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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOAP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank95100
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads99
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.724 %1.364 %
Salaries quoted49
Average minimum salary£50,000£36,111
Average salary£60,000£37,278
% change on same period last year+60.95 %
Average maximum salary£70,000£38,444
UK excluding London average salary£39,982£39,183
% change on same period last year+2.03 %
Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads522660
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.302 %0.284 %
Salaries quoted475551
Average minimum salary£32,849£31,494
Average salary£35,858£33,932
% change on same period last year+5.67 %
Average maximum salary£38,867£36,370
UK excluding London average salary£35,990£36,664
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
SOAP South EastSOAP
South East

SOAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SOAP across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Kent SOAP Demand Trend

SOAP
Salary Trend

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

Kent SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOAP across the Kent region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Kent SOAP Salary Histogram

SOAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the Kent region over the 3 months to 10 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
ChathamNew entry-5--
SOAP South EastSOAP
South East

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

119 (100.00 %)XML
217 (89.47 %)WebServices
312 (63.16 %)Degree
411 (57.89 %)QA
411 (57.89 %)Mapinfo
510 (52.63 %)HTML
68 (42.11 %).NET
76 (31.58 %)Photoshop
76 (31.58 %)RoboHelp
85 (26.32 %)Java
94 (21.05 %)WebLogic
94 (21.05 %)IIS
94 (21.05 %)JBoss
94 (21.05 %)Tomcat
94 (21.05 %)SOA
94 (21.05 %)WSDL
94 (21.05 %)Telecoms
94 (21.05 %)Finance
94 (21.05 %)Marketing
94 (21.05 %)WebSphere
103 (15.79 %)ASP
103 (15.79 %)SQL
112 (10.53 %)VB
112 (10.53 %)C#
112 (10.53 %)DHTML
112 (10.53 %)Microsoft
112 (10.53 %)UML
112 (10.53 %)OO
112 (10.53 %)WML
112 (10.53 %)SQL Server

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (100.00 %)XML
217 (89.47 %)WebServices
310 (52.63 %)HTML
48 (42.11 %).NET
54 (21.05 %)WSDL
54 (21.05 %)WebSphere
63 (15.79 %)ASP
72 (10.53 %)WML
81 (5.263 %)AJAX
81 (5.263 %)ASP.NET
81 (5.263 %)CSS
81 (5.263 %)JSP
Kent IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (21.05 %)WebLogic
14 (21.05 %)IIS
14 (21.05 %)JBoss
14 (21.05 %)Tomcat
Kent IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (31.58 %)Photoshop
16 (31.58 %)RoboHelp
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (10.53 %)SQL Server
Kent IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.263 %)JUnit
11 (5.263 %)NUnit
Kent IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (21.05 %)Telecoms
14 (21.05 %)Finance
14 (21.05 %)Marketing
21 (5.263 %)Banking
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (57.89 %)Technical Writer
24 (21.05 %)Developer
24 (21.05 %)Technical Support
31 (5.263 %).NET Developer
31 (5.263 %)ASP Developer
31 (5.263 %)Web Developer
31 (5.263 %)Microsoft Developer
Kent IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)W3C
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (21.05 %)SOA
22 (10.53 %)UML
22 (10.53 %)OO
31 (5.263 %)OOD
31 (5.263 %)Web Design
31 (5.263 %)Agile Software Development
31 (5.263 %)Unit Testing
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (26.32 %)Java
23 (15.79 %)SQL
32 (10.53 %)VB
32 (10.53 %)C#
32 (10.53 %)DHTML
41 (5.263 %)C
41 (5.263 %)C++
41 (5.263 %)VB.NET
41 (5.263 %)JavaScript
41 (5.263 %)PHP
Kent IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (63.16 %)Degree
Kent IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (57.89 %)QA
Kent IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (57.89 %)Mapinfo
22 (10.53 %)Microsoft
31 (5.263 %)Oracle