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This section looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOAP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank221166
Rank change on same period last yearDown-55
Matching permanent IT job ads290539
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.156 %0.225 %
As % of the category below2.476 %3.524 %
Salaries quoted226452
Average minimum salary£42,543£37,706
Average salary£46,076£42,459
% change on same period last year+8.52 %
Average maximum salary£49,609£47,211
UK excluding London average salary£39,486£38,642
% change on same period last year+2.18 %
South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads1171215294
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.305 %6.375 %
Salaries quoted1001812931
Average minimum salary£35,471£36,128
Average salary£39,097£39,371
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
Average maximum salary£42,724£42,613
UK excluding London average salary£35,926£36,840
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
SOAP EnglandSOAP
England

SOAP
Demand Trend

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

South East SOAP Demand Trend

SOAP
Salary Trend

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

South East SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOAP across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

South East SOAP Salary Histogram

SOAP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
BerkshireDown-27109£52,527+15.63 %
SurreyUp+1145£40,895-0.33 %
HampshireDown-343£34,688-2.60 %
BuckinghamshireDown-4736£53,368+25.96 %
West SussexUp+2618£34,583+3.23 %
KentDown-128£25,500-27.62 %
East SussexUp+77£31,500-32.59 %
OxfordshireDown-96£32,500+4.44 %
M4 CorridorNew entry-4--
SussexNew entry-4£60,000-
Home CountiesNew entry-4£46,875-
MiddlesexUp+32£50,000+15.96 %
SOAP EnglandSOAP
England

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1525 (78.13 %)XML
2331 (49.26 %)Java
3321 (47.77 %)WebServices
4298 (44.35 %).NET
5269 (40.03 %)SQL
6234 (34.82 %)J2EE
7225 (33.48 %)SQL Server
8214 (31.85 %)HTML
9198 (29.46 %)C#
10193 (28.72 %)JavaScript
11171 (25.45 %)OO
12160 (23.81 %)Oracle
13137 (20.39 %)C++
14119 (17.71 %)XSLT
14119 (17.71 %)UNIX
15116 (17.26 %)Windows
16111 (16.52 %)ASP.NET
17109 (16.22 %)Microsoft
18102 (15.18 %)WebLogic
18102 (15.18 %)SOA
1992 (13.69 %)HTTP
2089 (13.24 %)Apache
2185 (12.65 %)CSS
2282 (12.20 %)Finance
2381 (12.05 %)Linux
2479 (11.76 %)RDBMS
2578 (11.61 %)WebSphere
2677 (11.46 %)AJAX
2772 (10.71 %)MySQL
2772 (10.71 %)UML

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1525 (78.13 %)XML
2321 (47.77 %)WebServices
3298 (44.35 %).NET
4234 (34.82 %)J2EE
5214 (31.85 %)HTML
6119 (17.71 %)XSLT
7111 (16.52 %)ASP.NET
885 (12.65 %)CSS
978 (11.61 %)WebSphere
1077 (11.46 %)AJAX
1170 (10.42 %)JSP
1268 (10.12 %)JMS
1366 (9.821 %)Servlets
1464 (9.524 %)Middleware
1553 (7.887 %)Hibernate
1652 (7.738 %)Struts
1652 (7.738 %)XHTML
1748 (7.143 %)WSDL
1842 (6.250 %)Spring
1940 (5.952 %)XSL
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1102 (15.18 %)WebLogic
289 (13.24 %)Apache
364 (9.524 %)JBoss
459 (8.780 %)IIS
542 (6.250 %)BizTalk Server
637 (5.506 %)SharePoint
735 (5.208 %)Tomcat
814 (2.083 %)MS Exchange
913 (1.935 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1012 (1.786 %)MQSeries
1111 (1.637 %)WebSphere Application Server
1210 (1.488 %)CMS
138 (1.190 %)CICS
146 (0.893 %)Content Management Server
154 (0.595 %)SharePoint Portal Server
154 (0.595 %)Documentum
154 (0.595 %)JRun
163 (0.446 %)ESB
163 (0.446 %)WPS
163 (0.446 %)Oracle Application Server
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
138 (5.655 %)MS Excel
29 (1.339 %)Photoshop
37 (1.042 %)Spreadsheet
46 (0.893 %)RoboHelp
51 (0.149 %)MS Office
51 (0.149 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (1.339 %)Dynamics CRM
26 (0.893 %)Dynamics AX
26 (0.893 %)Dynamics NAV
33 (0.446 %)Summit
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
192 (13.69 %)HTTP
259 (8.780 %)Internet
329 (4.315 %)SNMP
428 (4.167 %)LDAP
526 (3.869 %)SSL
624 (3.571 %)TCP/IP
721 (3.125 %)GPRS
721 (3.125 %)DNS
721 (3.125 %)Wireless
816 (2.381 %)HTTPS
915 (2.232 %)FTP
1014 (2.083 %)GSM
1113 (1.935 %)SMTP
1113 (1.935 %)SAN
128 (1.190 %)3G
137 (1.042 %)Intranet
137 (1.042 %)Broadband
137 (1.042 %)Wi-Fi
146 (0.893 %)VPN
146 (0.893 %)Firewall
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1225 (33.48 %)SQL Server
279 (11.76 %)RDBMS
372 (10.71 %)MySQL
434 (5.060 %)DB2
532 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2000
627 (4.018 %)SQL Server 2005
720 (2.976 %)BusinessObjects
814 (2.083 %)Oracle 9i
912 (1.786 %)DTS
912 (1.786 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1011 (1.637 %)Informix
1110 (1.488 %)Oracle 10g
1110 (1.488 %)Datawarehouse
129 (1.339 %)Data Cleansing
136 (0.893 %)GIS
136 (0.893 %)InterSystems Cache
144 (0.595 %)EDMS
153 (0.446 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
153 (0.446 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
153 (0.446 %)Crystal Reports
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
135 (5.208 %)Visual Studio
232 (4.762 %)JUnit
323 (3.423 %)Eclipse
419 (2.827 %)Subversion
517 (2.530 %)Ant
615 (2.232 %)VSS/SourceSafe
714 (2.083 %)Flash
812 (1.786 %)IntelliJ
97 (1.042 %)TestDirector
97 (1.042 %)NUnit
103 (0.446 %)ClearQuest
111 (0.149 %)WebLogic Workshop
111 (0.149 %)Rational Rose
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
182 (12.20 %)Finance
247 (6.994 %)Telecoms
341 (6.101 %)Insurance
433 (4.911 %)Pensions
526 (3.869 %)Banking
622 (3.274 %)Government
717 (2.530 %)Retail
813 (1.935 %)Back Office
911 (1.637 %)Education
911 (1.637 %)Health
911 (1.637 %)Games
109 (1.339 %)Marketing
117 (1.042 %)Retail Banking
126 (0.893 %)Billing
134 (0.595 %)Front Office
143 (0.446 %)Construction
143 (0.446 %)Local Government
143 (0.446 %)Legal
143 (0.446 %)Graphic Design
143 (0.446 %)Music
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1390 (58.04 %)Developer
2122 (18.15 %)Architect
3108 (16.07 %)Java Developer
466 (9.821 %).NET Developer
564 (9.524 %)Senior Developer
663 (9.375 %)Consultant
761 (9.077 %)C# Developer
850 (7.440 %)Technical Architect
949 (7.292 %)Software Developer
1042 (6.250 %)Web Developer
1140 (5.952 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1236 (5.357 %)J2EE Developer
1334 (5.060 %)Solutions Architect
1433 (4.911 %)ASP.NET Developer
1531 (4.613 %)Applications Developer
1628 (4.167 %)Senior Java Developer
1726 (3.869 %)Technical Consultant
1726 (3.869 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1824 (3.571 %)PHP Developer
1923 (3.423 %)Analyst
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
127 (4.018 %)N-Tier
216 (2.381 %)Clustering
314 (2.083 %)Mathematics
412 (1.786 %)Derivative
511 (1.637 %)Computer Science
511 (1.637 %)Mainframe
68 (1.190 %)W3C
68 (1.190 %)PDA
68 (1.190 %)RIA
77 (1.042 %)Multithreading
77 (1.042 %)German Language
77 (1.042 %)Streaming Media
77 (1.042 %)AS400
86 (0.893 %)IVR
95 (0.744 %)Replication
95 (0.744 %)Blackberry
95 (0.744 %)French Language
104 (0.595 %)Web 2.0
104 (0.595 %)E-Learning
113 (0.446 %)Client/Server
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1119 (17.71 %)UNIX
2116 (17.26 %)Windows
381 (12.05 %)Linux
426 (3.869 %)Solaris
519 (2.827 %)Windows Mobile
618 (2.679 %)Windows XP
618 (2.679 %)Windows Server 2003
716 (2.381 %)Windows 2000
813 (1.935 %)Red Hat Linux
99 (1.339 %)AIX
108 (1.190 %)OS/390
116 (0.893 %)Windows NT
125 (0.744 %)Windows 2000 Server
134 (0.595 %)Debian
143 (0.446 %)SUSE
143 (0.446 %)FreeBSD
143 (0.446 %)HPUX
152 (0.298 %)Windows Vista
161 (0.149 %)zOS
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1171 (25.45 %)OO
2102 (15.18 %)SOA
372 (10.71 %)UML
463 (9.375 %)Web Development
546 (6.845 %)E-Commerce
636 (5.357 %)Security Cleared
732 (4.762 %)CRM
826 (3.869 %)OOD
924 (3.571 %)Workflow
1021 (3.125 %)Unit Testing
1119 (2.827 %)Business Analysis
1119 (2.827 %)Scrum
1218 (2.679 %)Agile Software Development
1316 (2.381 %)Enterprise Architecture
1414 (2.083 %)ITSM
1513 (1.935 %)OOP
1612 (1.786 %)EAI
1612 (1.786 %)Refactoring
1710 (1.488 %)Content Management
1710 (1.488 %)Business Intelligence
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1331 (49.26 %)Java
2269 (40.03 %)SQL
3198 (29.46 %)C#
4193 (28.72 %)JavaScript
5137 (20.39 %)C++
669 (10.27 %)PHP
763 (9.375 %)C
856 (8.333 %)DHTML
939 (5.804 %)Perl
1034 (5.060 %)VB.NET
1128 (4.167 %)VB
1128 (4.167 %)Transact-SQL
1220 (2.976 %)XPath
1318 (2.679 %)PL/SQL
1415 (2.232 %)Delphi
1415 (2.232 %)PHP5
1510 (1.488 %)PHP4
1510 (1.488 %)VC++
167 (1.042 %)Python
167 (1.042 %)COBOL
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
168 (10.12 %)Degree
213 (1.935 %)Microsoft Certification
310 (1.488 %)MCSD
48 (1.190 %)ITIL Certification
57 (1.042 %)MCAD
66 (0.893 %)MCSA
66 (0.893 %)MCTS
75 (0.744 %)HND
84 (0.595 %)HNC
93 (0.446 %)NVQ Level 3
102 (0.298 %)PhD
102 (0.298 %)Sun Certification
111 (0.149 %)Avaya Certification
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
137 (5.506 %)QA
22 (0.298 %)HL7
22 (0.298 %)DICOM
31 (0.149 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.149 %)SLA
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (0.893 %)Active Directory
24 (0.595 %)AquaLogic
33 (0.446 %)Oracle RAC
33 (0.446 %)MSMQ
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
124 (3.571 %)OpenView
23 (0.446 %)Tivoli
23 (0.446 %)Netcool
23 (0.446 %)Nagios
31 (0.149 %)MOM
31 (0.149 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1160 (23.81 %)Oracle
2109 (16.22 %)Microsoft
347 (6.994 %)BEA
423 (3.423 %)IBM
520 (2.976 %)Business Objects
618 (2.679 %)Sybase
717 (2.530 %)Mapinfo
816 (2.381 %)Red Hat
816 (2.381 %)TIBCO
915 (2.232 %)HP
1011 (1.637 %)Sun
119 (1.339 %)Zend
127 (1.042 %)FileNet
136 (0.893 %)SAP
136 (0.893 %)InterSystems
145 (0.744 %)Symantec
145 (0.744 %)Compuware
154 (0.595 %)EMC
154 (0.595 %)Citrix
154 (0.595 %)Onyx