The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle SOA Architect role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle SOA Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 26 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
26 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle SOA Architect
Rank 522 574 583
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle SOA Architect 7 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.015% 0.017% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.019% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Average daily rate £550 £350 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -41.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £550 £600
% change year-on-year
- -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Oracle SOA Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle SOA Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oracle SOA Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle SOA Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle SOA Architect within the UK.

Oracle SOA Architect Daily Rate Trend

Oracle SOA Architect
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle SOA Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 26 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +44 6 £550 +57.14%
London +40 4 £550 +57.14%
South East +16 2 - -
City of London - 1 - -

Oracle SOA Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Oracle SOA Architect in their job title 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 with Oracle SOA Architect in their job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Oracle
1 19 (100.00%) SOA
2 10 (52.63%) Oracle 11g
3 9 (47.37%) E-business
4 7 (36.84%) Siebel
5 5 (26.32%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (21.05%) BPEL
7 3 (15.79%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (15.79%) Middleware
7 3 (15.79%) WebLogic
7 3 (15.79%) Java
7 3 (15.79%) Oracle BPM
7 3 (15.79%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (15.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (10.53%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (10.53%) Web Services
8 2 (10.53%) XML
8 2 (10.53%) ERP
8 2 (10.53%) JDeveloper
8 2 (10.53%) Finance
8 2 (10.53%) ESB
9 1 (5.263%) Systems Analysis
9 1 (5.263%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (5.263%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (5.263%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (5.263%) WebLogic Integration
9 1 (5.263%) Shell Script
9 1 (5.263%) EAI
9 1 (5.263%) Data Modelling
9 1 (5.263%) UNIX

Oracle SOA Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Oracle SOA Architect in their job title 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 with Oracle SOA Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (15.79%) Middleware
3 2 (10.53%) Web Services
3 2 (10.53%) XML
4 1 (5.263%) SOAP
4 1 (5.263%) WebCenter
4 1 (5.263%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) WebLogic
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle Service Bus
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (10.53%) ESB
3 1 (5.263%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (5.263%) WebLogic Integration
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JDeveloper
General
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) UNIX
1 1 (5.263%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) SOA
2 9 (47.37%) E-business
3 4 (21.05%) BPEL
4 2 (10.53%) ERP
5 1 (5.263%) EAI
5 1 (5.263%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.263%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Java
2 1 (5.263%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.263%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Oracle
2 7 (36.84%) Siebel
3 1 (5.263%) JBoss