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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the Leicester 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank18-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.667 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£345
% change on same period last year+9.58 %
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£33.79£31.74
% change on same period last year+6.44 %
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Leicester
Matching contract IT job ads3034
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.034 %
Daily rates quoted612
Average minimum daily rate£393£453
Average daily rate£396£455
% change on same period last year-13.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£457
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
SOAP LeicestershireSOAP
Leicestershire

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 Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester SOAP Daily Rate Trend

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

18 (80.00 %)SQL
18 (80.00 %)Mainframe
18 (80.00 %)Test Scripting
18 (80.00 %)Rational Performance Tester
27 (70.00 %)JavaScript
27 (70.00 %)DB2
27 (70.00 %)COBOL
36 (60.00 %)Java
36 (60.00 %)Banking
36 (60.00 %)Performance Testing
43 (30.00 %)Finance
43 (30.00 %)WebServices
52 (20.00 %)Validation
61 (10.00 %)Unit Testing
61 (10.00 %)WinForms
61 (10.00 %)TDD
61 (10.00 %)Continuous Integration
61 (10.00 %)MVC
61 (10.00 %)XAML
61 (10.00 %)Spring
61 (10.00 %)Insurance
61 (10.00 %).NET Framework
61 (10.00 %)Degree
61 (10.00 %)JSTL
61 (10.00 %)Mathematics
61 (10.00 %)Computer Science
61 (10.00 %)Spring MVC
61 (10.00 %)WPF
61 (10.00 %)Silverlight
61 (10.00 %)C++/CLI

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)WebServices
21 (10.00 %)XML
21 (10.00 %)XSD
21 (10.00 %)XSLT
21 (10.00 %)MVC
21 (10.00 %)WinForms
21 (10.00 %)Spring
21 (10.00 %).NET Framework
21 (10.00 %)JSTL
21 (10.00 %)Spring MVC
21 (10.00 %)WPF
21 (10.00 %)Silverlight
21 (10.00 %).NET
21 (10.00 %)J2EE
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)Apache
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)HTTP
11 (10.00 %)HTTPS
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (70.00 %)DB2
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (80.00 %)Rational Performance Tester
21 (10.00 %)JUnit
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (60.00 %)Banking
23 (30.00 %)Finance
31 (10.00 %)Insurance
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (70.00 %)Tester
26 (60.00 %)Performance Tester
32 (20.00 %)Developer
32 (20.00 %)Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Test Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Applications Developer
41 (10.00 %)Java Developer
41 (10.00 %).NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)C# Developer
41 (10.00 %)C# Application Developer
41 (10.00 %).NET Applications Developer
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (80.00 %)Mainframe
21 (10.00 %)Mathematics
21 (10.00 %)Computer Science
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (80.00 %)Test Scripting
26 (60.00 %)Performance Testing
32 (20.00 %)Validation
41 (10.00 %)TDD
41 (10.00 %)OO
41 (10.00 %)Configuration Management
41 (10.00 %)Unit Testing
41 (10.00 %)Continuous Integration
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (80.00 %)SQL
27 (70.00 %)JavaScript
27 (70.00 %)COBOL
36 (60.00 %)Java
41 (10.00 %)C#
41 (10.00 %)C++
41 (10.00 %)XAML
41 (10.00 %)C++/CLI
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)Degree
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)IBM