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This section looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Halifax 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank17-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below8.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
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£405£423
% change on same period last year-4.23 %
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£38.34£35.00
% change on same period last year+9.54 %
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Halifax
Matching contract IT job ads5022
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.022 %
Daily rates quoted191
Average minimum daily rate£282£400
Average daily rate£294£400
% change on same period last year-26.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£306£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00-
Average hourly rate£12.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
SOA West YorkshireSOA
West Yorkshire

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SOA across the Halifax region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Halifax SOA Daily Rate Histogram

SOA
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 (100.00 %)C#
16 (100.00 %)VB
16 (100.00 %).NET
16 (100.00 %)Finance
16 (100.00 %)VB6
16 (100.00 %)Insurance
24 (66.67 %)VB.NET
24 (66.67 %)SQL
32 (33.33 %)Oracle
32 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
32 (33.33 %)OO
32 (33.33 %)OOD
32 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
32 (33.33 %)NUnit

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %).NET
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
12 (33.33 %)NUnit
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (100.00 %)Finance
16 (100.00 %)Insurance
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
16 (100.00 %).NET Developer
16 (100.00 %)C# Developer
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)OO
12 (33.33 %)OOD
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)C#
16 (100.00 %)VB
16 (100.00 %)VB6
24 (66.67 %)VB.NET
24 (66.67 %)SQL
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Oracle