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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless Markup Language (WML) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WML over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Markup Language (WML)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank569629
Rank change on same period last yearUp+60
Matching contract IT job ads1018
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.062 %0.079 %
Daily rates quoted410
Average minimum daily rate£250£278
Average daily rate£280£280
% change on same period last year+0.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£282
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£292
% change on same period last year+10.67 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1611522886
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.78 %22.57 %
Daily rates quoted56557146
Average minimum daily rate£353£369
Average daily rate£380£395
% change on same period last year-3.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted9541390
Average minimum hourly rate£30.50£30.60
Average hourly rate£32.74£32.95
% change on same period last year-0.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.99£35.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
WML UKWML
UK

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.

WML
Demand Trend

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

England WML Demand Trend

WML
Daily Rate Trend

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

England WML Daily Rate Trend

WML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WML across the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

England WML Daily Rate Histogram

WML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England WML Hourly Rate Trend

WML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WML within the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+485£235-31.88 %
LondonUp+814£325+30.00 %
East of EnglandUp+221--
WML UKWML
UK

WML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WML 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 WML.

139 (90.70 %)XML
237 (86.05 %)HTML
324 (55.81 %)JavaScript
421 (48.84 %)WAP
518 (41.86 %)Content Management
617 (39.53 %)VBScript
617 (39.53 %)ASP
716 (37.21 %)Photoshop
812 (27.91 %)CSS
812 (27.91 %)Advertising
911 (25.58 %)Adobe Illustrator
911 (25.58 %)RAD
911 (25.58 %)XSLT
911 (25.58 %)Flash
911 (25.58 %)Perl
109 (20.93 %)Publishing
116 (13.95 %)CMS
116 (13.95 %)Games
116 (13.95 %)ASP.NET
116 (13.95 %).NET
125 (11.63 %)J2EE
125 (11.63 %)Java
125 (11.63 %)DHTML
125 (11.63 %)AJAX
134 (9.302 %)Multimedia
134 (9.302 %)SMS
143 (6.977 %)XHTML
143 (6.977 %)C#
143 (6.977 %)PHP
143 (6.977 %)SQL

WML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WML 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 WML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
139 (90.70 %)XML
237 (86.05 %)HTML
321 (48.84 %)WAP
417 (39.53 %)ASP
512 (27.91 %)CSS
611 (25.58 %)XSLT
76 (13.95 %)ASP.NET
76 (13.95 %).NET
85 (11.63 %)J2EE
85 (11.63 %)AJAX
93 (6.977 %)XHTML
102 (4.651 %)J2ME
102 (4.651 %)SVG
102 (4.651 %)Java ME
111 (2.326 %)XML-RPC
111 (2.326 %)MIDP
111 (2.326 %)CLDC
111 (2.326 %)BREW
111 (2.326 %)JSP
111 (2.326 %)WebServices
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (13.95 %)CMS
22 (4.651 %)Apache
31 (2.326 %)WebLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (37.21 %)Photoshop
211 (25.58 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (2.326 %)Fireworks
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (9.302 %)SMS
23 (6.977 %)Internet
32 (4.651 %)HTTP
32 (4.651 %)DNS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.326 %)Oracle 8/8i
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (25.58 %)Flash
21 (2.326 %)Dreamweaver
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (27.91 %)Advertising
29 (20.93 %)Publishing
36 (13.95 %)Games
44 (9.302 %)Multimedia
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (58.14 %)Developer
214 (32.56 %)Content Editor
311 (25.58 %)Web Developer
48 (18.60 %)Applications Developer
57 (16.28 %)ASP Developer
66 (13.95 %)Web Applications Developer
75 (11.63 %)Web Editor
83 (6.977 %)Software Engineer
92 (4.651 %)Flash Developer
101 (2.326 %)Architect
101 (2.326 %)Information Architect
101 (2.326 %)Applications Support
101 (2.326 %)Java Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (4.651 %)Web 2.0
12 (4.651 %)Data Integration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (4.651 %)UNIX
21 (2.326 %)Solaris
21 (2.326 %)Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (41.86 %)Content Management
211 (25.58 %)RAD
33 (6.977 %)Unit Testing
42 (4.651 %)Validation
51 (2.326 %)Scrum
51 (2.326 %)Web Design
51 (2.326 %)Agile Software Development
51 (2.326 %)OOD
51 (2.326 %)Configuration Management
51 (2.326 %)DRM
51 (2.326 %)Software Engineering
51 (2.326 %)Web Development
51 (2.326 %)Refactoring
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (55.81 %)JavaScript
217 (39.53 %)VBScript
311 (25.58 %)Perl
45 (11.63 %)DHTML
45 (11.63 %)Java
53 (6.977 %)C#
53 (6.977 %)PHP
53 (6.977 %)SQL
62 (4.651 %)VB
62 (4.651 %)ActionScript
62 (4.651 %)Python
62 (4.651 %)VB6
62 (4.651 %)Ruby
71 (2.326 %)C
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (4.651 %)Adobe
21 (2.326 %)Oracle
21 (2.326 %)Symbian