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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) skills within the Thames Valley 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank33-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads20
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.857 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted20
Average minimum salary£42,000-
Average salary£46,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£51,000-
UK excluding London average salary£36,401£38,297
% change on same period last year-4.95 %
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Thames Valley
Matching permanent IT job ads70182
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.076 %
Salaries quoted61170
Average minimum salary£33,401£37,825
Average salary£37,062£41,546
% change on same period last year-10.79 %
Average maximum salary£40,723£45,268
UK excluding London average salary£35,934£36,795
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
WAP South EastWAP
South East

WAP
Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley WAP Salary Trend

WAP
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

14 (80.00 %)XML
14 (80.00 %)WML
23 (60.00 %)Visual Studio
23 (60.00 %)C#
23 (60.00 %)SQL
23 (60.00 %)XSLT
23 (60.00 %)XHTML
23 (60.00 %)Project Management
32 (40.00 %)GPRS
32 (40.00 %)GSM
32 (40.00 %)UMTS
32 (40.00 %)HTTP
32 (40.00 %)Cisco
41 (20.00 %)CiscoWorks
41 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
41 (20.00 %)Internet
41 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (20.00 %)DNS
41 (20.00 %)SSL
41 (20.00 %)Telecoms

WAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (80.00 %)WML
14 (80.00 %)XML
23 (60.00 %)XSLT
23 (60.00 %)XHTML
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)GPRS
12 (40.00 %)GSM
12 (40.00 %)UMTS
12 (40.00 %)HTTP
21 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (20.00 %)DNS
21 (20.00 %)SSL
21 (20.00 %)Internet
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (60.00 %)Visual Studio
Thames Valley IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Telecoms
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
13 (60.00 %)Applications Developer
21 (20.00 %)Integration Test Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Integration Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Test Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Systems Designer
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Project Management
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)C#
13 (60.00 %)SQL
Thames Valley IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (20.00 %)CiscoWorks
Thames Valley IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Cisco