The first table below looks at the demand for WAI skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAI over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Rank 122 119 125
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +6
Permanent jobs citing WAI 2 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.107% 0.400% 0.093%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.015% 5.634% 1.550%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 0
Average salary - £27,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +22.95%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
197 142 129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 10.59% 7.093% 6.006%
Number of salaries quoted 153 113 105
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,750 £62,500 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
WAI
Cambridgeshire

WAI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WAI across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Cambridge WAI Jobs Demand Trend

WAI
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WAI across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge WAI Salary Trend

WAI
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited WAI.

1 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) QA
3 3 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 3 (50.00%) ISEB
3 3 (50.00%) Automated Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (50.00%) CSS
4 2 (33.33%) SOAP
4 2 (33.33%) XML
4 2 (33.33%) XSLT
4 2 (33.33%) XHTML
4 2 (33.33%) HTTP
4 2 (33.33%) WSDL
4 2 (33.33%) Web Development
4 2 (33.33%) HTML5
4 2 (33.33%) jQuery
5 1 (16.67%) Web Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
5 1 (16.67%) Internet
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management

WAI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited WAI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 2 (33.33%) SOAP
3 2 (33.33%) XML
3 2 (33.33%) XSLT
3 2 (33.33%) XHTML
3 2 (33.33%) WSDL
3 2 (33.33%) HTML5
3 2 (33.33%) jQuery
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Tester
2 3 (50.00%) Software Tester
3 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Web Development
3 1 (16.67%) Web Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ISEB
1 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA