Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WAP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAP over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkWireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank635607681
Rank change year-on-year
Down-28Up+74
Matching permanent IT job ads5266296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.060 %0.078 %0.145 %
As % of the Application Development category0.165 %0.223 %0.450 %
Salaries quoted4462255
Average salary£39,500£34,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.49 %-23.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,000£26,100£29,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£52,500£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£45,000
% change year-on-year
--22.22 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
315412960765787
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.78 %32.32 %
Salaries quoted274582524156031
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

WAP
Demand Trend

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

WAP Demand Trend

WAP
Salary Trend

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

WAP Salary Trend

WAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAP over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 within the UK.

WAP Salary Histogram

WAP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-3752£39,500+14.49 %
South EastUp+2228£35,000-22.22 %
LondonDown-3719£43,500+33.84 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-18£35,000-
High WycombeNew entry-13£35,000-
SurreyUp+104£60,000+33.33 %
CambridgeshireDown-184£45,000+12.50 %
East of EnglandDown-224£45,000+12.50 %
CambridgeDown-264£45,000+12.50 %
MarlowNew entry-4£31,000-
BrightonNew entry-3£40,500-
East SussexNew entry-3£40,500-
City of LondonNew entry-2£28,750-
LeedsUp+131£29,500-6.34 %
West YorkshireUp+101£29,500-6.34 %
YorkshireUp+71£29,500-6.34 %
BerkshireUp+11--

WAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

128 (27.18 %)C#
227 (26.21 %)SQL
325 (24.27 %)HTML
421 (20.39 %)Java
520 (19.42 %)Internet
619 (18.45 %)XHTML
718 (17.48 %)Windows
817 (16.50 %)C
817 (16.50 %)J2ME
817 (16.50 %)Handset
817 (16.50 %)iPhone
916 (15.53 %)JavaScript
916 (15.53 %).NET
1015 (14.56 %)SQL Server
1015 (14.56 %)ASP.NET
1015 (14.56 %)Objective-C
1114 (13.59 %)PHP
1114 (13.59 %)CSS
1114 (13.59 %)Web Development
1213 (12.62 %)Finance
1213 (12.62 %)AJAX
1213 (12.62 %)Pensions
1312 (11.65 %)Web Services
1312 (11.65 %)GSM
1312 (11.65 %)Microsoft
1411 (10.68 %)SMS
1510 (9.709 %)Games
1510 (9.709 %)Agile Software Development
169 (8.738 %)C++
169 (8.738 %)XML

WAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
125 (24.27 %)HTML
219 (18.45 %)XHTML
317 (16.50 %)J2ME
416 (15.53 %).NET
515 (14.56 %)ASP.NET
614 (13.59 %)CSS
713 (12.62 %)AJAX
812 (11.65 %)Web Services
99 (8.738 %)XML
99 (8.738 %)Spring
106 (5.825 %)WML
115 (4.854 %)JSP
115 (4.854 %)JSON
115 (4.854 %)Symfony
115 (4.854 %)Struts
115 (4.854 %)Flash
115 (4.854 %)Hibernate
124 (3.883 %)LAMP
124 (3.883 %)HTML5
133 (2.913 %)NetBeans
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (1.942 %)Lotus Notes
12 (1.942 %)Apache
12 (1.942 %)BizTalk Server
12 (1.942 %)CMS
21 (0.971 %)IIS
21 (0.971 %)MTS
21 (0.971 %)Tomcat
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (4.854 %)Photoshop
15 (4.854 %)Adobe Illustrator
24 (3.883 %)CA Clarity
24 (3.883 %)Fireworks
32 (1.942 %)MS Excel
41 (0.971 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
120 (19.42 %)Internet
212 (11.65 %)GSM
311 (10.68 %)SMS
49 (8.738 %)ATM
49 (8.738 %)GPRS
49 (8.738 %)Wireless
57 (6.796 %)TCP/IP
66 (5.825 %)TETRA
66 (5.825 %)SMPP
74 (3.883 %)3G
74 (3.883 %)3GPP
83 (2.913 %)HSDPA
92 (1.942 %)RTSP
92 (1.942 %)Wi-Fi
92 (1.942 %)Bluetooth
92 (1.942 %)SS7
101 (0.971 %)X.500
101 (0.971 %)RFID
101 (0.971 %)TCAP
101 (0.971 %)ISUP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (14.56 %)SQL Server
27 (6.796 %)MySQL
35 (4.854 %)RDBMS
41 (0.971 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.971 %)Informix
41 (0.971 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (3.883 %)Eclipse
14 (3.883 %)QuickTest Pro
14 (3.883 %)LoadRunner
14 (3.883 %)Subversion
23 (2.913 %)ClearCase
23 (2.913 %)Rational Robot
31 (0.971 %)Xcode
31 (0.971 %)Ant
31 (0.971 %)Selenium
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (12.62 %)Finance
113 (12.62 %)Pensions
210 (9.709 %)Games
38 (7.767 %)Telecoms
47 (6.796 %)Billing
56 (5.825 %)Marketing
56 (5.825 %)Online Games
65 (4.854 %)Retail
73 (2.913 %)Electronics
73 (2.913 %)Music
82 (1.942 %)Advertising
91 (0.971 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
149 (47.57 %)Developer
221 (20.39 %)Mobile Developer
315 (14.56 %)Analyst
413 (12.62 %)Applications Developer
511 (10.68 %)PHP Developer
511 (10.68 %)Mobile Applications Developer
610 (9.709 %)Web Developer
79 (8.738 %)Test Analyst
79 (8.738 %).NET Developer
79 (8.738 %)C# Developer
88 (7.767 %)Project Manager
88 (7.767 %)Software Engineer
97 (6.796 %)Architect
106 (5.825 %)ASP.NET Developer
106 (5.825 %)Java Developer
106 (5.825 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
115 (4.854 %).NET Web Developer
115 (4.854 %)C# Web Developer
115 (4.854 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
115 (4.854 %)C# Software Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (16.50 %)Handset
117 (16.50 %)iPhone
29 (8.738 %)EFT
38 (7.767 %)iDTV
44 (3.883 %)Streaming Video
44 (3.883 %)IVR
44 (3.883 %)Blackberry
44 (3.883 %)Web 2.0
52 (1.942 %)PDA
52 (1.942 %)IPTV
61 (0.971 %)Replication
61 (0.971 %)Client/Server
61 (0.971 %)ASIC
61 (0.971 %)Computer Science
61 (0.971 %)Multithreading
61 (0.971 %)Open Source
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (17.48 %)Windows
29 (8.738 %)Linux
36 (5.825 %)Android
43 (2.913 %)UNIX
52 (1.942 %)Solaris
61 (0.971 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (0.971 %)Windows CE
61 (0.971 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.971 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (13.59 %)Web Development
210 (9.709 %)Agile Software Development
39 (8.738 %)TDD
39 (8.738 %)OO
39 (8.738 %)E-Commerce
39 (8.738 %)Mobile Commerce
48 (7.767 %)Project Management
48 (7.767 %)Requirements Analysis
57 (6.796 %)OOP
66 (5.825 %)MVC
75 (4.854 %)PRINCE2
75 (4.854 %)Product Management
84 (3.883 %)Test Scripting
84 (3.883 %)Manual Testing
84 (3.883 %)Stakeholder Management
84 (3.883 %)Project Planning
84 (3.883 %)Compatibility Testing
93 (2.913 %)Release Management
93 (2.913 %)IC Design
93 (2.913 %)Automated Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
128 (27.18 %)C#
227 (26.21 %)SQL
321 (20.39 %)Java
417 (16.50 %)C
516 (15.53 %)JavaScript
615 (14.56 %)Objective-C
714 (13.59 %)PHP
89 (8.738 %)C++
89 (8.738 %)PHP5
96 (5.825 %)Perl
103 (2.913 %)VBScript
103 (2.913 %)VC++
111 (0.971 %)Bash shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (6.796 %)Degree
26 (5.825 %)ISEB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.883 %)SLA
14 (3.883 %)QA
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (1.942 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.971 %)OpenView
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (11.65 %)Microsoft
27 (6.796 %)JBoss
36 (5.825 %)Symbian
45 (4.854 %)Zend
54 (3.883 %)Ericsson
63 (2.913 %)Oracle
63 (2.913 %)Perforce
72 (1.942 %)Nokia
72 (1.942 %)Lotus
81 (0.971 %)Red Hat
81 (0.971 %)Cognos
81 (0.971 %)Sun
81 (0.971 %)HP