The first table below looks at the demand for WAI skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAI over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Rank 774 747 757
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +10
Permanent jobs citing WAI 94 138 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.086% 0.115% 0.097%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.871% 1.243% 1.195%
Number of salaries quoted 85 98 117
Average salary £37,250 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.35% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £47,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-26.31% +58.33%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10793 11106 10461
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.908% 9.215% 8.149%
Number of salaries quoted 8747 9114 8659
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,844 £28,000 £28,800
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,153 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.80% +0.37%

WAI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WAI Jobs Demand Trend

WAI
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAI over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

WAI Salary Histogram

WAI
Top 23 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 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -17 94 £37,250 -12.35% 10
London +45 41 £45,000 +12.50% 1
South East +10 24 £35,000 -41.66% 6
North West +21 23 £35,000 -6.66% 3
Manchester +6 23 £35,000 -6.66% 2
Hampshire - 17 £23,750 - 5
Portsmouth - 9 £22,500 - 1
City of London +5 8 £45,000 +5.88% 1
Basingstoke - 8 £36,000 - 4
Berkshire +23 5 £35,000 -36.36% 1
Yorkshire -2 3 £28,500 -12.30%
West Yorkshire -9 3 £28,500 -12.30%
Reading - 3 £35,000 - 1
Bradford - 3 £28,500 -
Newbury +9 2 £50,000 -9.09%
South West -3 2 £31,750 -36.50%
Oxford - 2 £24,000 -
Bristol - 2 £31,750 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 2 £31,500 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £24,000 -
Cambridgeshire +5 1 - -
Cambridge 0 1 - -
East of England -31 1 - -

WAI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 151 (78.24%) CSS
2 136 (70.47%) HTML
3 120 (62.18%) JavaScript
4 103 (53.37%) XML
5 90 (46.63%) MySQL
6 87 (45.08%) SQL Server
6 87 (45.08%) jQuery
7 76 (39.38%) .NET
8 70 (36.27%) ASP.NET
9 69 (35.75%) HTML5
10 68 (35.23%) Enterprise Software
10 68 (35.23%) C#
11 65 (33.68%) UML
12 62 (32.12%) OOP
12 62 (32.12%) PHP
13 59 (30.57%) CMS
14 57 (29.53%) Photoshop
14 57 (29.53%) Windows
15 55 (28.50%) Ajax
16 54 (27.98%) SQL
16 54 (27.98%) CSS3
17 53 (27.46%) Web Services
18 52 (26.94%) Microsoft
18 52 (26.94%) OO
18 52 (26.94%) Marketing
19 51 (26.42%) W3C
20 50 (25.91%) XHTML
20 50 (25.91%) E-Commerce
21 47 (24.35%) Agile Software Development
21 47 (24.35%) JSON

