The first table below looks at the demand for the SOA Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA Architect in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SOA Architect
Rank 597 593 609
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an SOA Architect 10 45 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.084% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.089% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 10 29 13
Average salary £62,500 £77,500 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.35% +14.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £70,500 £53,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £100,000 £72,250
UK excluding London average salary £56,250 £56,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-0.44% -13.07%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41069 50577 53212
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.41% 93.89% 93.56%
Number of salaries quoted 34568 43927 44773
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
SOA Architect
England

SOA Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SOA Architect across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London SOA Architect Jobs Demand Trend

SOA Architect
Salary Trend

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

London SOA Architect Salary Trend

SOA Architect
Salary Histogram

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

London SOA Architect Salary Histogram

SOA Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOA Architect within the London 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
City of London -7 3 £62,500 -19.35%
SOA Architect
England

SOA Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited SOA Architect in their job title 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 with SOA Architect in their job title.

1 23 (100.00%) SOA
2 12 (52.17%) Oracle
3 8 (34.78%) Java
3 8 (34.78%) .NET
3 8 (34.78%) J2EE
4 7 (30.43%) XML
4 7 (30.43%) Finance
4 7 (30.43%) ESB
4 7 (30.43%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (30.43%) BPMN
5 6 (26.09%) Middleware
5 6 (26.09%) Retail
5 6 (26.09%) WebSphere
5 6 (26.09%) SOAP
5 6 (26.09%) Web Services
6 5 (21.74%) UML
6 5 (21.74%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (21.74%) Zachman Framework
6 5 (21.74%) TOGAF
6 5 (21.74%) TIBCO
7 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
7 4 (17.39%) webMethods
7 4 (17.39%) Manufacturing
7 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
7 4 (17.39%) BPEL
7 4 (17.39%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (17.39%) MODAF
7 4 (17.39%) Java EE
7 4 (17.39%) Retek
7 4 (17.39%) JD Edwards

SOA Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited SOA Architect in their job title 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 with SOA Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (34.78%) .NET
1 8 (34.78%) J2EE
2 7 (30.43%) XML
2 7 (30.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (26.09%) Middleware
3 6 (26.09%) WebSphere
3 6 (26.09%) SOAP
3 6 (26.09%) Web Services
4 4 (17.39%) Java EE
4 4 (17.39%) XSLT
4 4 (17.39%) REST
5 3 (13.04%) WebCenter
6 1 (4.348%) WCF
6 1 (4.348%) WF
6 1 (4.348%) JSTL
6 1 (4.348%) Swing
6 1 (4.348%) JMS
6 1 (4.348%) UDDI
6 1 (4.348%) WSDL
6 1 (4.348%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 7 (30.43%) ESB
2 2 (8.696%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (30.43%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Retail
3 4 (17.39%) Manufacturing
3 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.696%) Financial Institution
4 2 (8.696%) Banking
5 1 (4.348%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (13.04%) Oracle Exalogic
2 3 (13.04%) Web 2.0
3 1 (4.348%) Open Source
3 1 (4.348%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) SOA
2 7 (30.43%) BPMN
3 5 (21.74%) UML
3 5 (21.74%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (21.74%) Zachman Framework
3 5 (21.74%) TOGAF
4 4 (17.39%) BPEL
4 4 (17.39%) MODAF
4 4 (17.39%) Time Management
5 3 (13.04%) Web Application Development
5 3 (13.04%) Business Process Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) EAI
5 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.04%) Process Management
6 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.696%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (8.696%) Software Architecture
7 1 (4.348%) Customer Engagement
7 1 (4.348%) OOA/OOD
7 1 (4.348%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Java
2 1 (4.348%) C
2 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) QA
1 1 (4.348%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) Tivoli
1 2 (8.696%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Oracle
2 5 (21.74%) TIBCO
3 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 4 (17.39%) webMethods
3 4 (17.39%) Retek
3 4 (17.39%) JD Edwards
3 4 (17.39%) PeopleSoft
3 4 (17.39%) SAP
3 4 (17.39%) BroadVision
4 1 (4.348%) IBM
4 1 (4.348%) Siebel
London
Role requirements: - Excellent client facing skills - Expert in Oracle BPM and Oracle SOA implementation - Good knowledge in Oracle Middleware and core Oracle Technologies - Well articulated and proficient in...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum + 20% flexible benefits + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013