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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) skills within the West Yorkshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank147168
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching permanent IT job ads2623
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.010 %
As % of the category below1.509 %0.948 %
Salaries quoted2621
Average minimum salary£27,500£30,238
Average salary£28,250£32,452
% change on same period last year-12.94 %
Average maximum salary£29,000£34,667
UK excluding London average salary£37,675£41,055
% change on same period last year-8.23 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads17232425
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.152 %1.082 %
Salaries quoted15702140
Average minimum salary£30,542£29,683
Average salary£33,100£32,499
% change on same period last year+1.84 %
Average maximum salary£35,658£35,315
UK excluding London average salary£36,023£36,564
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
WAP YorkshireWAP
Yorkshire

WAP
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire WAP Salary Trend

WAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAP across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire WAP Salary Histogram

WAP
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
LeedsUp+3625£28,380+1.96 %
WAP YorkshireWAP
Yorkshire

WAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

142 (95.45 %)Telecoms
241 (93.18 %)PHP
325 (56.82 %)E-Commerce
325 (56.82 %)SMS
424 (54.55 %)SQL
522 (50.00 %)Apache
621 (47.73 %)OO
621 (47.73 %)Java
621 (47.73 %)Hibernate
621 (47.73 %)Spring
720 (45.45 %)Linux
819 (43.18 %)MySQL
918 (40.91 %)Servlets
1017 (38.64 %)C++
1110 (22.73 %)Marketing
1110 (22.73 %)Content Management
1110 (22.73 %)XML
1110 (22.73 %)Publishing
1110 (22.73 %)CMS
127 (15.91 %)Flash
127 (15.91 %)JavaScript
127 (15.91 %)Multimedia
136 (13.64 %)Pensions
136 (13.64 %)CSS
145 (11.36 %)J2EE
145 (11.36 %)HTML
145 (11.36 %)PMI
153 (6.818 %)Adobe Illustrator
153 (6.818 %)Web Development
153 (6.818 %)RDBMS

WAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (47.73 %)Hibernate
121 (47.73 %)Spring
218 (40.91 %)Servlets
310 (22.73 %)XML
46 (13.64 %)CSS
55 (11.36 %)HTML
55 (11.36 %)J2EE
63 (6.818 %)LAMP
72 (4.545 %)ASP
81 (2.273 %)Struts
81 (2.273 %)AJAX
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
122 (50.00 %)Apache
210 (22.73 %)CMS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (6.818 %)Photoshop
13 (6.818 %)Adobe Illustrator
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
125 (56.82 %)SMS
23 (6.818 %)Internet
23 (6.818 %)3G
31 (2.273 %)Intranet
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (43.18 %)MySQL
23 (6.818 %)RDBMS
31 (2.273 %)PostgreSQL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (15.91 %)Flash
21 (2.273 %)Subversion
21 (2.273 %)Ant
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
142 (95.45 %)Telecoms
210 (22.73 %)Publishing
210 (22.73 %)Marketing
37 (15.91 %)Multimedia
46 (13.64 %)Pensions
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (88.64 %)Developer
221 (47.73 %)Java Developer
315 (34.09 %)C++/Java Developer
44 (9.091 %)PHP Developer
52 (4.545 %)Web Manager
52 (4.545 %)Java/J2EE Developer
52 (4.545 %)J2EE Developer
52 (4.545 %)Web Designer
61 (2.273 %)Graphic Designer
61 (2.273 %)Creative Designer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (11.36 %)PMI
22 (4.545 %)W3C
31 (2.273 %)Multithreading
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
120 (45.45 %)Linux
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (56.82 %)E-Commerce
221 (47.73 %)OO
310 (22.73 %)Content Management
43 (6.818 %)Web Development
51 (2.273 %)Web Design
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
141 (93.18 %)PHP
224 (54.55 %)SQL
321 (47.73 %)Java
417 (38.64 %)C++
57 (15.91 %)JavaScript
63 (6.818 %)ActionScript
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (6.818 %)Oracle
22 (4.545 %)Adobe