The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle SOA Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle SOA Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle SOA Architect
Rank 507 551 570
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +19
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle SOA Architect 6 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.014% 0.015% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.016% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Average daily rate £550 £350 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -41.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £550 £600
% change year-on-year
- -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Oracle SOA Architect
UK

Oracle SOA Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Oracle SOA Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle SOA Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Oracle SOA Architect Daily Rate Trend

Oracle SOA Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle SOA Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +40 4 £550 +57.14%
South East +16 2 - -
Oracle SOA Architect
UK

Oracle SOA Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Oracle 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 Oracle SOA Architect in their job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Oracle
1 18 (100.00%) SOA
2 9 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
2 9 (50.00%) E-business
3 7 (38.89%) Siebel
4 4 (22.22%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (22.22%) BPEL
5 3 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (16.67%) WebLogic
5 3 (16.67%) Oracle BPM
5 3 (16.67%) Oracle Service Bus
6 2 (11.11%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (11.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (11.11%) ERP
6 2 (11.11%) Middleware
6 2 (11.11%) Java
6 2 (11.11%) Finance
7 1 (5.556%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (5.556%) ESB
7 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
7 1 (5.556%) SQL
7 1 (5.556%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (5.556%) EAI
7 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
7 1 (5.556%) JDeveloper
7 1 (5.556%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (5.556%) WebLogic Integration
7 1 (5.556%) Shell Script
7 1 (5.556%) SOAP
7 1 (5.556%) Web Services

Oracle SOA Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Oracle 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 Oracle SOA Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (11.11%) Middleware
3 1 (5.556%) SOAP
3 1 (5.556%) Web Services
3 1 (5.556%) XML
3 1 (5.556%) REST
3 1 (5.556%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) WebLogic
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle Service Bus
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (5.556%) ESB
3 1 (5.556%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (5.556%) WebLogic Integration
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) JDeveloper
General
1 2 (11.11%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) UNIX
1 1 (5.556%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) SOA
2 9 (50.00%) E-business
3 4 (22.22%) BPEL
4 2 (11.11%) ERP
5 1 (5.556%) EAI
5 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.556%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Oracle
2 7 (38.89%) Siebel
3 1 (5.556%) JBoss