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The table below looks at the demand for Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WAI over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank55-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below17.39 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£267-
Average daily rate£303-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£340-
UK excluding London average daily rate£240£215
% change on same period last year+11.51 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads2338
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.041 %
Daily rates quoted1013
Average minimum daily rate£280£330
Average daily rate£306£342
% change on same period last year-10.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£369£357
% change on same period last year+3.43 %
Hourly rates quoted414
Average minimum hourly rate£26.50£17.85
Average hourly rate£26.75£18.60
% change on same period last year+43.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00£19.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.30£23.74
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
WAI South WestWAI
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WAI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WAI across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Bristol WAI Demand Trend

WAI
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WAI across the Bristol region.

Bristol WAI Daily Rate Trend

WAI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAI across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Bristol WAI Daily Rate Histogram

WAI
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WAI across the Bristol region.

Bristol WAI Hourly Rate Trend

WAI
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing WAI 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WAI.

17 (100.00 %)HTML
17 (100.00 %)W3C
26 (85.71 %)Agile Software Development
26 (85.71 %)AJAX
26 (85.71 %)JavaScript
26 (85.71 %).NET
26 (85.71 %)ASP.NET
26 (85.71 %)CSS
26 (85.71 %)XML
26 (85.71 %)XHTML
26 (85.71 %)Microsoft
35 (71.43 %)DHTML
35 (71.43 %)E-Commerce
35 (71.43 %)WAP
35 (71.43 %)DOM
35 (71.43 %)XSL
35 (71.43 %)Web 2.0
35 (71.43 %)Music
35 (71.43 %)XPath
35 (71.43 %)Retail
35 (71.43 %)Internet
41 (14.29 %)Flash
41 (14.29 %)ASP
41 (14.29 %)QA

WAI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing WAI also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WAI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (100.00 %)HTML
26 (85.71 %).NET
26 (85.71 %)XHTML
26 (85.71 %)ASP.NET
26 (85.71 %)CSS
26 (85.71 %)XML
26 (85.71 %)AJAX
35 (71.43 %)DOM
35 (71.43 %)XSL
35 (71.43 %)WAP
41 (14.29 %)ASP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (71.43 %)Internet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)Flash
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (71.43 %)Retail
15 (71.43 %)Music
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %)Senior Developer
31 (14.29 %).NET Developer
31 (14.29 %)QA Tester
31 (14.29 %)GUI Developer
31 (14.29 %)Web Tester
31 (14.29 %)Tester
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (100.00 %)W3C
25 (71.43 %)Web 2.0
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (85.71 %)Agile Software Development
25 (71.43 %)E-Commerce
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (85.71 %)JavaScript
25 (71.43 %)XPath
25 (71.43 %)DHTML
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)QA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (85.71 %)Microsoft