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This section looks at the demand for Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited WAI over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank531503
Rank change on same period last yearDown-28
Matching contract IT job ads57147
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.156 %
As % of the category below1.909 %3.384 %
Daily rates quoted3166
Average minimum daily rate£290£282
Average daily rate£308£318
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£317
% change on same period last year+10.78 %
Hourly rates quoted29
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£21.82
Average hourly rate£13.13£25.00
% change on same period last year-47.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.25£28.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.13£25.00
% change on same period last year-47.49 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance UKQuality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Matching contract IT job ads29864344
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.937 %4.608 %
Daily rates quoted10031505
Average minimum daily rate£373£395
Average daily rate£401£421
% change on same period last year-4.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£447
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£376
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted305438
Average minimum hourly rate£23.10£23.93
Average hourly rate£24.78£25.55
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.46£27.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.52£24.90
% change on same period last year-5.54 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WAI within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

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 within the UK.

WAI Daily Rate Trend

WAI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAI within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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 within the UK.

WAI Hourly Rate Trend

WAI
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAI within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

WAI Hourly Rate Histogram

WAI
Top 25 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing WAI within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 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
EnglandDown-3157£308-3.07 %
LondonDown-421£272-14.39 %
East of EnglandDown-1010£375+16.40 %
HertfordshireDown-810£375+16.40 %
South EastUp+2810--
South WestUp+205£300-
West MidlandsUp+45--
BristolUp+75£300-
SussexNew entry-3--
LewesNew entry-3--
City of LondonDown-263£296+1.51 %
CheshireNew entry-3£325-
East SussexUp+143--
North WestDown-143£325-
OxfordNew entry-2--
HalifaxNew entry-2£298-
West YorkshireNew entry-2£298-
OxfordshireNew entry-2--
CoventryNew entry-2--
WorcestershireNew entry-2--
YorkshireUp+122£298-
North EastUp+81--
HampshireUp+141--
Alderley EdgeNew entry-1--
MacclesfieldNew entry-1£325-

WAI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1109 (75.17 %)CSS
2102 (70.34 %)HTML
395 (65.52 %)JavaScript
483 (57.24 %)XHTML
581 (55.86 %)W3C
652 (35.86 %)XML
745 (31.03 %)WCAG
844 (30.34 %)Photoshop
943 (29.66 %)AJAX
1034 (23.45 %)Flash
1130 (20.69 %)ASP.NET
1229 (20.00 %).NET
1229 (20.00 %)Velocity
1325 (17.24 %)Java
1424 (16.55 %)DOM
1523 (15.86 %)CMS
1622 (15.17 %)Microsoft
1721 (14.48 %)Web 2.0
1820 (13.79 %)ASP
1820 (13.79 %)XSLT
1919 (13.10 %)Dreamweaver
1919 (13.10 %)XSL
1919 (13.10 %)Web Development
2018 (12.41 %)SQL
2018 (12.41 %)SQL Server
2018 (12.41 %)Internet
2117 (11.72 %)PHP
2117 (11.72 %)JSP
2215 (10.34 %)IIS
2215 (10.34 %)Content Management

WAI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1109 (75.17 %)CSS
2102 (70.34 %)HTML
383 (57.24 %)XHTML
452 (35.86 %)XML
543 (29.66 %)AJAX
630 (20.69 %)ASP.NET
729 (20.00 %).NET
729 (20.00 %)Velocity
824 (16.55 %)DOM
920 (13.79 %)ASP
920 (13.79 %)XSLT
1019 (13.10 %)XSL
1117 (11.72 %)JSP
1214 (9.655 %)J2EE
1214 (9.655 %)WebServices
136 (4.138 %)XSD
136 (4.138 %)Spring
136 (4.138 %)JAAS
145 (3.448 %)SOAP
145 (3.448 %)Struts
Application Platforms
123 (15.86 %)CMS
215 (10.34 %)IIS
310 (6.897 %)Apache
45 (3.448 %)SharePoint
54 (2.759 %)ColdFusion
54 (2.759 %)SharePoint Server 2007
63 (2.069 %)ESB
63 (2.069 %)WebLogic
63 (2.069 %)WebLogic Portal
63 (2.069 %)MS Exchange
72 (1.379 %)JBoss
81 (0.690 %)Content Management Server
Applications
144 (30.34 %)Photoshop
211 (7.586 %)Fireworks
38 (5.517 %)Adobe Illustrator
47 (4.828 %)MS Office
53 (2.069 %)Acrobat
53 (2.069 %)FreeHand
62 (1.379 %)MS Excel
71 (0.690 %)Paint Shop Pro
Communications & Networking
118 (12.41 %)Internet
210 (6.897 %)FTP
36 (4.138 %)HTTP
45 (3.448 %)Intranet
54 (2.759 %)SMTP
54 (2.759 %)SSH
54 (2.759 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.690 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
118 (12.41 %)SQL Server
212 (8.276 %)MySQL
37 (4.828 %)SQL Server 7
46 (4.138 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (2.759 %)RDBMS
62 (1.379 %)GIS
62 (1.379 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.690 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.690 %)Oracle 10g
Development Applications
134 (23.45 %)Flash
219 (13.10 %)Dreamweaver
38 (5.517 %)Visual Studio
46 (4.138 %)Subversion
51 (0.690 %)StarTeam
51 (0.690 %)Aptana Studio
51 (0.690 %)Eclipse
General
110 (6.897 %)Government
110 (6.897 %)Graphic Design
28 (5.517 %)Retail
37 (4.828 %)Telecoms
37 (4.828 %)Education
46 (4.138 %)Police
46 (4.138 %)Marketing
54 (2.759 %)Music
54 (2.759 %)Finance
63 (2.069 %)Publishing
72 (1.379 %)Banking
72 (1.379 %)Construction
81 (0.690 %)Law
81 (0.690 %)Advertising
81 (0.690 %)Local Government
81 (0.690 %)Video Editing
Job Titles
1105 (72.41 %)Developer
252 (35.86 %)Web Developer
314 (9.655 %)Web Designer
411 (7.586 %)HTML Developer
510 (6.897 %)Java Developer
510 (6.897 %)J2EE Developer
510 (6.897 %)Java/J2EE Developer
66 (4.138 %)Website Designer
66 (4.138 %)Senior Developer
75 (3.448 %)Architect
75 (3.448 %).NET Developer
84 (2.759 %)Information Architect
84 (2.759 %)Web Editor
84 (2.759 %)SharePoint Developer
93 (2.069 %)Java Programmer
93 (2.069 %)Graphic Designer
93 (2.069 %)Programmer
93 (2.069 %)Consultant
93 (2.069 %)Lead Designer
93 (2.069 %)Web Content Editor
Miscellaneous
181 (55.86 %)W3C
221 (14.48 %)Web 2.0
31 (0.690 %)Wiki
31 (0.690 %)Management Information System
31 (0.690 %)E-Learning
Operating Systems
110 (6.897 %)Windows
25 (3.448 %)Unix
34 (2.759 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
119 (13.10 %)Web Development
215 (10.34 %)Content Management
314 (9.655 %)Web Design
413 (8.966 %)OO
511 (7.586 %)Usability Testing
69 (6.207 %)SEO
78 (5.517 %)E-Commerce
78 (5.517 %)Agile Software Development
85 (3.448 %)OOD
85 (3.448 %)e-GIF
85 (3.448 %)Project Management
94 (2.759 %)SOA
94 (2.759 %)UML
94 (2.759 %)TDD
94 (2.759 %)Information Management
103 (2.069 %)Identity Management
103 (2.069 %)Use Case
112 (1.379 %)Change Management
112 (1.379 %)PRINCE2
112 (1.379 %)DNA
Programming Languages
195 (65.52 %)JavaScript
225 (17.24 %)Java
318 (12.41 %)SQL
417 (11.72 %)PHP
513 (8.966 %)C#
612 (8.276 %)VBScript
711 (7.586 %)DHTML
810 (6.897 %)ActionScript
98 (5.517 %)XPath
106 (4.138 %)Transact-SQL
113 (2.069 %)VB.NET
122 (1.379 %)PL/SQL
131 (0.690 %)PHP5
Qualifications
12 (1.379 %)Degree
21 (0.690 %)HND
21 (0.690 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
145 (31.03 %)WCAG
24 (2.759 %)QA
32 (1.379 %)PAS 78
Vendors
122 (15.17 %)Microsoft
211 (7.586 %)Adobe
310 (6.897 %)Oracle
47 (4.828 %)RedDot
55 (3.448 %)Macromedia
64 (2.759 %)FatWire
73 (2.069 %)BEA
73 (2.069 %)Red Hat
73 (2.069 %)IONA
82 (1.379 %)Sun
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