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This section looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Leicestershire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3032
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.342 %1.914 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£401£429
% change on same period last year-6.38 %
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£38.45£35.00
% change on same period last year+9.86 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads149209
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.197 %0.208 %
Daily rates quoted4148
Average minimum daily rate£316£397
Average daily rate£338£429
% change on same period last year-21.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£461
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted1422
Average minimum hourly rate£19.34£18.23
Average hourly rate£21.40£19.88
% change on same period last year+7.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.46£21.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
SOA East MidlandsSOA
East Midlands

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOA within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicesterUp+71--
SOA East MidlandsSOA
East Midlands

SOA
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)J2EE
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (50.00 %)Struts
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)Rational Rose
21 (50.00 %)Eclipse
21 (50.00 %)IBM
21 (50.00 %)WebWork
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)J2EE
21 (50.00 %)Struts
21 (50.00 %)WebWork
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Rational Rose
11 (50.00 %)Eclipse
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Architect
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Technical Architect
11 (50.00 %)Lead Designer
11 (50.00 %)Java Developer
11 (50.00 %)J2EE Developer
11 (50.00 %)Lead Technical Architect
11 (50.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
11 (50.00 %)Lead Architect
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)UML
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)IBM