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This section looks at the demand for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) skills within the Lancashire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAP over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank87-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads70
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.426 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted70
Average minimum salary£18,889-
Average salary£22,833-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£26,778-
UK excluding London average salary£38,677£37,641
% change on same period last year+2.75 %
Application Development LancashireApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching permanent IT job ads491312
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.241 %0.138 %
Salaries quoted416240
Average minimum salary£28,198£30,375
Average salary£31,109£33,217
% change on same period last year-6.34 %
Average maximum salary£34,019£36,059
UK excluding London average salary£35,972£36,627
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
WAP North WestWAP
North West

WAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing WAP across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire WAP Demand Trend

WAP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing WAP across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire WAP Salary Trend

WAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAP across the Lancashire region over the past 3 months.

Lancashire WAP Salary Histogram

WAP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAP within the Lancashire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1PrestonNew entry-6£23,667-
2BlackpoolNew entry-2£21,000-
WAP North WestWAP
North West

WAP
Top 25 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing WAP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WAP.

15 (71.43 %)CSS
24 (57.14 %)XHTML
24 (57.14 %)MS Excel
24 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (57.14 %)SQL
24 (57.14 %)VB.NET
24 (57.14 %).NET
24 (57.14 %)HTML
24 (57.14 %)SQL Server
24 (57.14 %)Visual Studio
24 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
24 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (57.14 %)Video Editing
33 (42.86 %)Java
42 (28.57 %)MySQL
42 (28.57 %)Linux
42 (28.57 %)PHP
42 (28.57 %)Flash
42 (28.57 %)IPTV
42 (28.57 %)IVR
51 (14.29 %)Spring
51 (14.29 %)Hibernate
51 (14.29 %)JBoss
51 (14.29 %)Eclipse
51 (14.29 %)JavaScript

WAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing WAP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
15 (71.43 %)CSS
24 (57.14 %)XHTML
24 (57.14 %)HTML
24 (57.14 %).NET
24 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
31 (14.29 %)Hibernate
31 (14.29 %)Spring
Application Platforms
11 (14.29 %)JBoss
Applications
14 (57.14 %)MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2000
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (28.57 %)MySQL
Development Applications
14 (57.14 %)Visual Studio
22 (28.57 %)Flash
31 (14.29 %)Eclipse
General
14 (57.14 %)Video Editing
Job Titles
17 (100.00 %)Developer
26 (85.71 %)Web Developer
34 (57.14 %)Applications Developer
34 (57.14 %)Web Applications Developer
42 (28.57 %)PHP Developer
42 (28.57 %)PHP Web Developer
51 (14.29 %)Junior
51 (14.29 %)Junior Java Developer
51 (14.29 %)Java Developer
51 (14.29 %)Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)IVR
12 (28.57 %)IPTV
Operating Systems
12 (28.57 %)Linux
Programming Languages
14 (57.14 %)SQL
14 (57.14 %)VB.NET
23 (42.86 %)Java
32 (28.57 %)PHP
41 (14.29 %)JavaScript
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