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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Rank 47 37 52
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +15
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 49 43 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 4.153% 5.053% 3.441%
As % of the Application Development category 7.753% 10.94% 8.594%
Number of salaries quoted 34 40 26
Average salary £40,500 £36,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,750 £35,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £48,250 £50,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
632 393 384
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 53.56% 46.18% 40.04%
Number of salaries quoted 360 321 302
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SOAP
Scotland

SOAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Salary Histogram

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

Glasgow SOAP Salary Histogram

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 80 (90.91%) Java
2 56 (63.64%) XML
3 42 (47.73%) Spring
4 41 (46.59%) SQL Server
5 40 (45.45%) SQL
6 38 (43.18%) Oracle
7 33 (37.50%) OO
7 33 (37.50%) WebSphere
8 32 (36.36%) CSS
9 31 (35.23%) RDBMS
10 30 (34.09%) JBoss
10 30 (34.09%) Ajax
11 29 (32.95%) Agile Software Development
12 28 (31.82%) J2EE
13 27 (30.68%) JSP
13 27 (30.68%) Web Services
14 26 (29.55%) OOD
15 24 (27.27%) XML Schema
15 24 (27.27%) Tomcat
15 24 (27.27%) UNIX
15 24 (27.27%) Web Development
16 23 (26.14%) Computer Science
16 23 (26.14%) Linux
16 23 (26.14%) JavaScript
16 23 (26.14%) Finance
17 22 (25.00%) Hibernate
17 22 (25.00%) JMS
18 20 (22.73%) Apache
18 20 (22.73%) C#
18 20 (22.73%) .NET

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 56 (63.64%) XML
2 42 (47.73%) Spring
3 33 (37.50%) WebSphere
4 32 (36.36%) CSS
5 30 (34.09%) Ajax
6 28 (31.82%) J2EE
7 27 (30.68%) JSP
7 27 (30.68%) Web Services
8 24 (27.27%) XML Schema
9 22 (25.00%) Hibernate
9 22 (25.00%) JMS
10 20 (22.73%) .NET
10 20 (22.73%) XSLT
10 20 (22.73%) REST
11 19 (21.59%) HTML
12 18 (20.45%) Servlets
12 18 (20.45%) Java EE
13 17 (19.32%) JDBC
14 13 (14.77%) DHTML
14 13 (14.77%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 24 (27.27%) Tomcat
2 20 (22.73%) Apache
3 9 (10.23%) WebLogic
4 7 (7.955%) WebSphere Application Server
5 6 (6.818%) ESB
6 5 (5.682%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (1.136%) Mule
7 1 (1.136%) IIS
7 1 (1.136%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.136%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.955%) Internet
2 6 (6.818%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (46.59%) SQL Server
2 31 (35.23%) RDBMS
3 11 (12.50%) MySQL
4 9 (10.23%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (7.955%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (7.955%) InterSystems Cache
6 6 (6.818%) Data Mining
7 5 (5.682%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (3.409%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (1.136%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (1.136%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (1.136%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (1.136%) Oracle OWB
9 1 (1.136%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 15 (17.05%) Subversion
2 9 (10.23%) Maven
3 6 (6.818%) Eclipse
3 6 (6.818%) Xcode
4 4 (4.545%) Git (software)
5 1 (1.136%) CruiseControl
5 1 (1.136%) PVCS
5 1 (1.136%) Dreamweaver
General
1 23 (26.14%) Finance
2 10 (11.36%) Banking
3 8 (9.091%) Financial Institution
4 7 (7.955%) Marketing
4 7 (7.955%) Investment Banking
4 7 (7.955%) Retail
5 6 (6.818%) Private Banking
6 1 (1.136%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (56.82%) Developer
2 31 (35.23%) Java Developer
3 19 (21.59%) Software Engineer
4 17 (19.32%) .NET Developer
5 15 (17.05%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (10.23%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 8 (9.091%) J2EE Developer
8 6 (6.818%) Test Engineer
8 6 (6.818%) Microsoft Developer
8 6 (6.818%) Automation Engineer
9 5 (5.682%) Senior Java Developer
9 5 (5.682%) Java Software Engineer
9 5 (5.682%) Web Developer
9 5 (5.682%) Senior Developer
10 4 (4.545%) Applications Developer
10 4 (4.545%) Senior J2EE Developer
10 4 (4.545%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
10 4 (4.545%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 4 (4.545%) Mobile Developer
11 3 (3.409%) Application Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.14%) Computer Science
2 18 (20.45%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.545%) IPTV
3 4 (4.545%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.409%) N-Tier
5 2 (2.273%) CMDB
5 2 (2.273%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.136%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.136%) Open Source
6 1 (1.136%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 24 (27.27%) UNIX
2 23 (26.14%) Linux
3 11 (12.50%) Windows
4 10 (11.36%) Android
5 8 (9.091%) Solaris
5 8 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (6.818%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.50%) OO
2 29 (32.95%) Agile Software Development
3 26 (29.55%) OOD
4 24 (27.27%) Web Development
5 19 (21.59%) Continuous Integration
5 19 (21.59%) SOA
6 18 (20.45%) TDD
7 12 (13.64%) Data Modelling
8 11 (12.50%) UML
9 9 (10.23%) Wealth Management
10 7 (7.955%) Information Architecture
10 7 (7.955%) Software Engineering
10 7 (7.955%) Content Management
11 6 (6.818%) Automated Testing
11 6 (6.818%) Predictive Analytics
11 6 (6.818%) Investment Management
11 6 (6.818%) Analytics
11 6 (6.818%) Test Strategy
12 3 (3.409%) Unit Testing
12 3 (3.409%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 80 (90.91%) Java
2 40 (45.45%) SQL
3 23 (26.14%) JavaScript
4 20 (22.73%) C#
5 10 (11.36%) PHP
6 8 (9.091%) Perl
6 8 (9.091%) VB
7 7 (7.955%) VB6
8 6 (6.818%) VBScript
8 6 (6.818%) Objective-C
9 5 (5.682%) Ruby
10 2 (2.273%) PL/SQL
10 2 (2.273%) C++
10 2 (2.273%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.136%) COBOL
11 1 (1.136%) C
11 1 (1.136%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (19.32%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.409%) QA
2 1 (1.136%) WCAG
2 1 (1.136%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.136%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 38 (43.18%) Oracle
2 30 (34.09%) JBoss
3 12 (13.64%) Sybase
4 7 (7.955%) Alterian
4 7 (7.955%) Microsoft
5 6 (6.818%) Informatica
5 6 (6.818%) IBM
6 1 (1.136%) Pega
6 1 (1.136%) Wall Street Systems
6 1 (1.136%) Casewise
6 1 (1.136%) TIBCO
6 1 (1.136%) HP
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