The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 157 134 141
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +7
Permanent jobs citing SOA 63 89 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.179% 1.435% 1.284%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.699% 2.020% 1.864%
Number of salaries quoted 53 86 60
Average salary £55,000 £51,250 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.31% -10.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £36,842 £38,300
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £48,000 £48,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3709 4406 3702
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.40% 71.05% 68.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2881 3692 3091
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £68,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SOA
South East

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SOA Jobs Demand Trend

SOA
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Berkshire SOA Salary Histogram

SOA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading -23 26 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Slough - 20 £55,000 - 2
Newbury 0 6 £61,250 +28.94%
Maidenhead +6 4 £70,000 +33.33% 1
Bracknell -24 2 - -
Wokingham - 2 £44,500 -
SOA
South East

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 70 (47.30%) Java
2 47 (31.76%) Telecoms
3 46 (31.08%) Web Services
4 45 (30.41%) Oracle
5 44 (29.73%) J2EE
6 42 (28.38%) Scrum
7 40 (27.03%) SQL
7 40 (27.03%) .NET
8 38 (25.68%) TDD
8 38 (25.68%) REST
9 35 (23.65%) C#
9 35 (23.65%) SOAP
10 32 (21.62%) Continuous Integration
11 31 (20.95%) Spring
12 29 (19.59%) JavaScript
13 26 (17.57%) Finance
13 26 (17.57%) jQuery
14 24 (16.22%) Microsoft
14 24 (16.22%) XML
14 24 (16.22%) Agile Software Development
15 22 (14.86%) Business Analysis
15 22 (14.86%) UML
15 22 (14.86%) Middleware
15 22 (14.86%) E-Commerce
15 22 (14.86%) Mobile App
15 22 (14.86%) SaaS
16 21 (14.19%) User Stories
16 21 (14.19%) JMS
17 20 (13.51%) Apache
17 20 (13.51%) Hibernate

