The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 24 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 65 56 35
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -21
Permanent jobs citing SOA 14 10 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 2.009% 1.795% 5.564%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.851% 2.398% 8.238%
Number of salaries quoted 14 10 36
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £52,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
491 417 437
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 70.44% 74.87% 67.54%
Number of salaries quoted 464 372 385
Average salary £37,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £54,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SOA
East of England

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 24 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
Ipswich -5 9 £37,500 -6.25%
SOA
East of England

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 41 (73.21%) .NET
2 40 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 40 (71.43%) Web Services
3 33 (58.93%) C#
4 24 (42.86%) .NET Framework
5 21 (37.50%) Ajax
6 17 (30.36%) TDD
6 17 (30.36%) Java
6 17 (30.36%) OO
6 17 (30.36%) jQuery
7 16 (28.57%) SQL
8 15 (26.79%) SQL Server
8 15 (26.79%) UML
9 14 (25.00%) Finance
10 13 (23.21%) CSS
10 13 (23.21%) MS Excel
11 11 (19.64%) PRINCE2
11 11 (19.64%) HTML
11 11 (19.64%) JavaScript
11 11 (19.64%) Pair Programming
11 11 (19.64%) Games
11 11 (19.64%) Continuous Integration
11 11 (19.64%) BDD
11 11 (19.64%) Windows Azure
11 11 (19.64%) WCF
12 9 (16.07%) Scrum
12 9 (16.07%) Agile Software Development
12 9 (16.07%) VB.NET
12 9 (16.07%) J2EE
13 8 (14.29%) SaaS

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 41 (73.21%) .NET
2 40 (71.43%) Web Services
3 24 (42.86%) .NET Framework
4 21 (37.50%) Ajax
5 17 (30.36%) jQuery
6 13 (23.21%) CSS
7 11 (19.64%) HTML
7 11 (19.64%) WCF
8 9 (16.07%) J2EE
9 6 (10.71%) XML
9 6 (10.71%) XSD
9 6 (10.71%) XSLT
10 5 (8.929%) Hibernate
10 5 (8.929%) GWT
10 5 (8.929%) Spring
10 5 (8.929%) JSF
11 3 (5.357%) ASP.NET
12 1 (1.786%) LAMP
12 1 (1.786%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 1 (1.786%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 11 (19.64%) Windows Azure
2 4 (7.143%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (7.143%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.786%) MSMQ
3 1 (1.786%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 13 (23.21%) MS Excel
2 6 (10.71%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.786%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (26.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.786%) MySQL
2 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (25.00%) Finance
2 11 (19.64%) Games
3 6 (10.71%) Retail
4 3 (5.357%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (62.50%) Developer
2 25 (44.64%) .NET Developer
3 21 (37.50%) C# .NET Developer
3 21 (37.50%) C# Developer
4 16 (28.57%) Senior Developer
5 11 (19.64%) Project Manager
5 11 (19.64%) Senior C# Developer
5 11 (19.64%) Senior .NET Developer
5 11 (19.64%) Agile .NET Developer
5 11 (19.64%) Agile C# Developer
6 10 (17.86%) Architect
7 7 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (8.929%) Senior Java Developer
8 5 (8.929%) Java Developer
8 5 (8.929%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 4 (7.143%) Software Developer
10 3 (5.357%) Technical Architect
10 3 (5.357%) SOA Architect
11 2 (3.571%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 2 (3.571%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.29%) SaaS
2 5 (8.929%) N-Tier
3 3 (5.357%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.786%) Windows
1 1 (1.786%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (1.786%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (1.786%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.36%) TDD
1 17 (30.36%) OO
2 15 (26.79%) UML
3 11 (19.64%) PRINCE2
3 11 (19.64%) Pair Programming
3 11 (19.64%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (19.64%) BDD
4 9 (16.07%) Scrum
4 9 (16.07%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (8.929%) Rapid Prototyping
6 3 (5.357%) DNA
7 2 (3.571%) Web Application Development
8 1 (1.786%) CRM
8 1 (1.786%) Project Management
8 1 (1.786%) MVC
8 1 (1.786%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (1.786%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 33 (58.93%) C#
2 17 (30.36%) Java
3 16 (28.57%) SQL
4 11 (19.64%) JavaScript
5 9 (16.07%) VB.NET
6 6 (10.71%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.786%) C++
7 1 (1.786%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 4 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (3.571%) MCP
2 2 (3.571%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.786%) PMP
Vendors
1 40 (71.43%) Microsoft