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This section looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the South Wales 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
Rank4534
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads1018
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.018 %
As % of the category below5.952 %15.38 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£300£238
Average daily rate£325£313
% change on same period last year+4.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£388
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 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads168117
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.222 %0.117 %
Daily rates quoted5320
Average minimum daily rate£326£268
Average daily rate£349£303
% change on same period last year+15.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted114
Average minimum hourly rate£21.07£27.14
Average hourly rate£25.22£28.32
% change on same period last year-10.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.38£29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
SOAP WalesSOAP
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.

SOAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SOAP across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales SOAP Daily Rate Trend

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SOAP across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

South Wales SOAP Daily Rate Histogram

SOAP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
CardiffNo change07£350+7.69 %
BridgendDown-103£300-2.70 %
SOAP WalesSOAP
Wales

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

117 (100.00 %)XML
216 (94.12 %)WebServices
313 (76.47 %)IIS
313 (76.47 %)C#
49 (52.94 %)Health
58 (47.06 %)AJAX
58 (47.06 %)ASP.NET
58 (47.06 %)VB
58 (47.06 %).NET
67 (41.18 %)HTML
67 (41.18 %)SOA
67 (41.18 %)WSDL
67 (41.18 %)Software Engineering
76 (35.29 %)Government
76 (35.29 %)Microsoft
76 (35.29 %)UML
76 (35.29 %)RUP
85 (29.41 %)Windows
85 (29.41 %)JMS
85 (29.41 %)Java
85 (29.41 %)C++
85 (29.41 %)C
85 (29.41 %)SQL
85 (29.41 %)XSD
85 (29.41 %)telerik
85 (29.41 %)BPEL
85 (29.41 %)NHS
85 (29.41 %)SAML
85 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
85 (29.41 %)Internet

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (100.00 %)XML
216 (94.12 %)WebServices
38 (47.06 %)AJAX
38 (47.06 %)ASP.NET
38 (47.06 %).NET
47 (41.18 %)HTML
47 (41.18 %)WSDL
55 (29.41 %)JMS
55 (29.41 %)XSD
55 (29.41 %)SAML
63 (17.65 %)NetBeans
72 (11.76 %)CSS
72 (11.76 %)UDDI
72 (11.76 %)XSLT
81 (5.882 %)DOM
81 (5.882 %)JSON
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (76.47 %)IIS
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (29.41 %)Internet
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.882 %)MySQL
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (52.94 %)Health
26 (35.29 %)Government
31 (5.882 %)Education
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (58.82 %)Developer
26 (35.29 %)Software Developer
32 (11.76 %)Technical Analyst
32 (11.76 %)Analyst
41 (5.882 %)JavaScript Developer
41 (5.882 %)Web Developer
41 (5.882 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (5.882 %)PHP Developer
41 (5.882 %).NET Developer
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (29.41 %)NHS
21 (5.882 %)Client/Server
21 (5.882 %)Welsh Language
21 (5.882 %)Web 2.0
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (29.41 %)Windows
15 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
15 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2008
21 (5.882 %)Linux
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)SOA
17 (41.18 %)Software Engineering
26 (35.29 %)UML
26 (35.29 %)RUP
35 (29.41 %)BPEL
42 (11.76 %)Requirements Analysis
42 (11.76 %)EAI
42 (11.76 %)Data Modelling
42 (11.76 %)e-GIF
42 (11.76 %)SSADM
51 (5.882 %)OOP
51 (5.882 %)OO
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (76.47 %)C#
28 (47.06 %)VB
35 (29.41 %)Java
35 (29.41 %)C++
35 (29.41 %)C
35 (29.41 %)SQL
42 (11.76 %)XPath
42 (11.76 %)JavaScript
42 (11.76 %)XQuery
51 (5.882 %)PHP
51 (5.882 %)DHTML
51 (5.882 %)PHP5
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)Degree
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.76 %)HL7
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (35.29 %)Microsoft
25 (29.41 %)telerik
34 (23.53 %)Oracle