Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank109125179
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Up+54
Matching contract IT job ads720491692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.517 %1.223 %0.848 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.589 %2.315 %1.711 %
Daily rates quoted332148233
Average daily rate£438£406£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-9.720 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£256£300£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£405£375£400
% change year-on-year
+8.060 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted5010
Average hourly rate£43.00-£45.00
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.10-£38.35
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£47.20-£47.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.25-£45.00
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
278082120740452
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.60 %52.83 %49.55 %
Daily rates quoted13384743813800
Average daily rate£410£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£240£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£365£375
% change year-on-year
-4.100 %-2.660 %
Hourly rates quoted113212342463
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£28.37£30.00
% change year-on-year
-13.64 %-5.430 %

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.

SOA
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SOA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

SOA Demand Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Trend

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

SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SOA within the UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

SOA Daily Rate Histogram

SOA
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SOA within the UK.

SOA Hourly Rate Trend

SOA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SOA within the UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

SOA Hourly Rate Histogram

SOA
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOA within the UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+21655£425+6.25 %
LondonDown-15373£450+3.74 %
South EastUp+49127£375+9.48 %
City of LondonDown-27104£500+11.11 %
ScotlandUp+441£450+5.88 %
South WestUp+2037£450+28.57 %
SurreyUp+1136£356+23.91 %
West MidlandsUp+1935£363+7.40 %
East of EnglandUp+3934£425-15.00 %
HampshireUp+924£338-15.62 %
BristolUp+820£450+28.57 %
EdinburghDown-1018£350-17.64 %
StainesNew entry-17£363-
MiddlesexNew entry-15£375-
CoventryNew entry-15£350-
BerkshireUp+414£395+43.63 %
North WestDown-714£320-20.00 %
West SussexUp+712£675-
East MidlandsUp+811--
GlasgowUp+39£361+31.36 %
WorthingNew entry-9£800-
MerseysideUp+148£320-
WalesUp+108£500-
NottinghamshireUp+68--
KentNew entry-8£265-
ReadingUp+67£400+33.33 %
NottinghamUp+57--
HertfordshireNew entry-7£288-
LiverpoolUp+146£320-
CambridgeshireUp+66£405+4.51 %

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SOA 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 SOA.

1546 (39.00 %)Oracle
2476 (34.00 %)Java
3400 (28.57 %)Web Services
4384 (27.43 %)XML
5330 (23.57 %).NET
6255 (18.21 %)UML
7248 (17.71 %)SQL
8243 (17.36 %)C#
9230 (16.43 %)ESB
10227 (16.21 %)J2EE
11215 (15.36 %)SQL Server
12199 (14.21 %)Middleware
13176 (12.57 %)Finance
14163 (11.64 %)BPEL
15153 (10.93 %)WebSphere
16149 (10.64 %)Security Cleared
17148 (10.57 %)OO
18144 (10.29 %)Oracle 10g
19139 (9.929 %)Agile Software Development
20133 (9.500 %)UNIX
21132 (9.429 %)Banking
22129 (9.214 %)Windows
23126 (9.000 %)Government
24125 (8.929 %)Scrum
25121 (8.643 %)WebLogic
26111 (7.929 %)ASP.NET
27107 (7.643 %)Linux
28105 (7.500 %)TDD
29102 (7.286 %)Spring
29102 (7.286 %)SC Cleared

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SOA 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 SOA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1400 (28.57 %)Web Services
2384 (27.43 %)XML
3330 (23.57 %).NET
4227 (16.21 %)J2EE
5199 (14.21 %)Middleware
6153 (10.93 %)WebSphere
7111 (7.929 %)ASP.NET
8102 (7.286 %)Spring
996 (6.857 %)XSLT
1093 (6.643 %)WCF
1182 (5.857 %)SOAP
1280 (5.714 %)WSDL
1379 (5.643 %)Hibernate
1379 (5.643 %)HTML
1474 (5.286 %)XSD
1573 (5.214 %).NET Framework
1656 (4.000 %)Oracle Fusion
1753 (3.786 %)AJAX
1850 (3.571 %)WPF
1946 (3.286 %)MVC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1230 (16.43 %)ESB
2121 (8.643 %)WebLogic
368 (4.857 %)AquaLogic
444 (3.143 %)BizTalk Server
540 (2.857 %)Oracle Workflow
637 (2.643 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
637 (2.643 %)Oracle Application Server
637 (2.643 %)SharePoint Server 2007
735 (2.500 %)Oracle Service Bus
832 (2.286 %)WebSphere MQ
931 (2.214 %)WebSphere Process Server
1030 (2.143 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1129 (2.071 %)SharePoint
1129 (2.071 %)Tomcat
1223 (1.643 %)Oracle BPEL
1319 (1.357 %)Apache
1417 (1.214 %)MQSeries
1417 (1.214 %)ActiveMQ
1513 (0.929 %)WebSphere Application Server
1513 (0.929 %)Confluence
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
146 (3.286 %)MS Visio
233 (2.357 %)MS Excel
311 (0.786 %)MS Office
46 (0.429 %)MS Project
54 (0.286 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.143 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.143 %)Photoshop
71 (0.071 %)GeoMedia
71 (0.071 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.071 %)GIMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
167 (4.786 %)Oracle BPM
249 (3.500 %)Oracle Applications
339 (2.786 %)Oracle EBS R12
435 (2.500 %)Oracle 11i
527 (1.929 %)Oracle EBS
617 (1.214 %)BusinessWorks
617 (1.214 %)AquaLogic BPM
714 (1.000 %)TIBCO iProcess
810 (0.714 %)Oracle ERP
99 (0.643 %)SAP Retail
107 (0.500 %)SAP CRM
116 (0.429 %)SAP ERP
125 (0.357 %)SAP R/3
133 (0.214 %)Oracle Financials
133 (0.214 %)Staffware
133 (0.214 %)Oracle CRM
133 (0.214 %)Dynamics CRM
133 (0.214 %)Exstream
142 (0.143 %)SAP IS-U
142 (0.143 %)Oracle BRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
157 (4.071 %)HTTP
233 (2.357 %)Internet
321 (1.500 %)Firewall
321 (1.500 %)Network Security
413 (0.929 %)DSL
413 (0.929 %)BSS
512 (0.857 %)SSL
610 (0.714 %)LDAP
610 (0.714 %)DNS
76 (0.429 %)Intranet
85 (0.357 %)DMZ
85 (0.357 %)Kerberos
85 (0.357 %)TELNET
85 (0.357 %)SSH
94 (0.286 %)TCP/IP
94 (0.286 %)MPLS
103 (0.214 %)SAN
103 (0.214 %)HTTPS
103 (0.214 %)Ethernet
103 (0.214 %)ATM
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1215 (15.36 %)SQL Server
2144 (10.29 %)Oracle 10g
364 (4.571 %)SQL Server 2005
462 (4.429 %)Oracle 9i
554 (3.857 %)Oracle 11g
644 (3.143 %)Oracle Reports
734 (2.429 %)SQL Server 2000
831 (2.214 %)SQL Server 2008
930 (2.143 %)RDBMS
1029 (2.071 %)Oracle Discoverer
1128 (2.000 %)Oracle BI EE
1223 (1.643 %)ETL
1321 (1.500 %)Oracle 8/8i
1417 (1.214 %)Datawarehouse
1515 (1.071 %)DB2
1612 (0.857 %)PostgreSQL
1612 (0.857 %)SAP BW
1711 (0.786 %)DataStage
1810 (0.714 %)BusinessObjects
196 (0.429 %)Oracle OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
147 (3.357 %)Subversion
245 (3.214 %)Ant
344 (3.143 %)JDeveloper
441 (2.929 %)Maven
537 (2.643 %)Eclipse
636 (2.571 %)Oracle Forms
732 (2.286 %)NUnit
831 (2.214 %)JIRA
927 (1.929 %)Selenium
927 (1.929 %)FitNesse
1025 (1.786 %)LoadRunner
1124 (1.714 %)Visual Studio
1223 (1.643 %)ClearCase
1223 (1.643 %)TeamCity
1318 (1.286 %)CruiseControl
1318 (1.286 %)JUnit
1417 (1.214 %)ClearQuest
1516 (1.143 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1614 (1.000 %)Team Foundation Server
1713 (0.929 %)WatiN
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1176 (12.57 %)Finance
2132 (9.429 %)Banking
3126 (9.000 %)Government
478 (5.571 %)Investment Banking
552 (3.714 %)Retail
648 (3.429 %)Front Office
740 (2.857 %)Telecoms
839 (2.786 %)Insurance
927 (1.929 %)Back Office
1014 (1.000 %)Health
1113 (0.929 %)Marketing
1212 (0.857 %)Billing
1310 (0.714 %)Financial Institution
1310 (0.714 %)Education
149 (0.643 %)Publishing
158 (0.571 %)Pensions
158 (0.571 %)Games
167 (0.500 %)Pharmaceutical
176 (0.429 %)Criminal Justice
185 (0.357 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1452 (32.29 %)Developer
2425 (30.36 %)Architect
3144 (10.29 %)Solutions Architect
4140 (10.00 %)Designer
5105 (7.500 %)Analyst
6103 (7.357 %)Java Developer
794 (6.714 %)Consultant
880 (5.714 %).NET Developer
976 (5.429 %)Oracle Developer
976 (5.429 %)Senior Developer
1062 (4.429 %)C# Developer
1155 (3.929 %)Technical Architect
1247 (3.357 %)SOA Architect
1342 (3.000 %)Business Analyst
1441 (2.929 %)WebSphere Developer
1540 (2.857 %)Lead Architect
1639 (2.786 %)Oracle Consultant
1738 (2.714 %)Project Manager
1833 (2.357 %)Enterprise Architect
1931 (2.214 %)Applications Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
143 (3.071 %)Derivative
235 (2.500 %)Open Source
325 (1.786 %)N-Tier
325 (1.786 %)Multithreading
419 (1.357 %)Equity Derivative
514 (1.000 %)SaaS
514 (1.000 %)Client/Server
613 (0.929 %)Market Risk
712 (0.857 %)Social Network
712 (0.857 %)Clustering
811 (0.786 %)Mainframe
811 (0.786 %)Credit Derivative
811 (0.786 %)PKI
99 (0.643 %)Fixed Income
99 (0.643 %)Data Integration
99 (0.643 %)Data Protection Act
108 (0.571 %)Replication
108 (0.571 %)Management Information System
117 (0.500 %)Grid Computing
117 (0.500 %)Equities
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1133 (9.500 %)UNIX
2129 (9.214 %)Windows
3107 (7.643 %)Linux
462 (4.429 %)Solaris
538 (2.714 %)Windows Server 2003
614 (1.000 %)AIX
713 (0.929 %)Red Hat Linux
86 (0.429 %)Windows Server 2008
95 (0.357 %)Windows CE
103 (0.214 %)Windows 2000
103 (0.214 %)Windows XP
103 (0.214 %)Windows NT
112 (0.143 %)HPUX
121 (0.071 %)MVS
121 (0.071 %)zOS
121 (0.071 %)SUSE
121 (0.071 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1255 (18.21 %)UML
2163 (11.64 %)BPEL
3148 (10.57 %)OO
4139 (9.929 %)Agile Software Development
5125 (8.929 %)Scrum
6105 (7.500 %)TDD
791 (6.500 %)TOGAF
884 (6.000 %)Workflow
978 (5.571 %)Enterprise Architecture
1075 (5.357 %)CRM
1075 (5.357 %)Business Intelligence
1172 (5.143 %)EAI
1262 (4.429 %)RUP
1358 (4.143 %)Unit Testing
1454 (3.857 %)Continuous Integration
1553 (3.786 %)E-Commerce
1652 (3.714 %)Project Management
1749 (3.500 %)Data Modelling
1847 (3.357 %)Stakeholder Management
1847 (3.357 %)Web Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1476 (34.00 %)Java
2248 (17.71 %)SQL
3243 (17.36 %)C#
490 (6.429 %)PL/SQL
580 (5.714 %)JavaScript
650 (3.571 %)C++
733 (2.357 %)PHP
830 (2.143 %)C
928 (2.000 %)Python
1026 (1.857 %)Perl
1124 (1.714 %)VB
1223 (1.643 %)Shell Script
1319 (1.357 %)Ruby
1413 (0.929 %)VB.NET
1413 (0.929 %)Groovy
1413 (0.929 %)XPath
1512 (0.857 %)VB6
1512 (0.857 %)VBA
168 (0.571 %)T-SQL
176 (0.429 %)Apex Code
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1149 (10.64 %)Security Cleared
2102 (7.286 %)SC Cleared
330 (2.143 %)Degree
424 (1.714 %)OCA
424 (1.714 %)Oracle Certification
522 (1.571 %)BC Cleared
619 (1.357 %)OCP
714 (1.000 %)ISEB
85 (0.357 %)Cisco Certification
85 (0.357 %)PMI Certification
85 (0.357 %)DV Cleared
94 (0.286 %)ISTQB
94 (0.286 %)CCIE
94 (0.286 %)PMP
103 (0.214 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
112 (0.143 %)APMP
112 (0.143 %)ITIL Certification
112 (0.143 %)CISSP
112 (0.143 %)CCDP
121 (0.071 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (2.571 %)QA
211 (0.786 %)SLA
34 (0.286 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
34 (0.286 %)Basel II
43 (0.214 %)ISO27001
51 (0.071 %)HL7
51 (0.071 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
122 (1.571 %)MSMQ
220 (1.429 %)Oracle RAC
313 (0.929 %)VMware Infrastructure
47 (0.500 %)Active Directory
56 (0.429 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.071 %)ISA Server
61 (0.071 %)Squid
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (0.429 %)Data Guard
24 (0.286 %)HP Quality Center
24 (0.286 %)TIBCO Hawk
32 (0.143 %)TIBCO InConcert
32 (0.143 %)Tivoli
41 (0.071 %)CA SiteMinder
41 (0.071 %)MOM
41 (0.071 %)Netcool
41 (0.071 %)HP Data Protector
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1546 (39.00 %)Oracle
286 (6.143 %)Microsoft
372 (5.143 %)IBM
467 (4.786 %)SAP
560 (4.286 %)TIBCO
656 (4.000 %)BEA
754 (3.857 %)Siebel
841 (2.929 %)Sybase
935 (2.500 %)JBoss
1033 (2.357 %)Sun
1129 (2.071 %)HP
1129 (2.071 %)VMware
1224 (1.714 %)webMethods
1322 (1.571 %)ILOG
1421 (1.500 %)Hyperion
1515 (1.071 %)Perforce
1613 (0.929 %)ATG
1712 (0.857 %)Informatica
1712 (0.857 %)Red Hat
1810 (0.714 %)Business Objects