The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Norfolk region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 30 23 22
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -1
Contract jobs citing SOA 2 9 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 1.093% 3.422% 5.660%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.802% 4.478% 7.979%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
Average daily rate £475 £394 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.63% -7.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +45.45%
All Processes & Methodologies
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
111 201 188
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 60.66% 76.43% 70.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 99 58
Average daily rate £290 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £201 £239
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 8
Average hourly rate £37.50 £23.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.04% +39.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £14.50 £7.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £28.73 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
SOA
East of England

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SOA across the Norfolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Norfolk SOA Jobs Demand Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SOA across the Norfolk region.

Norfolk SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOA within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Norwich -3 1 - -
SOA
East of England

SOA
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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.

1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA