The first table below looks at the demand for soapUI skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited soapUI over the 3 months to 20 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.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Eviware soapUI
Rank 430 485 528
Rank change year-on-year
+55 +43
Contract jobs citing soapUI 103 88 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.221% 0.151% 0.100%
As % of the Application Development category 0.809% 0.589% 0.363%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 48 31
Average daily rate £369 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.42% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £259 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £356 £350 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.78% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 £32.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.97% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.25 -
% change year-on-year
-6.97% -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12726 14946 16543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.35% 25.62% 27.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7952 8777 9622
Average daily rate £375 £350 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 376 569
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

soapUI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing soapUI within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

soapUI Jobs Demand Trend

soapUI
Daily Rate Trend

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

soapUI Daily Rate Trend

soapUI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing soapUI within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

soapUI Daily Rate Histogram

soapUI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

soapUI Hourly Rate Trend

soapUI
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing soapUI within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

soapUI Hourly Rate Histogram

soapUI
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 soapUI within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +63 79 £350 -0.07%
South East +30 35 £363 +3.57%
London +27 24 £370 -15.90%
Hampshire +11 21 £375 -21.05%
Basingstoke +1 20 £375 -21.05%
Scotland +1 15 £403 +61.00%
North West +17 8 £330 -12.00%
Buckinghamshire - 8 £288 -
Northern Ireland +2 7 £325 -
East of England +7 5 £315 -16.00%
Belfast -2 5 £325 -
County Antrim -2 5 £325 -
City of London +20 4 £363 +11.53%
Lancashire +11 4 £300 -21.05%
Glasgow -20 4 £388 +55.00%
Edinburgh - 4 £438 -
East Midlands - 4 £275 -
Surrey +14 3 £400 +14.28%
Hertfordshire +9 3 - -
Yorkshire +1 3 £223 -44.37%
West Yorkshire -2 3 £223 -44.37%
Merseyside - 3 £350 -
Perth and Kinross - 3 £403 -
Milton Keynes - 3 £365 -
Staines - 3 £400 -
Suffolk +11 2 £315 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 - -
Berkshire - 2 - -
Reading - 2 - -
Manchester +9 1 £260 -21.86%

soapUI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing soapUI 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 soapUI.

1 135 (69.23%) SOAP
2 103 (52.82%) Java
3 95 (48.72%) Selenium
4 78 (40.00%) Web Services
5 74 (37.95%) SQL
6 65 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
7 51 (26.15%) BDD
8 49 (25.13%) JUnit
9 48 (24.62%) Continuous Integration
10 47 (24.10%) XML
11 46 (23.59%) Maven
12 45 (23.08%) WebDriver
13 44 (22.56%) SQL Server
14 43 (22.05%) Git (software)
14 43 (22.05%) REST
15 38 (19.49%) C#
16 36 (18.46%) BizTalk Server
17 35 (17.95%) SOA
17 35 (17.95%) TDD
18 34 (17.44%) Java EE
19 30 (15.38%) WCF
19 30 (15.38%) Scrum
19 30 (15.38%) Test Automation
20 29 (14.87%) Test Scripting
21 28 (14.36%) Automated Testing
21 28 (14.36%) Finance
21 28 (14.36%) HTML
21 28 (14.36%) JavaScript
22 26 (13.33%) QA
23 25 (12.82%) Spring

soapUI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing soapUI 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 soapUI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 135 (69.23%) SOAP
2 78 (40.00%) Web Services
3 47 (24.10%) XML
4 43 (22.05%) REST
5 34 (17.44%) Java EE
6 30 (15.38%) WCF
7 28 (14.36%) HTML
8 25 (12.82%) Spring
9 23 (11.79%) JSON
10 22 (11.28%) Hibernate
10 22 (11.28%) CSS
11 20 (10.26%) EJB
11 20 (10.26%) .NET
11 20 (10.26%) JMS
12 19 (9.744%) J2EE
12 19 (9.744%) Spring MVC
13 17 (8.718%) jQuery
13 17 (8.718%) JPA
14 16 (8.205%) Spring Security
14 16 (8.205%) Spring Web Flow
Application Platforms
1 36 (18.46%) BizTalk Server
2 19 (9.744%) ESB
3 17 (8.718%) IIS
4 5 (2.564%) Apache
4 5 (2.564%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.564%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (2.564%) WebSphere Process Server
5 4 (2.051%) Windows Azure
5 4 (2.051%) WebLogic
6 3 (1.538%) Confluence
7 2 (1.026%) MQSeries
7 2 (1.026%) AquaLogic
8 1 (0.513%) WebSphere MQ
8 1 (0.513%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (0.513%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 1 (0.513%) Mule
8 1 (0.513%) LiveCycle
8 1 (0.513%) Force.com
Applications
1 8 (4.103%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.564%) Final Cut Pro
3 2 (1.026%) Mingle
4 1 (0.513%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.026%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.513%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.692%) HTTP
2 10 (5.128%) HTTPS
3 6 (3.077%) LDAP
4 2 (1.026%) VoIP
4 2 (1.026%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.513%) CDMA
5 1 (0.513%) GSM
5 1 (0.513%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (22.56%) SQL Server
2 16 (8.205%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 16 (8.205%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 16 (8.205%) NoSQL
3 10 (5.128%) SQL Server 2012
4 7 (3.590%) DB2
5 6 (3.077%) TOAD
6 5 (2.564%) MySQL
7 4 (2.051%) DbVisualizer
8 3 (1.538%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.538%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.026%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (1.026%) BusinessObjects XI
9 2 (1.026%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (1.026%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.513%) Oracle 11g
10 1 (0.513%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.513%) Siebel EIM
10 1 (0.513%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.513%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 95 (48.72%) Selenium
2 49 (25.13%) JUnit
3 46 (23.59%) Maven
4 45 (23.08%) WebDriver
5 43 (22.05%) Git (software)
6 21 (10.77%) JMeter
7 20 (10.26%) Jenkins
8 18 (9.231%) Team Foundation Server
9 17 (8.718%) Mockito
10 16 (8.205%) JBehave
11 15 (7.692%) Ant
12 14 (7.179%) JIRA
13 13 (6.667%) Cucumber
14 12 (6.154%) QuickTest Pro
14 12 (6.154%) FitNesse
15 10 (5.128%) TeamCity
15 10 (5.128%) Visual Studio
16 9 (4.615%) Hudson
16 9 (4.615%) MSBuild
17 7 (3.590%) SpecFlow
General
1 28 (14.36%) Finance
2 12 (6.154%) Telecoms
3 9 (4.615%) Banking
4 7 (3.590%) Retail
5 2 (1.026%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.026%) Billing
6 1 (0.513%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.513%) Marketing
6 1 (0.513%) Danish Language
6 1 (0.513%) Finnish Language
6 1 (0.513%) French Language
6 1 (0.513%) Norwegian Language
6 1 (0.513%) Swedish Language
6 1 (0.513%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.513%) Publishing
6 1 (0.513%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 46 (23.59%) Developer
2 43 (22.05%) Analyst
3 40 (20.51%) Test Analyst
3 40 (20.51%) Tester
4 31 (15.90%) Java Developer
5 13 (6.667%) Consultant
6 12 (6.154%) Automation Tester
7 10 (5.128%) Test Engineer
8 9 (4.615%) QA Engineer
8 9 (4.615%) Architect
9 8 (4.103%) Automated Tester
10 7 (3.590%) Release Manager
10 7 (3.590%) Technical Leader
10 7 (3.590%) Build Manager
11 6 (3.077%) Technical Tester
11 6 (3.077%) Test Consultant
11 6 (3.077%) Performance Tester
11 6 (3.077%) Senior Tester
12 5 (2.564%) Technical Architect
12 5 (2.564%) Automation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.692%) Open Source
2 6 (3.077%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.051%) Mobile App
3 4 (2.051%) Handset
4 2 (1.026%) Replication
4 2 (1.026%) N-Tier
4 2 (1.026%) Smart Meter
4 2 (1.026%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (0.513%) Inversion of Control
5 1 (0.513%) Oracle Exalogic
5 1 (0.513%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.513%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.513%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.513%) Statistics
5 1 (0.513%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.79%) Linux
2 19 (9.744%) UNIX
2 19 (9.744%) Windows
3 10 (5.128%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.026%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.026%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.026%) AIX
4 2 (1.026%) Android
5 1 (0.513%) SUSE
5 1 (0.513%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.513%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.513%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 51 (26.15%) BDD
3 48 (24.62%) Continuous Integration
4 35 (17.95%) TDD
4 35 (17.95%) SOA
5 30 (15.38%) Scrum
5 30 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 29 (14.87%) Test Scripting
7 28 (14.36%) Automated Testing
8 24 (12.31%) UML
9 21 (10.77%) Software Architecture
10 19 (9.744%) MVC
11 18 (9.231%) OOD
11 18 (9.231%) Dependency Injection
11 18 (9.231%) Software Testing
12 17 (8.718%) Web Development
13 16 (8.205%) Performance Testing
14 14 (7.179%) Pair Programming
15 12 (6.154%) Web Testing
16 10 (5.128%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 103 (52.82%) Java
2 74 (37.95%) SQL
3 38 (19.49%) C#
4 28 (14.36%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.744%) Groovy
6 13 (6.667%) PowerShell
7 10 (5.128%) Perl
8 7 (3.590%) Python
8 7 (3.590%) Ruby
9 6 (3.077%) C++
10 4 (2.051%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.051%) VBScript
10 4 (2.051%) C
11 3 (1.538%) PHP
11 3 (1.538%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.026%) Objective-C
12 2 (1.026%) XPath
12 2 (1.026%) XQuery
12 2 (1.026%) VB
12 2 (1.026%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 24 (12.31%) ISEB
2 18 (9.231%) ISTQB
3 4 (2.051%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.33%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.564%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 16 (8.205%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.026%) Puppet
Vendors
1 23 (11.79%) Oracle
2 18 (9.231%) Microsoft
3 17 (8.718%) JBoss
4 16 (8.205%) HP
5 9 (4.615%) Twitter
6 5 (2.564%) Facebook
6 5 (2.564%) Software AG
6 5 (2.564%) Sony
7 4 (2.051%) SAP
7 4 (2.051%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.538%) IBM
9 2 (1.026%) Lombardi
9 2 (1.026%) BEA
9 2 (1.026%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.026%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (1.026%) TIBCO
10 1 (0.513%) Adobe
10 1 (0.513%) BT
10 1 (0.513%) Telerik
10 1 (0.513%) Google