The first table below looks at the demand for SOAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Maidstone region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOAP 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 Application Development category for the Maidstone region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Rank 22 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 2 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 2.469% 4.348% -
As % of the Application Development category 4.545% 6.452% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £33,750 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
44 31 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 54.32% 67.39% 34.75%
Number of salaries quoted 43 28 39
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £55,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SOAP
Kent

SOAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 8 (88.89%) JavaScript
2 7 (77.78%) PHP
2 7 (77.78%) HTML
2 7 (77.78%) MySQL
2 7 (77.78%) CSS
2 7 (77.78%) UML
2 7 (77.78%) OOP
2 7 (77.78%) OO
2 7 (77.78%) Apache
2 7 (77.78%) Data Modelling
2 7 (77.78%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (77.78%) Ajax
2 7 (77.78%) jQuery
2 7 (77.78%) Smarty
3 6 (66.67%) REST
3 6 (66.67%) Facebook
3 6 (66.67%) Retail
3 6 (66.67%) E-Commerce
4 5 (55.56%) Linux
4 5 (55.56%) JIRA
5 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
5 4 (44.44%) Android
5 4 (44.44%) Windows 8
5 4 (44.44%) Apple iOS
5 4 (44.44%) Windows
5 4 (44.44%) Apple
6 2 (22.22%) Subversion
6 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (22.22%) ETL
6 2 (22.22%) ISEB

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 7 (77.78%) HTML
1 7 (77.78%) CSS
1 7 (77.78%) Ajax
1 7 (77.78%) jQuery
1 7 (77.78%) Smarty
2 6 (66.67%) REST
3 2 (22.22%) XML
3 2 (22.22%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 7 (77.78%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
2 2 (22.22%) Subversion
2 2 (22.22%) Sahi
2 2 (22.22%) Selenium
General
1 6 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Web Developer
2 6 (66.67%) PHP Developer
3 5 (55.56%) PHP Web Developer
4 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
5 2 (22.22%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) PHP Programmer
6 1 (11.11%) Web Programmer
6 1 (11.11%) Automation Tester
6 1 (11.11%) Web Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) Software Tester
6 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) Tester
6 1 (11.11%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) Android
2 4 (44.44%) Windows 8
2 4 (44.44%) Apple iOS
2 4 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) UML
1 7 (77.78%) OOP
1 7 (77.78%) OO
1 7 (77.78%) Data Modelling
1 7 (77.78%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (66.67%) E-Commerce
3 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) ETL
4 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 2 (22.22%) System Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
5 1 (11.11%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) JavaScript
2 7 (77.78%) PHP
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) VB
3 2 (22.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
1 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Facebook
2 4 (44.44%) Apple