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This section looks at the demand for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WAP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5670
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.143 %0.481 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£225-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£291£324
% change on same period last year-10.19 %
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-£24.00
% change on same period last year-
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads175208
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.233 %0.210 %
Daily rates quoted5759
Average minimum daily rate£281£316
Average daily rate£317£350
% change on same period last year-9.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted2841
Average minimum hourly rate£36.57£31.79
Average hourly rate£38.07£37.03
% change on same period last year+2.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.57£42.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
WAP South WestWAP
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.

WAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WAP across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bristol WAP Demand Trend

WAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol WAP Daily Rate Trend

WAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol WAP Hourly Rate Trend

WAP
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing WAP 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 WAP.

15 (100.00 %)DHTML
15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)JavaScript
15 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
15 (100.00 %)CSS
15 (100.00 %)XML
15 (100.00 %)DOM
15 (100.00 %)XSL
15 (100.00 %)XHTML
15 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
15 (100.00 %)Microsoft
15 (100.00 %)W3C
15 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
15 (100.00 %)Retail
15 (100.00 %)AJAX
15 (100.00 %)Web 2.0
15 (100.00 %)Music
15 (100.00 %)XPath
15 (100.00 %)WAI
15 (100.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)Internet
32 (40.00 %)Flash
32 (40.00 %)ActionScript
41 (20.00 %)ASP

WAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing WAP 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 WAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
15 (100.00 %)CSS
15 (100.00 %)XML
15 (100.00 %)DOM
15 (100.00 %)XSL
15 (100.00 %)XHTML
15 (100.00 %)AJAX
15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %).NET
21 (20.00 %)ASP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (80.00 %)Internet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Flash
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (100.00 %)Retail
15 (100.00 %)Music
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Developer
21 (20.00 %)Senior Developer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (100.00 %)W3C
15 (100.00 %)Web 2.0
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
15 (100.00 %)Agile Software Development
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)DHTML
15 (100.00 %)JavaScript
15 (100.00 %)XPath
22 (40.00 %)ActionScript
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (100.00 %)WAI
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (100.00 %)Microsoft
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