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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the Stevenage 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 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank14-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below7.143 %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£411£376
% change on same period last year+9.24 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.90£33.36
% change on same period last year+10.62 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads1425
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.027 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£304£350
Average daily rate£319£400
% change on same period last year-20.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted120
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£36.00
Average hourly rate£35.00£36.38
% change on same period last year-3.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
SOAP HertfordshireSOAP
Hertfordshire

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage SOAP Daily Rate Trend

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stevenage SOAP Hourly Rate Trend

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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 (80.00 %)Java
14 (80.00 %)WebServices
14 (80.00 %)XML
23 (60.00 %)C++
23 (60.00 %)HTML
23 (60.00 %)SQL
23 (60.00 %).NET
32 (40.00 %)Windows
32 (40.00 %)JavaScript
32 (40.00 %)JDBC
32 (40.00 %)SQL Server
32 (40.00 %)XSL
32 (40.00 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (40.00 %)C#
41 (20.00 %)XSLT
41 (20.00 %)ODBC
41 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (20.00 %)JSF
41 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
41 (20.00 %)AJAX
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (20.00 %)XPath
41 (20.00 %)QA
41 (20.00 %)Selenium
41 (20.00 %)FitNesse
41 (20.00 %)Performance Testing
41 (20.00 %)Web Testing
41 (20.00 %)Continuous Integration

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (80.00 %)WebServices
14 (80.00 %)XML
23 (60.00 %)HTML
23 (60.00 %).NET
32 (40.00 %)JDBC
32 (40.00 %)XSL
41 (20.00 %)XSLT
41 (20.00 %)ODBC
41 (20.00 %)XHTML
41 (20.00 %)WSDL
41 (20.00 %)SAX
41 (20.00 %)JSF
41 (20.00 %)AJAX
41 (20.00 %)JSP
41 (20.00 %)Servlets
41 (20.00 %)XSD
41 (20.00 %)J2EE
41 (20.00 %)ASP
41 (20.00 %)CSS
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server
21 (20.00 %)ETL
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)JUnit
11 (20.00 %)Eclipse
11 (20.00 %)WinRunner
11 (20.00 %)TestDirector
11 (20.00 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (20.00 %)LoadRunner
11 (20.00 %)JMeter
11 (20.00 %)Selenium
11 (20.00 %)FitNesse
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Pharmaceutical
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)C++ Developer
31 (20.00 %)Systems Tester
31 (20.00 %)C++/Java Developer
31 (20.00 %)Java Developer
31 (20.00 %).NET Developer
31 (20.00 %)Tester
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)LIMS
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)OO
11 (20.00 %)EAI
11 (20.00 %)Project Management
11 (20.00 %)Migration
11 (20.00 %)Scrum
11 (20.00 %)Extreme Programming
11 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
11 (20.00 %)Performance Testing
11 (20.00 %)Web Testing
11 (20.00 %)Continuous Integration
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)Java
23 (60.00 %)C++
23 (60.00 %)SQL
32 (40.00 %)C#
32 (40.00 %)JavaScript
41 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
41 (20.00 %)XPath
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)QA
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Oracle
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft
11 (20.00 %)InterSystems