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This section looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4645
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads84
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.004 %
As % of the category below2.025 %1.187 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£538-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£625-
UK excluding London average daily rate£402£439
% change on same period last year-8.55 %
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£39.18£35.09
% change on same period last year+11.66 %
Processes & Methodologies South WalesProcesses & Methodologies
South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads395337
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.521 %0.357 %
Daily rates quoted10374
Average minimum daily rate£361£376
Average daily rate£404£403
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£447£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£374
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted6942
Average minimum hourly rate£30.38£24.57
Average hourly rate£32.31£26.58
% change on same period last year+21.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.24£28.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.40£30.19
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
SOA WalesSOA
Wales

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 South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South Wales SOA Demand Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SOA across the South Wales region.

South Wales SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SOA across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South Wales SOA Daily Rate Histogram

SOA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SOA within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
NewportNew entry-3--
CardiffDown-31--
SOA WalesSOA
Wales

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

115 (65.22 %)WebServices
213 (56.52 %)XML
213 (56.52 %)SOAP
312 (52.17 %)Windows
312 (52.17 %)C#
312 (52.17 %)HTML
312 (52.17 %)Java
410 (43.48 %)IIS
59 (39.13 %)SQL Server
59 (39.13 %)Health
68 (34.78 %)Oracle
68 (34.78 %).NET
68 (34.78 %)UML
77 (30.43 %)RAD
77 (30.43 %)CSS
77 (30.43 %)VB
77 (30.43 %)Visual Studio
77 (30.43 %)ASP.NET
77 (30.43 %)Government
77 (30.43 %)Windows XP
77 (30.43 %)Microsoft
86 (26.09 %)SQL
95 (21.74 %)C
95 (21.74 %)C++
95 (21.74 %)XSD
95 (21.74 %)RUP
95 (21.74 %)WSDL
95 (21.74 %)JMS
95 (21.74 %)SAML
95 (21.74 %)Internet

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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
115 (65.22 %)WebServices
213 (56.52 %)XML
213 (56.52 %)SOAP
312 (52.17 %)HTML
48 (34.78 %).NET
57 (30.43 %)ASP.NET
57 (30.43 %)CSS
65 (21.74 %)XSD
65 (21.74 %)JMS
65 (21.74 %)WSDL
65 (21.74 %)SAML
73 (13.04 %)NetBeans
82 (8.696 %)AJAX
82 (8.696 %)J2EE
91 (4.348 %)EJB
91 (4.348 %)JDBC
91 (4.348 %)Struts
91 (4.348 %)Hibernate
91 (4.348 %)CORBA
91 (4.348 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
110 (43.48 %)IIS
23 (13.04 %)WebLogic
31 (4.348 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (4.348 %)Apache
31 (4.348 %)Tomcat
31 (4.348 %)MS Exchange
31 (4.348 %)WebSphere MQ
31 (4.348 %)ESB
31 (4.348 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (4.348 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Communications & Networking
15 (21.74 %)Internet
21 (4.348 %)VLAN
21 (4.348 %)LAN
21 (4.348 %)WAN
21 (4.348 %)IIOP
Database & Business Intelligence
19 (39.13 %)SQL Server
21 (4.348 %)ETL
21 (4.348 %)EDRMS
Development Applications
17 (30.43 %)Visual Studio
21 (4.348 %)ClearCase
21 (4.348 %)Eclipse
21 (4.348 %)Ant
General
19 (39.13 %)Health
27 (30.43 %)Government
33 (13.04 %)Banking
42 (8.696 %)Insurance
51 (4.348 %)Finance
Job Titles
18 (34.78 %)Developer
25 (21.74 %)Architect
34 (17.39 %).NET Developer
34 (17.39 %)ASP.NET Developer
43 (13.04 %)Technical Architect
52 (8.696 %)Java Developer
52 (8.696 %)Enterprise Architect
52 (8.696 %)J2EE Developer
61 (4.348 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (4.348 %)SOA Architect
61 (4.348 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
61 (4.348 %)C# Developer
Miscellaneous
14 (17.39 %)NHS
21 (4.348 %)Mainframe
21 (4.348 %)Data Integration
Operating Systems
112 (52.17 %)Windows
27 (30.43 %)Windows XP
33 (13.04 %)Unix
41 (4.348 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
18 (34.78 %)UML
27 (30.43 %)RAD
35 (21.74 %)RUP
35 (21.74 %)BPEL
42 (8.696 %)Migration
42 (8.696 %)B2C
42 (8.696 %)User Acceptance Testing
42 (8.696 %)Security Cleared
51 (4.348 %)SC Cleared
51 (4.348 %)CTC Cleared
51 (4.348 %)Project Management
51 (4.348 %)Service Delivery
51 (4.348 %)E-business
51 (4.348 %)EAI
51 (4.348 %)OO
51 (4.348 %)Scrum
51 (4.348 %)Zachman Framework
51 (4.348 %)TOGAF
51 (4.348 %)Document Management
51 (4.348 %)DoDAF
Programming Languages
112 (52.17 %)C#
112 (52.17 %)Java
27 (30.43 %)VB
36 (26.09 %)SQL
45 (21.74 %)C
45 (21.74 %)C++
52 (8.696 %)JavaScript
61 (4.348 %)COBOL
System Software
11 (4.348 %)Active Directory
11 (4.348 %)AquaLogic
11 (4.348 %)Squid
Vendors
18 (34.78 %)Oracle
27 (30.43 %)Microsoft
32 (8.696 %)BEA
32 (8.696 %)IBM
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