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This section looks at the demand for Wireless Markup Language (WML) skills across the UK 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Markup Language (WML)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank570625
Rank change on same period last yearUp+55
Matching contract IT job ads1530
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.030 %
As % of the category below0.086 %0.131 %
Daily rates quoted814
Average minimum daily rate£280£259
Average daily rate£300£267
% change on same period last year+12.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£276
UK excluding London average daily rate£298£283
% change on same period last year+5.44 %
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-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1751422973
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.34 %23.24 %
Daily rates quoted58686997
Average minimum daily rate£352£372
Average daily rate£378£398
% change on same period last year-5.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9671398
Average minimum hourly rate£30.29£30.90
Average hourly rate£32.64£33.41
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.98£35.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WML within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

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 within the UK.

WML Daily Rate Trend

WML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WML within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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 within the UK.

WML Hourly Rate Trend

WML
Top 9 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WML within the UK over the 3 months to 25 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
EnglandUp+6015£300+12.14 %
LondonUp+648£301+72.00 %
BerkshireUp+386£298-
South EastUp+476£298-13.52 %
NewburyUp+142£245-
City of LondonNew entry-2£265-
CambridgeNew entry-1--
East of EnglandDown-41--
CambridgeshireNew entry-1--

WML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

134 (85.00 %)XML
232 (80.00 %)HTML
323 (57.50 %)JavaScript
417 (42.50 %)VBScript
417 (42.50 %)ASP
417 (42.50 %)WAP
514 (35.00 %)Content Management
612 (30.00 %)Photoshop
711 (27.50 %)Perl
711 (27.50 %)Flash
711 (27.50 %)RAD
711 (27.50 %)XSLT
711 (27.50 %)CSS
89 (22.50 %)Publishing
89 (22.50 %)Adobe Illustrator
98 (20.00 %)Advertising
106 (15.00 %)CMS
106 (15.00 %)Games
106 (15.00 %)ASP.NET
106 (15.00 %)Java
106 (15.00 %).NET
106 (15.00 %)J2EE
115 (12.50 %)AJAX
124 (10.00 %)Multimedia
124 (10.00 %)DHTML
124 (10.00 %)XHTML
124 (10.00 %)SMS
133 (7.500 %)Internet
133 (7.500 %)C#
133 (7.500 %)PHP

WML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
134 (85.00 %)XML
232 (80.00 %)HTML
317 (42.50 %)ASP
317 (42.50 %)WAP
411 (27.50 %)XSLT
411 (27.50 %)CSS
56 (15.00 %)ASP.NET
56 (15.00 %).NET
56 (15.00 %)J2EE
65 (12.50 %)AJAX
74 (10.00 %)XHTML
82 (5.000 %)J2ME
82 (5.000 %)JSP
82 (5.000 %)Java ME
91 (2.500 %)BREW
91 (2.500 %)Servlets
91 (2.500 %)WebServices
91 (2.500 %)Swing
91 (2.500 %)XML-RPC
91 (2.500 %)MIDP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (15.00 %)CMS
22 (5.000 %)Apache
31 (2.500 %)Tomcat
31 (2.500 %)WebLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (30.00 %)Photoshop
29 (22.50 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (2.500 %)Fireworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (10.00 %)SMS
23 (7.500 %)Internet
32 (5.000 %)HTTP
32 (5.000 %)DNS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.500 %)MySQL
11 (2.500 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (27.50 %)Flash
21 (2.500 %)Dreamweaver
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (22.50 %)Publishing
28 (20.00 %)Advertising
36 (15.00 %)Games
44 (10.00 %)Multimedia
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (67.50 %)Developer
211 (27.50 %)Web Developer
310 (25.00 %)Content Editor
48 (20.00 %)Applications Developer
57 (17.50 %)ASP Developer
66 (15.00 %)Web Applications Developer
73 (7.500 %)Web Editor
82 (5.000 %)Java Developer
82 (5.000 %)Flash Developer
82 (5.000 %)Software Engineer
91 (2.500 %)Architect
91 (2.500 %)Information Architect
91 (2.500 %)Applications Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (5.000 %)Data Integration
21 (2.500 %)Handset
21 (2.500 %)Web 2.0
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.000 %)UNIX
21 (2.500 %)Solaris
21 (2.500 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (35.00 %)Content Management
211 (27.50 %)RAD
33 (7.500 %)Unit Testing
41 (2.500 %)OOD
41 (2.500 %)DRM
41 (2.500 %)Scrum
41 (2.500 %)Web Design
41 (2.500 %)Agile Software Development
41 (2.500 %)Software Engineering
41 (2.500 %)Web Development
41 (2.500 %)Refactoring
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (57.50 %)JavaScript
217 (42.50 %)VBScript
311 (27.50 %)Perl
46 (15.00 %)Java
54 (10.00 %)DHTML
63 (7.500 %)C#
63 (7.500 %)PHP
63 (7.500 %)SQL
72 (5.000 %)VB
72 (5.000 %)ActionScript
72 (5.000 %)Python
72 (5.000 %)VB6
72 (5.000 %)Ruby
81 (2.500 %)C
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (5.000 %)Oracle
21 (2.500 %)Symbian
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