The first table below looks at the demand for SOAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOAP over the 3 months to 17 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 Application Development category for the Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Rank 31 54 34
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -20
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 8 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 3.636% 0.761% 1.224%
As % of the Application Development category 5.882% 1.887% 4.110%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 3
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
136 159 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 61.82% 40.36% 29.80%
Number of salaries quoted 133 127 65
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £33,100 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,200 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SOAP
Gloucestershire

SOAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SOAP across the Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cheltenham SOAP Jobs Demand Trend

SOAP
Salary Trend

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

Cheltenham SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham region citing SOAP 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 SOAP.

1 9 (100.00%) C#
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) XML
3 6 (66.67%) Java
4 5 (55.56%) T-SQL
4 5 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (44.44%) Business Analysis
5 4 (44.44%) PHP
5 4 (44.44%) VB.NET
5 4 (44.44%) C++
5 4 (44.44%) OO
5 4 (44.44%) Python
5 4 (44.44%) PHP5
5 4 (44.44%) soapUI
6 3 (33.33%) Web Services
6 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 3 (33.33%) EDI
6 3 (33.33%) SOA
6 3 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (33.33%) Middleware
7 2 (22.22%) WPF
7 2 (22.22%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
7 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
7 2 (22.22%) VB
7 2 (22.22%) Managed Extensibility Framework
8 1 (11.11%) F#
8 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (11.11%) MS Excel

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham region citing SOAP 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 SOAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) XML
3 4 (44.44%) soapUI
4 3 (33.33%) EDI
4 3 (33.33%) Middleware
4 3 (33.33%) Web Services
5 2 (22.22%) WPF
5 2 (22.22%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) .NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) C# Developer
3 2 (22.22%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (44.44%) Business Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) OO
3 3 (33.33%) SOA
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C#
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) Java
3 5 (55.56%) T-SQL
4 4 (44.44%) PHP
4 4 (44.44%) C++
4 4 (44.44%) VB.NET
4 4 (44.44%) Python
4 4 (44.44%) PHP5
5 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 2 (22.22%) VB
6 1 (11.11%) F#