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This section looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the Slough 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank38-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.099 %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£366£344
% change on same period last year+6.27 %
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£32.05£28.73
% change on same period last year+11.56 %
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Slough
Matching contract IT job ads9170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.120 %0.070 %
Daily rates quoted2113
Average minimum daily rate£262£310
Average daily rate£279£328
% change on same period last year-14.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£296£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted2128
Average minimum hourly rate£39.74£40.19
Average hourly rate£40.59£40.62
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.45£41.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
SOAP BerkshireSOAP
Berkshire

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough SOAP Daily Rate Trend

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

14 (100.00 %)WebServices
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)JSP
23 (75.00 %)Java
23 (75.00 %)J2EE
23 (75.00 %)Web Development
32 (50.00 %)Java EE
32 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (50.00 %)Struts
41 (25.00 %)C#
41 (25.00 %)HTML
41 (25.00 %)Firewall
41 (25.00 %)Police
41 (25.00 %)Oracle
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server
41 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
41 (25.00 %)ASP
41 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
41 (25.00 %)Perl
41 (25.00 %)PHP
41 (25.00 %).NET
41 (25.00 %)ODBC
41 (25.00 %)UNIX
41 (25.00 %)Windows
41 (25.00 %)Solaris
41 (25.00 %)Linux
41 (25.00 %)Apache
41 (25.00 %)Tomcat
41 (25.00 %)FTP
41 (25.00 %)HTTP

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)WebServices
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)JSP
23 (75.00 %)J2EE
32 (50.00 %)Java EE
32 (50.00 %)Struts
41 (25.00 %)HTML
41 (25.00 %)ASP
41 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
41 (25.00 %).NET
41 (25.00 %)ODBC
41 (25.00 %)WSDL
41 (25.00 %).NET Framework
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)Apache
11 (25.00 %)Tomcat
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Firewall
11 (25.00 %)FTP
11 (25.00 %)HTTP
11 (25.00 %)SNMP
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (25.00 %)HTTPS
11 (25.00 %)TELNET
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Police
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Developer
22 (50.00 %)J2EE Developer
22 (50.00 %)Software Developer
31 (25.00 %)Programmer
31 (25.00 %)Java Developer
31 (25.00 %)Perl Programmer
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)UNIX
11 (25.00 %)Windows
11 (25.00 %)Solaris
11 (25.00 %)Linux
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Web Development
22 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)Perl
21 (25.00 %)PHP
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft