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This section looks at the demand for Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) skills within the West Midlands region 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank221233
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads51
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.813 %0.242 %
Salaries quoted31
Average minimum salary£30,000£28,000
Average salary£30,500£29,000
% change on same period last year+5.17 %
Average maximum salary£31,000£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,984£31,099
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads615414
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.331 %0.173 %
Salaries quoted501346
Average minimum salary£32,965£34,894
Average salary£35,161£37,234
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
Average maximum salary£37,358£39,573
UK excluding London average salary£39,444£40,048
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
WAI EnglandWAI
England

WAI
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands WAI Demand Trend

WAI
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands WAI Salary Trend

WAI
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAI across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Midlands WAI Salary Histogram

WAI
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAI within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
HerefordshireDown-62£28,250-2.58 %
WolverhamptonNew entry-2--
WorcestershireNew entry-1£35,000-
WAI EnglandWAI
England

WAI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

112 (85.71 %)CSS
29 (64.29 %)XHTML
29 (64.29 %)HTML
29 (64.29 %)JavaScript
37 (50.00 %)Flash
37 (50.00 %)W3C
37 (50.00 %)Web Development
37 (50.00 %)Graphic Design
37 (50.00 %)Adobe
45 (35.71 %)ActionScript
45 (35.71 %)OO
45 (35.71 %)PHP
45 (35.71 %)Adobe Flex
45 (35.71 %)AJAX
45 (35.71 %)GIS
53 (21.43 %)E-Learning
53 (21.43 %)Content Management
53 (21.43 %)MySQL
53 (21.43 %)ASP.NET
53 (21.43 %)XML
53 (21.43 %).NET
53 (21.43 %)E-Commerce
62 (14.29 %)MS Visio
62 (14.29 %)Dreamweaver
62 (14.29 %)CRM
62 (14.29 %)SharePoint
62 (14.29 %)Macromedia
62 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
62 (14.29 %)ColdFusion
62 (14.29 %)Mac OS X

WAI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (85.71 %)CSS
29 (64.29 %)HTML
29 (64.29 %)XHTML
35 (35.71 %)AJAX
35 (35.71 %)Adobe Flex
43 (21.43 %)ASP.NET
43 (21.43 %).NET
43 (21.43 %)XML
52 (14.29 %)XSL
52 (14.29 %)JSP
52 (14.29 %)J2EE
52 (14.29 %)ASP
52 (14.29 %)SAP XI
61 (7.143 %)jQuery
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (14.29 %)SharePoint
12 (14.29 %)ColdFusion
12 (14.29 %)Content Management Server
12 (14.29 %)CMS
12 (14.29 %)SharePoint Server 2007
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (14.29 %)Photoshop
12 (14.29 %)MS Office
12 (14.29 %)MS Visio
12 (14.29 %)Acrobat
12 (14.29 %)FreeHand
12 (14.29 %)Fireworks
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (14.29 %)SAP CRM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (35.71 %)GIS
23 (21.43 %)MySQL
32 (14.29 %)SQL Server
32 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
32 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (50.00 %)Flash
22 (14.29 %)Dreamweaver
22 (14.29 %)FrontPage
22 (14.29 %)Visual Studio
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (50.00 %)Graphic Design
22 (14.29 %)Animation
22 (14.29 %)Health
22 (14.29 %)Pensions
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (57.14 %)Developer
18 (57.14 %)Web Developer
24 (28.57 %)Programmer
33 (21.43 %)Flash Developer
33 (21.43 %)Web Programmer
42 (14.29 %)UI Designer
42 (14.29 %)Interactive Designer
42 (14.29 %)Web Designer
42 (14.29 %)Graphic Designer
51 (7.143 %)Applications Developer
51 (7.143 %)Java Programmer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (50.00 %)W3C
23 (21.43 %)E-Learning
31 (7.143 %)VLE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (14.29 %)Mac OS X
21 (7.143 %)Linux
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (50.00 %)Web Development
25 (35.71 %)OO
33 (21.43 %)E-Commerce
33 (21.43 %)Content Management
42 (14.29 %)SEO
42 (14.29 %)Web Design
42 (14.29 %)CRM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (64.29 %)JavaScript
25 (35.71 %)PHP
25 (35.71 %)ActionScript
32 (14.29 %)DHTML
32 (14.29 %)Java
32 (14.29 %)SQL
32 (14.29 %)VBScript
41 (7.143 %)VB.NET
41 (7.143 %)C#
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (50.00 %)Adobe
22 (14.29 %)Macromedia
22 (14.29 %)Oracle
22 (14.29 %)SAP