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This section looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the South East 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank152184
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching permanent IT job ads487496
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.257 %0.203 %
As % of the category below2.260 %1.887 %
Salaries quoted357395
Average minimum salary£51,100£52,402
Average salary£56,501£56,307
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Average maximum salary£61,902£60,212
UK excluding London average salary£55,863£62,212
% change on same period last year-10.20 %
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads2154526287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled11.37 %10.76 %
Salaries quoted1719421112
Average minimum salary£40,358£41,997
Average salary£44,230£45,432
% change on same period last year-2.64 %
Average maximum salary£48,103£48,866
UK excluding London average salary£42,567£44,524
% change on same period last year-4.39 %
SOA EnglandSOA
England

SOA
Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East SOA Salary Histogram

SOA
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOA within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
BerkshireUp+64160£57,384-9.41 %
SurreyUp+33144£48,518-5.65 %
HampshireDown-875£67,728+28.76 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1244£51,409+11.44 %
OxfordshireUp+1019£41,158-20.65 %
West SussexUp+2717£59,929+66.46 %
MiddlesexUp+215£61,429-9.92 %
SussexNew entry-10£56,500-
Thames ValleyNew entry-5£60,000-
KentDown-134£51,667+61.22 %
East SussexUp+23--
Home CountiesNew entry-1£60,000-
M4 CorridorNew entry-1£75,000-
SOA EnglandSOA
England

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1317 (32.51 %).NET
2298 (30.56 %)Java
3286 (29.33 %)XML
4285 (29.23 %)Oracle
5278 (28.51 %)WebServices
6264 (27.08 %)J2EE
7215 (22.05 %)UML
8210 (21.54 %)SQL
9177 (18.15 %)Finance
10176 (18.05 %)SQL Server
11167 (17.13 %)Enterprise Architecture
12152 (15.59 %)C#
13137 (14.05 %)SAP
14129 (13.23 %)Windows
15120 (12.31 %)Microsoft
16119 (12.21 %)Internet
17118 (12.10 %)TOGAF
18114 (11.69 %)WebSphere
19107 (10.97 %)UNIX
20103 (10.56 %)SOAP
20103 (10.56 %)Business Intelligence
21100 (10.26 %)OO
2298 (10.05 %)EAI
2389 (9.128 %)IBM
2486 (8.821 %)C
2576 (7.795 %)WebLogic
2674 (7.590 %)Project Management
2772 (7.385 %)PL/SQL
2772 (7.385 %)ERP
2871 (7.282 %)Technical Architecture

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1317 (32.51 %).NET
2286 (29.33 %)XML
3278 (28.51 %)WebServices
4264 (27.08 %)J2EE
5114 (11.69 %)WebSphere
6103 (10.56 %)SOAP
769 (7.077 %)AJAX
865 (6.667 %)Middleware
957 (5.846 %)ASP.NET
1054 (5.538 %)HTML
1148 (4.923 %)XSLT
1244 (4.513 %)JSP
1337 (3.795 %)ASP
1435 (3.590 %)WSDL
1534 (3.487 %)XHTML
1632 (3.282 %)Struts
1632 (3.282 %)Adobe Flex
1729 (2.974 %)Hibernate
1828 (2.872 %)XSD
1926 (2.667 %)JMS
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
176 (7.795 %)WebLogic
252 (5.333 %)IIS
343 (4.410 %)BizTalk Server
439 (4.000 %)ColdFusion
533 (3.385 %)ESB
630 (3.077 %)JBoss
723 (2.359 %)MS Exchange
723 (2.359 %)Oracle 10gAS
822 (2.256 %)Apache
919 (1.949 %)SharePoint
1017 (1.744 %)SAS
1114 (1.436 %)Tomcat
1114 (1.436 %)MQSeries
1114 (1.436 %)NetWeaver
1213 (1.333 %)WebSphere MQ
1310 (1.026 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1310 (1.026 %)CICS
1310 (1.026 %)WebSphere Application Server
149 (0.923 %)Oracle BPEL
149 (0.923 %)Oracle Workflow
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
129 (2.974 %)MS Visio
227 (2.769 %)MS Excel
35 (0.513 %)MS Project
41 (0.103 %)MS Office
41 (0.103 %)S-PLUS
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
136 (3.692 %)Oracle Applications
230 (3.077 %)Oracle 11i
314 (1.436 %)Oracle EBS
412 (1.231 %)Summit
510 (1.026 %)Oracle Financials
67 (0.718 %)Oracle HRMS
75 (0.513 %)Dynamics CRM
75 (0.513 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
83 (0.308 %)Oracle ERP
92 (0.205 %)BusinessWorks
92 (0.205 %)SAP MDM
101 (0.103 %)SAP ERP
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1119 (12.21 %)Internet
249 (5.026 %)Intranet
341 (4.205 %)HTTP
422 (2.256 %)GPRS
521 (2.154 %)Wireless
616 (1.641 %)GSM
616 (1.641 %)LDAP
715 (1.538 %)VoIP
811 (1.128 %)TCP/IP
910 (1.026 %)HTTPS
109 (0.923 %)FTP
109 (0.923 %)SSH
118 (0.821 %)Extranet
127 (0.718 %)3G
127 (0.718 %)Wi-Fi
127 (0.718 %)SSL
136 (0.615 %)DNS
136 (0.615 %)SMTP
145 (0.513 %)TETRA
152 (0.205 %)Network Security
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1176 (18.05 %)SQL Server
267 (6.872 %)RDBMS
267 (6.872 %)BusinessObjects
355 (5.641 %)Oracle 10g
443 (4.410 %)Datawarehouse
537 (3.795 %)Oracle Discoverer
631 (3.179 %)ETL
727 (2.769 %)DB2
822 (2.256 %)Oracle Reports
919 (1.949 %)Oracle 8/8i
1018 (1.846 %)SQL Server 2005
1115 (1.538 %)SQL Server 7
1115 (1.538 %)Oracle 9i
1214 (1.436 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1312 (1.231 %)Oracle 11g
1312 (1.231 %)DataStage
1410 (1.026 %)TOAD
158 (0.821 %)Snowflake Schema
167 (0.718 %)OLAP
167 (0.718 %)SQLPlus
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
130 (3.077 %)Visual Studio
227 (2.769 %)Oracle Forms
227 (2.769 %)Eclipse
318 (1.846 %)ClearCase
416 (1.641 %)QuickTest Pro
515 (1.538 %)ClearQuest
515 (1.538 %)JDeveloper
68 (0.821 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
68 (0.821 %)JUnit
77 (0.718 %)VSS/SourceSafe
77 (0.718 %)Telelogic DOORS
85 (0.513 %)WinRunner
85 (0.513 %)Oracle APEX
94 (0.410 %)Dreamweaver
94 (0.410 %)LoadRunner
94 (0.410 %)Flash
103 (0.308 %)Ant
103 (0.308 %)TestDirector
103 (0.308 %)HttpUnit
103 (0.308 %)Visual Studio Team System
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1177 (18.15 %)Finance
261 (6.256 %)Insurance
338 (3.897 %)Telecoms
436 (3.692 %)Government
535 (3.590 %)Manufacturing
633 (3.385 %)Retail
731 (3.179 %)Pensions
826 (2.667 %)Electric
922 (2.256 %)Back Office
922 (2.256 %)Pharmaceutical
1021 (2.154 %)Marketing
1115 (1.538 %)Health
1210 (1.026 %)Publishing
139 (0.923 %)Billing
148 (0.821 %)Banking
155 (0.513 %)Games
155 (0.513 %)Front Office
163 (0.308 %)Construction
163 (0.308 %)Education
163 (0.308 %)Military
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1387 (39.69 %)Architect
2191 (19.59 %)Developer
3148 (15.18 %)Consultant
4121 (12.41 %)Enterprise Architect
583 (8.513 %)Technical Architect
680 (8.205 %)Solutions Architect
776 (7.795 %)Java Developer
861 (6.256 %)Analyst
949 (5.026 %)Senior Developer
1045 (4.615 %)Applications Architect
1138 (3.897 %).NET Developer
1237 (3.795 %)Integration Architect
1334 (3.487 %)Senior Java Developer
1429 (2.974 %)Presales Consultant
1429 (2.974 %)Data Architect
1528 (2.872 %)Oracle DBA
1528 (2.872 %)Oracle Developer
1528 (2.872 %)DBA
1627 (2.769 %)Sales Consultant
1724 (2.462 %)Software Engineer
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
138 (3.897 %)Mainframe
234 (3.487 %)Web 2.0
332 (3.282 %)N-Tier
427 (2.769 %)Data Integration
524 (2.462 %)Client/Server
617 (1.744 %)Clustering
715 (1.538 %)PKI
813 (1.333 %)Management Information System
911 (1.128 %)W3C
911 (1.128 %)IBM Mainframe
108 (0.821 %)RIA
117 (0.718 %)Computer Science
124 (0.410 %)PMI
133 (0.308 %)Thin Client
133 (0.308 %)Blackberry
133 (0.308 %)Life Science
133 (0.308 %)French Language
133 (0.308 %)German Language
133 (0.308 %)Fat Client
142 (0.205 %)Spanish Language
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1129 (13.23 %)Windows
2107 (10.97 %)UNIX
369 (7.077 %)Linux
415 (1.538 %)Windows Mobile
514 (1.436 %)Solaris
611 (1.128 %)Windows NT
710 (1.026 %)Windows XP
81 (0.103 %)zOS
81 (0.103 %)VxWorks
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1215 (22.05 %)UML
2167 (17.13 %)Enterprise Architecture
3118 (12.10 %)TOGAF
4103 (10.56 %)Business Intelligence
5100 (10.26 %)OO
698 (10.05 %)EAI
774 (7.590 %)Project Management
872 (7.385 %)ERP
971 (7.282 %)Technical Architecture
971 (7.282 %)Security Cleared
1064 (6.564 %)Zachman Framework
1161 (6.256 %)CRM
1259 (6.051 %)Business Analysis
1358 (5.949 %)Data Management
1358 (5.949 %)E-Commerce
1454 (5.538 %)Agile Software Development
1553 (5.436 %)RUP
1644 (4.513 %)Software Engineering
1743 (4.410 %)Data Modelling
1840 (4.103 %)Process Management
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1298 (30.56 %)Java
2210 (21.54 %)SQL
3152 (15.59 %)C#
486 (8.821 %)C
572 (7.385 %)PL/SQL
660 (6.154 %)JavaScript
747 (4.821 %)DHTML
846 (4.718 %)C++
940 (4.103 %)Perl
1036 (3.692 %)PHP
1122 (2.256 %)Transact-SQL
1219 (1.949 %)Python
1318 (1.846 %)VB
1414 (1.436 %)VB.NET
1511 (1.128 %)VBScript
169 (0.923 %)COBOL
177 (0.718 %)XPath
186 (0.615 %)XQuery
195 (0.513 %)LotusScript
195 (0.513 %)VB6
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
149 (5.026 %)Degree
216 (1.641 %)OCP
216 (1.641 %)Oracle Certification
315 (1.538 %)CISA
315 (1.538 %)CISM
315 (1.538 %)CISMP
48 (0.821 %)ISEB
48 (0.821 %)Sun Certification
56 (0.615 %)ITIL Certification
56 (0.615 %)MBA
65 (0.513 %)PMP
65 (0.513 %)PMI Certification
74 (0.410 %)PRINCE2 Certification
82 (0.205 %)Microsoft Certification
91 (0.103 %)HND
91 (0.103 %)CISSP
91 (0.103 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
91 (0.103 %)SCEA
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (0.513 %)QA
24 (0.410 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.205 %)Basel II
32 (0.205 %)RosettaNet
32 (0.205 %)COBIT
32 (0.205 %)ISO9001
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
129 (2.974 %)Oracle RAC
210 (1.026 %)AquaLogic
35 (0.513 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.103 %)VMware Infrastructure
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
121 (2.154 %)OpenView
26 (0.615 %)MOM
32 (0.205 %)TIBCO InConcert
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1285 (29.23 %)Oracle
2137 (14.05 %)SAP
3120 (12.31 %)Microsoft
489 (9.128 %)IBM
567 (6.872 %)Business Objects
656 (5.744 %)Cognos
746 (4.718 %)Siebel
843 (4.410 %)BEA
941 (4.205 %)PeopleSoft
1026 (2.667 %)webMethods
1125 (2.564 %)Sun
1219 (1.949 %)MicroStrategy
1318 (1.846 %)TIBCO
1415 (1.538 %)HP
1513 (1.333 %)Sybase
1611 (1.128 %)Cisco
1710 (1.026 %)Informatica
187 (0.718 %)Telelogic
187 (0.718 %)Teradata
195 (0.513 %)FileNet
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