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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank7086
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.410 %1.734 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£305
% change on same period last year+19.97 %
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£50.00-
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads244519
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.392 %0.557 %
Daily rates quoted92208
Average minimum daily rate£317£274
Average daily rate£339£290
% change on same period last year+17.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1439
Average minimum hourly rate£28.87£31.48
Average hourly rate£29.93£32.78
% change on same period last year-8.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.00£34.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
WAP East of EnglandWAP
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.

WAP
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire WAP Hourly Rate Trend

WAP
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

12 (100.00 %)HTTP
21 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)3G
21 (50.00 %)Blackberry
21 (50.00 %)Telecoms
21 (50.00 %)2.5G
21 (50.00 %)RTSP
21 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
21 (50.00 %)Korn
21 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (50.00 %)GGSN
21 (50.00 %)SGSN
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)MySQL
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)GPRS
21 (50.00 %)SMTP
21 (50.00 %)FTP

WAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)HTTP
21 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)3G
21 (50.00 %)2.5G
21 (50.00 %)RTSP
21 (50.00 %)GGSN
21 (50.00 %)SGSN
21 (50.00 %)GPRS
21 (50.00 %)SMTP
21 (50.00 %)FTP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Network Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Performance Analyst
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Blackberry
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Perl
11 (50.00 %)Korn
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle