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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the Thames Valley 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3935
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.847 %8.380 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£245
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£345
% change on same period last year+9.58 %
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£33.79£31.74
% change on same period last year+6.44 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads118179
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.166 %0.181 %
Daily rates quoted1723
Average minimum daily rate£251£373
Average daily rate£267£386
% change on same period last year-30.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£284£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted515
Average minimum hourly rate£36.43£30.40
Average hourly rate£37.86£34.02
% change on same period last year+11.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.29£37.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
SOAP South EastSOAP
South East

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley SOAP Hourly Rate Trend

SOAP
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)WebServices
22 (66.67 %)XML
22 (66.67 %)OO
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
22 (66.67 %)DHTML
22 (66.67 %)HTML
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (66.67 %)Technical Architecture
31 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
31 (33.33 %)Logistics
31 (33.33 %)VB.NET
31 (33.33 %)Oracle
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)GIS
31 (33.33 %)ArcGIS
31 (33.33 %)WinForms

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)WebServices
22 (66.67 %)XML
22 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
22 (66.67 %)HTML
31 (33.33 %)WinForms
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)ArcGIS
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (33.33 %)GIS
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (66.67 %)C# Developer
22 (66.67 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
31 (33.33 %)ASP.NET Developer
31 (33.33 %)GIS Developer
31 (33.33 %).NET Developer
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)OO
12 (66.67 %)Technical Architecture
21 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
21 (33.33 %)Logistics
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
22 (66.67 %)DHTML
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript
31 (33.33 %)VB.NET
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Oracle
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft