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The table below looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Milton Keynes 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank61-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.053 %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£432£422
% change on same period last year+2.36 %
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£38.50£29.29
% change on same period last year+31.46 %
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads570477
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.806 %0.483 %
Daily rates quoted232157
Average minimum daily rate£302£344
Average daily rate£325£364
% change on same period last year-10.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted5949
Average minimum hourly rate£20.22£25.77
Average hourly rate£21.46£26.36
% change on same period last year-18.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.71£26.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
SOA BuckinghamshireSOA
Buckinghamshire

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes SOA Hourly Rate Trend

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

14 (33.33 %).NET
14 (33.33 %)Oracle
14 (33.33 %)EAI
14 (33.33 %)Asset Management
14 (33.33 %)Business Analysis
23 (25.00 %)Technical Architecture
23 (25.00 %)Oracle OLAP
23 (25.00 %)Data Architecture
23 (25.00 %)Data Modelling
23 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
23 (25.00 %)XML
23 (25.00 %)OLAP
23 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
23 (25.00 %)OLTP
23 (25.00 %)Informatica
32 (16.67 %)Automotive
32 (16.67 %)WebLogic
32 (16.67 %)SQL Server
32 (16.67 %)DB2
32 (16.67 %)UML
32 (16.67 %)WebServices
32 (16.67 %)MS Visio
32 (16.67 %)ETL
32 (16.67 %)BPMN
32 (16.67 %)ESB
32 (16.67 %)Enterprise Architecture
32 (16.67 %)TOGAF
41 (8.333 %)BPEL
41 (8.333 %)AquaLogic
41 (8.333 %)Oracle BPEL

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (33.33 %).NET
23 (25.00 %)XML
32 (16.67 %)WebServices
41 (8.333 %)J2EE
41 (8.333 %)JSP
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (16.67 %)WebLogic
12 (16.67 %)ESB
21 (8.333 %)Oracle BPEL
21 (8.333 %)MQSeries
21 (8.333 %)WebLogic Portal
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (16.67 %)MS Visio
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)Internet
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (25.00 %)OLAP
13 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
13 (25.00 %)OLTP
13 (25.00 %)Oracle OLAP
22 (16.67 %)ETL
22 (16.67 %)SQL Server
22 (16.67 %)DB2
31 (8.333 %)BusinessObjects
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Automotive
21 (8.333 %)Health
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (58.33 %)Architect
24 (33.33 %)Business Analyst
24 (33.33 %)Analyst
33 (25.00 %)Technical Architect
33 (25.00 %)Data Architect
42 (16.67 %)Applications Architect
42 (16.67 %)Web Architect
51 (8.333 %)Integration Consultant
51 (8.333 %)Solutions Architect
51 (8.333 %)Consultant
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Mainframe
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)EAI
14 (33.33 %)Asset Management
14 (33.33 %)Business Analysis
23 (25.00 %)Data Modelling
23 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
23 (25.00 %)Technical Architecture
23 (25.00 %)Data Architecture
32 (16.67 %)UML
32 (16.67 %)BPMN
32 (16.67 %)Enterprise Architecture
32 (16.67 %)TOGAF
41 (8.333 %)BPEL
41 (8.333 %)B2B
41 (8.333 %)B2C
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (8.333 %)Java
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (8.333 %)AquaLogic
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (33.33 %)Oracle
23 (25.00 %)Informatica
31 (8.333 %)Business Objects
31 (8.333 %)IBM