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The table below looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Gloucestershire 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank10795
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching permanent IT job ads136
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.002 %0.695 %
Salaries quoted123
Average minimum salary£50,000£40,333
Average salary£51,625£46,167
% change on same period last year+11.82 %
Average maximum salary£53,250£52,000
UK excluding London average salary£57,514£63,580
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Matching permanent IT job ads1297863
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.718 %0.362 %
Salaries quoted1109718
Average minimum salary£37,331£36,736
Average salary£40,600£39,710
% change on same period last year+2.24 %
Average maximum salary£43,868£42,684
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
SOA South WestSOA
South West

SOA
Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
GloucesterDown-191£55,000-
CheltenhamNew entry-1£22,000-
SOA South WestSOA
South West

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

114 (73.68 %).NET
114 (73.68 %)Finance
213 (68.42 %)WebServices
312 (63.16 %)XML
312 (63.16 %)ASP.NET
312 (63.16 %)CSS
312 (63.16 %)C#
312 (63.16 %)HTML
312 (63.16 %)JavaScript
312 (63.16 %)VB.NET
411 (57.89 %)Microsoft
510 (52.63 %)XSLT
510 (52.63 %)OO
510 (52.63 %)RDBMS
510 (52.63 %)Technical Architecture
510 (52.63 %)XPath
68 (42.11 %)Pensions
77 (36.84 %)Health
84 (21.05 %)SQL Server
93 (15.79 %)Business Analysis
93 (15.79 %)SQL Server 2005
93 (15.79 %)Degree
102 (10.53 %)ASP.NET 2.0
102 (10.53 %)AJAX
102 (10.53 %)Active Directory
102 (10.53 %)BizTalk Server
102 (10.53 %)IIS
102 (10.53 %)ITIL
102 (10.53 %)XSL
111 (5.263 %)JSP

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (73.68 %).NET
213 (68.42 %)WebServices
312 (63.16 %)XML
312 (63.16 %)ASP.NET
312 (63.16 %)CSS
312 (63.16 %)HTML
410 (52.63 %)XSLT
52 (10.53 %)AJAX
52 (10.53 %)ASP.NET 2.0
52 (10.53 %)XSL
61 (5.263 %)JSP
61 (5.263 %)J2EE
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (10.53 %)IIS
12 (10.53 %)BizTalk Server
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (52.63 %)RDBMS
24 (21.05 %)SQL Server
33 (15.79 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (5.263 %)SQL Server 2000
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.263 %)Visual Studio
11 (5.263 %)Visual Studio Team System
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (73.68 %)Finance
28 (42.11 %)Pensions
37 (36.84 %)Health
41 (5.263 %)Government
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (52.63 %)Architect
110 (52.63 %)Technical Architect
24 (21.05 %)Developer
33 (15.79 %)Analyst
33 (15.79 %)Business Analyst
33 (15.79 %)Consultant
33 (15.79 %)Technical Consultant
33 (15.79 %).NET Developer
41 (5.263 %)C# Developer
41 (5.263 %)Junior Developer
41 (5.263 %)Security Specialist
41 (5.263 %)Junior .NET Developer
41 (5.263 %)IT Security Specialist
41 (5.263 %)Software Developer
41 (5.263 %)Applications Developer
41 (5.263 %)Applications Support
41 (5.263 %)Junior
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)CESG
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.263 %)Windows
11 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (52.63 %)OO
110 (52.63 %)Technical Architecture
23 (15.79 %)Business Analysis
32 (10.53 %)ITIL
41 (5.263 %)MODAF
41 (5.263 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (5.263 %)SC Cleared
41 (5.263 %)DV Cleared
41 (5.263 %)Security Cleared
41 (5.263 %)Service Management
41 (5.263 %)Service Delivery
41 (5.263 %)Scrum
41 (5.263 %)TOGAF
41 (5.263 %)Systems Analysis
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (63.16 %)C#
112 (63.16 %)JavaScript
112 (63.16 %)VB.NET
210 (52.63 %)XPath
31 (5.263 %)VB6
31 (5.263 %)SQL
31 (5.263 %)VB
31 (5.263 %)Java
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (15.79 %)Degree
21 (5.263 %)ITIL Certification
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (10.53 %)Active Directory
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (5.263 %)SCOM
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (57.89 %)Microsoft
21 (5.263 %)Oracle