The first table below looks at the demand for WAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAP over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Application Development category for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Rank - 198 199
Permanent jobs citing WAP 0 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire - 0.077% 0.080%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.166% 0.180%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £55,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,375 £50,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-25.25% +53.84%
All Application Development
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2215 2405 2224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 39.99% 46.12% 44.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1845 2129 1990
Average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £44,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WAP
England

WAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire WAP Jobs Demand Trend

WAP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WAP across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire WAP Salary Trend

WAP
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 7 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 7 (100.00%) Internet
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (100.00%) Retail
1 7 (100.00%) iPhone
1 7 (100.00%) Waterfall

WAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 7 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) iPhone
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (100.00%) Waterfall