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This section looks at the demand for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank160201
Rank change on same period last yearUp+41
Matching permanent IT job ads24772229
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.212 %0.957 %
As % of the category below2.173 %1.763 %
Salaries quoted20791794
Average minimum salary£55,515£57,313
Average salary£61,821£62,320
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
Average maximum salary£68,127£67,327
UK excluding London average salary£58,648£59,297
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Processes & Methodologies UKProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads113995126436
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled55.77 %54.30 %
Salaries quoted9256299914
Average minimum salary£43,631£44,803
Average salary£47,758£48,845
% change on same period last year-2.22 %
Average maximum salary£51,884£52,888
UK excluding London average salary£42,900£44,043
% change on same period last year-2.59 %

SOA
Demand Trend

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

SOA Demand Trend

SOA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing SOA across the UK.

SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the UK over the past 3 months.

SOA Salary Histogram

SOA
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOA within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+382237£61,328+2.98 %
2LondonUp+631097£65,680-1.98 %
3South EastUp+26523£58,459+7.89 %
4City of LondonUp+64267£70,086+10.96 %
5North WestUp+4140£66,819+20.03 %
6BerkshireUp+46133£51,325-6.33 %
7South WestDown-26127£46,461+7.88 %
8SurreyDown-29123£60,148+17.57 %
9HampshireUp+11114£72,931+50.63 %
10West MidlandsUp+46106£67,300+29.32 %
11ScotlandUp+80101£46,875+1.81 %
12East of EnglandUp+1892£54,924+2.74 %
13ManchesterUp+1489£62,848+18.45 %
14BirminghamUp+5683£72,750+14.08 %
15YorkshireUp+569£43,882-28.49 %
16West LothianUp+2567£47,970+12.87 %
17LivingstonUp+3260£50,669+19.22 %
18West YorkshireUp+1359£45,123-23.20 %
19BuckinghamshireDown-1845£47,132-14.60 %
20DorsetUp+1643£44,953-2.51 %
20North EastUp+4943£43,676-45.40 %
21HertfordshireUp+1335£53,641-4.09 %
22East MidlandsDown-2834£53,045+18.46 %
22ReadingUp+1734£57,804-3.35 %
23IpswichUp+1033£61,875+17.02 %
23SuffolkDown-233£61,875+17.02 %
23BristolDown-233£54,278+30.00 %
24KentNew entry-32£31,750-
25HalifaxNew entry-31£38,323-
26FarnboroughNew entry-26£67,680-

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing SOA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SOA.

11895 (39.79 %)Java
21724 (36.20 %)J2EE
31675 (35.17 %).NET
41240 (26.04 %)Oracle
51169 (24.55 %)WebServices
61162 (24.40 %)Finance
71072 (22.51 %)XML
81053 (22.11 %)UML
9795 (16.69 %)C#
10778 (16.34 %)SQL
11771 (16.19 %)EAI
12723 (15.18 %)OO
13702 (14.74 %)TOGAF
14656 (13.78 %)SQL Server
15647 (13.59 %)WebSphere
16607 (12.75 %)Microsoft
17537 (11.28 %)Banking
18536 (11.26 %)Spring
19532 (11.17 %)Zachman Framework
20529 (11.11 %)Enterprise Architecture
21473 (9.933 %)SAP
22448 (9.408 %)WebLogic
23445 (9.345 %)Middleware
24418 (8.778 %)Retail
25397 (8.337 %)Hibernate
26389 (8.169 %)Insurance
27367 (7.707 %)ASP.NET
28361 (7.581 %)Telecoms
29347 (7.287 %)C++
30346 (7.266 %)CRM

