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The table below looks at the demand for Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAI over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank671796
Rank change on same period last yearUp+125
Matching permanent IT job ads168201
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.109 %0.090 %
As % of the category below1.903 %1.690 %
Salaries quoted149174
Average minimum salary£33,550£33,640
Average salary£36,138£37,002
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
Average maximum salary£38,725£40,364
UK excluding London average salary£33,822£33,820
% change on same period last year-
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads882811897
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.714 %5.305 %
Salaries quoted71829563
Average minimum salary£40,097£40,019
Average salary£43,370£43,302
% change on same period last year+0.15 %
Average maximum salary£46,643£46,586
UK excluding London average salary£40,116£39,773
% change on same period last year+0.86 %

WAI
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WAI within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

WAI Demand Trend

WAI
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WAI within the UK.

WAI Salary Trend

WAI
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAI over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 within the UK.

WAI Salary Histogram

WAI
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+71166£36,310-1.87 %
LondonUp+9870£39,114-3.27 %
South WestUp+5637£34,500+10.40 %
BristolUp+2833£34,054+12.57 %
YorkshireUp+2227£37,111+18.31 %
South EastUp+8224£39,950+21.15 %
South YorkshireUp+1621£42,000+28.66 %
SheffieldUp+2421£42,000+26.56 %
SloughNew entry-12£47,500-
BerkshireUp+4612£47,500+48.05 %
West MidlandsUp+2112£22,667-34.53 %
HerefordshireUp+1711£22,227-28.68 %
HarpendenUp+411£22,227-28.68 %
LutonDown-711£22,227-54.01 %
West YorkshireUp+86£27,333+1.46 %
SurreyNew entry-5£24,000-
HalifaxNew entry-5£27,100-
Milton KeynesNew entry-4--
GloucestershireNew entry-4£37,625-
BuckinghamshireUp+294--
North WestUp+354£22,500-26.82 %
City of LondonDown-353£47,500+21.40 %
East of EnglandUp+33£29,500-23.09 %
HampshireUp+53£36,333+9.27 %
ManchesterUp+353£22,500-21.96 %
RingwoodNew entry-2£30,500-
CambridgeNew entry-2£28,000-
EdinburghNew entry-2£22,500-
CambridgeshireUp+142£28,000-23.28 %
ScotlandNew entry-2£22,500-

WAI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1360 (82.76 %)CSS
2327 (75.17 %)XHTML
3320 (73.56 %)JavaScript
4260 (59.77 %)W3C
5213 (48.97 %)HTML
6206 (47.36 %).NET
7191 (43.91 %)AJAX
8186 (42.76 %)XML
9174 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
10138 (31.72 %)C#
11129 (29.66 %)SQL Server
12112 (25.75 %)E-Commerce
13104 (23.91 %)VB
14101 (23.22 %)XSLT
1599 (22.76 %)ASP
1696 (22.07 %)Degree
1795 (21.84 %)DOM
1888 (20.23 %)PHP
1979 (18.16 %)Flash
2078 (17.93 %)Java
2176 (17.47 %)VB6
2275 (17.24 %)WCAG
2374 (17.01 %)Photoshop
2469 (15.86 %)SOAP
2563 (14.48 %)COM+
2655 (12.64 %)Retail
2753 (12.18 %)Web Design
2753 (12.18 %)XSL
2852 (11.95 %)DHTML
2852 (11.95 %)SQL

