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The table below looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Northamptonshire 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
Rank31-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.695 %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 %
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Matching contract IT job ads177198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.250 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted12173
Average minimum daily rate£428£372
Average daily rate£447£396
% change on same period last year+12.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£466£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted721
Average minimum hourly rate£33.64£24.63
Average hourly rate£37.21£27.29
% change on same period last year+36.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.79£29.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
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 Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Northamptonshire SOA Demand 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire SOA Hourly 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
NorthamptonNew entry-3--
SOA East MidlandsSOA
East Midlands

SOA
Top 12 Related IT Skills

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

111 (100.00 %)UML
111 (100.00 %)Chordiant
111 (100.00 %)Internet
111 (100.00 %)Java
111 (100.00 %)Finance
111 (100.00 %)Banking
111 (100.00 %)WebSphere
111 (100.00 %)Technical Architecture
210 (90.91 %)Spring
210 (90.91 %)Hibernate
210 (90.91 %)Struts
38 (72.73 %)Financial Institution

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (100.00 %)WebSphere
210 (90.91 %)Struts
210 (90.91 %)Hibernate
210 (90.91 %)Spring
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (100.00 %)Internet
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (100.00 %)Finance
111 (100.00 %)Banking
28 (72.73 %)Financial Institution
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (100.00 %)Architect
111 (100.00 %)Technical Architect
21 (9.091 %)Solutions Architect
21 (9.091 %)Technical Solutions Architect
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (100.00 %)UML
111 (100.00 %)Technical Architecture
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (100.00 %)Java
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (100.00 %)Chordiant