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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SOAP over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank14-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.000 %
As % of the category below45.83 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted70
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£360-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£370-
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£342
% change on same period last year+9.85 %
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£31.25£31.09
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads2443
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.042 %
Daily rates quoted74
Average minimum daily rate£357£267
Average daily rate£361£292
% change on same period last year+23.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£37.50£21.00
Average hourly rate£41.25£24.21
% change on same period last year+70.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£27.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
SOAP CheshireSOAP
Cheshire

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.

SOAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SOAP across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Chester SOAP Demand Trend

SOAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester SOAP Daily Rate Trend

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SOAP across the Chester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Chester SOAP Daily Rate Histogram

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing SOAP 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 SOAP.

124 (96.00 %)WebServices
222 (88.00 %)XML
320 (80.00 %)HTML
419 (76.00 %)Java
518 (72.00 %)CSS
617 (68.00 %)WSDL
617 (68.00 %)JAX-RPC
712 (48.00 %)Oracle
712 (48.00 %)Finance
811 (44.00 %)JSP
910 (40.00 %)J2EE
109 (36.00 %)C++
109 (36.00 %)Hibernate
109 (36.00 %)HTTP
117 (28.00 %)JDBC
117 (28.00 %)Swing
117 (28.00 %)EJB
117 (28.00 %)XSL
117 (28.00 %)Spring
126 (24.00 %)Middleware
126 (24.00 %)Integration Testing
135 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
135 (20.00 %)SQL Server
135 (20.00 %)C#
135 (20.00 %).NET
135 (20.00 %)Tuxedo
144 (16.00 %)Agile Software Development
153 (12.00 %)AJAX
153 (12.00 %)XPath
153 (12.00 %)JIRA

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing SOAP 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 SOAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (96.00 %)WebServices
222 (88.00 %)XML
320 (80.00 %)HTML
418 (72.00 %)CSS
517 (68.00 %)WSDL
517 (68.00 %)JAX-RPC
611 (44.00 %)JSP
710 (40.00 %)J2EE
89 (36.00 %)Hibernate
97 (28.00 %)Spring
97 (28.00 %)XSL
97 (28.00 %)Swing
97 (28.00 %)EJB
97 (28.00 %)JDBC
106 (24.00 %)Middleware
115 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
115 (20.00 %).NET
123 (12.00 %)AJAX
123 (12.00 %)Apache Axis
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (20.00 %)Tuxedo
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (36.00 %)HTTP
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (20.00 %)SQL Server
21 (4.000 %)Oracle 10g
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (12.00 %)JIRA
22 (8.000 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (48.00 %)Finance
22 (8.000 %)Banking
31 (4.000 %)International Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (60.00 %)Software Engineer
28 (32.00 %)Developer
35 (20.00 %)Java Developer
44 (16.00 %)Java Software Engineer
53 (12.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
53 (12.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
53 (12.00 %).NET Developer
53 (12.00 %)C# Developer
62 (8.000 %)Analyst
62 (8.000 %)Analyst Programmer
62 (8.000 %)Programmer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.000 %)N-Tier
21 (4.000 %)Client/Server
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (24.00 %)Integration Testing
24 (16.00 %)Agile Software Development
33 (12.00 %)OOD
33 (12.00 %)SSADM
33 (12.00 %)UML
33 (12.00 %)OOP
33 (12.00 %)OOA/OOD
42 (8.000 %)OO
42 (8.000 %)E-Commerce
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (76.00 %)Java
29 (36.00 %)C++
35 (20.00 %)C#
43 (12.00 %)XPath
52 (8.000 %)SQL
52 (8.000 %)Transact-SQL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.000 %)Degree
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (48.00 %)Oracle
22 (8.000 %)Microsoft
31 (4.000 %)Perforce