The first table below looks at the demand for the SOA Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SOA Architect
Rank 318 306 325
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an SOA Architect 3 17 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.026% 0.130% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.140% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 6
Average salary £62,500 £77,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.35% +19.23%
UK excluding London average salary £62,500 £62,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+0.80% -4.61%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10837 12171 14447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.90% 93.16% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9335 11069 13022
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
SOA Architect
London

SOA Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SOA Architect across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London SOA Architect Jobs Demand Trend

SOA Architect
Salary Trend

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

City of London SOA Architect Salary Trend

SOA Architect
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited SOA Architect in their job title 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 with SOA Architect in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SOA
2 3 (60.00%) Web 2.0
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Middleware
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) BPMN
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (60.00%) WebCenter
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle Exadata
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle Exalogic
3 2 (40.00%) REST
3 2 (40.00%) Web Application Development
3 2 (40.00%) SOAP
3 2 (40.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) ESB

SOA Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited SOA Architect in their job title 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 with SOA Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) Middleware
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (60.00%) WebCenter
2 2 (40.00%) REST
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) ESB
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Exadata
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Web 2.0
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Exalogic
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) SOA
2 3 (60.00%) BPMN
3 2 (40.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Certification
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft