The first table below looks at the demand for SOAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SOAP over the 3 months to 22 May 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 Sussex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Rank - 11 -
Contract jobs citing SOAP 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sussex - 2.564% -
As % of the Application Development category - 4.000% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £400 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £330
% change year-on-year
- +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -3.44%
All Application Development
Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2 25 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sussex 11.11% 64.10% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 8
Average daily rate £463 £300 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.16% +13.20%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £18.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -32.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SOAP
South East

SOAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex SOAP Daily Rate Trend

SOAP
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex 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 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) WSDL
1 1 (100.00%) ESB
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex 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 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
1 1 (100.00%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) ESB
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA