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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the Glasgow region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SOAP over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4755
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.735 %2.759 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£275
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£411£376
% change on same period last year+9.24 %
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£36.90£33.36
% change on same period last year+10.62 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads136290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.214 %0.311 %
Daily rates quoted36105
Average minimum daily rate£290£330
Average daily rate£312£346
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted320
Average minimum hourly rate£17.40£27.78
Average hourly rate£19.35£28.24
% change on same period last year-31.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.30£28.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
SOAP ScotlandSOAP
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.

SOAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SOAP across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Glasgow SOAP Demand Trend

SOAP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SOAP across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow SOAP Daily Rate Trend

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SOAP across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow SOAP Hourly Rate Trend

SOAP
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing SOAP 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 SOAP.

12 (100.00 %)WebServices
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)VB.NET
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)SOA
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)C#

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing SOAP 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 SOAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)WebServices
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %).NET Developer
21 (50.00 %)VB.NET Developer
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)SOA
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)VB.NET
21 (50.00 %)C#
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft