The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 23 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 111 107 107
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Permanent jobs citing SOA 27 24 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.334% 1.252% 1.453%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.794% 1.697% 2.005%
Number of salaries quoted 24 22 31
Average salary £52,500 £41,250 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,750 £35,200 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £48,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-1.04% +1.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1505 1414 1546
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 74.36% 73.76% 72.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1320 1197 1356
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,700 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -16 11 £60,000 +41.17%
High Wycombe +5 5 £47,500 -20.83%
Marlow - 3 £52,500 -
Beaconsfield - 1 £42,500 -
SOA
South East

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 25 (60.98%) .NET
2 24 (58.54%) C#
3 19 (46.34%) Oracle
4 16 (39.02%) Web Services
5 15 (36.59%) TDD
6 14 (34.15%) SQL Server
7 13 (31.71%) XML
8 12 (29.27%) ASP.NET
8 12 (29.27%) WCF
9 11 (26.83%) Windows
9 11 (26.83%) Microsoft
10 10 (24.39%) WPF
11 9 (21.95%) JSON
11 9 (21.95%) UML
12 8 (19.51%) JavaScript
12 8 (19.51%) BizTalk Server
12 8 (19.51%) Data Modelling
12 8 (19.51%) TOGAF
12 8 (19.51%) Enterprise Architecture
12 8 (19.51%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (17.07%) WebSphere
13 7 (17.07%) JBoss
13 7 (17.07%) CSS
14 6 (14.63%) JSP
14 6 (14.63%) Servlets
14 6 (14.63%) Struts
14 6 (14.63%) SQL
14 6 (14.63%) DHTML
14 6 (14.63%) Java
14 6 (14.63%) WebLogic

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 25 (60.98%) .NET
2 16 (39.02%) Web Services
3 13 (31.71%) XML
4 12 (29.27%) ASP.NET
4 12 (29.27%) WCF
5 10 (24.39%) WPF
6 9 (21.95%) JSON
7 7 (17.07%) WebSphere
7 7 (17.07%) CSS
8 6 (14.63%) JSP
8 6 (14.63%) Servlets
8 6 (14.63%) Struts
8 6 (14.63%) DHTML
8 6 (14.63%) J2EE
8 6 (14.63%) Ajax
8 6 (14.63%) Spring
8 6 (14.63%) jQuery
8 6 (14.63%) Dojo
8 6 (14.63%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (12.20%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 8 (19.51%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (14.63%) WebLogic
3 5 (12.20%) ESB
4 4 (9.756%) IIS
5 1 (2.439%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (2.439%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.439%) Documentum
5 1 (2.439%) Drupal
5 1 (2.439%) CMS
5 1 (2.439%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (4.878%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.878%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) HTTP
1 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.878%) VPLS
2 2 (4.878%) MPLS
2 2 (4.878%) WAN
3 1 (2.439%) SNMP
3 1 (2.439%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (34.15%) SQL Server
2 6 (14.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (9.756%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (9.756%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.439%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.439%) Ingres
4 1 (2.439%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.439%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (9.756%) Subversion
3 1 (2.439%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (14.63%) Finance
2 1 (2.439%) Spanish Language
2 1 (2.439%) Retail
2 1 (2.439%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 26 (63.41%) Developer
2 16 (39.02%) Senior Developer
3 9 (21.95%) Architect
4 7 (17.07%) C# Developer
4 7 (17.07%) Lead Developer
5 6 (14.63%) Java Developer
5 6 (14.63%) Senior Java Developer
6 5 (12.20%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (12.20%) Senior C# Developer
6 5 (12.20%) .NET Developer
7 4 (9.756%) Senior .NET Developer
7 4 (9.756%) Technical Designer
7 4 (9.756%) Technical Architect
7 4 (9.756%) Technical Developer
7 4 (9.756%) Designer
8 3 (7.317%) Analyst
8 3 (7.317%) Software Developer
8 3 (7.317%) Solutions Designer
9 2 (4.878%) Technical Consultant
9 2 (4.878%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.756%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.878%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.83%) Windows
2 4 (9.756%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (2.439%) Linux
3 1 (2.439%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) TDD
2 9 (21.95%) UML
3 8 (19.51%) Data Modelling
3 8 (19.51%) TOGAF
3 8 (19.51%) Enterprise Architecture
4 6 (14.63%) Asset Management
4 6 (14.63%) MVVM
5 5 (12.20%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (9.756%) EAI
7 3 (7.317%) Kanban
7 3 (7.317%) Multithreading
7 3 (7.317%) Data Migration
7 3 (7.317%) Dependency Injection
7 3 (7.317%) ITIL
7 3 (7.317%) Project Management
7 3 (7.317%) Migration
7 3 (7.317%) Scrum
7 3 (7.317%) MVC
8 2 (4.878%) System Testing
8 2 (4.878%) BPMN
Programming Languages
1 24 (58.54%) C#
2 8 (19.51%) JavaScript
3 6 (14.63%) SQL
3 6 (14.63%) Java
4 2 (4.878%) VB.NET
4 2 (4.878%) C
5 1 (2.439%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (2.439%) VB
5 1 (2.439%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.439%) ActionScript
5 1 (2.439%) XPath
Qualifications
1 3 (7.317%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (4.878%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (4.878%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.878%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.878%) MCSE
2 2 (4.878%) CCNP
2 2 (4.878%) CCNA
2 2 (4.878%) MCP
3 1 (2.439%) HP AIS
3 1 (2.439%) HP ASE
3 1 (2.439%) HP MASE
3 1 (2.439%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.878%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (4.878%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (4.878%) MOM
1 2 (4.878%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (46.34%) Oracle
2 11 (26.83%) Microsoft
3 7 (17.07%) JBoss
4 2 (4.878%) VMware
4 2 (4.878%) Citrix
4 2 (4.878%) Cisco
4 2 (4.878%) HP
5 1 (2.439%) ProCurve
5 1 (2.439%) SAP
5 1 (2.439%) Siebel
5 1 (2.439%) EMC
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Austin Fraser
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Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Pension, Health etc
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