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The table below looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank146188
Rank change on same period last yearUp+42
Matching permanent IT job ads22912306
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.331 %0.992 %
As % of the category below2.388 %1.907 %
Salaries quoted19461780
Average minimum salary£52,503£54,337
Average salary£57,967£60,795
% change on same period last year-4.65 %
Average maximum salary£63,432£67,254
UK excluding London average salary£55,262£63,429
% change on same period last year-12.87 %
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching permanent IT job ads95939120907
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled55.72 %52.03 %
Salaries quoted7991297226
Average minimum salary£42,960£44,062
Average salary£47,005£48,070
% change on same period last year-2.21 %
Average maximum salary£51,050£52,079
UK excluding London average salary£42,657£44,229
% change on same period last year-3.55 %
SOA UKSOA
UK

SOA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SOA across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England SOA Demand Trend

SOA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SOA across the England region.

England SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the England region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+491137£62,167-5.30 %
South EastUp+56501£57,872+2.64 %
YorkshireUp+6154£41,255-23.38 %
North WestDown-33147£51,894-16.13 %
East of EnglandUp+58122£54,067-2.03 %
West MidlandsUp+4100£58,569+19.69 %
South WestUp+4083£47,402+2.62 %
North EastUp+3520£33,545-52.07 %
East MidlandsDown-320£55,250-4.94 %
MidlandsUp+3018£94,844+5.91 %
SOA UKSOA
UK

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

11752 (37.47 %).NET
21716 (36.70 %)Java
31515 (32.40 %)J2EE
41376 (29.43 %)Oracle
51244 (26.60 %)WebServices
61084 (23.18 %)C#
71080 (23.10 %)XML
81076 (23.01 %)Finance
9957 (20.47 %)SQL
10941 (20.12 %)UML
11845 (18.07 %)OO
12829 (17.73 %)SQL Server
13738 (15.78 %)WebSphere
14673 (14.39 %)EAI
15624 (13.34 %)Microsoft
16562 (12.02 %)Insurance
17559 (11.95 %)WebLogic
18548 (11.72 %)TOGAF
19543 (11.61 %)UNIX
20540 (11.55 %)Enterprise Architecture
21520 (11.12 %)Banking
22429 (9.175 %)Degree
23423 (9.046 %)RUP
24421 (9.003 %)Windows
25417 (8.918 %)Business Intelligence
25417 (8.918 %)Agile Software Development
26416 (8.896 %)Retail
27412 (8.811 %)ASP.NET
28405 (8.661 %)Zachman Framework
29394 (8.426 %)Middleware

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11752 (37.47 %).NET
21515 (32.40 %)J2EE
31244 (26.60 %)WebServices
41080 (23.10 %)XML
5738 (15.78 %)WebSphere
6412 (8.811 %)ASP.NET
7394 (8.426 %)Middleware
8326 (6.972 %)Spring
9286 (6.116 %)Hibernate
9286 (6.116 %)SOAP
10261 (5.582 %)AJAX
11248 (5.304 %)XSLT
12215 (4.598 %).NET Framework
13210 (4.491 %)HTML
14184 (3.935 %)JSP
14184 (3.935 %)WCF
15183 (3.914 %)J2SE
16178 (3.807 %)JMS
17169 (3.614 %)Oracle Fusion
18143 (3.058 %)Struts
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1559 (11.95 %)WebLogic
2328 (7.015 %)ESB
3312 (6.672 %)BizTalk Server
4218 (4.662 %)Tomcat
5212 (4.534 %)SharePoint
6150 (3.208 %)Apache
7138 (2.951 %)JBoss
8116 (2.481 %)NetWeaver
9109 (2.331 %)WebSphere Application Server
10102 (2.181 %)WebSphere MQ
11101 (2.160 %)IIS
1296 (2.053 %)MQSeries
1383 (1.775 %)WPS
1481 (1.732 %)WebLogic Portal
1575 (1.604 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1657 (1.219 %)SAS
1755 (1.176 %)CMS
1850 (1.069 %)TIBCO EMS
1948 (1.027 %)SharePoint Portal Server
2045 (0.962 %)ColdFusion
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1209 (4.470 %)MS Excel
2113 (2.417 %)MS Visio
327 (0.577 %)MS Office
417 (0.364 %)MS Project
57 (0.150 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.064 %)Quicktime
72 (0.043 %)Maya
81 (0.021 %)PrintSoft PReS
81 (0.021 %)S-PLUS
81 (0.021 %)InfoPath
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1101 (2.160 %)Oracle Applications
252 (1.112 %)SAP Oil and Gas
349 (1.048 %)BusinessWorks
446 (0.984 %)TIBCO iProcess
538 (0.813 %)Oracle 11i
635 (0.749 %)Oracle EBS
731 (0.663 %)Oracle Financials
812 (0.257 %)Siebel Analytics
911 (0.235 %)SAP SEM
107 (0.150 %)Temenos T24
107 (0.150 %)Misys Equation
107 (0.150 %)Misys Midas
107 (0.150 %)SAP MDM
107 (0.150 %)FLEXCUBE
116 (0.128 %)SAP Analytics
124 (0.086 %)Summit
124 (0.086 %)SAP CRM
133 (0.064 %)Global One
133 (0.064 %)Oracle SCM
133 (0.064 %)SAP ERP
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1312 (6.672 %)Internet
288 (1.882 %)Intranet
374 (1.583 %)LDAP
459 (1.262 %)Firewall
554 (1.155 %)HTTP
643 (0.920 %)VoIP
643 (0.920 %)GPRS
734 (0.727 %)GSM
833 (0.706 %)TCP/IP
929 (0.620 %)Wireless
1026 (0.556 %)3G
1125 (0.535 %)HTTPS
1125 (0.535 %)SSH
1223 (0.492 %)Extranet
1321 (0.449 %)CTI
1420 (0.428 %)SAN
1420 (0.428 %)FTP
1517 (0.364 %)SMS
1517 (0.364 %)VPN
1614 (0.299 %)UMTS
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1829 (17.73 %)SQL Server
2319 (6.822 %)RDBMS
3290 (6.202 %)Oracle 10g
4172 (3.678 %)BusinessObjects
5156 (3.336 %)Datawarehouse
6154 (3.293 %)SQL Server 2005
7144 (3.080 %)ETL
8135 (2.887 %)DB2
9122 (2.609 %)Oracle 8/8i
1091 (1.946 %)Oracle 9i
1166 (1.411 %)SQL Server 2000
1258 (1.240 %)Oracle Discoverer
1348 (1.027 %)Oracle Reports
1443 (0.920 %)Reference Data
1541 (0.877 %)MySQL
1639 (0.834 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1729 (0.620 %)OLAP
1828 (0.599 %)GIS
1920 (0.428 %)Oracle 11g
2016 (0.342 %)Oracle BI EE
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1123 (2.630 %)JUnit
1123 (2.630 %)Visual Studio
298 (2.096 %)Ant
388 (1.882 %)Eclipse
447 (1.005 %)Subversion
545 (0.962 %)Oracle Forms
631 (0.663 %)NUnit
720 (0.428 %)Cactus
819 (0.406 %)WebLogic Workshop
917 (0.364 %)Visual Studio Team System
1015 (0.321 %)JIRA
1114 (0.299 %)ERwin
1114 (0.299 %)TestDirector
1213 (0.278 %)Rational Rose
1312 (0.257 %)Flash
149 (0.192 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
149 (0.192 %)Dreamweaver
149 (0.192 %)JDeveloper
158 (0.171 %)QuickTest Pro
158 (0.171 %)VSS/SourceSafe
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11076 (23.01 %)Finance
2562 (12.02 %)Insurance
3520 (11.12 %)Banking
4416 (8.896 %)Retail
5282 (6.031 %)Telecoms
6240 (5.133 %)Pensions
7201 (4.299 %)Investment Banking
8130 (2.780 %)Front Office
8130 (2.780 %)Government
9125 (2.673 %)Back Office
10120 (2.566 %)Health
1195 (2.032 %)Education
1278 (1.668 %)Retail Banking
1362 (1.326 %)Manufacturing
1449 (1.048 %)Pharmaceutical
1449 (1.048 %)Publishing
1545 (0.962 %)Marketing
1640 (0.855 %)Electric
1739 (0.834 %)Games
1824 (0.513 %)Billing
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11798 (38.45 %)Architect
21332 (28.49 %)Developer
3490 (10.48 %)Solutions Architect
4482 (10.31 %)Enterprise Architect
5480 (10.27 %)Technical Architect
6459 (9.816 %)Consultant
7453 (9.688 %)Java Developer
8373 (7.977 %)Senior Developer
9343 (7.335 %)Analyst
10321 (6.865 %).NET Developer
11267 (5.710 %)C# Developer
12210 (4.491 %)Java/J2EE Developer
13162 (3.464 %)J2EE Developer
14137 (2.930 %)Senior Java Developer
15124 (2.652 %)Integration Architect
16121 (2.588 %)Team Leader
17118 (2.524 %)Senior Consultant
18116 (2.481 %)Applications Architect
19111 (2.374 %)J2EE Architect
20103 (2.203 %).NET Architect
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1228 (4.876 %)N-Tier
2136 (2.908 %)Web 2.0
3129 (2.759 %)Derivative
495 (2.032 %)Client/Server
591 (1.946 %)Mainframe
685 (1.818 %)Management Information System
778 (1.668 %)Equity Derivative
867 (1.433 %)Computer Science
962 (1.326 %)Multithreading
1054 (1.155 %)Data Integration
1145 (0.962 %)Biometrics
1241 (0.877 %)PKI
1340 (0.855 %)Fixed Income
1439 (0.834 %)Grid Computing
1536 (0.770 %)Clustering
1536 (0.770 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1629 (0.620 %)Market Risk
1719 (0.406 %)Mathematics
1818 (0.385 %)W3C
1916 (0.342 %)Equities
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1543 (11.61 %)UNIX
2421 (9.003 %)Windows
3257 (5.496 %)Linux
4127 (2.716 %)Solaris
560 (1.283 %)Windows NT
655 (1.176 %)Windows XP
752 (1.112 %)Windows Server 2003
851 (1.091 %)Windows 2000
936 (0.770 %)Windows Server 2008
936 (0.770 %)AIX
1035 (0.749 %)VMS
1035 (0.749 %)zOS
1115 (0.321 %)Windows Mobile
129 (0.192 %)Windows 2000 Server
135 (0.107 %)Windows Vista
143 (0.064 %)Ubuntu
151 (0.021 %)Red Hat Linux
151 (0.021 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
151 (0.021 %)HPUX
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1941 (20.12 %)UML
2845 (18.07 %)OO
3673 (14.39 %)EAI
4548 (11.72 %)TOGAF
5540 (11.55 %)Enterprise Architecture
6423 (9.046 %)RUP
7417 (8.918 %)Business Intelligence
7417 (8.918 %)Agile Software Development
8405 (8.661 %)Zachman Framework
9301 (6.437 %)Project Management
10264 (5.646 %)E-Commerce
11258 (5.518 %)Scrum
12227 (4.855 %)CRM
13201 (4.299 %)Technical Architecture
14197 (4.213 %)ERP
15192 (4.106 %)Workflow
16181 (3.871 %)TDD
17169 (3.614 %)OOD
18167 (3.571 %)Security Cleared
19165 (3.529 %)Content Management
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11716 (36.70 %)Java
21084 (23.18 %)C#
3957 (20.47 %)SQL
4339 (7.250 %)C++
5263 (5.624 %)PL/SQL
6246 (5.261 %)C
7183 (3.914 %)JavaScript
8173 (3.700 %)VB.NET
9164 (3.507 %)VB
1087 (1.861 %)Perl
1180 (1.711 %)VB6
1263 (1.347 %)Transact-SQL
1362 (1.326 %)PHP
1446 (0.984 %)DHTML
1541 (0.877 %)COBOL
1633 (0.706 %)ABAP
1633 (0.706 %)Python
1728 (0.599 %)Shell Script
1826 (0.556 %)VBA
1826 (0.556 %)XPath
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1429 (9.175 %)Degree
237 (0.791 %)Microsoft Certification
333 (0.706 %)CISA
430 (0.642 %)CISM
525 (0.535 %)CISMP
525 (0.535 %)Oracle Certification
622 (0.470 %)OCP
715 (0.321 %)ISEB
813 (0.278 %)MCSD
911 (0.235 %)MCAD
911 (0.235 %)CISSP
911 (0.235 %)ITIL Certification
911 (0.235 %)PMP
911 (0.235 %)PMI Certification
1010 (0.214 %)IBM Certification
1010 (0.214 %)Sun Certification
119 (0.192 %)PRINCE2 Certification
128 (0.171 %)MCTS
128 (0.171 %)MBA
137 (0.150 %)CIMA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
135 (0.749 %)QA
214 (0.299 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
311 (0.235 %)HMG Infosec
311 (0.235 %)JSP 440
410 (0.214 %)COBIT
55 (0.107 %)SLA
64 (0.086 %)ISO17799
64 (0.086 %)21 CFR Part 11
64 (0.086 %)ISO27001
64 (0.086 %)CDISC
73 (0.064 %)Basel II
82 (0.043 %)ISO9001
82 (0.043 %)RosettaNet
82 (0.043 %)BS7799
82 (0.043 %)WCAG
82 (0.043 %)WAI
82 (0.043 %)MiFID
91 (0.021 %)DICOM
91 (0.021 %)HL7
91 (0.021 %)ISO9000
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
188 (1.882 %)AquaLogic
245 (0.962 %)Oracle RAC
335 (0.749 %)MetaFrame
434 (0.727 %)Active Directory
521 (0.449 %)MSMQ
610 (0.214 %)Terminal Server
79 (0.192 %)ISA Server
88 (0.171 %)Oracle RMAN
96 (0.128 %)VMware Infrastructure
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
130 (0.642 %)OpenView
210 (0.214 %)MOM
37 (0.150 %)ServiceCenter
37 (0.150 %)AssetCenter
44 (0.086 %)SCOM
53 (0.064 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.021 %)OVOW
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11376 (29.43 %)Oracle
2624 (13.34 %)Microsoft
3382 (8.169 %)SAP
4234 (5.004 %)IBM
5204 (4.363 %)BEA
6192 (4.106 %)TIBCO
7172 (3.678 %)Business Objects
8165 (3.529 %)Cognos
9148 (3.165 %)Siebel
10125 (2.673 %)webMethods
1197 (2.074 %)PeopleSoft
1286 (1.839 %)Sybase
1360 (1.283 %)Sun
1449 (1.048 %)Hyperion
1547 (1.005 %)Citrix
1638 (0.813 %)Chordiant
1736 (0.770 %)Perforce
1835 (0.749 %)MicroStrategy
1931 (0.663 %)ATG
2028 (0.599 %)Sitecore