The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 22 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 25 38 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Permanent jobs citing SOA 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.474% 0.923% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.633% 1.587% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £70,000 £43,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+60.91% -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £47,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-0.52% +0.52%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
158 189 177
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 74.88% 58.15% 60.20%
Number of salaries quoted 108 147 134
Average salary £58,500 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SOA
England

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 4 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 4 (50.00%) SaaS
1 4 (50.00%) PaaS
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) EAI
3 2 (25.00%) OOD
3 2 (25.00%) CSS
3 2 (25.00%) Web Services
3 2 (25.00%) OO
3 2 (25.00%) Apache
3 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 2 (25.00%) Internet
3 2 (25.00%) TIBCO
3 2 (25.00%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (25.00%) HTML
3 2 (25.00%) Perl
3 2 (25.00%) MySQL
3 2 (25.00%) BPEL
3 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (25.00%) Billing
3 2 (25.00%) Web Development
3 2 (25.00%) TIBCO EMS
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (25.00%) Git (software)

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (25.00%) CSS
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Apache
1 2 (25.00%) TIBCO EMS
2 1 (12.50%) ESB
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (25.00%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (12.50%) GIS
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (25.00%) Billing
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Web Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) SaaS
1 4 (50.00%) PaaS
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (12.50%) Smart Meter
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (37.50%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) EAI
3 2 (25.00%) OOD
3 2 (25.00%) OO
3 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 2 (25.00%) BPEL
3 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (25.00%) Web Development
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (12.50%) Revenue Management
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Master Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Perl
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) TIBCO
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce.com