Ajax Contracts

Ajax
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Ajax skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ajax over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 553 635
Rank change year-on-year +77 +82 -8
Contract jobs citing Ajax 46 34 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.080% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.70% 0.38% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 49
10th Percentile £331 £281 £341
25th Percentile £358 £428 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -2.50% -13.79%
75th Percentile £494 £575 £575
90th Percentile £593 £584 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £438 £499
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.28% +7.84%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Ajax falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,596 8,901 13,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.65% 20.86% 23.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,522 6,170 9,772
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £423 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 243 157
10th Percentile £30.15 £21.25 £30.45
25th Percentile £50.27 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% +30.00%
75th Percentile £68.56 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £74.90 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.50
% change year-on-year +36.84% -26.36% +29.00%

Ajax
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ajax as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ajax in the UK

Ajax
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ajax.

Daily rate trend for Ajax in the UK

Ajax
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ajax over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ajax in the UK

Ajax
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ajax.

Hourly rate trend for Ajax in the UK

Ajax
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ajax within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +74 35 £409 -17.79% 38
UK excluding London +66 28 £475 +8.57% 27
Work from Home +50 26 £400 -11.11% 32
South East +58 12 £500 +14.29% 11
London +34 8 £400 -20.00% 17
North of England +21 7 £439 -10.05% 5
Midlands +22 5 £347 +15.50% 2
North West +13 5 £439 -10.05% 2
South West - 4 - - 5
East Midlands +13 3 £347 +15.50% 2
Yorkshire +16 2 - - 3
West Midlands +16 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £513 - 2

Ajax
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (15.22%) CMS
1 7 (15.22%) Confluence
2 6 (13.04%) Apache
3 4 (8.70%) Drupal
3 4 (8.70%) WordPress
4 3 (6.52%) Tomcat
5 2 (4.35%) Apache Solr
5 2 (4.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (4.35%) WebLogic
5 2 (4.35%) WebSphere
6 1 (2.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (2.17%) IIS
6 1 (2.17%) JBoss
6 1 (2.17%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) SaaS
2 3 (6.52%) Azure
3 2 (4.35%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) Figma
4 1 (2.17%) npm
4 1 (2.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) HTTP
2 4 (8.70%) Internet
3 2 (4.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) Relational Database
2 4 (8.70%) MySQL
2 4 (8.70%) SQL Server
3 3 (6.52%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (32.61%) Git
2 10 (21.74%) JIRA
3 6 (13.04%) Maven
4 5 (10.87%) Selenium
5 4 (8.70%) Bitbucket Server
5 4 (8.70%) Jenkins
6 3 (6.52%) CA Release Automation
6 3 (6.52%) Gradle
6 3 (6.52%) HP UFT
6 3 (6.52%) IntelliJ
6 3 (6.52%) JUnit
6 3 (6.52%) NetBeans
6 3 (6.52%) Subversion
7 2 (4.35%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (4.35%) GitLab
7 2 (4.35%) Hudson
7 2 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (4.35%) UI Automator
8 1 (2.17%) gulp
8 1 (2.17%) SonarQube
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.70%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.52%) Finance
5 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Billing
6 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (39.13%) Developer
2 7 (15.22%) Architect
3 6 (13.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) JavaScript Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Python Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) ServiceNow Architect
5 4 (8.70%) Administrator
5 4 (8.70%) PHP Software Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow Administrator
5 4 (8.70%) Software Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Angular Developer
6 3 (6.52%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (6.52%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
6 3 (6.52%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 3 (6.52%) Java Developer
6 3 (6.52%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (6.52%) Lead
6 3 (6.52%) Python Developer
6 3 (6.52%) Telecoms Architect
6 3 (6.52%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (84.78%) CSS
1 39 (84.78%) HTML
2 31 (67.39%) AngularJS
3 27 (58.70%) Web Services
4 23 (50.00%) REST
5 18 (39.13%) SOAP
6 15 (32.61%) React
7 12 (26.09%) XML
8 11 (23.91%) Vue
9 10 (21.74%) jQuery
10 9 (19.57%) Django
10 9 (19.57%) FastAPI
10 9 (19.57%) Flask
11 8 (17.39%) HTML5
11 8 (17.39%) Node.js
12 6 (13.04%) LDAP
12 6 (13.04%) RESTful
13 5 (10.87%) JSON
13 5 (10.87%) Middleware
13 5 (10.87%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.57%) CMDB
2 4 (8.70%) Legacy Code
3 3 (6.52%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.52%) Mainframe
4 2 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.04%) Linux
2 4 (8.70%) Unix
3 2 (4.35%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (76.09%) Agile
2 19 (41.30%) Scrum
3 17 (36.96%) Front End Development
3 17 (36.96%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (28.26%) ITSM
5 12 (26.09%) ITIL
5 12 (26.09%) OO
5 12 (26.09%) OOP
6 9 (19.57%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
6 9 (19.57%) Full-Stack Development
6 9 (19.57%) Service Management
7 8 (17.39%) MVC
8 7 (15.22%) Change Management
8 7 (15.22%) CI/CD
8 7 (15.22%) Configuration Management
8 7 (15.22%) Incident Management
8 7 (15.22%) Problem Management
9 6 (13.04%) Kanban
9 6 (13.04%) Test Automation
9 6 (13.04%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 38 (82.61%) JavaScript
2 14 (30.43%) Java
3 9 (19.57%) Python
4 6 (13.04%) SQL
4 6 (13.04%) TypeScript
5 4 (8.70%) PHP
6 3 (6.52%) PL/SQL
7 2 (4.35%) PowerShell
7 2 (4.35%) XPath
8 1 (2.17%) VB
8 1 (2.17%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.35%) NCSC
2 2 (4.35%) WCAG
3 1 (2.17%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (6.52%) Progress Chef
2 3 (6.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (32.61%) ServiceNow
2 6 (13.04%) Oracle
3 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.70%) Zend
5 3 (6.52%) Adobe
5 3 (6.52%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
6 2 (4.35%) VMware
7 1 (2.17%) IBM
7 1 (2.17%) Perforce
7 1 (2.17%) Snow
7 1 (2.17%) Splunk