Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills within the Suffolk 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
Rank6045
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads751
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.023 %
As % of the category below2.023 %9.497 %
Salaries quoted544
Average minimum salary£54,000£44,773
Average salary£64,000£51,193
% change on same period last year+25.01 %
Average maximum salary£74,000£57,614
UK excluding London average salary£52,736£64,059
% change on same period last year-17.67 %
Suffolk IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Suffolk
Matching permanent IT job ads346537
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.231 %0.240 %
Salaries quoted262438
Average minimum salary£32,754£35,857
Average salary£36,387£39,767
% change on same period last year-8.49 %
Average maximum salary£40,021£43,677
UK excluding London average salary£42,954£44,648
% change on same period last year-3.79 %
SOA East of EnglandSOA
East of England

SOA
Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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
IpswichDown-167£64,000+25.09 %
SOA East of EnglandSOA
East of England

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

143 (81.13 %).NET
241 (77.36 %)C#
339 (73.58 %)Java
339 (73.58 %)J2EE
436 (67.92 %)OO
436 (67.92 %)Telecoms
436 (67.92 %)Finance
436 (67.92 %)Banking
436 (67.92 %)Insurance
535 (66.04 %)WebServices
631 (58.49 %)BizTalk Server
728 (52.83 %)Microsoft
728 (52.83 %)WebSphere
823 (43.40 %)ESB
921 (39.62 %)EAI
921 (39.62 %)UML
1020 (37.74 %)XML
1020 (37.74 %)SQL Server
1020 (37.74 %)WPS
1113 (24.53 %)Middleware
1113 (24.53 %).NET Framework
1212 (22.64 %)IBM
1212 (22.64 %)XSLT
1311 (20.75 %)PRINCE2
1311 (20.75 %)SQL
1311 (20.75 %)DSDM
1311 (20.75 %)RUP
1311 (20.75 %)SharePoint
1311 (20.75 %)Scrum
1311 (20.75 %)SharePoint Server 2007

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Suffolk IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
143 (81.13 %).NET
239 (73.58 %)J2EE
335 (66.04 %)WebServices
428 (52.83 %)WebSphere
520 (37.74 %)XML
613 (24.53 %)Middleware
613 (24.53 %).NET Framework
712 (22.64 %)XSLT
88 (15.09 %)Spring
97 (13.21 %)XSD
106 (11.32 %)Hibernate
106 (11.32 %)AJAX
106 (11.32 %)JMS
115 (9.434 %)COM+
124 (7.547 %)SOAP
133 (5.660 %)ASP.NET
142 (3.774 %)UDDI
142 (3.774 %)WSDL
151 (1.887 %)WinForms
Suffolk IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
131 (58.49 %)BizTalk Server
223 (43.40 %)ESB
320 (37.74 %)WPS
411 (20.75 %)SharePoint Server 2007
411 (20.75 %)SharePoint
55 (9.434 %)MTS
62 (3.774 %)WebSphere Message Broker
71 (1.887 %)WebSphere MQ
71 (1.887 %)MQSeries
71 (1.887 %)JBoss
Suffolk IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (3.774 %)MS Excel
21 (1.887 %)MS Project
Suffolk IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (37.74 %)SQL Server
26 (11.32 %)DB2
26 (11.32 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
26 (11.32 %)SQL Server Integration Services
26 (11.32 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (1.887 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.887 %)RDBMS
31 (1.887 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (1.887 %)PostgreSQL
Suffolk IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
136 (67.92 %)Telecoms
136 (67.92 %)Finance
136 (67.92 %)Banking
136 (67.92 %)Insurance
26 (11.32 %)Retail
26 (11.32 %)Health
26 (11.32 %)Games
Suffolk IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (45.28 %)Architect
220 (37.74 %)Technical Architect
317 (32.08 %)Developer
415 (28.30 %).NET Developer
512 (22.64 %)C# Developer
611 (20.75 %)Project Manager
79 (16.98 %).NET Architect
79 (16.98 %).NET Technical Architect
86 (11.32 %)J2EE Technical Architect
86 (11.32 %)Java Technical Architect
86 (11.32 %)Java Architect
86 (11.32 %)J2EE Architect
95 (9.434 %)Senior C# Developer
95 (9.434 %)Senior .NET Developer
95 (9.434 %)Senior Developer
102 (3.774 %)Technical Consultant
102 (3.774 %)Consultant
102 (3.774 %)Integration Consultant
102 (3.774 %)SOA Architect
111 (1.887 %)WebSphere Architect
Suffolk IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (11.32 %)N-Tier
Suffolk IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (67.92 %)OO
221 (39.62 %)UML
221 (39.62 %)EAI
311 (20.75 %)Scrum
311 (20.75 %)PRINCE2
311 (20.75 %)RUP
311 (20.75 %)DSDM
44 (7.547 %)BPEL
51 (1.887 %)Incident Management
Suffolk IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
141 (77.36 %)C#
239 (73.58 %)Java
311 (20.75 %)SQL
46 (11.32 %)Transact-SQL
54 (7.547 %)PL/SQL
63 (5.660 %)VB.NET
Suffolk IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (11.32 %)IBM Certification
24 (7.547 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (5.660 %)MCP
33 (5.660 %)MCPD
42 (3.774 %)SCJA
42 (3.774 %)MCSD
42 (3.774 %)IBM WebSphere Certification
42 (3.774 %)SCJP
42 (3.774 %)MCTS
Suffolk IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (52.83 %)Microsoft
212 (22.64 %)IBM
310 (18.87 %)Oracle
46 (11.32 %)Sun