WAI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 151 (78.24%) CSS
2 136 (70.47%) HTML
3 103 (53.37%) XML
4 87 (45.08%) jQuery
5 76 (39.38%) .NET
6 70 (36.27%) ASP.NET
7 69 (35.75%) HTML5
8 55 (28.50%) Ajax
9 54 (27.98%) CSS3
10 53 (27.46%) Web Services
11 50 (25.91%) XHTML
12 47 (24.35%) JSON
12 47 (24.35%) RESTful
13 42 (21.76%) Flash
14 35 (18.13%) JSP
15 29 (15.03%) Spring
15 29 (15.03%) Velocity
15 29 (15.03%) Hibernate
16 22 (11.40%) DOM
17 16 (8.290%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 59 (30.57%) CMS
2 41 (21.24%) Drupal
3 32 (16.58%) WordPress
4 18 (9.326%) Apache
5 16 (8.290%) IIS
6 11 (5.699%) ExpressionEngine
7 5 (2.591%) Kentico
8 4 (2.073%) SharePoint
9 3 (1.554%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (1.036%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (1.036%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (1.036%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.518%) Magento
Applications
1 57 (29.53%) Photoshop
2 33 (17.10%) Fireworks
3 32 (16.58%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (3.109%) MS Excel
5 4 (2.073%) MS Office
6 2 (1.036%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 11 (5.699%) Google Analytics
2 2 (1.036%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 42 (21.76%) HTTP
2 22 (11.40%) Internet
3 10 (5.181%) TCP/IP
3 10 (5.181%) DNS
4 6 (3.109%) Intranet
5 2 (1.036%) FTP
5 2 (1.036%) Extranet
5 2 (1.036%) Firewall
5 2 (1.036%) LDAP
6 1 (0.518%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (46.63%) MySQL
2 87 (45.08%) SQL Server
3 40 (20.73%) RDBMS
4 12 (6.218%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (5.181%) SQL Server 2008
5 10 (5.181%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (1.036%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.036%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.518%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 14 (7.254%) Dreamweaver
1 14 (7.254%) Git (software)
2 13 (6.736%) Selenium
3 10 (5.181%) Subversion
4 9 (4.663%) Eclipse
5 8 (4.145%) JUnit
5 8 (4.145%) Maven
6 6 (3.109%) Visual Studio
7 5 (2.591%) PhoneGap
7 5 (2.591%) Aptana Studio
8 4 (2.073%) Ant
8 4 (2.073%) VisualAge
8 4 (2.073%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (2.073%) JIRA
8 4 (2.073%) Jenkins
9 3 (1.554%) JBehave
9 3 (1.554%) WebDriver
9 3 (1.554%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.554%) JMeter
10 2 (1.036%) FitNesse
General
1 52 (26.94%) Marketing
2 17 (8.808%) Publishing
3 15 (7.772%) Advertising
4 10 (5.181%) Multimedia
5 5 (2.591%) Games
6 4 (2.073%) Finance
7 2 (1.036%) Legal
7 2 (1.036%) Retail
7 2 (1.036%) Interactive Media
8 1 (0.518%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.518%) Automotive
8 1 (0.518%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.518%) Banking
Job Titles
1 116 (60.10%) Developer
2 49 (25.39%) C# Developer
3 46 (23.83%) .NET Developer
4 40 (20.73%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 40 (20.73%) ASP.NET Developer
4 40 (20.73%) C# .NET Developer
5 28 (14.51%) Front-End Developer
6 25 (12.95%) Architect
6 25 (12.95%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (11.92%) Designer
8 22 (11.40%) Web Developer
9 16 (8.290%) PHP Developer
9 16 (8.290%) Photoshop Designer
10 15 (7.772%) PHP Web Developer
11 14 (7.254%) Analyst
12 12 (6.218%) Senior Developer
13 9 (4.663%) Junior Developer
13 9 (4.663%) Lead Developer
13 9 (4.663%) Test Analyst
13 9 (4.663%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 68 (35.23%) Enterprise Software
2 51 (26.42%) W3C
3 42 (21.76%) N-Tier
4 37 (19.17%) Web 2.0
5 25 (12.95%) Cloud Computing
6 15 (7.772%) Video Editing
7 9 (4.663%) Computer Science
8 8 (4.145%) Digital Media
9 7 (3.627%) Social Media
10 5 (2.591%) IIBA
11 4 (2.073%) Graphic Design
12 3 (1.554%) iPad
12 3 (1.554%) Visualisation
12 3 (1.554%) Blog
13 2 (1.036%) RIA
13 2 (1.036%) Taxonomies
13 2 (1.036%) Animation
13 2 (1.036%) Wiki
13 2 (1.036%) Open Source
14 1 (0.518%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 57 (29.53%) Windows
2 14 (7.254%) Linux
3 13 (6.736%) Apple iOS
4 6 (3.109%) UNIX
5 2 (1.036%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.036%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.518%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (33.68%) UML
2 62 (32.12%) OOP
3 52 (26.94%) OO
4 50 (25.91%) E-Commerce
5 47 (24.35%) Agile Software Development
6 40 (20.73%) Use Case
6 40 (20.73%) Stress Testing
6 40 (20.73%) Load Balancing
7 39 (20.21%) Web Development
8 37 (19.17%) Web Design
9 34 (17.62%) SEO
10 25 (12.95%) Zachman Framework
10 25 (12.95%) TOGAF
11 23 (11.92%) Content Management
12 22 (11.40%) Digital Marketing
13 20 (10.36%) Information Architecture
14 19 (9.845%) Web Accessibility
15 17 (8.808%) MVC
16 13 (6.736%) Business Analysis
16 13 (6.736%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 120 (62.18%) JavaScript
2 68 (35.23%) C#
3 62 (32.12%) PHP
4 54 (27.98%) SQL
5 40 (20.73%) Java
6 32 (16.58%) Ruby
7 20 (10.36%) ActionScript
8 12 (6.218%) PHP5
9 6 (3.109%) Python
10 5 (2.591%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.036%) Perl
11 2 (1.036%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 25 (12.95%) Degree
2 15 (7.772%) ISEB
3 5 (2.591%) CBAP
4 4 (2.073%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.44%) WCAG
2 20 (10.36%) QA
3 3 (1.554%) Section 508
4 1 (0.518%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.518%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.036%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.036%) Hyper-V
1 2 (1.036%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.518%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 52 (26.94%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.95%) Adobe
3 12 (6.218%) Google
4 9 (4.663%) Zend
5 7 (3.627%) Twitter
5 7 (3.627%) IBM
6 6 (3.109%) Facebook
7 5 (2.591%) EPiServer
8 4 (2.073%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.073%) hybris
9 3 (1.554%) ATG
10 2 (1.036%) VMware
10 2 (1.036%) RedDot
10 2 (1.036%) SAP
10 2 (1.036%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.518%) Yahoo!
11 1 (0.518%) Oracle
11 1 (0.518%) Intel
11 1 (0.518%) Sage
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Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + pension, parking, eye care,
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits + Flexitime
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Salary: £36000 - £38000 per annum
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + company benefits
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Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + strong benefits package + pension
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OPUS
Salary: GBP0 per annum
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OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
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