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This section looks at the demand for Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7788
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.010 %
As % of the category below4.167 %10.53 %
Daily rates quoted45
Average minimum daily rate£262£310
Average daily rate£281£337
% change on same period last year-16.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£264£309
% change on same period last year-14.54 %
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-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads12095
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.160 %0.095 %
Daily rates quoted4733
Average minimum daily rate£374£324
Average daily rate£413£342
% change on same period last year+20.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£453£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£358
% change on same period last year+6.72 %
Hourly rates quoted1312
Average minimum hourly rate£16.11£25.89
Average hourly rate£16.53£28.39
% change on same period last year-41.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.95£30.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.39£25.63
% change on same period last year-8.73 %
WAI East of EnglandWAI
East of England

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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Hertfordshire WAI Daily Rate Histogram

WAI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

114 (77.78 %)Photoshop
213 (72.22 %)AJAX
213 (72.22 %)Web 2.0
310 (55.56 %)Web Development
310 (55.56 %)Flash
48 (44.44 %)Web Design
48 (44.44 %)XHTML
48 (44.44 %)CSS
57 (38.89 %)XSL
57 (38.89 %)JavaScript
57 (38.89 %)W3C
57 (38.89 %)Internet
57 (38.89 %)WCAG
66 (33.33 %)Telecoms
66 (33.33 %)SEO
75 (27.78 %)ASP.NET
75 (27.78 %).NET
84 (22.22 %)IIS
84 (22.22 %)ASP
84 (22.22 %)C#
84 (22.22 %)HTML
84 (22.22 %)Windows
84 (22.22 %)XML
84 (22.22 %)DOM
84 (22.22 %)SMTP
84 (22.22 %)FTP
84 (22.22 %)HTTP
84 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
84 (22.22 %)XPath
84 (22.22 %)SSH

WAI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (72.22 %)AJAX
28 (44.44 %)XHTML
28 (44.44 %)CSS
37 (38.89 %)XSL
45 (27.78 %).NET
45 (27.78 %)ASP.NET
54 (22.22 %)HTML
54 (22.22 %)ASP
54 (22.22 %)XML
54 (22.22 %)DOM
63 (16.67 %)JSP
71 (5.556 %)XSLT
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (22.22 %)IIS
23 (16.67 %)Apache
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (77.78 %)Photoshop
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (38.89 %)Internet
24 (22.22 %)SSH
24 (22.22 %)SMTP
24 (22.22 %)FTP
24 (22.22 %)HTTP
24 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (16.67 %)SQL Server
13 (16.67 %)RDBMS
21 (5.556 %)Datawarehouse
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (55.56 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (33.33 %)Telecoms
23 (16.67 %)Retail
23 (16.67 %)Graphic Design
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (55.56 %)Web Designer
28 (44.44 %)Developer
33 (16.67 %)Web Developer
42 (11.11 %)Applications Developer
51 (5.556 %)Team Leader
51 (5.556 %)UI Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (72.22 %)Web 2.0
27 (38.89 %)W3C
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (22.22 %)Windows
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (55.56 %)Web Development
28 (44.44 %)Web Design
36 (33.33 %)SEO
43 (16.67 %)Information Management
51 (5.556 %)Project Management
51 (5.556 %)Content Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (38.89 %)JavaScript
24 (22.22 %)C#
24 (22.22 %)XPath
33 (16.67 %)Java
33 (16.67 %)PHP
33 (16.67 %)SQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (38.89 %)WCAG