The first table below looks at the demand for soapUI skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited soapUI 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 of the Application Development category 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
Eviware soapUI
Rank 432 481 527
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +46
Contract jobs citing soapUI 81 78 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.195% 0.146% 0.078%
As % of the Application Development category 0.714% 0.559% 0.278%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 43 22
Average daily rate £350 £350 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -21.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £300 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £450 £499
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 £32.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.97% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.25 -
% change year-on-year
-6.97% -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11342 13944 15844
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.28% 26.14% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7269 8358 9412
Average daily rate £375 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 366 550
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
soapUI
UK

soapUI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing soapUI across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England soapUI Jobs Demand Trend

soapUI
Daily Rate Trend

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

England soapUI Daily Rate Trend

soapUI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing soapUI across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England soapUI Daily Rate Histogram

soapUI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England soapUI Hourly Rate Trend

soapUI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing soapUI 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
South East +24 37 £350 -
London +44 24 £370 -15.90%
North West +14 8 £330 -12.00%
East of England +4 5 £315 -16.00%
East Midlands - 4 £275 -
Yorkshire +4 3 £223 -
soapUI
UK

soapUI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing soapUI 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 soapUI.

1 121 (76.10%) SOAP
2 85 (53.46%) Selenium
3 78 (49.06%) Java
4 72 (45.28%) SQL
5 71 (44.65%) Web Services
6 56 (35.22%) Agile Software Development
7 47 (29.56%) BDD
8 44 (27.67%) WebDriver
8 44 (27.67%) SQL Server
9 43 (27.04%) XML
10 41 (25.79%) Continuous Integration
11 37 (23.27%) REST
12 36 (22.64%) BizTalk Server
13 35 (22.01%) Maven
14 34 (21.38%) C#
15 33 (20.75%) Git (software)
16 31 (19.50%) JUnit
16 31 (19.50%) WCF
17 28 (17.61%) Java EE
17 28 (17.61%) TDD
17 28 (17.61%) HTML
18 27 (16.98%) QA
19 26 (16.35%) Test Scripting
19 26 (16.35%) JavaScript
19 26 (16.35%) Scrum
20 25 (15.72%) Finance
21 23 (14.47%) ISEB
21 23 (14.47%) Spring
22 22 (13.84%) Hibernate
22 22 (13.84%) CSS

soapUI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing soapUI 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 soapUI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 121 (76.10%) SOAP
2 71 (44.65%) Web Services
3 43 (27.04%) XML
4 37 (23.27%) REST
5 31 (19.50%) WCF
6 28 (17.61%) Java EE
6 28 (17.61%) HTML
7 23 (14.47%) Spring
8 22 (13.84%) Hibernate
8 22 (13.84%) CSS
9 21 (13.21%) JSON
10 20 (12.58%) EJB
11 19 (11.95%) Spring MVC
12 18 (11.32%) JMS
12 18 (11.32%) .NET
13 16 (10.06%) JTA
13 16 (10.06%) Spring Security
13 16 (10.06%) Spring Web Flow
13 16 (10.06%) jQuery
13 16 (10.06%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 36 (22.64%) BizTalk Server
2 18 (11.32%) IIS
3 15 (9.434%) ESB
4 5 (3.145%) Tomcat
5 4 (2.516%) Windows Azure
5 4 (2.516%) Apache
5 4 (2.516%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (1.887%) Confluence
7 2 (1.258%) MQSeries
7 2 (1.258%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.258%) WebSphere Process Server
7 2 (1.258%) AquaLogic
8 1 (0.629%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 1 (0.629%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (0.629%) WebSphere MQ
8 1 (0.629%) Force.com
Applications
1 8 (5.031%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.145%) Final Cut Pro
3 2 (1.258%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 2 (1.258%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.629%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.69%) HTTP
2 12 (7.547%) HTTPS
3 6 (3.774%) LDAP
4 2 (1.258%) VoIP
4 2 (1.258%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.629%) CDMA
5 1 (0.629%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (27.67%) SQL Server
2 16 (10.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 16 (10.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 16 (10.06%) NoSQL
3 10 (6.289%) SQL Server 2012
4 6 (3.774%) TOAD
4 6 (3.774%) DB2
5 5 (3.145%) MySQL
6 4 (2.516%) DbVisualizer
7 2 (1.258%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (1.258%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.258%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (1.258%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (1.258%) BusinessObjects XI
8 1 (0.629%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.629%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.629%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.629%) MS Access
8 1 (0.629%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.629%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 85 (53.46%) Selenium
2 44 (27.67%) WebDriver
3 35 (22.01%) Maven
4 33 (20.75%) Git (software)
5 31 (19.50%) JUnit
6 21 (13.21%) Team Foundation Server
7 19 (11.95%) JMeter
8 16 (10.06%) Mockito
9 14 (8.805%) JBehave
10 13 (8.176%) JIRA
11 12 (7.547%) FitNesse
11 12 (7.547%) Cucumber
12 10 (6.289%) Visual Studio
12 10 (6.289%) TeamCity
12 10 (6.289%) Jenkins
13 9 (5.660%) Hudson
13 9 (5.660%) MSBuild
13 9 (5.660%) QuickTest Pro
14 7 (4.403%) NUnit
14 7 (4.403%) SpecFlow
General
1 25 (15.72%) Finance
2 12 (7.547%) Telecoms
3 7 (4.403%) Retail
4 5 (3.145%) Banking
5 2 (1.258%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.258%) Billing
6 1 (0.629%) Marketing
6 1 (0.629%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.629%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.629%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (22.64%) Tester
1 36 (22.64%) Analyst
2 34 (21.38%) Developer
3 33 (20.75%) Test Analyst
4 20 (12.58%) Java Developer
5 11 (6.918%) Automation Tester
6 9 (5.660%) QA Engineer
6 9 (5.660%) Consultant
7 8 (5.031%) Test Engineer
8 7 (4.403%) Technical Leader
8 7 (4.403%) Release Manager
8 7 (4.403%) Build Manager
8 7 (4.403%) Architect
9 6 (3.774%) Performance Tester
9 6 (3.774%) Test Consultant
9 6 (3.774%) Senior Tester
9 6 (3.774%) Technical Tester
10 5 (3.145%) QA Analyst
11 4 (2.516%) Test Leader
11 4 (2.516%) Automated Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.403%) Open Source
2 4 (2.516%) Mobile App
2 4 (2.516%) Handset
3 2 (1.258%) Smart Meter
3 2 (1.258%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.258%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (1.258%) Replication
4 1 (0.629%) Social Network
4 1 (0.629%) Smartphone
4 1 (0.629%) Statistics
4 1 (0.629%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.629%) N-Tier
4 1 (0.629%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.629%) Oracle Exalogic
4 1 (0.629%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.58%) Linux
2 19 (11.95%) Windows
3 15 (9.434%) UNIX
4 10 (6.289%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.258%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.258%) AIX
5 2 (1.258%) Android
5 2 (1.258%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.629%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.629%) SUSE
6 1 (0.629%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.629%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (35.22%) Agile Software Development
2 47 (29.56%) BDD
3 41 (25.79%) Continuous Integration
4 28 (17.61%) TDD
5 26 (16.35%) Test Scripting
5 26 (16.35%) Scrum
6 22 (13.84%) UML
7 21 (13.21%) Automated Testing
7 21 (13.21%) Software Architecture
8 20 (12.58%) Test Automation
9 19 (11.95%) MVC
10 18 (11.32%) OOD
10 18 (11.32%) SOA
10 18 (11.32%) Dependency Injection
11 17 (10.69%) Web Development
11 17 (10.69%) Software Testing
12 16 (10.06%) Performance Testing
13 13 (8.176%) Integration Testing
13 13 (8.176%) Pair Programming
14 12 (7.547%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 78 (49.06%) Java
2 72 (45.28%) SQL
3 34 (21.38%) C#
4 26 (16.35%) JavaScript
5 15 (9.434%) Groovy
6 13 (8.176%) PowerShell
7 7 (4.403%) Python
8 6 (3.774%) Perl
8 6 (3.774%) C++
9 4 (2.516%) T-SQL
9 4 (2.516%) C
10 3 (1.887%) Ruby
10 3 (1.887%) PHP
10 3 (1.887%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.258%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.258%) Objective-C
11 2 (1.258%) XQuery
11 2 (1.258%) VBScript
11 2 (1.258%) VB
11 2 (1.258%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (14.47%) ISEB
2 17 (10.69%) ISTQB
3 4 (2.516%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (16.98%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.145%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 16 (10.06%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.258%) Puppet
Vendors
1 21 (13.21%) Oracle
2 18 (11.32%) Microsoft
3 17 (10.69%) JBoss
4 14 (8.805%) HP
5 9 (5.660%) Twitter
6 5 (3.145%) Software AG
6 5 (3.145%) Sony
6 5 (3.145%) Facebook
7 4 (2.516%) SAP
8 3 (1.887%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.258%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.258%) BEA
9 2 (1.258%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (1.258%) Lombardi
10 1 (0.629%) Google
10 1 (0.629%) Telerik
10 1 (0.629%) Siebel
10 1 (0.629%) TIBCO
10 1 (0.629%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.629%) BT