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The table below looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the City of London 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank131146
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads7845
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.110 %0.046 %
As % of the category below1.788 %1.265 %
Daily rates quoted3821
Average minimum daily rate£533£428
Average daily rate£559£445
% change on same period last year+25.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£585£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£432£422
% change on same period last year+2.36 %
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£38.50£29.29
% change on same period last year+31.46 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads43623557
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.168 %3.601 %
Daily rates quoted25361498
Average minimum daily rate£419£440
Average daily rate£458£471
% change on same period last year-2.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£497£501
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted8492
Average minimum hourly rate£24.22£23.50
Average hourly rate£25.86£25.46
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.49£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
SOA LondonSOA
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SOA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

City of London SOA Daily Rate Histogram

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

172 (43.37 %)Java
258 (34.94 %).NET
258 (34.94 %)Finance
353 (31.93 %)WebServices
448 (28.92 %)J2EE
538 (22.89 %)Oracle
636 (21.69 %)Banking
636 (21.69 %)ESB
735 (21.08 %)C#
735 (21.08 %)RDBMS
834 (20.48 %)XML
926 (15.66 %)UML
1023 (13.86 %)Investment Banking
1023 (13.86 %)Derivative
1122 (13.25 %)Insurance
1122 (13.25 %)Workflow
1122 (13.25 %)XSLT
1221 (12.65 %)SQL Server
1320 (12.05 %)ASP.NET
1419 (11.45 %)Sybase
1419 (11.45 %)SQL
1419 (11.45 %)OO
1518 (10.84 %)SC Cleared
1518 (10.84 %)Security Cleared
1617 (10.24 %)Biometrics
1617 (10.24 %)Agile Software Development
1617 (10.24 %)SQL Server 2005
1716 (9.639 %)Front Office
1815 (9.036 %)Scrum
1815 (9.036 %)WebSphere Message Broker