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing SOA also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SOA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11724 (36.20 %)J2EE
21675 (35.17 %).NET
31169 (24.55 %)WebServices
41072 (22.51 %)XML
5647 (13.59 %)WebSphere
6536 (11.26 %)Spring
7445 (9.345 %)Middleware
8397 (8.337 %)Hibernate
9367 (7.707 %)ASP.NET
10275 (5.775 %)HTML
11257 (5.397 %)AJAX
12230 (4.830 %)SOAP
13200 (4.200 %).NET Framework
14198 (4.158 %)JSP
15182 (3.822 %)XSLT
16174 (3.654 %)EJB
17159 (3.339 %)Struts
18158 (3.318 %)JMS
19133 (2.793 %)CSS
20112 (2.352 %)J2SE
Application Platforms
1448 (9.408 %)WebLogic
2297 (6.237 %)ESB
3231 (4.851 %)BizTalk Server
4191 (4.011 %)NetWeaver
5159 (3.339 %)SharePoint
6102 (2.142 %)WebLogic Portal
7101 (2.121 %)CICS
896 (2.016 %)CMS
986 (1.806 %)IIS
1084 (1.764 %)JBoss
1179 (1.659 %)MQSeries
1274 (1.554 %)ColdFusion
1373 (1.533 %)WPS
1469 (1.449 %)Tomcat
1568 (1.428 %)WebSphere Application Server
1665 (1.365 %)Apache
1758 (1.218 %)WebSphere MQ
1758 (1.218 %)Oracle Workflow
1838 (0.798 %)Oracle 10gAS
1935 (0.735 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
1197 (4.137 %)MS Visio
2162 (3.402 %)MS Excel
321 (0.441 %)MS Office
417 (0.357 %)MS Project
54 (0.084 %)InfoPath
62 (0.042 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.021 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.021 %)Photoshop
Business Applications
186 (1.806 %)SAP Oil and Gas
282 (1.722 %)Oracle Applications
371 (1.491 %)Oracle EBS
463 (1.323 %)Oracle 11i
535 (0.735 %)Oracle Financials
535 (0.735 %)SAP MDM
617 (0.357 %)Dynamics CRM
714 (0.294 %)Summit
811 (0.231 %)Oracle HRMS
910 (0.210 %)Oracle ERP
910 (0.210 %)BusinessWorks
108 (0.168 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
117 (0.147 %)SAP ERP
126 (0.126 %)Siebel Analytics
126 (0.126 %)Dynamics AX
135 (0.105 %)Temenos T24
135 (0.105 %)SAP Analytics
144 (0.084 %)Endur
153 (0.063 %)Axapta
153 (0.063 %)TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
1329 (6.909 %)Internet
297 (2.037 %)Intranet
371 (1.491 %)LDAP
447 (0.987 %)TCP/IP
542 (0.882 %)SAN
625 (0.525 %)Extranet
721 (0.441 %)Wireless
819 (0.399 %)HTTP
917 (0.357 %)WAN
1016 (0.336 %)VoIP
1115 (0.315 %)GSM
1214 (0.294 %)LAN
1313 (0.273 %)CTI
1411 (0.231 %)Broadband
159 (0.189 %)WINS
159 (0.189 %)SSL
168 (0.168 %)HTTPS
168 (0.168 %)IIOP
168 (0.168 %)BSS
168 (0.168 %)GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1656 (13.78 %)SQL Server
2271 (5.691 %)RDBMS
3236 (4.956 %)Oracle 10g
4204 (4.284 %)SQL Server 2005
5174 (3.654 %)Datawarehouse
6131 (2.751 %)DB2
793 (1.953 %)Oracle 8/8i
886 (1.806 %)SQL Server 2000
974 (1.554 %)BusinessObjects
1073 (1.533 %)Oracle 9i
1170 (1.470 %)ETL
1263 (1.323 %)Oracle Reports
1362 (1.302 %)Oracle Discoverer
1458 (1.218 %)Adabas
1549 (1.029 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1645 (0.945 %)SQL Server 7
