The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 21 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the West Sussex region.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 32 33 51
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +18
Contract jobs citing SOA 9 23 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.362% 3.560% 0.227%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.488% 4.873% 0.327%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 0
Average daily rate £450 £498 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.54% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +45.45%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
258 472 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 67.72% 73.07% 69.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 279 145
Average daily rate £388 £338 £379
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -10.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 17
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £10.00 £21.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £32.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
SOA
South East

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SOA across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Sussex SOA Jobs Demand Trend

SOA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SOA across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex SOA Daily Rate Trend

SOA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SOA across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex SOA Hourly 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Horsham +3 2 - -
SOA
South East

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 9 (42.86%) Data Architecture
2 8 (38.10%) PCI DSS
3 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 6 (28.57%) SQL
3 6 (28.57%) Business Objects
3 6 (28.57%) SAP
3 6 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 6 (28.57%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (23.81%) SOAP
4 5 (23.81%) Web Services
4 5 (23.81%) XML
4 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
4 5 (23.81%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (19.05%) QA
5 4 (19.05%) MS Office
5 4 (19.05%) Java
5 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
5 4 (19.05%) MS Visio
6 3 (14.29%) EAI
6 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 3 (14.29%) XML Schema
6 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
6 3 (14.29%) MQSeries
6 3 (14.29%) JDBC
6 3 (14.29%) XSD
6 3 (14.29%) Smart Meter
6 3 (14.29%) webMethods
6 3 (14.29%) WS-I
7 2 (9.524%) ESB

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Application Development
1 5 (23.81%) SOAP
1 5 (23.81%) Web Services
1 5 (23.81%) XML
2 3 (14.29%) XML Schema
2 3 (14.29%) JDBC
2 3 (14.29%) XSD
2 3 (14.29%) WS-I
3 2 (9.524%) .NET
3 2 (9.524%) WSDL
4 1 (4.762%) JMS
4 1 (4.762%) J2EE
4 1 (4.762%) WCF
4 1 (4.762%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 6 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 3 (14.29%) MQSeries
3 2 (9.524%) ESB
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
1 4 (19.05%) MS Office
1 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
1 4 (19.05%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.762%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
1 1 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Architect
2 7 (33.33%) Software Architect
3 6 (28.57%) Systems Architect
4 5 (23.81%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (19.05%) Designer
6 2 (9.524%) Consultant
6 2 (9.524%) webMethods Consultant
6 2 (9.524%) SOA Designer
6 2 (9.524%) Technical Leader
7 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 1 (4.762%) SOA Architect
7 1 (4.762%) Agile Project Manager
7 1 (4.762%) webMethods Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Solutions Designer
7 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.762%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
2 3 (14.29%) Smart Meter
3 1 (4.762%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Data Architecture
2 5 (23.81%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (14.29%) EAI
3 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.762%) ERP
4 1 (4.762%) B2B
4 1 (4.762%) CRM
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.762%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) Java
3 1 (4.762%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (4.762%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) PCI DSS
2 4 (19.05%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 6 (28.57%) Business Objects
1 6 (28.57%) SAP
2 3 (14.29%) webMethods
3 1 (4.762%) Software AG