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 46 (31.08%) Web Services
2 44 (29.73%) J2EE
3 40 (27.03%) .NET
4 38 (25.68%) REST
5 35 (23.65%) SOAP
6 31 (20.95%) Spring
7 26 (17.57%) jQuery
8 24 (16.22%) XML
9 22 (14.86%) Middleware
10 21 (14.19%) JMS
11 20 (13.51%) Hibernate
12 19 (12.84%) WebSphere
13 18 (12.16%) Java EE
13 18 (12.16%) ASP.NET
14 17 (11.49%) WCF
15 16 (10.81%) HTML
16 14 (9.459%) .NET Framework
17 13 (8.784%) Ajax
18 12 (8.108%) XSLT
18 12 (8.108%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 20 (13.51%) Apache
2 13 (8.784%) Tomcat
3 9 (6.081%) WebLogic
4 7 (4.730%) SharePoint
5 6 (4.054%) IIS
6 3 (2.027%) Windows Azure
6 3 (2.027%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (1.351%) Tuxedo
7 2 (1.351%) CMS
7 2 (1.351%) ESB
8 1 (0.676%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.676%) PowerExchange
8 1 (0.676%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.676%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 15 (10.14%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.676%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.676%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.351%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.676%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.676%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.676%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.676%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.378%) HTTP
1 5 (3.378%) SSL
1 5 (3.378%) S/MIME
2 4 (2.703%) LDAP
2 4 (2.703%) BSS
3 3 (2.027%) Internet
4 2 (1.351%) Firewall
5 1 (0.676%) Broadband
5 1 (0.676%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.84%) SQL Server
2 13 (8.784%) MySQL
3 10 (6.757%) TOAD
4 7 (4.730%) Oracle 11g
5 6 (4.054%) RDBMS
6 4 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.027%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (2.027%) DB2
8 2 (1.351%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (1.351%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.351%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.676%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (0.676%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.676%) Redis
9 1 (0.676%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.676%) DTS
9 1 (0.676%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.676%) PowerCenter
9 1 (0.676%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.676%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 19 (12.84%) Subversion
2 17 (11.49%) Maven
3 16 (10.81%) Eclipse
3 16 (10.81%) Team Foundation Server
4 14 (9.459%) Ant
5 13 (8.784%) TeamCity
6 10 (6.757%) JUnit
7 7 (4.730%) Selenium
8 5 (3.378%) Log4j
8 5 (3.378%) Jenkins
9 4 (2.703%) Gradle
9 4 (2.703%) Git (software)
10 2 (1.351%) Moq
10 2 (1.351%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.676%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.676%) JMeter
11 1 (0.676%) JIRA
11 1 (0.676%) WATIR
11 1 (0.676%) JProfiler
11 1 (0.676%) CruiseControl
General
1 47 (31.76%) Telecoms
2 26 (17.57%) Finance
3 8 (5.405%) Retail
4 6 (4.054%) Marketing
5 4 (2.703%) Banking
6 2 (1.351%) Electronics
6 2 (1.351%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.351%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.351%) Multimedia
6 2 (1.351%) Billing
7 1 (0.676%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.676%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.676%) Front Office
7 1 (0.676%) Back Office
7 1 (0.676%) Legal
7 1 (0.676%) Advertising
7 1 (0.676%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 57 (38.51%) Developer
2 52 (35.14%) Architect
3 25 (16.89%) Analyst
3 25 (16.89%) Java Developer
4 22 (14.86%) .NET Developer
5 19 (12.84%) C# Developer
5 19 (12.84%) Business Analyst
5 19 (12.84%) Agile Business Analyst
5 19 (12.84%) C# .NET Developer
6 11 (7.432%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (7.432%) Senior Developer
7 10 (6.757%) Java Architect
8 8 (5.405%) Software Developer
8 8 (5.405%) Lead Developer
9 7 (4.730%) ASP.NET Developer
9 7 (4.730%) Senior Java Developer
9 7 (4.730%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 6 (4.054%) Telecoms Business Analyst
10 6 (4.054%) Enterprise Data Architect
10 6 (4.054%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.86%) SaaS
1 22 (14.86%) Mobile App
2 20 (13.51%) Visualisation
3 12 (8.108%) Computer Science
4 8 (5.405%) N-Tier
4 8 (5.405%) Digital Media
5 7 (4.730%) Open Source
5 7 (4.730%) Inversion of Control
6 6 (4.054%) Reference Data
7 5 (3.378%) Mainframe
8 4 (2.703%) PaaS
9 3 (2.027%) BBC
10 2 (1.351%) Streaming Video
10 2 (1.351%) Web 2.0
10 2 (1.351%) DTV
10 2 (1.351%) IaaS
10 2 (1.351%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.676%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.676%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.676%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.81%) Linux
2 14 (9.459%) UNIX
3 11 (7.432%) Android
4 8 (5.405%) Windows
5 3 (2.027%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.676%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (0.676%) AIX
6 1 (0.676%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (28.38%) Scrum
2 38 (25.68%) TDD
3 32 (21.62%) Continuous Integration
4 24 (16.22%) Agile Software Development
5 22 (14.86%) UML
5 22 (14.86%) E-Commerce
5 22 (14.86%) Business Analysis
6 21 (14.19%) User Stories
7 20 (13.51%) Mobile Application Development
7 20 (13.51%) Pair Programming
8 19 (12.84%) OO
9 14 (9.459%) CRM
9 14 (9.459%) MVC
10 11 (7.432%) ITIL
11 9 (6.081%) Data Architecture
12 8 (5.405%) Waterfall
12 8 (5.405%) Strategic Planning
12 8 (5.405%) Refactoring
12 8 (5.405%) ETL
13 7 (4.730%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 70 (47.30%) Java
2 40 (27.03%) SQL
3 35 (23.65%) C#
4 29 (19.59%) JavaScript
5 12 (8.108%) PL/SQL
6 8 (5.405%) C++
6 8 (5.405%) T-SQL
7 6 (4.054%) VB
8 5 (3.378%) Python
8 5 (3.378%) Perl
9 4 (2.703%) Bash shell
10 2 (1.351%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.676%) C
11 1 (0.676%) Scala
11 1 (0.676%) PHP
11 1 (0.676%) RPG
Qualifications
1 14 (9.459%) Degree
2 3 (2.027%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.027%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.351%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.351%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.108%) QA
2 3 (2.027%) HMG Infosec
3 1 (0.676%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.676%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (0.676%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 4 (2.703%) Puppet
2 1 (0.676%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 45 (30.41%) Oracle
2 24 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 15 (10.14%) IBM
4 10 (6.757%) Salesforce.com
5 9 (6.081%) Google
6 6 (4.054%) Cognizant
7 5 (3.378%) SAP
7 5 (3.378%) JBoss
8 3 (2.027%) Sun
9 2 (1.351%) Informatica
9 2 (1.351%) Siebel
9 2 (1.351%) Huawei
9 2 (1.351%) Fujitsu
9 2 (1.351%) Capita
10 1 (0.676%) TIBCO
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
JAVA, SOA, AGILE My Client is looking for a Senior Java Developer and a Java Developer to join their growing team... Qualifications/Experience - A BSc or MSc (or...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Software Developer - .Net / c# / ASP / SQL / SOA / Senior .Net Developer / XML / VB / DTS / SQL Server / C# / Application Developer... They are looking for a Senior Software and Applications Developer...
Venturi
Salary: £50000 - £57500 per annum + 30% bonus/benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Berkshire
Any of the following would be beneficial: * Spring, Wicket, Javascript, AJAX, SOAP, XML/XSLT, JMS, JDBC and hibernate *Be comfortable creating user interfaces to communicate with databases and...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent benefits!
Posted: 17 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Business Analysis in an Agile and Online Delivery Environment... * Strong understanding and knowledge of: * Agile - Scrum * Eliciting and Capturing Requirements * Test Driven Development (TDD) * Pair Programming * Continuous Integration (...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Strong understanding and knowledge of: * Agile - Scrum * Eliciting and Capturing Requirements * Test Driven Development (TDD) * Pair Programming * Continuous Integration (CI) Strong exposure to one or more of the...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £120000 - £130000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013