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This section looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the Leicestershire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£344
% change on same period last year+7.45 %
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£32.05£28.73
% change on same period last year+11.56 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads6169
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.080 %0.069 %
Daily rates quoted912
Average minimum daily rate£296£450
Average daily rate£331£453
% change on same period last year-27.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£457
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£24.78£27.00
Average hourly rate£26.72£30.68
% change on same period last year-12.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.67£34.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
SOAP East MidlandsSOAP
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.

SOAP
Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire SOAP Daily Rate Trend

SOAP
Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

126 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
126 (100.00 %)Rational Performance Tester
223 (88.46 %)JavaScript
223 (88.46 %)SQL
223 (88.46 %)DB2
223 (88.46 %)Mainframe
223 (88.46 %)COBOL
321 (80.77 %)Java
321 (80.77 %)Performance Testing
416 (61.54 %)Banking
58 (30.77 %)WebServices
58 (30.77 %)HTTP
58 (30.77 %)HTTPS
65 (19.23 %)Validation
73 (11.54 %)Finance
81 (3.846 %)IBM

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (30.77 %)WebServices
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (30.77 %)HTTP
18 (30.77 %)HTTPS
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (88.46 %)DB2
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
126 (100.00 %)Rational Performance Tester
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (61.54 %)Banking
23 (11.54 %)Finance
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (80.77 %)Tester
219 (73.08 %)Performance Tester
36 (23.08 %)Analyst
36 (23.08 %)Test Analyst
41 (3.846 %)Test Team Leader
41 (3.846 %)Team Leader
41 (3.846 %)Test Manager
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (88.46 %)Mainframe
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
221 (80.77 %)Performance Testing
35 (19.23 %)Validation
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (88.46 %)JavaScript
123 (88.46 %)SQL
123 (88.46 %)COBOL
221 (80.77 %)Java
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (3.846 %)IBM