The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 24 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 101 103 68
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -35
Permanent jobs citing SOA 47 31 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.809% 1.486% 2.865%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.284% 1.871% 3.926%
Number of salaries quoted 28 29 45
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £28,500 £35,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,150 £50,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2058 1657 1350
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 79.21% 79.43% 72.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1628 1411 1150
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SOA
West Yorkshire

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SOA across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds SOA Jobs Demand Trend

SOA
Salary Trend

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

Leeds SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leeds SOA Salary Histogram

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 30 (36.59%) Oracle
1 30 (36.59%) Middleware
2 25 (30.49%) Java
3 21 (25.61%) .NET
4 20 (24.39%) Web Services
4 20 (24.39%) UML
5 19 (23.17%) OO
5 19 (23.17%) C#
6 17 (20.73%) Microsoft
7 16 (19.51%) CRM
7 16 (19.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 15 (18.29%) REST
8 15 (18.29%) Oracle Fusion
8 15 (18.29%) WebLogic
8 15 (18.29%) Windows
8 15 (18.29%) Finance
9 14 (17.07%) XML
9 14 (17.07%) SQL Server
9 14 (17.07%) Shell Script
10 13 (15.85%) ASP.NET
10 13 (15.85%) MS Excel
10 13 (15.85%) Oracle Service Bus
11 12 (14.63%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
11 12 (14.63%) Stress Testing
11 12 (14.63%) Agile Software Development
11 12 (14.63%) Jython
11 12 (14.63%) Python
11 12 (14.63%) Perl
11 12 (14.63%) SQL
12 11 (13.41%) WinForms

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Development
1 30 (36.59%) Middleware
2 21 (25.61%) .NET
3 20 (24.39%) Web Services
4 15 (18.29%) REST
4 15 (18.29%) Oracle Fusion
5 14 (17.07%) XML
6 13 (15.85%) ASP.NET
7 11 (13.41%) WinForms
8 10 (12.20%) J2EE
8 10 (12.20%) WCF
8 10 (12.20%) WPF
8 10 (12.20%) ASP.NET MVC
9 9 (10.98%) SOAP
10 7 (8.537%) XSLT
10 7 (8.537%) JMS
11 6 (7.317%) HTML
11 6 (7.317%) JSP
11 6 (7.317%) Servlets
12 4 (4.878%) Oracle ADF
12 4 (4.878%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 16 (19.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 15 (18.29%) WebLogic
3 13 (15.85%) Oracle Service Bus
4 10 (12.20%) SharePoint
5 4 (4.878%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (3.659%) ESB
7 2 (2.439%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 13 (15.85%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (12.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (10.98%) Oracle BPM
3 5 (6.098%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.878%) Intranet
1 4 (4.878%) Internet
2 3 (3.659%) HTTP
3 2 (2.439%) Firewall
3 2 (2.439%) BSS
3 2 (2.439%) DNS
3 2 (2.439%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.07%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.756%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (4.878%) GIS
4 3 (3.659%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (2.439%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.439%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (12.20%) JIRA
2 8 (9.756%) Subversion
3 5 (6.098%) JDeveloper
4 1 (1.220%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 15 (18.29%) Finance
2 4 (4.878%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.659%) Retail
3 3 (3.659%) Billing
4 1 (1.220%) Marketing
4 1 (1.220%) Banking
4 1 (1.220%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 22 (26.83%) Developer
2 21 (25.61%) Analyst
3 18 (21.95%) Architect
4 15 (18.29%) Business Analyst
4 15 (18.29%) Administrator
5 13 (15.85%) Technical Administrator
6 8 (9.756%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (9.756%) .NET Developer
6 8 (9.756%) C# Developer
6 8 (9.756%) Senior Business Analyst
6 8 (9.756%) Financial Business Analyst
6 8 (9.756%) C# .NET Developer
6 8 (9.756%) Financial Services Business Analyst
7 7 (8.537%) Applications Support
8 6 (7.317%) Support Analyst
8 6 (7.317%) Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (7.317%) SOA Architect
9 5 (6.098%) Software Developer
9 5 (6.098%) Microsoft Developer
9 5 (6.098%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.878%) N-Tier
1 4 (4.878%) SaaS
1 4 (4.878%) Computer Science
2 3 (3.659%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.439%) NHS
3 2 (2.439%) Open Source
4 1 (1.220%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.29%) Windows
2 4 (4.878%) UNIX
3 2 (2.439%) HPUX
3 2 (2.439%) Linux
3 2 (2.439%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.39%) UML
2 19 (23.17%) OO
3 16 (19.51%) CRM
4 12 (14.63%) Stress Testing
4 12 (14.63%) Agile Software Development
5 11 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (13.41%) MVC
6 10 (12.20%) CMMI
6 10 (12.20%) RUP
6 10 (12.20%) OOD
6 10 (12.20%) Multithreading
7 9 (10.98%) Business Analysis
7 9 (10.98%) Service Delivery
8 8 (9.756%) TOGAF
8 8 (9.756%) BPMN
9 7 (8.537%) Logistics
10 6 (7.317%) Systems Analysis
10 6 (7.317%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (7.317%) Capacity Planning
11 4 (4.878%) BPEL
Programming Languages
1 25 (30.49%) Java
2 19 (23.17%) C#
3 14 (17.07%) Shell Script
4 12 (14.63%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
4 12 (14.63%) Jython
4 12 (14.63%) Python
4 12 (14.63%) Perl
4 12 (14.63%) SQL
5 8 (9.756%) JavaScript
6 6 (7.317%) VB.NET
7 4 (4.878%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.439%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.220%) VB
9 1 (1.220%) VB6
Qualifications
1 8 (9.756%) Degree
2 7 (8.537%) ISEB
3 2 (2.439%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (1.220%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 30 (36.59%) Oracle
2 17 (20.73%) Microsoft
3 10 (12.20%) Perforce
4 3 (3.659%) IBM
4 3 (3.659%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (2.439%) Red Hat
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