1736 (0.756 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1736 (0.756 %)OLAP
1832 (0.672 %)Oracle 11g
1930 (0.630 %)MySQL
Development Applications
1173 (3.633 %)Eclipse
2120 (2.520 %)Visual Studio
3104 (2.184 %)Ant
487 (1.827 %)JUnit
582 (1.722 %)Oracle Forms
670 (1.470 %)JDeveloper
744 (0.924 %)Subversion
836 (0.756 %)QuickTest Pro
924 (0.504 %)ClearCase
1022 (0.462 %)ClearQuest
1120 (0.420 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1120 (0.420 %)jMock
1216 (0.336 %)Introscope
1314 (0.294 %)Telelogic DOORS
1314 (0.294 %)Rational Rose
1413 (0.273 %)WinRunner
1512 (0.252 %)XDoclet
1610 (0.210 %)ERwin
179 (0.189 %)WebLogic Workshop
179 (0.189 %)JIRA
General
11162 (24.40 %)Finance
2537 (11.28 %)Banking
3418 (8.778 %)Retail
4389 (8.169 %)Insurance
5361 (7.581 %)Telecoms
6187 (3.927 %)Investment Banking
7181 (3.801 %)Health
8170 (3.570 %)Front Office
9146 (3.066 %)Government
10143 (3.003 %)Pensions
11117 (2.457 %)Retail Banking
12100 (2.100 %)Billing
1391 (1.911 %)Construction
1487 (1.827 %)Marketing
1569 (1.449 %)Education
1657 (1.197 %)Back Office
1745 (0.945 %)Manufacturing
1745 (0.945 %)Publishing
1844 (0.924 %)Pharmaceutical
1933 (0.693 %)Games
Job Titles
12134 (44.81 %)Architect
21232 (25.87 %)Developer
3615 (12.91 %)Consultant
4580 (12.18 %)Enterprise Architect
5556 (11.68 %)Solutions Architect
6500 (10.50 %)Technical Architect
7467 (9.807 %)Java Developer
8373 (7.833 %)Senior Developer
9292 (6.132 %)Analyst
10285 (5.985 %).NET Developer
11255 (5.355 %)C# Developer
12203 (4.263 %)Java Architect
13183 (3.843 %)J2EE Architect
14173 (3.633 %)Senior Java Developer
15142 (2.982 %)Java/J2EE Developer
16141 (2.961 %)J2EE Developer
17129 (2.709 %)Applications Architect
18125 (2.625 %).NET Architect
19112 (2.352 %)Project Manager
20104 (2.184 %)Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1196 (4.116 %)Mainframe
2166 (3.486 %)N-Tier
3142 (2.982 %)Derivative
4118 (2.478 %)Client/Server
5106 (2.226 %)Web 2.0
697 (2.037 %)AS400
774 (1.554 %)Computer Science
862 (1.302 %)Management Information System
961 (1.281 %)Data Integration
1055 (1.155 %)Equity Derivative
1147 (0.987 %)Grid Computing
1246 (0.966 %)Equities
1345 (0.945 %)Fixed Income
1440 (0.840 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1440 (0.840 %)Mathematics
1531 (0.651 %)Asset Management
1626 (0.546 %)RIA
1626 (0.546 %)Multithreading
1720 (0.420 %)IVR
1817 (0.357 %)PMI
Operating Systems
1310 (6.510 %)Unix
2256 (5.376 %)Windows
3186 (3.906 %)Linux
470 (1.470 %)Windows NT
564 (1.344 %)Solaris
611 (0.231 %)AIX
79 (0.189 %)Windows Mobile
86 (0.126 %)Windows XP
94 (0.084 %)MVS
103 (0.063 %)HPUX
112 (0.042 %)Windows 2000
112 (0.042 %)Windows Server 2003
121 (0.021 %)VxWorks
121 (0.021 %)Gentoo
121 (0.021 %)zOS
Processes & Methodologies
11053 (22.11 %)UML
2771 (16.19 %)EAI
3723 (15.18 %)OO
4702 (14.74 %)TOGAF
5532 (11.17 %)Zachman Framework
6529 (11.11 %)Enterprise Architecture
7346 (7.266 %)CRM
8326 (6.846 %)RUP
9315 (6.615 %)Business Intelligence
10304 (6.384 %)BPM
11287 (6.027 %)Agile Software Development
12257 (5.397 %)ERP
13223 (4.683 %)Project Management
14215 (4.515 %)Migration
15205 (4.305 %)Technical Architecture
16191 (4.011 %)Workflow
17189 (3.969 %)E-Commerce
18164 (3.444 %)Data Modelling
18164 (3.444 %)Scrum
19127 (2.667 %)Data Migration
Programming Languages
11895 (39.79 %)Java
2795 (16.69 %)C#
3778 (16.34 %)SQL
4347 (7.287 %)C++
5227 (4.767 %)VB
6219 (4.599 %)JavaScript
7201 (4.221 %)PL/SQL
8170 (3.570 %)C
9157 (3.297 %)VB.NET
10135 (2.835 %)VB6
11101 (2.121 %)COBOL
1296 (2.016 %)DHTML
1395 (1.995 %)Perl
1464 (1.344 %)Transact-SQL
1551 (1.071 %)PHP
1642 (0.882 %)Shell Script
1739 (0.819 %)ABAP
1833 (0.693 %)VC++
1929 (0.609 %)Python
2025 (0.525 %)XPath
Qualifications
1290 (6.090 %)Degree
244 (0.924 %)Microsoft Certification
335 (0.735 %)IBM Certification
434 (0.714 %)Sun Certification
525 (0.525 %)OCP
525 (0.525 %)Oracle Certification
619 (0.399 %)PMP
619 (0.399 %)PMI Certification
716 (0.336 %)ISEB
810 (0.210 %)CISA
810 (0.210 %)CISM
810 (0.210 %)MBA
99 (0.189 %)MCSD
99 (0.189 %)PhD
108 (0.168 %)MCAD
108 (0.168 %)SCEA
116 (0.126 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
116 (0.126 %)MCSE
125 (0.105 %)CISSP
125 (0.105 %)CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
144 (0.924 %)QA
213 (0.273 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
312 (0.252 %)HL7
411 (0.231 %)DICOM
510 (0.210 %)BS7799
68 (0.168 %)Basel II
77 (0.147 %)HMG Infosec
77 (0.147 %)JSP 440
86 (0.126 %)COBIT
86 (0.126 %)SLA
92 (0.042 %)RosettaNet
92 (0.042 %)WCAG
92 (0.042 %)WAI
101 (0.021 %)ISO27001
101 (0.021 %)ISO17799
101 (0.021 %)ISO9001
System Software
1106 (2.226 %)AquaLogic
267 (1.407 %)Oracle RAC
337 (0.777 %)MSMQ
432 (0.672 %)Active Directory
56 (0.126 %)Oracle RMAN
64 (0.084 %)NetBackup
64 (0.084 %)Backup Exec
73 (0.063 %)VMware ESX
82 (0.042 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
91 (0.021 %)Xen
Systems Management
111 (0.231 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
210 (0.210 %)OpenView
37 (0.147 %)Tivoli
37 (0.147 %)MOM
44 (0.084 %)HP Data Protector
52 (0.042 %)TIBCO InConcert
52 (0.042 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
61 (0.021 %)Unicenter
Vendors
11240 (26.04 %)Oracle
2607 (12.75 %)Microsoft
3473 (9.933 %)SAP
4280 (5.880 %)IBM
5165 (3.465 %)Sybase
6136 (2.856 %)webMethods
7121 (2.541 %)BEA
8115 (2.415 %)Sun
9100 (2.100 %)Siebel
1074 (1.554 %)Business Objects
1172 (1.512 %)TIBCO
1264 (1.344 %)Red Hat
1353 (1.113 %)Chordiant
1449 (1.029 %)Cognos
1533 (0.693 %)PeopleSoft
1631 (0.651 %)JD Edwards
1631 (0.651 %)ICL
1730 (0.630 %)CA
1827 (0.567 %)HP
1924 (0.504 %)FileNet
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