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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Rank 98 118 98
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -20
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 34 15 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 1.584% 0.659% 1.127%
As % of the Application Development category 5.338% 1.572% 2.925%
Number of salaries quoted 25 14 17
Average salary £70,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,400 £43,250 £29,400
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £78,500 £62,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
637 954 718
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 29.68% 41.93% 38.54%
Number of salaries quoted 561 865 624
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SOAP
Berkshire

SOAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Salary Histogram

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

Reading SOAP Salary Histogram

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 41 (77.36%) Java
2 36 (67.92%) Web Services
3 34 (64.15%) J2EE
3 34 (64.15%) Spring
4 30 (56.60%) REST
5 21 (39.62%) SOA
6 19 (35.85%) UML
6 19 (35.85%) Oracle
6 19 (35.85%) Hibernate
7 17 (32.08%) Eclipse
8 15 (28.30%) UNIX
8 15 (28.30%) XML
8 15 (28.30%) WebSphere
9 14 (26.42%) Finance
10 13 (24.53%) JavaScript
10 13 (24.53%) HTML
10 13 (24.53%) Ajax
11 12 (22.64%) Agile Software Development
11 12 (22.64%) Subversion
11 12 (22.64%) OO
11 12 (22.64%) JMS
12 11 (20.75%) Apache
12 11 (20.75%) MySQL
12 11 (20.75%) GWT
12 11 (20.75%) Software Architecture
12 11 (20.75%) Waterfall
13 10 (18.87%) V-Model
13 10 (18.87%) Java EE
13 10 (18.87%) Scrum
13 10 (18.87%) Telecoms

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 36 (67.92%) Web Services
2 34 (64.15%) J2EE
2 34 (64.15%) Spring
3 30 (56.60%) REST
4 19 (35.85%) Hibernate
5 15 (28.30%) XML
5 15 (28.30%) WebSphere
6 13 (24.53%) HTML
6 13 (24.53%) Ajax
7 12 (22.64%) JMS
8 11 (20.75%) GWT
9 10 (18.87%) Java EE
10 9 (16.98%) XSLT
10 9 (16.98%) CSS
10 9 (16.98%) J2ME
10 9 (16.98%) jQuery
11 6 (11.32%) RESTful
11 6 (11.32%) HTML5
11 6 (11.32%) EJB
11 6 (11.32%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 11 (20.75%) Apache
2 8 (15.09%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (13.21%) Tomcat
4 5 (9.434%) WebLogic
5 2 (3.774%) Force.com
5 2 (3.774%) Magento
5 2 (3.774%) CMS
6 1 (1.887%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (1.887%) PowerExchange
6 1 (1.887%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 1 (1.887%) Photoshop
1 1 (1.887%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.887%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.434%) HTTP
2 3 (5.660%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.660%) SSL
3 2 (3.774%) Firewall
4 1 (1.887%) LDAP
4 1 (1.887%) GSM
4 1 (1.887%) VoIP
4 1 (1.887%) DNS
4 1 (1.887%) 2G
4 1 (1.887%) SMPP
4 1 (1.887%) Megaco
4 1 (1.887%) TCAP
4 1 (1.887%) SCCP
4 1 (1.887%) INAP
4 1 (1.887%) 3G
4 1 (1.887%) SCTP
4 1 (1.887%) XCAP
4 1 (1.887%) M3UA
4 1 (1.887%) 4G
4 1 (1.887%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.75%) MySQL
2 6 (11.32%) DB2
3 5 (9.434%) SQL Server
3 5 (9.434%) TOAD
3 5 (9.434%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (5.660%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (3.774%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (3.774%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (3.774%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (1.887%) PowerCenter
6 1 (1.887%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (32.08%) Eclipse
2 12 (22.64%) Subversion
3 8 (15.09%) Ant
4 7 (13.21%) JUnit
4 7 (13.21%) Log4j
5 6 (11.32%) Maven
5 6 (11.32%) Jenkins
6 3 (5.660%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (3.774%) Selenium
7 2 (3.774%) NUnit
7 2 (3.774%) CruiseControl
8 1 (1.887%) Visual Studio
8 1 (1.887%) IntelliJ
8 1 (1.887%) JMeter
8 1 (1.887%) Xcode
8 1 (1.887%) TeamCity
8 1 (1.887%) JProfiler
8 1 (1.887%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.887%) JIRA
General
1 14 (26.42%) Finance
2 10 (18.87%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.887%) Financial Institution
3 1 (1.887%) Legal
3 1 (1.887%) Marketing
3 1 (1.887%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 23 (43.40%) Architect
2 18 (33.96%) Developer
3 12 (22.64%) Java Developer
4 9 (16.98%) Java Architect
5 7 (13.21%) Applications Architect
6 5 (9.434%) Integration Architect
7 4 (7.547%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 4 (7.547%) Analyst
7 4 (7.547%) Software Architect
7 4 (7.547%) Senior Developer
8 3 (5.660%) .NET Developer
8 3 (5.660%) Team Leader
8 3 (5.660%) Senior Java Developer
9 2 (3.774%) Lead Java Developer
9 2 (3.774%) Lead Test Analyst
9 2 (3.774%) Lead Software Engineer
9 2 (3.774%) Java Team Leader
9 2 (3.774%) ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (3.774%) Applications Support Analyst
9 2 (3.774%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Digital Media
2 7 (13.21%) DataPower
3 3 (5.660%) Replication
4 2 (3.774%) Statistics
4 2 (3.774%) Cryptography
4 2 (3.774%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.774%) SaaS
4 2 (3.774%) Open Source
4 2 (3.774%) Handset
5 1 (1.887%) Clustering
5 1 (1.887%) EMV
5 1 (1.887%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.887%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (1.887%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 15 (28.30%) UNIX
2 9 (16.98%) Android
3 4 (7.547%) Linux
4 2 (3.774%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.774%) Solaris
5 1 (1.887%) Windows
5 1 (1.887%) AIX
5 1 (1.887%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (39.62%) SOA
2 19 (35.85%) UML
3 12 (22.64%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (22.64%) OO
4 11 (20.75%) Software Architecture
4 11 (20.75%) Waterfall
5 10 (18.87%) V-Model
5 10 (18.87%) Scrum
6 8 (15.09%) TOGAF
6 8 (15.09%) Refactoring
7 7 (13.21%) Web Development
8 6 (11.32%) MVC
8 6 (11.32%) RUP
9 5 (9.434%) ETL
10 4 (7.547%) Data Analysis
10 4 (7.547%) TDD
10 4 (7.547%) E-business
10 4 (7.547%) EAI
11 3 (5.660%) OOA/OOD
11 3 (5.660%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 41 (77.36%) Java
2 13 (24.53%) JavaScript
3 8 (15.09%) SQL
4 6 (11.32%) PL/SQL
5 4 (7.547%) Shell Script
5 4 (7.547%) C#
6 3 (5.660%) C++
7 2 (3.774%) Objective-C
7 2 (3.774%) Apex Code
7 2 (3.774%) Perl
8 1 (1.887%) PHP
8 1 (1.887%) C
8 1 (1.887%) Scala
8 1 (1.887%) XPath
Qualifications
1 3 (5.660%) ISEB
1 3 (5.660%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.660%) SLA
2 2 (3.774%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.774%) ISO 8583
3 1 (1.887%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (3.774%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (3.774%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (5.660%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (35.85%) Oracle
2 9 (16.98%) Google
3 7 (13.21%) IBM
4 4 (7.547%) Ab Initio
5 3 (5.660%) JBoss
5 3 (5.660%) Sun
5 3 (5.660%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.774%) Capita
6 2 (3.774%) hybris
6 2 (3.774%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (3.774%) VMware
6 2 (3.774%) ATG
6 2 (3.774%) Percussion
7 1 (1.887%) HP
7 1 (1.887%) Cisco
7 1 (1.887%) Adobe
7 1 (1.887%) Informatica
7 1 (1.887%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.887%) Sitecore