WAI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1360 (82.76 %)CSS
2327 (75.17 %)XHTML
3213 (48.97 %)HTML
4206 (47.36 %).NET
5191 (43.91 %)AJAX
6186 (42.76 %)XML
7174 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
8101 (23.22 %)XSLT
999 (22.76 %)ASP
1095 (21.84 %)DOM
1169 (15.86 %)SOAP
1263 (14.48 %)COM+
1353 (12.18 %)XSL
1437 (8.506 %)Velocity
1533 (7.586 %)jQuery
1630 (6.897 %)JSP
1727 (6.207 %)WAP
1815 (3.448 %)JSF
1815 (3.448 %)JSTL
1912 (2.759 %)ASP.NET 2.0
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (4.828 %)Apache
214 (3.218 %)CMS
311 (2.529 %)BizTalk Server
311 (2.529 %)IIS
49 (2.069 %)SharePoint
53 (0.690 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (0.460 %)WordPress
71 (0.230 %)Immediacy CMS
71 (0.230 %)Sitecore CMS
71 (0.230 %)ColdFusion
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
174 (17.01 %)Photoshop
228 (6.437 %)Adobe Illustrator
315 (3.448 %)MS Excel
49 (2.069 %)Fireworks
51 (0.230 %)ImageReady
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
145 (10.34 %)Internet
221 (4.828 %)Wireless
315 (3.448 %)FTP
414 (3.218 %)HTTP
414 (3.218 %)SMTP
511 (2.529 %)Intranet
62 (0.460 %)DNS
71 (0.230 %)SSH
71 (0.230 %)TCP/IP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1129 (29.66 %)SQL Server
234 (7.816 %)SQL Server 2005
323 (5.287 %)MySQL
416 (3.678 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (0.920 %)SQL Server 2008
62 (0.460 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
62 (0.460 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.230 %)GIS
71 (0.230 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
179 (18.16 %)Flash
222 (5.057 %)Dreamweaver
312 (2.759 %)Eclipse
44 (0.920 %)Visual Studio
53 (0.690 %)Selenium
62 (0.460 %)Subversion
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
155 (12.64 %)Retail
235 (8.046 %)Marketing
329 (6.667 %)Music
420 (4.598 %)Publishing
519 (4.368 %)Pensions
617 (3.908 %)Multimedia
716 (3.678 %)Telecoms
811 (2.529 %)Finance
99 (2.069 %)Graphic Design
108 (1.839 %)Health
116 (1.379 %)Advertising
124 (0.920 %)Construction
124 (0.920 %)FMCG
124 (0.920 %)Banking
124 (0.920 %)Investment Banking
132 (0.460 %)Games
132 (0.460 %)Education
132 (0.460 %)Automotive
141 (0.230 %)Back Office
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1252 (57.93 %)Developer
2148 (34.02 %)Web Developer
338 (8.736 %)Senior Developer
434 (7.816 %)Web Designer
533 (7.586 %).NET Developer
630 (6.897 %)Software Engineer
722 (5.057 %)Team Leader
722 (5.057 %)Development Team Leader
722 (5.057 %).NET Team Leader
821 (4.828 %)HTML Developer
917 (3.908 %)VB Software Engineer
917 (3.908 %)C# Software Engineer
1015 (3.448 %)QA Manager
1015 (3.448 %)Architect
1114 (3.218 %)Junior
1114 (3.218 %)Consultant
1213 (2.989 %)ASP.NET Developer
1312 (2.759 %)Junior Developer
1312 (2.759 %)Web Manager
1312 (2.759 %)Information Architect
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1260 (59.77 %)W3C
247 (10.80 %)Computer Science
341 (9.425 %)Web 2.0
410 (2.299 %)iDTV
59 (2.069 %)E-Learning
63 (0.690 %)Streaming Video
72 (0.460 %)RIA
72 (0.460 %)Taxonomies
72 (0.460 %)IVR
81 (0.230 %)VLE
81 (0.230 %)Flash Lite
81 (0.230 %)Copywriting
81 (0.230 %)SCORM
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (7.816 %)Linux
221 (4.828 %)UNIX
38 (1.839 %)Windows
38 (1.839 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1112 (25.75 %)E-Commerce
253 (12.18 %)Web Design
352 (11.95 %)Web Development
451 (11.72 %)SEO
545 (10.34 %)OO
641 (9.425 %)Requirements Analysis
723 (5.287 %)Configuration Management
723 (5.287 %)Agile Software Development
820 (4.598 %)Content Management
914 (3.218 %)Digital Marketing
1012 (2.759 %)Usability Testing
1012 (2.759 %)Test Scripting
1110 (2.299 %)CRM
1110 (2.299 %)B2B
129 (2.069 %)Service Delivery
129 (2.069 %)B2C
138 (1.839 %)OOD
138 (1.839 %)Scrum
147 (1.609 %)Use Case
147 (1.609 %)RAD
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1320 (73.56 %)JavaScript
2138 (31.72 %)C#
3104 (23.91 %)VB
488 (20.23 %)PHP
578 (17.93 %)Java
676 (17.47 %)VB6
752 (11.95 %)DHTML
752 (11.95 %)SQL
850 (11.49 %)XPath
944 (10.11 %)Perl
1036 (8.276 %)C++
1125 (5.747 %)VB.NET
1223 (5.287 %)ActionScript
1322 (5.057 %)Korn
1416 (3.678 %)Python
1515 (3.448 %)C
1610 (2.299 %)VBScript
176 (1.379 %)Ruby
185 (1.149 %)PHP5
193 (0.690 %)PowerHouse
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
196 (22.07 %)Degree
24 (0.920 %)MCP
24 (0.920 %)MCAD
24 (0.920 %)MCSD
24 (0.920 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
175 (17.24 %)WCAG
226 (5.977 %)QA
319 (4.368 %)SLA
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
150 (11.49 %)Microsoft
222 (5.057 %)Perforce
321 (4.828 %)Adobe
44 (0.920 %)Zend
52 (0.460 %)Mapinfo
61 (0.230 %)Google
61 (0.230 %)Sitecore
61 (0.230 %)Oracle