9 30 (6.342%) VB
10 26 (5.497%) Ruby
11 24 (5.074%) ActionScript
12 22 (4.651%) Perl
13 14 (2.960%) VB6
14 11 (2.326%) XAML
14 11 (2.326%) Delphi
14 11 (2.326%) Python
15 7 (1.480%) PHP5
16 6 (1.268%) XPath
17 3 (0.634%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.634%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (8.245%) Degree
2 20 (4.228%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (3.383%) MCSD
4 15 (3.171%) MCTS
4 15 (3.171%) MCP
4 15 (3.171%) MCAD
5 13 (2.748%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.748%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.748%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.423%) ISEB
6 2 (0.423%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.211%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.211%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.383%) QA
Vendors
1 114 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.245%) Oracle
3 25 (5.285%) JBoss
4 24 (5.074%) Zend
5 23 (4.863%) Adobe
6 20 (4.228%) Telerik
7 17 (3.594%) SAP
8 16 (3.383%) Facebook
9 12 (2.537%) Google
10 7 (1.480%) IBM
11 4 (0.846%) hybris
11 4 (0.846%) Twitter
11 4 (0.846%) ATG
12 3 (0.634%) BT
12 3 (0.634%) Sencha
12 3 (0.634%) EPiServer
13 2 (0.423%) Apple
14 1 (0.211%) Cadence
14 1 (0.211%) Sybase
14 1 (0.211%) Rackspace
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