The first table below looks at the demand for soapUI 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 soapUI 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
Eviware soapUI
Rank 175 225 242
Rank change year-on-year
+50 +17
Contract jobs citing soapUI 45 22 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.562% 0.220% 0.038%
As % of the Application Development category 2.289% 0.999% 0.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 13 1
Average daily rate £350 £350 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +100.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.13 £32.25 -
% change year-on-year
+15.13% -
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%
soapUI
England

soapUI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East soapUI Jobs Demand Trend

soapUI
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East soapUI Daily Rate Trend

soapUI
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East soapUI Daily Rate Histogram

soapUI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East soapUI Hourly Rate Trend

soapUI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing soapUI 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
Hampshire +10 19 £400 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 11 £350 - 3
West Sussex +8 6 £338 -3.57%
Surrey +20 5 £388 +10.71%
Berkshire - 3 £400 - 1
Kent - - - - 1
Oxfordshire - - - -
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soapUI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 72 (83.72%) SOAP
2 58 (67.44%) Selenium
3 46 (53.49%) Web Services
4 44 (51.16%) SQL
5 37 (43.02%) Java
6 34 (39.53%) Continuous Integration
7 32 (37.21%) SQL Server
7 32 (37.21%) BizTalk Server
8 31 (36.05%) Agile Software Development
8 31 (36.05%) Git (software)
9 28 (32.56%) Maven
10 26 (30.23%) JavaScript
10 26 (30.23%) C#
10 26 (30.23%) HTML
11 25 (29.07%) Java EE
11 25 (29.07%) REST
12 23 (26.74%) XML
13 22 (25.58%) BDD
14 20 (23.26%) JUnit
15 19 (22.09%) CSS
15 19 (22.09%) OOD
15 19 (22.09%) Hibernate
15 19 (22.09%) MVC
15 19 (22.09%) JSON
15 19 (22.09%) Spring MVC
15 19 (22.09%) Spring
16 18 (20.93%) Finance
16 18 (20.93%) UML
16 18 (20.93%) WebDriver
16 18 (20.93%) Software Architecture

soapUI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing soapUI 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 soapUI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 72 (83.72%) SOAP
2 46 (53.49%) Web Services
3 26 (30.23%) HTML
4 25 (29.07%) Java EE
4 25 (29.07%) REST
5 23 (26.74%) XML
6 19 (22.09%) CSS
6 19 (22.09%) Hibernate
6 19 (22.09%) JSON
6 19 (22.09%) Spring MVC
6 19 (22.09%) Spring
7 17 (19.77%) WCF
7 17 (19.77%) EJB
7 17 (19.77%) JMS
8 16 (18.60%) JAXB
8 16 (18.60%) JTA
8 16 (18.60%) Spring Security
8 16 (18.60%) Spring Web Flow
8 16 (18.60%) jQuery
8 16 (18.60%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 32 (37.21%) BizTalk Server
2 14 (16.28%) IIS
3 13 (15.12%) ESB
4 4 (4.651%) Windows Azure
5 2 (2.326%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (6.977%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.814%) Final Cut Pro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.47%) HTTP
2 6 (6.977%) HTTPS
3 2 (2.326%) Wireshark
3 2 (2.326%) VoIP
4 1 (1.163%) SNMP
4 1 (1.163%) CDMA
4 1 (1.163%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (37.21%) SQL Server
2 16 (18.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 16 (18.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 16 (18.60%) NoSQL
3 3 (3.488%) DbVisualizer
4 2 (2.326%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.163%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.163%) MS Access
5 1 (1.163%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 58 (67.44%) Selenium
2 31 (36.05%) Git (software)
3 28 (32.56%) Maven
4 20 (23.26%) JUnit
5 18 (20.93%) WebDriver
6 16 (18.60%) Mockito
7 15 (17.44%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (11.63%) TeamCity
8 10 (11.63%) Visual Studio
9 9 (10.47%) JBehave
9 9 (10.47%) MSBuild
10 8 (9.302%) QuickTest Pro
11 7 (8.140%) JMeter
12 5 (5.814%) NUnit
13 4 (4.651%) Fiddler
13 4 (4.651%) Cucumber
14 3 (3.488%) LoadRunner
14 3 (3.488%) FitNesse
14 3 (3.488%) SpecFlow
14 3 (3.488%) Firebug
General
1 18 (20.93%) Finance
2 5 (5.814%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.488%) Banking
4 1 (1.163%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.163%) Retail
4 1 (1.163%) Billing
Job Titles
1 27 (31.40%) Analyst
1 27 (31.40%) Test Analyst
2 21 (24.42%) Developer
3 18 (20.93%) Java Developer
4 12 (13.95%) Tester
5 10 (11.63%) Test Engineer
6 8 (9.302%) Agile Test Analyst
7 7 (8.140%) Build Manager
7 7 (8.140%) Technical Leader
7 7 (8.140%) Release Manager
8 6 (6.977%) QA Engineer
9 4 (4.651%) Test Leader
9 4 (4.651%) Automated Tester
9 4 (4.651%) Automation Engineer
10 3 (3.488%) Test Manager
10 3 (3.488%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 3 (3.488%) QA Analyst
10 3 (3.488%) Team Leader
11 2 (2.326%) Automation Analyst
11 2 (2.326%) Test Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.488%) Handset
2 2 (2.326%) Replication
3 1 (1.163%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.163%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.163%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.163%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.163%) Statistics
3 1 (1.163%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.163%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (1.163%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 16 (18.60%) Windows
2 9 (10.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (4.651%) UNIX
4 3 (3.488%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.326%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.326%) Android
5 2 (2.326%) Linux
6 1 (1.163%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (39.53%) Continuous Integration
2 31 (36.05%) Agile Software Development
3 22 (25.58%) BDD
4 19 (22.09%) OOD
4 19 (22.09%) MVC
5 18 (20.93%) UML
5 18 (20.93%) Software Architecture
5 18 (20.93%) Dependency Injection
6 16 (18.60%) Web Development
7 14 (16.28%) Test Automation
7 14 (16.28%) Scrum
8 13 (15.12%) Pair Programming
8 13 (15.12%) Software Testing
9 12 (13.95%) Automated Testing
10 11 (12.79%) SOA
10 11 (12.79%) TDD
10 11 (12.79%) Integration Testing
10 11 (12.79%) Test Scripting
11 8 (9.302%) User Stories
12 7 (8.140%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 44 (51.16%) SQL
2 37 (43.02%) Java
3 26 (30.23%) JavaScript
3 26 (30.23%) C#
4 13 (15.12%) Groovy
5 9 (10.47%) PowerShell
6 4 (4.651%) C++
7 3 (3.488%) Python
7 3 (3.488%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.326%) Objective-C
8 2 (2.326%) C
8 2 (2.326%) Perl
8 2 (2.326%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.326%) VB
9 1 (1.163%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) ISEB
2 9 (10.47%) ISTQB
3 3 (3.488%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.28%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (11.63%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (18.60%) JBoss
2 12 (13.95%) HP
3 9 (10.47%) Twitter
4 7 (8.140%) Microsoft
5 5 (5.814%) Software AG
5 5 (5.814%) Sony
6 1 (1.163%) Oracle
6 1 (1.163%) Teradata
6 1 (1.163%) Atlassian
Basingstoke, Hampshire
As the Automation Test Analyst you will present experience of maintaining a .Net automation suit and be fully versed with automation tools: Selenium, SOAPUI... Keywords: Test Analyst, Test...
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Rate: competitive
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hampshire
Automated testing on complex Web Applications at the Data, Web Service and GUI layer... - Selenium RC, SoapUI and LoadUI. - Experience scripting in the following languages: C#, Groovy. - XML,...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Berkshire
If you are a developer in test with strong Window's Azure experience and want a new challenge on a testing project this will be a strong fit.....
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £350 - £450 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
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