The first table below looks at the demand for SOAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Rank 33 34 26
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -8
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 17 2 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 4.749% 1.235% 9.322%
As % of the Application Development category 10.06% 2.247% 15.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 22
Average salary £36,250 £32,500 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.53% -29.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £32,500 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £39,750 £32,500 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
169 89 144
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 47.21% 54.94% 61.02%
Number of salaries quoted 97 78 140
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -12.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SOAP
Cheshire

SOAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOAP across the Chester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Chester SOAP Salary Histogram

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 49 (96.08%) C#
1 49 (96.08%) .NET
1 49 (96.08%) XML
2 41 (80.39%) Web Services
2 41 (80.39%) ASP.NET
3 39 (76.47%) Visual Studio
4 30 (58.82%) SQL Server
4 30 (58.82%) CSS
5 25 (49.02%) WCF
6 22 (43.14%) SQL
7 20 (39.22%) Microsoft
8 19 (37.25%) JavaScript
9 17 (33.33%) jQuery
10 16 (31.37%) UNIX
10 16 (31.37%) Linux
11 15 (29.41%) XSLT
11 15 (29.41%) HTML
12 14 (27.45%) MVC
13 11 (21.57%) Ajax
13 11 (21.57%) Degree
14 10 (19.61%) Agile Software Development
14 10 (19.61%) Middleware
14 10 (19.61%) E-Commerce
14 10 (19.61%) Unit Testing
15 9 (17.65%) N-Tier
15 9 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
15 9 (17.65%) .NET Framework
16 7 (13.73%) Finance
16 7 (13.73%) OO
16 7 (13.73%) XHTML

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 49 (96.08%) .NET
1 49 (96.08%) XML
2 41 (80.39%) ASP.NET
2 41 (80.39%) Web Services
3 30 (58.82%) CSS
4 25 (49.02%) WCF
5 17 (33.33%) jQuery
6 15 (29.41%) HTML
6 15 (29.41%) XSLT
7 11 (21.57%) Ajax
8 10 (19.61%) Middleware
9 9 (17.65%) .NET Framework
10 7 (13.73%) XHTML
11 5 (9.804%) ADO.NET
12 4 (7.843%) COM
12 4 (7.843%) ASP.NET MVC
13 3 (5.882%) Spring
14 2 (3.922%) JSF
14 2 (3.922%) Hibernate
14 2 (3.922%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.804%) IIS
2 2 (3.922%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (9.804%) Photoshop
2 4 (7.843%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.843%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (58.82%) SQL Server
2 9 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (9.804%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (3.922%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 39 (76.47%) Visual Studio
2 4 (7.843%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (13.73%) Finance
2 2 (3.922%) Legal
Job Titles
1 51 (100.00%) Developer
2 30 (58.82%) .NET Developer
3 26 (50.98%) C# Developer
4 16 (31.37%) C# .NET Developer
5 15 (29.41%) Web Developer
6 12 (23.53%) ASP.NET Developer
6 12 (23.53%) .NET Web Developer
7 8 (15.69%) Lead Web Developer
7 8 (15.69%) Lead Developer
8 7 (13.73%) SQL Developer
8 7 (13.73%) SQL Server Developer
8 7 (13.73%) C# Web Developer
8 7 (13.73%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (3.922%) Java Developer
10 1 (1.961%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) N-Tier
2 4 (7.843%) SaaS
3 2 (3.922%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.961%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 16 (31.37%) UNIX
1 16 (31.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) MVC
2 10 (19.61%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (19.61%) E-Commerce
2 10 (19.61%) Unit Testing
3 7 (13.73%) OO
4 6 (11.76%) OOP
5 3 (5.882%) Scrum
5 3 (5.882%) Performance Testing
6 2 (3.922%) System Testing
7 1 (1.961%) Web Application Development
7 1 (1.961%) TDD
7 1 (1.961%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (96.08%) C#
2 22 (43.14%) SQL
3 19 (37.25%) JavaScript
4 7 (13.73%) C++
4 7 (13.73%) Java
5 5 (9.804%) T-SQL
5 5 (9.804%) VB.NET
6 4 (7.843%) C
7 2 (3.922%) XPath
7 2 (3.922%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (21.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 20 (39.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.922%) Sitecore
2 2 (3.922%) Oracle
Chester, North West
Due to sustained growth they are now looking to bring in a .Net developer with good C#, XML and Object-Oriented skills... Skills Required- Excellent understanding of XML,...
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 April 2013
Chester, North West
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software for my client. Technically they are looking for someone with the following skill set,...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
C# / ASP.NET / SQL Server / HTML / jQuery My client are looking to recruit a .NET Developer with at least 2 years commercial experience to work out of their...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Work with SOAP based web services... > Knowledge of MVC framework. > Very strong working knowledge of SQL (in particular MySQL) > Strong working knowledge of XHTML. > Strong working knowledge of...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum up to £35,000 dependent on skills & experience
Posted: 14 May 2013