The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Crawley region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 20 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Crawley region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank - 29 -
Contract jobs citing SOA 0 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley - 2.612% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 3.318% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £390 £400
% change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +45.45%
All Processes & Methodologies
Crawley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
106 211 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 72.60% 78.73% 70.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 127 31
Average daily rate £375 £313 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -21.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 7
Average hourly rate £32.50 £14.50 £50.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+124.13% -71.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
SOA
West Sussex

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SOA across the Crawley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Crawley SOA Jobs Demand Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Crawley SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SOA across the Crawley region.

Crawley SOA Hourly Rate Trend

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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.

1 7 (87.50%) Data Architecture
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (62.50%) Business Objects
3 5 (62.50%) SAP
3 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
4 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 4 (50.00%) SQL
4 4 (50.00%) MS Visio
4 4 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (50.00%) MS Office
5 3 (37.50%) Smart Meter
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
6 2 (25.00%) SOAP
6 2 (25.00%) Web Services
6 2 (25.00%) XML
6 2 (25.00%) XSD
6 2 (25.00%) ESB
6 2 (25.00%) QA
6 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
6 2 (25.00%) WSDL
7 1 (12.50%) soapUI
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (12.50%) SAP ERP
7 1 (12.50%) WCF
7 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (12.50%) PMI
7 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
7 1 (12.50%) Telecoms

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) SOAP
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
1 2 (25.00%) XML
1 2 (25.00%) XSD
1 2 (25.00%) WSDL
2 1 (12.50%) WCF
2 1 (12.50%) soapUI
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (25.00%) ESB
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Office
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 4 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (12.50%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Architect
2 5 (62.50%) Systems Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Designer
3 2 (25.00%) SOA Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) SOA Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Smart Meter
2 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Data Architecture
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Business Objects
2 5 (62.50%) SAP