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This section looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Cardiff region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3324
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.667 %3.361 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£402£429
% change on same period last year-6.29 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.45£35.00
% change on same period last year+9.86 %
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads150119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.198 %0.119 %
Daily rates quoted4536
Average minimum daily rate£335£392
Average daily rate£361£414
% change on same period last year-12.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted912
Average minimum hourly rate£26.07£23.25
Average hourly rate£26.27£23.98
% change on same period last year+9.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.48£24.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
SOA South WalesSOA
South Wales

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SOA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SOA across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cardiff SOA Demand Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SOA across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing SOA 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited SOA.

17 (87.50 %)WebServices
26 (75.00 %)Oracle
35 (62.50 %)IIS
35 (62.50 %)SOAP
35 (62.50 %)C
35 (62.50 %)C#
35 (62.50 %)C++
35 (62.50 %)HTML
35 (62.50 %)Java
35 (62.50 %)SQL
35 (62.50 %)XML
35 (62.50 %)XSD
35 (62.50 %)Windows
35 (62.50 %)WSDL
35 (62.50 %)SAML
35 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (62.50 %)Internet
35 (62.50 %)Government
35 (62.50 %)Health
35 (62.50 %)BPEL
35 (62.50 %)JMS
35 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2008
44 (50.00 %)UML
44 (50.00 %)RUP
53 (37.50 %)NetBeans
62 (25.00 %)Banking
62 (25.00 %)Insurance
62 (25.00 %)IBM
62 (25.00 %)BEA
62 (25.00 %)NHS

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing SOA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SOA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (87.50 %)WebServices
25 (62.50 %)SOAP
25 (62.50 %)HTML
25 (62.50 %)XML
25 (62.50 %)XSD
25 (62.50 %)WSDL
25 (62.50 %)SAML
25 (62.50 %)JMS
33 (37.50 %)NetBeans
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (62.50 %)IIS
21 (12.50 %)WebLogic
21 (12.50 %)ESB
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (62.50 %)Internet
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)ETL
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (62.50 %)Government
15 (62.50 %)Health
22 (25.00 %)Banking
22 (25.00 %)Insurance
31 (12.50 %)Finance
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Architect
22 (25.00 %)Enterprise Architect
31 (12.50 %)SOA Architect
31 (12.50 %)Technical Architect
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)NHS
21 (12.50 %)Data Integration
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (62.50 %)Windows
15 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2003
15 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2008
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)BPEL
24 (50.00 %)UML
24 (50.00 %)RUP
31 (12.50 %)Enterprise Architecture
31 (12.50 %)EAI
31 (12.50 %)Service Delivery
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)C
15 (62.50 %)C#
15 (62.50 %)C++
15 (62.50 %)Java
15 (62.50 %)SQL
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (12.50 %)AquaLogic
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (75.00 %)Oracle
22 (25.00 %)IBM
22 (25.00 %)BEA