The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SOA 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Lancashire 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
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 33 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Contract jobs citing SOA 1 12 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.474% 2.913% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.781% 4.819% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £500 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +45.45%
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
128 249 122
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 60.66% 60.44% 52.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 134 53
Average daily rate £315 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £500 £428
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 14
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £16.80 £22.96
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £26.60 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
SOA
North West

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SOA across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Lancashire SOA Jobs Demand Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

1 3 (50.00%) Java
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
1 3 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) BC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) JPA
2 2 (33.33%) SAML
2 2 (33.33%) Hibernate
2 2 (33.33%) JMS
2 2 (33.33%) EJB
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
2 2 (33.33%) J2EE
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) HTTP
3 1 (16.67%) TOAD
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) OLTP
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Process Server
3 1 (16.67%) Internet
3 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) JPA
2 2 (33.33%) SAML
2 2 (33.33%) Hibernate
2 2 (33.33%) JMS
2 2 (33.33%) EJB
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
2 2 (33.33%) J2EE
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Process Server
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) TOAD
1 1 (16.67%) OLTP
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) J2EE Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Java Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Java Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Java/J2EE Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Java/J2EE Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Java/J2EE Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) J2EE Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior J2EE Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior J2EE Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ETL
1 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Workflow
1 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (16.67%) BPEL
1 1 (16.67%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle