The first table below looks at the demand for SOAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOAP over the 3 months to 21 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Rank 39 50 35
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -15
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 20 14 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 4.073% 2.491% 4.278%
As % of the Application Development category 7.246% 4.861% 7.306%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 13
Average salary £33,000 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,900 £20,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £31,500 £48,700
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
276 288 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 56.21% 51.25% 58.56%
Number of salaries quoted 257 272 196
Average salary £33,000 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SOAP
North West

SOAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOAP across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Preston 0 5 £55,000 +74.60%
Chorley - 2 £33,000 -
SOAP
North West

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 29 (96.67%) Web Services
2 19 (63.33%) C#
3 18 (60.00%) SQL
3 18 (60.00%) XML
4 16 (53.33%) SQL Server
5 15 (50.00%) .NET
5 15 (50.00%) Java
6 13 (43.33%) Ruby
6 13 (43.33%) REST
7 12 (40.00%) ASP.NET
7 12 (40.00%) Python
7 12 (40.00%) HTTP
8 11 (36.67%) C++
8 11 (36.67%) PHP
8 11 (36.67%) Selenium
8 11 (36.67%) WCF
8 11 (36.67%) soapUI
9 10 (33.33%) Waterfall
9 10 (33.33%) Mobile App
9 10 (33.33%) FitNesse
9 10 (33.33%) QA
9 10 (33.33%) WATIR
9 10 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (33.33%) Unit Testing
9 10 (33.33%) System Testing
9 10 (33.33%) C
9 10 (33.33%) HTML
9 10 (33.33%) JavaScript
9 10 (33.33%) RAD
10 9 (30.00%) Microsoft

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 29 (96.67%) Web Services
2 18 (60.00%) XML
3 15 (50.00%) .NET
4 13 (43.33%) REST
5 12 (40.00%) ASP.NET
6 11 (36.67%) WCF
6 11 (36.67%) soapUI
7 10 (33.33%) HTML
8 8 (26.67%) CSS
9 7 (23.33%) .NET Framework
10 6 (20.00%) jQuery
11 5 (16.67%) Ajax
12 3 (10.00%) ASP
12 3 (10.00%) J2EE
12 3 (10.00%) JSON
13 2 (6.667%) WebSphere
13 2 (6.667%) WSDL
13 2 (6.667%) XSLT
14 1 (3.333%) JSP
14 1 (3.333%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) IIS
2 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.00%) SharePoint 2013
2 3 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (6.667%) CMS
4 1 (3.333%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (3.333%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (40.00%) HTTP
2 2 (6.667%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (26.67%) RDBMS
3 4 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (3.333%) MySQL
6 1 (3.333%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (36.67%) Selenium
2 10 (33.33%) FitNesse
2 10 (33.33%) WATIR
3 4 (13.33%) Visual Studio
4 3 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (6.667%) Eclipse
6 1 (3.333%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (3.333%) Subversion
6 1 (3.333%) WebDriver
6 1 (3.333%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (3.333%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (13.33%) Retail
2 3 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.333%) Advertising
3 1 (3.333%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Consultant
1 11 (36.67%) Test Consultant
2 6 (20.00%) Architect
2 6 (20.00%) Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Analyst Programmer
4 4 (13.33%) Programmer
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Architect
5 3 (10.00%) .NET Developer
5 3 (10.00%) .NET Architect
5 3 (10.00%) .NET Technical Architect
5 3 (10.00%) SharePoint Architect
6 2 (6.667%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (6.667%) C# Web Developer
6 2 (6.667%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Java Developer
6 2 (6.667%) .NET Web Developer
6 2 (6.667%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Technical Manager
6 2 (6.667%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 3 (10.00%) Open Source
3 2 (6.667%) Social Media
3 2 (6.667%) Client/Server
3 2 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) Windows
2 2 (6.667%) Linux
2 2 (6.667%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 10 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 10 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 10 (33.33%) System Testing
1 10 (33.33%) RAD
2 7 (23.33%) UML
3 4 (13.33%) Scrum
4 3 (10.00%) CRM
4 3 (10.00%) OOA/OOD
4 3 (10.00%) MVC
4 3 (10.00%) OOD
4 3 (10.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (10.00%) Content Management
4 3 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (6.667%) Web Development
5 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.333%) OO
6 1 (3.333%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.333%) SOA
6 1 (3.333%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (63.33%) C#
2 18 (60.00%) SQL
3 15 (50.00%) Java
4 13 (43.33%) Ruby
5 12 (40.00%) Python
6 11 (36.67%) C++
6 11 (36.67%) PHP
7 10 (33.33%) C
7 10 (33.33%) JavaScript
8 6 (20.00%) VB
9 4 (13.33%) VB6
9 4 (13.33%) VB.NET
10 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
11 2 (6.667%) XPath
11 2 (6.667%) Objective-C
11 2 (6.667%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (3.333%) ISEB
1 1 (3.333%) ISTQB
1 1 (3.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.667%) Nagios
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (10.00%) Open Text
3 3 (10.00%) RedDot
3 3 (10.00%) EPiServer
Preston, Lancashire
Java Developer ( Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Spring )... You will need solid knowledge of Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SOAP, Spring/Hibernate framework and XML. Exposure to Eclipse, Tomcat, UNIX...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + DOE
Posted: 16 May 2013
Preston, North West
Java Developer -Lancashire- £32,000 - £38,000 My client is seeking a skilled Java Developer to join there expanding team inPreston. Their software house company has a fantastic...
Computer Futures
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013