The first table below looks at the demand for SOAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SOAP over the 3 months to 19 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 Application Development category for the South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Rank 142 165 172
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +7
Contract jobs citing SOAP 78 82 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.974% 0.820% 0.708%
As % of the Application Development category 3.967% 3.724% 2.717%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 44 39
Average daily rate £375 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £292 £260 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
- +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
Average hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +7.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.75 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-12.14% -2.77%
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1966 2202 2760
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.55% 22.03% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1034 1092 1307
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 105 184
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £19.00 £26.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
SOAP
England

SOAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SOAP across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East SOAP Jobs Demand Trend

SOAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SOAP Daily Rate Trend

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SOAP across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East SOAP Daily Rate Histogram

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SOAP across the South East region.

South East SOAP Hourly Rate Trend

SOAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Buckinghamshire +19 27 £370 +7.24% 5
Hampshire -2 20 £400 - 11
Berkshire +11 10 £513 +86.36% 3
Surrey +8 10 £388 +29.16% 3
West Sussex +2 6 £325 -25.71% 3
Kent -1 1 £350 +3.70% 10
East Sussex - 1 £350 - 2
Oxfordshire - - - - 1
Sussex - - - -
SOAP
England

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 127 (65.80%) Web Services
2 99 (51.30%) Java
3 84 (43.52%) SQL
4 77 (39.90%) SQL Server
5 72 (37.31%) soapUI
6 71 (36.79%) REST
7 69 (35.75%) JavaScript
8 67 (34.72%) XML
9 60 (31.09%) CSS
10 58 (30.05%) HTML
10 58 (30.05%) MVC
11 57 (29.53%) Java EE
12 56 (29.02%) JSON
12 56 (29.02%) Spring
13 55 (28.50%) Agile Software Development
13 55 (28.50%) jQuery
14 54 (27.98%) BDD
15 53 (27.46%) Maven
15 53 (27.46%) Hibernate
15 53 (27.46%) JMS
16 50 (25.91%) Selenium
16 50 (25.91%) Git (software)
17 49 (25.39%) JPA
17 49 (25.39%) Web Development
18 48 (24.87%) C#
19 47 (24.35%) JUnit
20 46 (23.83%) Spring MVC
21 45 (23.32%) EJB
21 45 (23.32%) UML
22 43 (22.28%) JTA

