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This section looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Glasgow 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5763
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.667 %1.354 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£300£376
Average daily rate£313£388
% change on same period last year-19.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£403£420
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
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£40.88£35.00
% change on same period last year+16.78 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads300443
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.400 %0.448 %
Daily rates quoted89150
Average minimum daily rate£303£318
Average daily rate£326£333
% change on same period last year-2.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1531
Average minimum hourly rate£19.88£24.67
Average hourly rate£21.13£25.76
% change on same period last year-17.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.37£26.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
SOA ScotlandSOA
Scotland

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

16 (60.00 %)Finance
23 (30.00 %)Microsoft
23 (30.00 %)Java
23 (30.00 %).NET
23 (30.00 %)C#
23 (30.00 %)ASP.NET
23 (30.00 %)XML
32 (20.00 %)OO
32 (20.00 %)CSS
32 (20.00 %)DHTML
32 (20.00 %)HTML
32 (20.00 %)J2EE
32 (20.00 %)Oracle
32 (20.00 %)SQL Server
32 (20.00 %)JavaScript
32 (20.00 %)SQL
32 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
32 (20.00 %)Active Directory
32 (20.00 %)RDBMS
32 (20.00 %)LDAP
32 (20.00 %)SharePoint
32 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
32 (20.00 %)Middleware
32 (20.00 %)GIS
32 (20.00 %)WebServices
32 (20.00 %)Technical Architecture
32 (20.00 %).NET Framework
32 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
32 (20.00 %)Web Design
32 (20.00 %)Systems Analysis

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %).NET
13 (30.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (30.00 %)XML
22 (20.00 %)HTML
22 (20.00 %)WebServices
22 (20.00 %)CSS
22 (20.00 %)J2EE
22 (20.00 %)Middleware
22 (20.00 %)AJAX
22 (20.00 %).NET Framework
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (10.00 %)WebSphere
31 (10.00 %)Hibernate
31 (10.00 %)TopLink
31 (10.00 %)Spring
31 (10.00 %)SOAP
31 (10.00 %)JMS
31 (10.00 %)Java RMI
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)SharePoint
12 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
21 (10.00 %)MQSeries
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)LDAP
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
12 (20.00 %)RDBMS
12 (20.00 %)GIS
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Eclipse
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (60.00 %)Finance
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Architect
23 (30.00 %)Developer
32 (20.00 %)Solutions Architect
32 (20.00 %)Sharepoint Architect
41 (10.00 %)Solutions Designer
41 (10.00 %)Java Developer
41 (10.00 %).NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)Technical Specialist
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Derivative
11 (10.00 %)Interest Rate Derivative
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)UNIX
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)OO
12 (20.00 %)Web Design
12 (20.00 %)Systems Analysis
12 (20.00 %)Technical Architecture
21 (10.00 %)Performance Management
21 (10.00 %)Workflow Management
21 (10.00 %)Service Management
21 (10.00 %)Workflow
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)Java
13 (30.00 %)C#
22 (20.00 %)DHTML
22 (20.00 %)JavaScript
22 (20.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
31 (10.00 %)VB.NET
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)SLA
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (20.00 %)Active Directory
21 (10.00 %)AquaLogic
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (30.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Oracle
31 (10.00 %)BEA
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