The first table below looks at the demand for the SOA Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SOA Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the East of England 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SOA Architect
Rank - 132 120
Contract jobs requiring an SOA Architect 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.068% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.072% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1980 2769 2539
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.40% 93.86% 94.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1018 1292 1115
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 285 325
Average hourly rate £22.66 £23.59 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.92% +24.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SOA Architect
England

SOA Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SOA Architect across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England SOA Architect Jobs Demand Trend

SOA Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England SOA Architect Daily Rate Trend

SOA Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England SOA Architect Hourly Rate Trend

SOA Architect
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited SOA Architect in their job title 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 with SOA Architect in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) JBoss
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic Portal
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) BPEL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) WebCenter
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite

SOA Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited SOA Architect in their job title 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 with SOA Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic Portal
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) BPEL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) JBoss