The first table below looks at the demand for the SOA Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 22 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SOA Architect
Rank 823 796 808
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an SOA Architect 17 76 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.017% 0.066% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.070% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 14 56 28
Average salary £62,500 £70,000 £68,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.71% +1.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £56,500 £57,750
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £85,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -4.61%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96074 109197 109157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 80838 94319 92814
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
SOA Architect
UK

SOA Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England SOA Architect Salary Trend

SOA Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England SOA Architect Salary Histogram

SOA Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOA Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +14 10 £62,500 -19.35%
Yorkshire - 4 £75,000 -
South East -4 1 £60,000 +6.19%
South West - 1 - -
North West - 1 £52,500 -
SOA Architect
UK

SOA Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 54 (100.00%) SOA
2 35 (64.81%) Oracle
3 21 (38.89%) Web Services
4 18 (33.33%) Middleware
5 16 (29.63%) UML
5 16 (29.63%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (25.93%) XML
6 14 (25.93%) Oracle BPM
7 13 (24.07%) Finance
7 13 (24.07%) Oracle 11g
8 11 (20.37%) XSLT
9 10 (18.52%) SOAP
9 10 (18.52%) Java
9 10 (18.52%) J2EE
9 10 (18.52%) TOGAF
9 10 (18.52%) Enterprise Architecture
9 10 (18.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 9 (16.67%) ESB
10 9 (16.67%) .NET
11 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (14.81%) Retail
12 7 (12.96%) Zachman Framework
12 7 (12.96%) Telecoms
12 7 (12.96%) WebSphere
12 7 (12.96%) BPMN
12 7 (12.96%) TIBCO
13 6 (11.11%) CICS
13 6 (11.11%) Mainframe
13 6 (11.11%) IBM
13 6 (11.11%) OOA/OOD

SOA Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 21 (38.89%) Web Services
2 18 (33.33%) Middleware
3 16 (29.63%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (25.93%) XML
5 11 (20.37%) XSLT
6 10 (18.52%) SOAP
6 10 (18.52%) J2EE
7 9 (16.67%) .NET
8 7 (12.96%) WebSphere
9 6 (11.11%) REST
10 5 (9.259%) XML Schema
11 4 (7.407%) Java EE
12 3 (5.556%) WebCenter
12 3 (5.556%) XSD
12 3 (5.556%) JMS
13 2 (3.704%) WSDL
13 2 (3.704%) JSP
13 2 (3.704%) Oracle ADF
14 1 (1.852%) JSF
14 1 (1.852%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 10 (18.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 9 (16.67%) ESB
3 6 (11.11%) CICS
4 5 (9.259%) MQSeries
5 2 (3.704%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (1.852%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 1 (1.852%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 14 (25.93%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (9.259%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (7.407%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.259%) FTP
2 1 (1.852%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.07%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (9.259%) BODI
2 5 (9.259%) DB2
3 3 (5.556%) Oracle Exadata
3 3 (5.556%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.556%) MySQL
4 1 (1.852%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.852%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (24.07%) Finance
2 8 (14.81%) Retail
3 7 (12.96%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.407%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.407%) Banking
5 2 (3.704%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.852%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.852%) Games
6 1 (1.852%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Mainframe
2 5 (9.259%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.556%) Open Source
3 3 (5.556%) Oracle Exalogic
3 3 (5.556%) Web 2.0
4 1 (1.852%) FMCG
4 1 (1.852%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.852%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (100.00%) SOA
2 16 (29.63%) UML
3 10 (18.52%) TOGAF
3 10 (18.52%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (12.96%) Zachman Framework
5 7 (12.96%) BPMN
6 6 (11.11%) OOA/OOD
7 5 (9.259%) Time Management
7 5 (9.259%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (9.259%) Load Balancing
7 5 (9.259%) MODAF
7 5 (9.259%) BPEL
7 5 (9.259%) Data Modelling
7 5 (9.259%) ETL
7 5 (9.259%) B2B
8 4 (7.407%) EAI
8 4 (7.407%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (7.407%) Software Architecture
9 3 (5.556%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.52%) Java
2 5 (9.259%) COBOL
2 5 (9.259%) JCL
3 2 (3.704%) SQL
4 1 (1.852%) XPath
4 1 (1.852%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.852%) RPG
4 1 (1.852%) C
4 1 (1.852%) C#
4 1 (1.852%) C++
4 1 (1.852%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 5 (9.259%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (1.852%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.852%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.407%) QA
2 1 (1.852%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 5 (9.259%) CA Endevor
2 2 (3.704%) Tivoli
2 2 (3.704%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 35 (64.81%) Oracle
2 7 (12.96%) TIBCO
3 6 (11.11%) IBM
4 5 (9.259%) Cognos
4 5 (9.259%) Business Objects
4 5 (9.259%) webMethods
4 5 (9.259%) Informatica
5 4 (7.407%) Retek
5 4 (7.407%) JD Edwards
5 4 (7.407%) Microsoft
5 4 (7.407%) PeopleSoft
5 4 (7.407%) SAP
5 4 (7.407%) BroadVision
6 1 (1.852%) Siebel
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Role requirements: - Excellent client facing skills - Expert in Oracle BPM and Oracle SOA implementation - Good knowledge in Oracle Middleware and core Oracle Technologies - Well articulated and proficient in...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum + 20% flexible benefits + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Role requirements: - Excellent client facing skills - Expert in Oracle BPM and Oracle SOA implementation - Good knowledge in Oracle Middleware and core Oracle Technologies - Well articulated and proficient in...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum + 20% flexible benefits + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Role requirements: - Excellent client facing skills - Expert in Oracle BPM and Oracle SOA implementation - Good knowledge in Oracle Middleware and core Oracle Technologies - Well articulated and proficient in...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum + 20% flexible benefits + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Role requirements: - Excellent client facing skills - Expert in Oracle BPM and Oracle SOA implementation - Good knowledge in Oracle Middleware and core Oracle Technologies - Well articulated and proficient in...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum + 20% flexible benefits + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Role requirements: - Excellent client facing skills - Expert in Oracle BPM and Oracle SOA implementation - Good knowledge in Oracle Middleware and core Oracle Technologies - Well articulated and proficient in...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum + 20% flexible benefits + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
SOA/BPM TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT One of the most prestigious, global IT consultancies is urgently seeking a high calibre, distinguished technical or solutions architect to join their reputable...
Selecture Limited
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + 15% Flex Benefits + Bonus + Pension
Posted: 17 May 2013