The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 88 106 93
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -13
Permanent jobs citing SOA 73 48 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 2.332% 1.396% 1.832%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.148% 2.004% 2.403%
Number of salaries quoted 50 42 55
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -31.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £43,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £59,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2319 2395 2622
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.09% 69.64% 76.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1378 1716 1897
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,650 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SOA
UK

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Glasgow -21 31 £40,000 +11.11%
Edinburgh +16 27 £41,500 +1.21%
West Lothian -4 5 - -
Moray - 5 £40,000 -
SOA
UK

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 120 (77.42%) Java
2 81 (52.26%) XML
3 68 (43.87%) Spring
4 65 (41.94%) Finance
5 64 (41.29%) SQL
6 52 (33.55%) Web Services
7 50 (32.26%) J2EE
8 44 (28.39%) Hibernate
8 44 (28.39%) Agile Software Development
9 43 (27.74%) XSLT
10 41 (26.45%) Ajax
11 39 (25.16%) jQuery
12 38 (24.52%) Oracle
12 38 (24.52%) JavaScript
13 37 (23.87%) Subversion
14 36 (23.23%) Eclipse
15 35 (22.58%) Scrum
16 33 (21.29%) JSF
17 32 (20.65%) BPMN
17 32 (20.65%) JMS
17 32 (20.65%) SOAP
18 31 (20.00%) SQL Server
18 31 (20.00%) MVC
19 30 (19.35%) UML
20 29 (18.71%) ESB
21 27 (17.42%) Data Modelling
22 26 (16.77%) WebSphere
22 26 (16.77%) Maven
23 25 (16.13%) TDD
23 25 (16.13%) Java EE

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 81 (52.26%) XML
2 68 (43.87%) Spring
3 52 (33.55%) Web Services
4 50 (32.26%) J2EE
5 44 (28.39%) Hibernate
6 43 (27.74%) XSLT
7 41 (26.45%) Ajax
8 39 (25.16%) jQuery
9 33 (21.29%) JSF
10 32 (20.65%) JMS
10 32 (20.65%) SOAP
11 26 (16.77%) WebSphere
12 25 (16.13%) Java EE
13 23 (14.84%) Middleware
14 20 (12.90%) .NET
15 19 (12.26%) ASP.NET
15 19 (12.26%) JSP
16 18 (11.61%) HTML
17 14 (9.032%) Servlets
18 13 (8.387%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 29 (18.71%) ESB
2 22 (14.19%) Tomcat
3 13 (8.387%) WebLogic
4 11 (7.097%) Apache
4 11 (7.097%) Drupal
4 11 (7.097%) WebSphere Portal
5 10 (6.452%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (3.871%) WebSphere MQ
6 6 (3.871%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (3.226%) MQSeries
7 5 (3.226%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 5 (3.226%) Oracle Coherence
7 5 (3.226%) Apache Solr
7 5 (3.226%) WebSphere Process Server
8 4 (2.581%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (2.581%) OpenStack
8 4 (2.581%) SharePoint
9 2 (1.290%) TeamSite
9 2 (1.290%) IIS
9 2 (1.290%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 12 (7.742%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.226%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (1.290%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (1.290%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.645%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.645%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.645%) Broadband
1 1 (0.645%) HTTP
1 1 (0.645%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.452%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (5.806%) NoSQL
4 7 (4.516%) MySQL
5 6 (3.871%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (3.226%) Couchbase
6 5 (3.226%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (3.226%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.226%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (3.226%) CouchDB
7 4 (2.581%) DB2
7 4 (2.581%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (1.935%) TOAD
8 3 (1.935%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.290%) OLTP
9 2 (1.290%) Oracle BI EE
10 1 (0.645%) Oracle OWB
10 1 (0.645%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 37 (23.87%) Subversion
2 36 (23.23%) Eclipse
3 26 (16.77%) Maven
4 18 (11.61%) JUnit
5 16 (10.32%) JIRA
6 11 (7.097%) Ant
7 5 (3.226%) Rational Application Developer
7 5 (3.226%) TeamCity
7 5 (3.226%) Git (software)
7 5 (3.226%) JDeveloper
8 4 (2.581%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.581%) Visual Studio
8 4 (2.581%) JMeter
8 4 (2.581%) Log4j
8 4 (2.581%) Canoo WebTest
8 4 (2.581%) Hudson
8 4 (2.581%) Fiddler
9 3 (1.935%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (1.290%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (1.290%) MagicDraw
General
1 65 (41.94%) Finance
2 19 (12.26%) Banking
3 12 (7.742%) Private Banking
3 12 (7.742%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.097%) Retail
5 4 (2.581%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.935%) Advertising
6 3 (1.935%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.645%) Billing
7 1 (0.645%) Publishing
7 1 (0.645%) Games
7 1 (0.645%) Front Office
7 1 (0.645%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 82 (52.90%) Developer
2 48 (30.97%) Java Developer
3 17 (10.97%) Senior Developer
4 16 (10.32%) Architect
5 15 (9.677%) Analyst
6 14 (9.032%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 11 (7.097%) Lead Developer
8 10 (6.452%) Java Architect
9 9 (5.806%) Java Technical Architect
9 9 (5.806%) Test Engineer
9 9 (5.806%) Technical Architect
10 8 (5.161%) .NET Developer
10 8 (5.161%) Senior Java Developer
11 7 (4.516%) Lead Java Developer
11 7 (4.516%) J2EE Developer
11 7 (4.516%) Business Analyst
12 6 (3.871%) Systems Analyst
12 6 (3.871%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.871%) Automation Engineer
13 5 (3.226%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.677%) N-Tier
2 11 (7.097%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (5.161%) Open Source
4 6 (3.871%) Clustering
4 6 (3.871%) Client/Server
4 6 (3.871%) Computer Science
5 5 (3.226%) Eucalyptus
6 3 (1.935%) Derivative
7 2 (1.290%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.290%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.290%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.645%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.645%) DTV
8 1 (0.645%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.61%) UNIX
2 13 (8.387%) Linux
3 7 (4.516%) Windows
4 4 (2.581%) AIX
4 4 (2.581%) Solaris
5 2 (1.290%) Android
5 2 (1.290%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.645%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.645%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.39%) Agile Software Development
2 35 (22.58%) Scrum
3 32 (20.65%) BPMN
4 31 (20.00%) MVC
5 30 (19.35%) UML
6 27 (17.42%) Data Modelling
7 25 (16.13%) TDD
7 25 (16.13%) Continuous Integration
7 25 (16.13%) Unit Testing
8 21 (13.55%) OO
9 20 (12.90%) Waterfall
10 15 (9.677%) Workflow
11 12 (7.742%) Business Analysis
11 12 (7.742%) Product Management
11 12 (7.742%) Requirements Analysis
12 11 (7.097%) Extreme Programming
12 11 (7.097%) Software Engineering
12 11 (7.097%) OOA/OOD
13 10 (6.452%) OOD
13 10 (6.452%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 120 (77.42%) Java
2 64 (41.29%) SQL
3 38 (24.52%) JavaScript
4 23 (14.84%) C#
5 20 (12.90%) PL/SQL
6 10 (6.452%) PHP
6 10 (6.452%) Python
7 7 (4.516%) T-SQL
7 7 (4.516%) Perl
8 6 (3.871%) VBScript
8 6 (3.871%) Ruby
9 4 (2.581%) XPath
10 3 (1.935%) C++
11 2 (1.290%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.645%) Jython
12 1 (0.645%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.645%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 10 (6.452%) SC Cleared
1 10 (6.452%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.161%) Degree
3 4 (2.581%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.290%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (1.290%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.161%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.935%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (2.581%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 38 (24.52%) Oracle
2 24 (15.48%) JBoss
3 23 (14.84%) IBM
4 18 (11.61%) Microsoft
5 10 (6.452%) VMware
6 9 (5.806%) Citrix
6 9 (5.806%) Sybase
7 8 (5.161%) Informatica
8 4 (2.581%) Pega
8 4 (2.581%) Canoo
8 4 (2.581%) Chordiant
8 4 (2.581%) Genesys
8 4 (2.581%) HP
9 3 (1.935%) Lombardi
10 2 (1.290%) TIBCO
10 2 (1.290%) webMethods
10 2 (1.290%) Talend
11 1 (0.645%) SAP
Edinburgh, Scotland
UML, BPMN), design patterns and software engineering... Candidates must possess a depth of knowledge in the following technical skills:- C# / ASP .Net development of complex distributed applications SQL...
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Salary: £35,000 to £48,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Responsibilities: Design, implement, test and maintain major Sybase T-SQL components of the products... Data modeling and understanding of object modeling. T-SQL Sybase preferably or Microsoft MS-...
FPSG Connect
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Experience & Qualifications Technical Skills From: - Java EE - SOA and integration via an ESB - XML/XSLT - AJAX - JSF/JSP/Servlets - XML/XSLT - Spring/Hibernate - Javascript - Drupal - Knowledge of implementing...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and full benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
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Experience & Qualifications Technical Skills From: - Java EE - SOA and integration via an ESB - XML/XSLT - AJAX - JSF/JSP/Servlets - XML/XSLT - Spring/Hibernate - Javascript - Drupal - Knowledge of implementing...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Experience & QualificationsTechnical Skills From: - Java EE - SOA and integration via an ESB - XML/XSLT - AJAX - JSF/JSP/Servlets - XML/XSLT - Spring/Hibernate - Javascript - Drupal - Knowledge of implementing rules-...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and full benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will be part of an experienced Java team working on a country wide project.Experience & QualificationsTechnical Skills From: - Java EE - SOA and integration via an ESB - XML/...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Technical Skills From: - Java EE - SOA and integration via an ESB - XML/XSLT - AJAX - JSF/JSP/Servlets - XML/XSLT - Spring/Hibernate - Javascript - Drupal - Knowledge of implementing rules-based...
JM
Salary: £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Expert knowledge of Java and related frameworks including Spring. Ability to architect and deliver multi tier Java applications... In depth technical skills around SOA, BRMS, BPM and ESB...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Java Technical Architect - Glasgow... * Java presentation architectures such as MVC, portal, JSF, Ajax * Excellent communication skills with both team members and clients * Ability to direct the delivery of...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
My client is a leading outsourcing department specialising in SAP & Oracle. This opportunity is an exciting time to join this newly forming team in Glasgow who will ultimately...
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Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + pension
Posted: 14 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
The Person:- Technical Skills Essential: - Good client facing & communication skills - Good general IT skills - Knowledge of Oracle Applications Plus one of the following is essential: - Good business process...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Validation and verification with the business... Desirable Skills Experience of Agile software development Experience of waterfall and iterative development lifecycles, particularly Unified Process Experience of writing user storyboards...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013