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The table below looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Warwickshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3542
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads65
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.005 %
As % of the category below3.030 %2.128 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£368-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£410-
UK excluding London average daily rate£411£419
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
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£38.75£35.00
% change on same period last year+10.71 %
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Warwickshire
Matching contract IT job ads198235
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.268 %0.232 %
Daily rates quoted5448
Average minimum daily rate£328£226
Average daily rate£342£244
% change on same period last year+40.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£262
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted3558
Average minimum hourly rate£23.33£33.03
Average hourly rate£25.31£36.04
% change on same period last year-29.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.28£39.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
SOA West MidlandsSOA
West Midlands

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.

SOA
Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leamington SpaNew entry-4--
NuneatonNew entry-1£368-
SOA West MidlandsSOA
West Midlands

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

16 (85.71 %)SQL Server
16 (85.71 %)UML
25 (71.43 %)OO
25 (71.43 %)WebServices
25 (71.43 %)XML
25 (71.43 %)XSLT
25 (71.43 %)ASP.NET
25 (71.43 %)C#
25 (71.43 %).NET
25 (71.43 %)SQL Server 2000
25 (71.43 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (57.14 %)Finance
34 (57.14 %)OOD
43 (42.86 %)Pensions
52 (28.57 %)IBM
52 (28.57 %)Oracle
61 (14.29 %)Logistics
61 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
61 (14.29 %)HP
61 (14.29 %)NetWeaver
61 (14.29 %)Automotive
61 (14.29 %)Clustering
61 (14.29 %)WebSphere
61 (14.29 %)Technical Architecture
61 (14.29 %)Web Development
61 (14.29 %)J2EE
61 (14.29 %)HTML
61 (14.29 %)EJB
61 (14.29 %)SAP
61 (14.29 %)Linux

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (71.43 %).NET
15 (71.43 %)ASP.NET
15 (71.43 %)WebServices
15 (71.43 %)XML
15 (71.43 %)XSLT
21 (14.29 %)WebSphere
21 (14.29 %)EJB
21 (14.29 %)J2EE
21 (14.29 %)HTML
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)NetWeaver
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Excel
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (85.71 %)SQL Server
25 (71.43 %)SQL Server 2000
25 (71.43 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Finance
23 (42.86 %)Pensions
31 (14.29 %)Automotive
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
15 (71.43 %).NET Developer
24 (57.14 %)C# Developer
32 (28.57 %)Architect
41 (14.29 %)Technical Architect
41 (14.29 %)Solutions Architect
41 (14.29 %)Solutions Designer
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Clustering
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Linux
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (85.71 %)UML
25 (71.43 %)OO
34 (57.14 %)OOD
41 (14.29 %)Logistics
41 (14.29 %)Technical Architecture
41 (14.29 %)Web Development
41 (14.29 %)RUP
41 (14.29 %)OOA/OOD
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (71.43 %)C#
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)Oracle
12 (28.57 %)IBM
21 (14.29 %)HP
21 (14.29 %)SAP