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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the Liverpool 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
Rank3330
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below4.132 %1.563 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£238-
Average daily rate£248-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£258-
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£345
% change on same period last year+9.58 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.79£31.74
% change on same period last year+6.44 %
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Liverpool
Matching contract IT job ads12164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.170 %0.065 %
Daily rates quoted3717
Average minimum daily rate£301£308
Average daily rate£314£339
% change on same period last year-7.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted161
Average minimum hourly rate£25.93£30.00
Average hourly rate£29.43£35.00
% change on same period last year-15.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.93£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
SOAP MerseysideSOAP
Merseyside

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool SOAP Daily Rate Trend

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SOAP across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Liverpool SOAP Daily Rate Histogram

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SOAP across the Liverpool region.

Liverpool SOAP Hourly Rate Trend

SOAP
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

15 (100.00 %)VB
15 (100.00 %)VB.NET
15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
15 (100.00 %)IIS
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
15 (100.00 %)VB6
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (80.00 %)Pocket PC
24 (80.00 %)Windows CE
24 (80.00 %)WebServices
24 (80.00 %)Windows
32 (40.00 %)Client/Server
41 (20.00 %)C#
41 (20.00 %)SQL
41 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
41 (20.00 %).NET Framework

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)WebServices
31 (20.00 %).NET Framework
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (100.00 %)IIS
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Developer
23 (60.00 %)VB Developer
31 (20.00 %).NET Developer
31 (20.00 %)VB.NET Developer
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (80.00 %)Pocket PC
22 (40.00 %)Client/Server
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (80.00 %)Windows
14 (80.00 %)Windows CE
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)VB
15 (100.00 %)VB.NET
15 (100.00 %)VB6
21 (20.00 %)C#
21 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL