The first table below looks at the demand for WAI skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAI over the 3 months to 22 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Rank 226 233 222
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -11
Permanent jobs citing WAI 22 8 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.305% 0.111% 0.134%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.074% 1.391% 2.022%
Number of salaries quoted 22 8 9
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +18.64%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +22.95%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
540 575 445
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.476% 7.999% 6.607%
Number of salaries quoted 448 478 393
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £26,650
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
WAI
England

WAI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West WAI Salary Trend

WAI
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAI within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +10 22 £35,000 -
WAI
England

WAI
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 35 (100.00%) C#
1 35 (100.00%) HTML
1 35 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 35 (100.00%) SQL
1 35 (100.00%) .NET
1 35 (100.00%) MySQL
1 35 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 35 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 35 (100.00%) CSS
1 35 (100.00%) Web Services
1 35 (100.00%) XML
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
1 35 (100.00%) UML
1 35 (100.00%) OOP
1 35 (100.00%) OO
1 35 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 35 (100.00%) HTTP
1 35 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 35 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 35 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 35 (100.00%) Use Case
1 35 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 35 (100.00%) RESTful
1 35 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (28.57%) Marketing

WAI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 35 (100.00%) HTML
1 35 (100.00%) .NET
1 35 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 35 (100.00%) CSS
1 35 (100.00%) Web Services
1 35 (100.00%) XML
1 35 (100.00%) RESTful
Communications & Networking
1 35 (100.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (100.00%) MySQL
1 35 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 35 (100.00%) RDBMS
General
1 10 (28.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (100.00%) Developer
1 35 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 35 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 35 (100.00%) ASP.NET Developer
1 35 (100.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 35 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 35 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) UML
1 35 (100.00%) OOP
1 35 (100.00%) OO
1 35 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 35 (100.00%) Use Case
1 35 (100.00%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 35 (100.00%) C#
1 35 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 35 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Microsoft
Manchester, North West
Our Client based in Manchester is currently looking for a skilled C# / ASP.NET Server Developer... with SQL Server, MySQL etc* Self-starter who is able to "hit...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Mandatory *Solid experience in the design and implementation of object oriented programming patterns within enterprise level applications. *At least 2 years full-lifecycle commercial experience in the development...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits + Flexitime
Posted: 16 May 2013