The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Preston 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank - 24 -
Contract jobs citing SOA 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston - 2.260% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 3.636% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.13 £40.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-42.18% +60.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
28 110 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 50.91% 62.15% 36.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 85 1
Average daily rate £300 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.21% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
SOA
Lancashire

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) EJB
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) JMS
1 2 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 2 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) JPA
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere Process Server
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) EJB
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) JMS
1 2 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 2 (100.00%) JPA
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere Process Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE Developer
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Senior J2EE Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior J2EE Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Java Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Java/J2EE Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Java/J2EE Architect
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared