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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the London 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank246150
Rank change on same period last yearDown-96
Matching permanent IT job ads5281369
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.308 %0.587 %
As % of the category below2.256 %4.184 %
Salaries quoted4571111
Average minimum salary£47,152£48,657
Average salary£51,036£55,244
% change on same period last year-7.61 %
Average maximum salary£54,920£61,831
UK excluding London average salary£39,983£39,136
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2340232717
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled13.66 %14.03 %
Salaries quoted2041126297
Average minimum salary£43,036£44,488
Average salary£47,318£49,174
% change on same period last year-3.77 %
Average maximum salary£51,600£53,860
UK excluding London average salary£35,966£36,644
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
SOAP EnglandSOAP
England

SOAP
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOAP across the London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 7 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
City of LondonDown-4898£58,489-1.44 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+147£31,071+3.57 %
CroydonDown-66£42,250+3.93 %
Docklands, LondonUp+154£75,000+33.98 %
Canary WharfDown-33--
RuislipNew entry-3£37,500-
WimbledonUp+162£45,000-5.88 %
HounslowUp+42£30,500-22.45 %
HarrowDown-91£38,500+2.66 %
BromleyNew entry-1--
EalingDown-31£38,500-
UxbridgeUp+71£38,500+28.33 %
WembleyNew entry-1£38,500-
HendonNew entry-1£50,000-
SOAP EnglandSOAP
England

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1913 (81.16 %)XML
2628 (55.82 %)Java
3483 (42.93 %)WebServices
4426 (37.87 %)SQL
5355 (31.56 %)J2EE
6327 (29.07 %)OO
7324 (28.80 %).NET
8312 (27.73 %)JavaScript
9302 (26.84 %)C#
10299 (26.58 %)HTML
11287 (25.51 %)Oracle
12240 (21.33 %)Spring
13235 (20.89 %)SQL Server
14229 (20.36 %)Finance
15209 (18.58 %)Hibernate
16191 (16.98 %)CSS
17186 (16.53 %)UNIX
18177 (15.73 %)MySQL
19175 (15.56 %)XSLT
20170 (15.11 %)Linux
21162 (14.40 %)AJAX
22160 (14.22 %)Degree
23155 (13.78 %)JSP
24150 (13.33 %)PHP
25146 (12.98 %)Windows
26141 (12.53 %)ASP.NET
27137 (12.18 %)Banking
28130 (11.56 %)C++
29120 (10.67 %)HTTP
29120 (10.67 %)Subversion

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1913 (81.16 %)XML
2483 (42.93 %)WebServices
3355 (31.56 %)J2EE
4324 (28.80 %).NET
5299 (26.58 %)HTML
6240 (21.33 %)Spring
7209 (18.58 %)Hibernate
8191 (16.98 %)CSS
9175 (15.56 %)XSLT
10162 (14.40 %)AJAX
11155 (13.78 %)JSP
12141 (12.53 %)ASP.NET
13104 (9.244 %)ASP
14101 (8.978 %)XHTML
14101 (8.978 %)WebSphere
1590 (8.000 %)JMS
1689 (7.911 %)JDBC
1776 (6.756 %)Struts
1865 (5.778 %)Middleware
1963 (5.600 %)Servlets
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1103 (9.156 %)WebLogic
286 (7.644 %)Apache
378 (6.933 %)IIS
378 (6.933 %)JBoss
456 (4.978 %)ESB
555 (4.889 %)CMS
646 (4.089 %)Tomcat
734 (3.022 %)MQSeries
825 (2.222 %)BizTalk Server
924 (2.133 %)ColdFusion
1020 (1.778 %)WebSphere MQ
1118 (1.600 %)WebSphere Application Server
1118 (1.600 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1214 (1.244 %)Rendezvous
1312 (1.067 %)Jetty
1410 (0.889 %)JRun
159 (0.800 %)SharePoint
167 (0.622 %)WordPress
176 (0.533 %)OpenCms
176 (0.533 %)MTS
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
166 (5.867 %)MS Excel
256 (4.978 %)MS Office
342 (3.733 %)MS Project
46 (0.533 %)Photoshop
46 (0.533 %)PrintSoft PReS
55 (0.444 %)MS Visio
62 (0.178 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.178 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
135 (3.111 %)Dynamics AX
217 (1.511 %)Axapta
33 (0.267 %)Oracle CRM
33 (0.267 %)Oracle Financials
33 (0.267 %)Oracle 11i
41 (0.089 %)Google Analytics
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1120 (10.67 %)HTTP
288 (7.822 %)Internet
346 (4.089 %)FTP
438 (3.378 %)SMS
527 (2.400 %)LDAP
626 (2.311 %)TCP/IP
78 (0.711 %)SSH
78 (0.711 %)GSM
87 (0.622 %)Firewall
96 (0.533 %)UMTS
96 (0.533 %)GPRS
105 (0.444 %)SMTP
105 (0.444 %)DNS
105 (0.444 %)Intranet
114 (0.356 %)VPN
114 (0.356 %)HTTPS
123 (0.267 %)SSL
132 (0.178 %)POP3
132 (0.178 %)ADSL
132 (0.178 %)BSS
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1235 (20.89 %)SQL Server
2177 (15.73 %)MySQL
359 (5.244 %)RDBMS
439 (3.467 %)DB2
527 (2.400 %)OLAP
623 (2.044 %)SQL Server 2000
623 (2.044 %)SQL Server 2005
717 (1.511 %)Oracle 8/8i
717 (1.511 %)Datawarehouse
717 (1.511 %)SAP BW
816 (1.422 %)Oracle 10g
912 (1.067 %)Oracle OLAP
1011 (0.978 %)PostgreSQL
118 (0.711 %)Sybase ASE
118 (0.711 %)MS Access
127 (0.622 %)Oracle 11g
136 (0.533 %)Crystal Reports
145 (0.444 %)Oracle Reports
145 (0.444 %)VLDB
154 (0.356 %)Oracle 9i
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1120 (10.67 %)Subversion
285 (7.556 %)JUnit
364 (5.689 %)Eclipse
433 (2.933 %)Ant
530 (2.667 %)Selenium
628 (2.489 %)Visual Studio
722 (1.956 %)Flash
820 (1.778 %)CruiseControl
918 (1.600 %)QuickTest Pro
918 (1.600 %)LoadRunner
1015 (1.333 %)Bugzilla
1114 (1.244 %)NUnit
1212 (1.067 %)Rational Rose
1311 (0.978 %)FitNesse
148 (0.711 %)IntelliJ
148 (0.711 %)Oracle Forms
157 (0.622 %)DevPartner
157 (0.622 %)ReSharper
166 (0.533 %)WebObjects
173 (0.267 %)Borland Together
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1229 (20.36 %)Finance
2137 (12.18 %)Banking
391 (8.089 %)Front Office
475 (6.667 %)Insurance
573 (6.489 %)Investment Banking
573 (6.489 %)Telecoms
651 (4.533 %)Marketing
732 (2.844 %)Back Office
829 (2.578 %)Education
829 (2.578 %)Games
927 (2.400 %)Pensions
1021 (1.867 %)Publishing
1118 (1.600 %)Advertising
1216 (1.422 %)Health
138 (0.711 %)Government
147 (0.622 %)Retail
147 (0.622 %)Multimedia
147 (0.622 %)Graphic Design
155 (0.444 %)Music
155 (0.444 %)Mobile Games
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1696 (61.87 %)Developer
2296 (26.31 %)Java Developer
3173 (15.38 %)Architect
4150 (13.33 %)Senior Developer
594 (8.356 %)Analyst
693 (8.267 %)J2EE Developer
779 (7.022 %)Web Developer
877 (6.844 %)Java/J2EE Developer
976 (6.756 %)C# Developer
1071 (6.311 %).NET Developer
1170 (6.222 %)Senior Java Developer
1267 (5.956 %)PHP Developer
1364 (5.689 %)Consultant
1453 (4.711 %)Lead Developer
1547 (4.178 %)Solutions Architect
1547 (4.178 %)Programmer
1547 (4.178 %)Integration Architect
1641 (3.644 %)Technical Lead
1735 (3.111 %)Software Developer
1834 (3.022 %)Webmaster
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
199 (8.800 %)Derivative
267 (5.956 %)Equity Derivative
358 (5.156 %)Client/Server
450 (4.444 %)Computer Science
544 (3.911 %)Web 2.0
631 (2.756 %)N-Tier
631 (2.756 %)Mainframe
727 (2.400 %)Equities
825 (2.222 %)Social Network
920 (1.778 %)Multithreading
1015 (1.333 %)W3C
1015 (1.333 %)Fixed Income
1112 (1.067 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1210 (0.889 %)Replication
1210 (0.889 %)Spread Betting
138 (0.711 %)Credit Derivative
146 (0.533 %)Streaming Video
146 (0.533 %)French Language
146 (0.533 %)German Language
155 (0.444 %)IVR
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1186 (16.53 %)UNIX
2170 (15.11 %)Linux
3146 (12.98 %)Windows
413 (1.156 %)Solaris
510 (0.889 %)Windows XP
69 (0.800 %)Red Hat Linux
78 (0.711 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
87 (0.622 %)Windows NT
87 (0.622 %)AIX
87 (0.622 %)Windows 2000
96 (0.533 %)Windows Server 2003
105 (0.444 %)Windows Server 2008
113 (0.267 %)Windows Vista
121 (0.089 %)CentOS
121 (0.089 %)FreeBSD
121 (0.089 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.089 %)zOS
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1327 (29.07 %)OO
2113 (10.04 %)UML
388 (7.822 %)SOA
487 (7.733 %)Agile Software Development
581 (7.200 %)E-Commerce
668 (6.044 %)TDD
668 (6.044 %)Web Development
755 (4.889 %)OOD
853 (4.711 %)Project Management
853 (4.711 %)Continuous Integration
950 (4.444 %)Scrum
1047 (4.178 %)RUP
1143 (3.822 %)EAI
1242 (3.733 %)Project Planning
1339 (3.467 %)Risk Management
1438 (3.378 %)Technical Architecture
1438 (3.378 %)Web Design
1536 (3.200 %)Enterprise Architecture
1635 (3.111 %)Workflow
1732 (2.844 %)TOGAF
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1628 (55.82 %)Java
2426 (37.87 %)SQL
3312 (27.73 %)JavaScript
4302 (26.84 %)C#
5150 (13.33 %)PHP
6130 (11.56 %)C++
7117 (10.40 %)Perl
893 (8.267 %)DHTML
965 (5.778 %)C
1054 (4.800 %)VB
1153 (4.711 %)PHP5
1239 (3.467 %)VB.NET
1239 (3.467 %)PL/SQL
1331 (2.756 %)Transact-SQL
1423 (2.044 %)Shell Script
1521 (1.867 %)Python
1620 (1.778 %)ActionScript
1620 (1.778 %)Ruby
1714 (1.244 %)XPath
1714 (1.244 %)Groovy
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1160 (14.22 %)Degree
216 (1.422 %)ISEB
314 (1.244 %)Microsoft Certification
410 (0.889 %)MCSD
57 (0.622 %)MCAD
57 (0.622 %)MCPD
61 (0.089 %)PhD
61 (0.089 %)Oracle Certification
61 (0.089 %)Sun Certification
61 (0.089 %)ISEB Practitioner
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
129 (2.578 %)QA
24 (0.356 %)Basel II
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
140 (3.556 %)Active Directory
26 (0.533 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (0.444 %)AquaLogic
43 (0.267 %)Squid
43 (0.267 %)MSMQ
52 (0.178 %)Xen
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.178 %)AutoSys
21 (0.089 %)SCOM
21 (0.089 %)OpenView
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1287 (25.51 %)Oracle
2112 (9.956 %)Microsoft
397 (8.622 %)Sybase
469 (6.133 %)SAP
558 (5.156 %)TIBCO
649 (4.356 %)webMethods
731 (2.756 %)IBM
828 (2.489 %)BEA
920 (1.778 %)Google
1018 (1.600 %)Adobe
1117 (1.511 %)PeopleSoft
1117 (1.511 %)Baan
1117 (1.511 %)Mercator
129 (0.800 %)Symbian
137 (0.622 %)Symantec
137 (0.622 %)Zend
137 (0.622 %)VMware
146 (0.533 %)Red Hat
155 (0.444 %)Remedy
155 (0.444 %)ATG