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 127 (65.80%) Web Services
2 72 (37.31%) soapUI
3 71 (36.79%) REST
4 67 (34.72%) XML
5 60 (31.09%) CSS
6 58 (30.05%) HTML
7 57 (29.53%) Java EE
8 56 (29.02%) JSON
8 56 (29.02%) Spring
9 55 (28.50%) jQuery
10 53 (27.46%) Hibernate
10 53 (27.46%) JMS
11 49 (25.39%) JPA
12 46 (23.83%) Spring MVC
13 45 (23.32%) EJB
14 43 (22.28%) JTA
14 43 (22.28%) JAXB
14 43 (22.28%) Spring Security
14 43 (22.28%) Spring Web Flow
15 41 (21.24%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 37 (19.17%) BizTalk Server
2 18 (9.326%) ESB
3 12 (6.218%) IIS
4 10 (5.181%) Adobe CQ
5 8 (4.145%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (4.145%) Windows Azure
5 8 (4.145%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (3.627%) Oracle Service Bus
7 6 (3.109%) Apache
7 6 (3.109%) CMS
8 4 (2.073%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (2.073%) Tomcat
9 3 (1.554%) MQSeries
9 3 (1.554%) WebLogic
9 3 (1.554%) MS Exchange
9 3 (1.554%) Lync
10 2 (1.036%) Magento
10 2 (1.036%) NetWeaver
10 2 (1.036%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.518%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (4.663%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.591%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (0.518%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.036%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.518%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.772%) HTTP
2 6 (3.109%) HTTPS
3 4 (2.073%) Internet
4 3 (1.554%) Firewall
4 3 (1.554%) SAN
4 3 (1.554%) SMTP
4 3 (1.554%) NAS
4 3 (1.554%) iSCSI
5 2 (1.036%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.036%) VoIP
5 2 (1.036%) DNS
5 2 (1.036%) SNMP
5 2 (1.036%) Extranet
5 2 (1.036%) Intranet
5 2 (1.036%) LDAP
6 1 (0.518%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.518%) SSL
6 1 (0.518%) CDMA
6 1 (0.518%) GSM
6 1 (0.518%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (39.90%) SQL Server
2 36 (18.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 36 (18.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (8.808%) SQL Server 2008
4 16 (8.290%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.145%) Oracle 11g
6 7 (3.627%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (3.109%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (2.073%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (1.554%) MySQL
9 3 (1.554%) BODI
9 3 (1.554%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (1.554%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 3 (1.554%) DbVisualizer
10 2 (1.036%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (1.036%) DTS
11 1 (0.518%) GIS
11 1 (0.518%) MS Access
11 1 (0.518%) TOAD
11 1 (0.518%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 53 (27.46%) Maven
2 50 (25.91%) Selenium
2 50 (25.91%) Git (software)
3 47 (24.35%) JUnit
4 36 (18.65%) Mockito
5 21 (10.88%) Team Foundation Server
6 16 (8.290%) WebDriver
7 13 (6.736%) JBehave
8 12 (6.218%) Visual Studio
8 12 (6.218%) Eclipse
9 9 (4.663%) QuickTest Pro
10 8 (4.145%) TeamCity
10 8 (4.145%) FitNesse
11 7 (3.627%) Subversion
11 7 (3.627%) MSBuild
11 7 (3.627%) Jenkins
12 5 (2.591%) Log4j
12 5 (2.591%) Ant
12 5 (2.591%) JDeveloper
13 4 (2.073%) SpecFlow
General
1 32 (16.58%) Finance
2 10 (5.181%) Telecoms
3 3 (1.554%) Banking
4 2 (1.036%) Spanish Language
4 2 (1.036%) Games
4 2 (1.036%) Publishing
5 1 (0.518%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.518%) Back Office
5 1 (0.518%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.518%) Billing
5 1 (0.518%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 99 (51.30%) Developer
2 45 (23.32%) Java Developer
3 24 (12.44%) Analyst
4 22 (11.40%) Test Analyst
5 21 (10.88%) Architect
6 15 (7.772%) Tester
7 14 (7.254%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (6.736%) Technical Leader
9 12 (6.218%) Lead Developer
10 9 (4.663%) Agile Test Analyst
11 8 (4.145%) Test Leader
12 7 (3.627%) Oracle Developer
12 7 (3.627%) .NET Developer
12 7 (3.627%) C# Developer
12 7 (3.627%) Release Manager
12 7 (3.627%) Software Architect
12 7 (3.627%) Programmer
12 7 (3.627%) Build Manager
13 6 (3.109%) Oracle SOA Developer
13 6 (3.109%) SOA Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.627%) Mobile App
2 5 (2.591%) Web 2.0
3 4 (2.073%) iSeries
4 3 (1.554%) Clustering
4 3 (1.554%) Handset
4 3 (1.554%) Cryptography
4 3 (1.554%) Blackberry
4 3 (1.554%) Client/Server
4 3 (1.554%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.036%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.036%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.036%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.036%) Thin Client
5 2 (1.036%) Replication
6 1 (0.518%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.518%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.518%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.518%) Physics
6 1 (0.518%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.518%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.92%) Windows
2 10 (5.181%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (4.663%) UNIX
4 8 (4.145%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.591%) Android
6 4 (2.073%) Linux
7 3 (1.554%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.036%) Windows 8
8 2 (1.036%) Solaris
9 1 (0.518%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.518%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (30.05%) MVC
2 55 (28.50%) Agile Software Development
3 54 (27.98%) BDD
4 49 (25.39%) Web Development
5 45 (23.32%) UML
6 40 (20.73%) Software Architecture
7 38 (19.69%) Continuous Integration
8 36 (18.65%) TDD
8 36 (18.65%) Scrum
9 35 (18.13%) OOD
10 34 (17.62%) Pair Programming
11 32 (16.58%) SOA
12 19 (9.845%) Dependency Injection
13 16 (8.290%) Software Testing
14 12 (6.218%) Test Automation
14 12 (6.218%) Unit Testing
15 10 (5.181%) Test Scripting
15 10 (5.181%) Integration Testing
15 10 (5.181%) Automated Testing
16 9 (4.663%) BPEL
Programming Languages
1 99 (51.30%) Java
2 84 (43.52%) SQL
3 69 (35.75%) JavaScript
4 48 (24.87%) C#
5 8 (4.145%) Groovy
5 8 (4.145%) Shell Script
5 8 (4.145%) T-SQL
6 7 (3.627%) PHP
6 7 (3.627%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.109%) Objective-C
8 5 (2.591%) Python
8 5 (2.591%) XQuery
8 5 (2.591%) XPath
9 4 (2.073%) RPG
9 4 (2.073%) Perl
10 3 (1.554%) C++
10 3 (1.554%) C
10 3 (1.554%) ABAP
11 2 (1.036%) Bash shell
11 2 (1.036%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (9.326%) ISEB
2 11 (5.699%) ISTQB
3 6 (3.109%) Degree
3 6 (3.109%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.073%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.073%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.073%) ISEB Practitioner
5 3 (1.554%) MCSE
5 3 (1.554%) MCP
5 3 (1.554%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.554%) CCSP
5 3 (1.554%) CCNA
5 3 (1.554%) MCTS
6 2 (1.036%) IBM Certification
6 2 (1.036%) MCSD
7 1 (0.518%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.518%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.808%) QA
2 3 (1.554%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.518%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.073%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.554%) XenApp
2 3 (1.554%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (6.218%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (2.591%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (1.554%) OpenView
4 1 (0.518%) SCCM
4 1 (0.518%) SCOM
4 1 (0.518%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 34 (17.62%) Oracle
2 32 (16.58%) JBoss
3 21 (10.88%) HP
4 20 (10.36%) Microsoft
5 13 (6.736%) Twitter
6 11 (5.699%) Adobe
7 6 (3.109%) Software AG
8 5 (2.591%) Sony
8 5 (2.591%) Omniture
8 5 (2.591%) Sun
9 4 (2.073%) IBM
9 4 (2.073%) SAP
9 4 (2.073%) VMware
10 3 (1.554%) Business Objects
10 3 (1.554%) StorageTek
10 3 (1.554%) Apple
10 3 (1.554%) Citrix
10 3 (1.554%) webMethods
11 2 (1.036%) Sencha
11 2 (1.036%) Zend
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