Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank19-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads60
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below8.824 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted40
Average minimum salary£32,500-
Average salary£35,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£37,500-
UK excluding London average salary£52,751£64,309
% change on same period last year-17.97 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads6867
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.030 %
Salaries quoted4249
Average minimum salary£30,039£41,905
Average salary£33,836£44,607
% change on same period last year-24.14 %
Average maximum salary£37,632£47,310
UK excluding London average salary£42,927£44,651
% change on same period last year-3.86 %
SOA County AntrimSOA
County Antrim

SOA
Demand Trend

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

Belfast SOA Demand Trend

SOA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SOA across the Belfast region.

Belfast SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Belfast SOA Salary Histogram

SOA
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SOA.

16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)Spring
25 (83.33 %)jMock
25 (83.33 %)J2EE
25 (83.33 %)Sybase
25 (83.33 %)JUnit
25 (83.33 %)UNIX
25 (83.33 %)Swing
31 (16.67 %)EJB
31 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SOA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)Spring
25 (83.33 %)Swing
25 (83.33 %)J2EE
31 (16.67 %)EJB
Belfast IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (83.33 %)JUnit
15 (83.33 %)jMock
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Java Developer
15 (83.33 %)J2EE Developer
15 (83.33 %)Developer
15 (83.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
21 (16.67 %)Architect
21 (16.67 %)Technical Architect
21 (16.67 %)Java Technical Architect
21 (16.67 %)Java Architect
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (83.33 %)UNIX
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)Java
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (83.33 %)Sybase