Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for AJAX skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AJAX over the 3 months to 22 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 West Yorkshire region.

 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank475869
Rank change year-on-year
Up+11Up+11
Matching permanent IT job ads7674159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire3.638 %3.136 %2.799 %
As % of the Application Development category10.50 %9.046 %6.734 %
Salaries quoted7268151
Average salary£27,250£29,134£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.460 %-10.35 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,100£21,700£24,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£36,350£37,105£38,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,000£32,500£32,000
% change year-on-year
+1.530 %+1.560 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7248182361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire34.66 %34.66 %41.57 %
Salaries quoted6477332114
Average salary£32,500£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
AJAX YorkshireAJAX
Yorkshire

AJAX
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire AJAX Salary Trend

AJAX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AJAX across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
LeedsUp+2066£27,000-1.81 %
HalifaxUp+74£31,250+10.61 %
BradfordUp+123£20,500-40.57 %
BatleyNew entry-1£31,500-
AJAX YorkshireAJAX
Yorkshire

AJAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1120 (72.29 %)CSS
2108 (65.06 %)JavaScript
384 (50.60 %)HTML
482 (49.40 %).NET
575 (45.18 %)ASP.NET
658 (34.94 %)SQL Server
757 (34.34 %)PHP
852 (31.33 %)MySQL
951 (30.72 %)XML
1050 (30.12 %)SQL
1141 (24.70 %)VB.NET
1141 (24.70 %)XHTML
1239 (23.49 %)C#
1239 (23.49 %)Photoshop
1336 (21.69 %)Spring
1433 (19.88 %)PHP5
1528 (16.87 %)E-Commerce
1623 (13.86 %)OO
1722 (13.25 %)Apache
1722 (13.25 %)Web Development
1821 (12.65 %)SQL Server 2005
1920 (12.05 %)Java
2019 (11.45 %).NET Framework
2118 (10.84 %)JSP
2118 (10.84 %)jQuery
2216 (9.639 %)Fireworks
2216 (9.639 %)Degree
2315 (9.036 %)Visual Studio
2315 (9.036 %)Microsoft
2315 (9.036 %)Agile Software Development

AJAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1120 (72.29 %)CSS
284 (50.60 %)HTML
382 (49.40 %).NET
475 (45.18 %)ASP.NET
551 (30.72 %)XML
641 (24.70 %)XHTML
736 (21.69 %)Spring
819 (11.45 %).NET Framework
918 (10.84 %)JSP
918 (10.84 %)jQuery
1013 (7.831 %)Web Services
1013 (7.831 %)Flash
118 (4.819 %)LAMP
118 (4.819 %)ASP
118 (4.819 %)J2EE
118 (4.819 %)WCF
118 (4.819 %)Silverlight
127 (4.217 %)Hibernate
136 (3.614 %)Struts
136 (3.614 %)WPF
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (13.25 %)Apache
214 (8.434 %)Tomcat
312 (7.229 %)IIS
46 (3.614 %)ColdFusion
54 (2.410 %)CMS
62 (1.205 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (1.205 %)Liferay
62 (1.205 %)SharePoint
62 (1.205 %)Oracle HTTP Server
71 (0.602 %)Commerce Server
71 (0.602 %)WebSphere MQ
71 (0.602 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.602 %)Apache Solr
71 (0.602 %)Commerce Server 2007
71 (0.602 %)Umbraco
71 (0.602 %)WordPress
71 (0.602 %)Magento
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
139 (23.49 %)Photoshop
216 (9.639 %)Fireworks
310 (6.024 %)MS Excel
48 (4.819 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (1.205 %)InDesign
61 (0.602 %)MS Office
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.807 %)Navision
13 (1.807 %)Movex
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (3.012 %)HTTP
22 (1.205 %)Internet
31 (0.602 %)Extranet
31 (0.602 %)Intranet
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
158 (34.94 %)SQL Server
252 (31.33 %)MySQL
321 (12.65 %)SQL Server 2005
410 (6.024 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (3.012 %)RDBMS
64 (2.410 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (1.205 %)PostgreSQL
72 (1.205 %)OLAP
72 (1.205 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.602 %)DB2
81 (0.602 %)GIS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (9.036 %)Visual Studio
214 (8.434 %)Dreamweaver
313 (7.831 %)Eclipse
44 (2.410 %)NUnit
53 (1.807 %)Subversion
53 (1.807 %)JUnit
62 (1.205 %)Ant
62 (1.205 %)Maven
62 (1.205 %)Log4j
62 (1.205 %)MyEclipse
71 (0.602 %)Rhino Mocks
71 (0.602 %)Selenium
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (7.229 %)Pensions
210 (6.024 %)Graphic Design
38 (4.819 %)Health
38 (4.819 %)Marketing
43 (1.807 %)Finance
43 (1.807 %)Education
43 (1.807 %)Insurance
52 (1.205 %)Retail
52 (1.205 %)Financial Institution
52 (1.205 %)Legal
61 (0.602 %)Advertising
61 (0.602 %)Banking
61 (0.602 %)Telecoms
61 (0.602 %)Construction
61 (0.602 %)Government
61 (0.602 %)Social Media
61 (0.602 %)Online Banking
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1137 (82.53 %)Developer
278 (46.99 %)Web Developer
331 (18.67 %)PHP Developer
421 (12.65 %)Software Developer
520 (12.05 %).NET Developer
619 (11.45 %)PHP Web Developer
717 (10.24 %)ASP.NET Developer
814 (8.434 %)Web Designer
814 (8.434 %)Designer
910 (6.024 %)Java Developer
910 (6.024 %)Architect
910 (6.024 %)Technical Architect
109 (5.422 %).NET Web Developer
116 (3.614 %)C# Developer
116 (3.614 %)Team Leader
116 (3.614 %)Applications Developer
125 (3.012 %)VB.NET Developer
125 (3.012 %)C# Web Developer
125 (3.012 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
125 (3.012 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (3.614 %)W3C
16 (3.614 %)Computer Science
25 (3.012 %)N-Tier
33 (1.807 %)Web 2.0
42 (1.205 %)NHS
42 (1.205 %)Multithreading
42 (1.205 %)iPhone
51 (0.602 %)Visualisation
51 (0.602 %)Tandem
51 (0.602 %)Derivative
51 (0.602 %)Blog
51 (0.602 %)Social Network
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (7.229 %)Linux
26 (3.614 %)Windows
34 (2.410 %)UNIX
42 (1.205 %)Mac OS
51 (0.602 %)Windows Vista
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
128 (16.87 %)E-Commerce
223 (13.86 %)OO
322 (13.25 %)Web Development
415 (9.036 %)Agile Software Development
59 (5.422 %)Web Design
68 (4.819 %)MVC
68 (4.819 %)SEO
76 (3.614 %)OOP
85 (3.012 %)CRM
85 (3.012 %)Unit Testing
85 (3.012 %)Software Architecture
94 (2.410 %)User Experience Design
94 (2.410 %)UML
103 (1.807 %)ITIL
103 (1.807 %)RAD
103 (1.807 %)ERP
103 (1.807 %)HOOD
112 (1.205 %)Scrum
112 (1.205 %)Business Intelligence
112 (1.205 %)Online Marketing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1108 (65.06 %)JavaScript
257 (34.34 %)PHP
350 (30.12 %)SQL
441 (24.70 %)VB.NET
539 (23.49 %)C#
633 (19.88 %)PHP5
720 (12.05 %)Java
812 (7.229 %)VB
98 (4.819 %)T-SQL
106 (3.614 %)C
115 (3.012 %)VB6
124 (2.410 %)LINC
132 (1.205 %)Ruby
132 (1.205 %)Embedded C
132 (1.205 %)Embedded C++
132 (1.205 %)Shell Script
132 (1.205 %)C++
132 (1.205 %)PHP4
132 (1.205 %)Groovy
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
116 (9.639 %)Degree
23 (1.807 %)MCAD
23 (1.807 %)MCSD
23 (1.807 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (1.807 %)MCTS
32 (1.205 %)MCP
41 (0.602 %)Security Cleared
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (9.036 %)Microsoft
213 (7.831 %)Adobe
35 (3.012 %)Oracle
43 (1.807 %)Google
43 (1.807 %)Zend
43 (1.807 %)JD Edwards
52 (1.205 %)Quark
61 (0.602 %)JBoss
61 (0.602 %)IBM