Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank92135
Rank change on same period last yearUp+43
Matching permanent IT job ads356
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.555 %0.438 %
Salaries quoted336
Average minimum salary£31,333£50,833
Average salary£36,591£50,833
% change on same period last year-28.01 %
Average maximum salary£41,848£50,833
UK excluding London average salary£52,736£64,059
% change on same period last year-17.67 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads13701369
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.916 %0.611 %
Salaries quoted12371237
Average minimum salary£35,324£36,124
Average salary£39,082£39,537
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Average maximum salary£42,840£42,951
UK excluding London average salary£42,954£44,648
% change on same period last year-3.79 %
SOA South EastSOA
South East

SOA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SOA across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Oxfordshire SOA Demand Trend

SOA
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Oxfordshire SOA Salary Histogram

SOA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOA within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
OxfordNew entry-30£36,583-
SOA South EastSOA
South East

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

149 (96.08 %).NET
234 (66.67 %)C#
330 (58.82 %)ASP.NET
428 (54.90 %)WebServices
526 (50.98 %)C++
621 (41.18 %)Perl
621 (41.18 %)OO
621 (41.18 %)Python
718 (35.29 %)SQL Server
811 (21.57 %)Multithreading
811 (21.57 %)Cryptography
910 (19.61 %)Games
108 (15.69 %).NET Framework
108 (15.69 %)RDBMS
117 (13.73 %)Online Games
126 (11.76 %)OLTP
135 (9.804 %)OLAP
143 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
143 (5.882 %)XPath
143 (5.882 %)ASP
143 (5.882 %)Sybase
143 (5.882 %)XML
143 (5.882 %)XSD
143 (5.882 %)XSLT
143 (5.882 %)UML
143 (5.882 %)MySQL
143 (5.882 %)Oracle
143 (5.882 %)VB
143 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
152 (3.922 %)N-Tier

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
149 (96.08 %).NET
230 (58.82 %)ASP.NET
328 (54.90 %)WebServices
48 (15.69 %).NET Framework
53 (5.882 %)ASP
53 (5.882 %)XML
53 (5.882 %)XSD
53 (5.882 %)XSLT
62 (3.922 %).NET Remoting
71 (1.961 %)Middleware
71 (1.961 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.961 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (35.29 %)SQL Server
28 (15.69 %)RDBMS
36 (11.76 %)OLTP
45 (9.804 %)OLAP
53 (5.882 %)MySQL
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (19.61 %)Games
27 (13.73 %)Online Games
32 (3.922 %)Pensions
41 (1.961 %)Finance
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (49.02 %).NET Developer
224 (47.06 %)Developer
321 (41.18 %)Software Engineer
321 (41.18 %)C++ Software Engineer
48 (15.69 %)C# Software Engineer
48 (15.69 %)Senior .NET Developer
48 (15.69 %)Senior Developer
48 (15.69 %)C# Developer
55 (9.804 %)Architect
55 (9.804 %)ASP.NET Developer
55 (9.804 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
63 (5.882 %).NET Architect
63 (5.882 %)Software Developer
71 (1.961 %)Technical Architect
71 (1.961 %)Senior Software Engineer
71 (1.961 %).NET Technical Architect
71 (1.961 %)Senior C# Software Engineer
71 (1.961 %)Senior C++ Software Engineer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (21.57 %)Cryptography
111 (21.57 %)Multithreading
22 (3.922 %)N-Tier
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (41.18 %)OO
23 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
23 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
23 (5.882 %)UML
32 (3.922 %)Service Management
32 (3.922 %)Service Delivery
32 (3.922 %)Scrum
41 (1.961 %)Systems Analysis
41 (1.961 %)Business Development
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
134 (66.67 %)C#
226 (50.98 %)C++
321 (41.18 %)Perl
321 (41.18 %)Python
43 (5.882 %)XPath
43 (5.882 %)VB
51 (1.961 %)VB.NET
51 (1.961 %)SQL
51 (1.961 %)C
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (5.882 %)Oracle
13 (5.882 %)Sybase
21 (1.961 %)Microsoft
21 (1.961 %)Mercator