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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) skills within the Suffolk 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 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-69
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads023
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.000 %4.510 %
Salaries quoted022
Average minimum salary-£32,400
Average salary-£40,700
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£49,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,675£41,055
% change on same period last year-8.23 %
Suffolk IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Suffolk
Matching permanent IT job ads293510
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.196 %0.228 %
Salaries quoted237451
Average minimum salary£30,481£33,156
Average salary£34,048£38,396
% change on same period last year-11.32 %
Average maximum salary£37,615£43,636
UK excluding London average salary£36,023£36,564
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
WAP East of EnglandWAP
East of England

WAP
Demand Trend

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

Suffolk WAP Demand Trend

WAP
Salary Trend

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

Suffolk WAP Salary Trend

WAP
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing WAP 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 WAP.

16 (100.00 %)MySQL
16 (100.00 %)Linux
16 (100.00 %)JBoss
16 (100.00 %)Red Hat
16 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
25 (83.33 %)Agile Software Development
25 (83.33 %)TDD
25 (83.33 %)Subversion
25 (83.33 %)Content Management
25 (83.33 %)Spring
25 (83.33 %)Tapestry
25 (83.33 %)Degree
25 (83.33 %)Computer Science
25 (83.33 %)Configuration Management
25 (83.33 %)Service Delivery
25 (83.33 %)Hibernate
25 (83.33 %)XHTML
25 (83.33 %)SMS
25 (83.33 %)JUnit
25 (83.33 %)HTML
25 (83.33 %)Java
25 (83.33 %)J2EE
31 (16.67 %)UNIX
31 (16.67 %)Tomcat
31 (16.67 %)Fedora
31 (16.67 %)Data Protection
31 (16.67 %)Data Protection Act
31 (16.67 %)Ubuntu

WAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing WAP 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 WAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Suffolk IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (83.33 %)HTML
15 (83.33 %)J2EE
15 (83.33 %)XHTML
15 (83.33 %)Hibernate
15 (83.33 %)Spring
15 (83.33 %)Tapestry
Suffolk IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (100.00 %)JBoss
21 (16.67 %)Tomcat
Suffolk IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (83.33 %)SMS
Suffolk IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (100.00 %)MySQL
Suffolk IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (83.33 %)JUnit
15 (83.33 %)Subversion
Suffolk IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Developer
15 (83.33 %)Senior Developer
21 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Applications Support
21 (16.67 %)Applications Support Engineer
Suffolk IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (83.33 %)Computer Science
21 (16.67 %)Data Protection Act
Suffolk IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Linux
16 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (16.67 %)UNIX
21 (16.67 %)Fedora
21 (16.67 %)Ubuntu
Suffolk IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (83.33 %)Configuration Management
15 (83.33 %)Service Delivery
15 (83.33 %)Agile Software Development
15 (83.33 %)TDD
15 (83.33 %)Content Management
21 (16.67 %)Data Protection
Suffolk IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)Java
Suffolk IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (83.33 %)Degree
Suffolk IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Red Hat