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
158 (34.94 %).NET
253 (31.93 %)WebServices
348 (28.92 %)J2EE
434 (20.48 %)XML
522 (13.25 %)XSLT
620 (12.05 %)ASP.NET
713 (7.831 %)WebSphere
812 (7.229 %)NHibernate
812 (7.229 %)jBPM
812 (7.229 %)Spring
812 (7.229 %)MonoRail
911 (6.627 %)Hibernate
109 (5.422 %)XML Schema
118 (4.819 %)FIXML
118 (4.819 %)HTML
127 (4.217 %)Struts
127 (4.217 %)Middleware
136 (3.614 %)MVC
136 (3.614 %)J2SE
136 (3.614 %)WSE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
136 (21.69 %)ESB
215 (9.036 %)WebSphere Message Broker
312 (7.229 %)BizTalk Server
411 (6.627 %)WebSphere MQ
58 (4.819 %)WMQI
66 (3.614 %)Lotus Notes
66 (3.614 %)MQSeries
75 (3.012 %)SharePoint
75 (3.012 %)Lotus Domino
84 (2.410 %)WebLogic
84 (2.410 %)WebLogic Portal
84 (2.410 %)Oracle 10gAS
84 (2.410 %)Oracle Application Server
93 (1.807 %)MQSI
102 (1.205 %)WPS
111 (0.602 %)ColdFusion
111 (0.602 %)WebSphere Application Server
111 (0.602 %)SharePoint Server 2007
111 (0.602 %)Rendezvous
111 (0.602 %)CMS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (1.205 %)MS Visio
21 (0.602 %)MS Office
21 (0.602 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (2.410 %)Oracle EBS
22 (1.205 %)RMDS
22 (1.205 %)Kondor+
31 (0.602 %)TIBCO iProcess
31 (0.602 %)SAP Oil and Gas
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (7.229 %)Internet
23 (1.807 %)LDAP
31 (0.602 %)FTP
31 (0.602 %)HTTP
31 (0.602 %)TCP/IP
31 (0.602 %)SNA
31 (0.602 %)HTTPS
31 (0.602 %)Intranet
31 (0.602 %)X.25
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (21.08 %)RDBMS
221 (12.65 %)SQL Server
317 (10.24 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (4.819 %)Oracle 9i
48 (4.819 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (3.012 %)Oracle 10g
64 (2.410 %)Oracle BI EE
72 (1.205 %)MySQL
81 (0.602 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.602 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.602 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.602 %)Reference Data
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (7.229 %)Visual Studio
210 (6.024 %)ClearCase
35 (3.012 %)JUnit
43 (1.807 %)Eclipse
43 (1.807 %)Cactus
52 (1.205 %)LoadRunner
52 (1.205 %)Ant
52 (1.205 %)JProbe
52 (1.205 %)NUnit
52 (1.205 %)Subversion
61 (0.602 %)RequisitePro
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
158 (34.94 %)Finance
236 (21.69 %)Banking
323 (13.86 %)Investment Banking
422 (13.25 %)Insurance
516 (9.639 %)Front Office
610 (6.024 %)Government
76 (3.614 %)Retail
76 (3.614 %)Marketing
83 (1.807 %)Financial Institution
83 (1.807 %)Retail Banking
83 (1.807 %)Back Office
83 (1.807 %)Construction
83 (1.807 %)Education
92 (1.205 %)Telecoms
92 (1.205 %)Publishing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
184 (50.60 %)Developer
227 (16.27 %)Java Developer
320 (12.05 %).NET Developer
419 (11.45 %)Architect
515 (9.036 %)Analyst
614 (8.434 %)C# Developer
712 (7.229 %)Business Analyst
712 (7.229 %)Consultant
810 (6.024 %)Delivery Manager
99 (5.422 %)Technical Architect
108 (4.819 %)Java/J2EE Developer
117 (4.217 %)Project Manager
126 (3.614 %)Lotus Notes Developer
135 (3.012 %)WebSphere Developer
135 (3.012 %)J2EE Consultant
135 (3.012 %)E-Business Analyst
135 (3.012 %)Solutions Architect
144 (2.410 %)DBA
144 (2.410 %)Solutions Designer
144 (2.410 %)Senior Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (13.86 %)Derivative
217 (10.24 %)Biometrics
39 (5.422 %)Equity Derivative
39 (5.422 %)Multithreading
47 (4.217 %)Fixed Income
56 (3.614 %)Computer Science
65 (3.012 %)Equities
74 (2.410 %)Grid Computing
74 (2.410 %)N-Tier
74 (2.410 %)Thin Client
74 (2.410 %)Fat Client
83 (1.807 %)Mathematics
83 (1.807 %)Physics
83 (1.807 %)Web 2.0
91 (0.602 %)Clustering
91 (0.602 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
91 (0.602 %)Mainframe
91 (0.602 %)Market Risk
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (9.036 %)UNIX
211 (6.627 %)Windows
35 (3.012 %)Linux
44 (2.410 %)Solaris
52 (1.205 %)AIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (15.66 %)UML
222 (13.25 %)Workflow
319 (11.45 %)OO
418 (10.84 %)SC Cleared
418 (10.84 %)Security Cleared
517 (10.24 %)Agile Software Development
615 (9.036 %)Scrum
711 (6.627 %)Project Management
810 (6.024 %)EAI
99 (5.422 %)E-Commerce
99 (5.422 %)RUP
99 (5.422 %)User Acceptance Testing
108 (4.819 %)Unit Testing
116 (3.614 %)Web Development
116 (3.614 %)OOA/OOD
116 (3.614 %)Business Intelligence
116 (3.614 %)Process Management
116 (3.614 %)E-business
116 (3.614 %)BPEL
125 (3.012 %)OOD
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
172 (43.37 %)Java
235 (21.08 %)C#
319 (11.45 %)SQL
414 (8.434 %)Perl
58 (4.819 %)JavaScript
58 (4.819 %)XPath
67 (4.217 %)C++
74 (2.410 %)PL/SQL
83 (1.807 %)Transact-SQL
83 (1.807 %)VB.NET
92 (1.205 %)C
101 (0.602 %)VBA
101 (0.602 %)VB
101 (0.602 %)DHTML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (3.614 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.602 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (7.229 %)AquaLogic
24 (2.410 %)Oracle RAC
33 (1.807 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (1.807 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.602 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
138 (22.89 %)Oracle
219 (11.45 %)Sybase
311 (6.627 %)BEA
48 (4.819 %)TIBCO
56 (3.614 %)Lotus
63 (1.807 %)VMware
63 (1.807 %)DataSynapse
63 (1.807 %)Infragistics
72 (1.205 %)Telelogic
72 (1.205 %)VERITAS
72 (1.205 %)ILOG
72 (1.205 %)Siebel
72 (1.205 %)IBM
72 (1.205 %)Microsoft
72 (1.205 %)SAP
81 (0.602 %)Cognos
81 (0.602 %)Business Objects
81 (0.602 %)Actuate