Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank115121183
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Up+62
Matching permanent IT job ads160714772167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.870 %1.741 %1.062 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.877 %2.900 %1.887 %
Salaries quoted129611591747
Average salary£50,000£55,000£60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£35,500£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£90,000£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£51,500£52,500
% change year-on-year
-12.62 %-1.900 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5586550935114817
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK65.02 %60.06 %56.26 %
Salaries quoted461684162493134
Average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

SOA
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SOA within 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 citing SOA within the UK.

SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

SOA Salary Histogram

SOA
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+121490£50,000-9.09 %
LondonUp+16730£60,000-7.69 %
South EastUp+27352£47,500-5.00 %
City of LondonDown-6178£60,000-14.28 %
East of EnglandUp+23110£47,500-12.03 %
SurreyUp+5598£50,000+11.11 %
BerkshireNo change079£42,500-33.59 %
HampshireUp+1773£40,000-11.11 %
North WestUp+572£35,000-30.00 %
West MidlandsDown-1463£40,000-13.51 %
East MidlandsUp+3446£45,000+12.50 %
South WestUp+946£45,000-14.28 %
HertfordshireUp+3244£39,000-38.82 %
ManchesterDown-533£27,500-60.71 %
CheshireUp+1429£35,000-30.00 %
West SussexUp+1627£72,500+141.66 %
EssexUp+727£50,000-7.40 %
YorkshireDown-427£35,000-5.40 %
ColchesterUp+126£50,000-7.40 %
NottinghamshireUp+2122£37,500+7.14 %
CoventryUp+922£32,500-
OxfordshireUp+322£42,500+6.25 %
ScotlandDown-5422£32,500-27.77 %
EastleighDown-521£40,000-9.60 %
BirminghamDown-1321£40,000-23.80 %
NottinghamUp+3220£37,500+7.14 %
SuffolkUp+318£46,000+2.22 %
GloucestershireUp+315£45,000-30.76 %
IpswichNo change014£48,750+8.33 %
BuckinghamshireDown-214£65,000+20.37 %

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11040 (36.01 %)Java
2969 (33.55 %).NET
3740 (25.62 %)Web Services
4718 (24.86 %)Oracle
4718 (24.86 %)C#
5664 (22.99 %)XML
6653 (22.61 %)Finance
7627 (21.71 %)SQL Server
8608 (21.05 %)J2EE
9523 (18.11 %)SQL
10483 (16.72 %)OO
11424 (14.68 %)ASP.NET
12369 (12.78 %)HTML
13365 (12.64 %)Spring
14363 (12.57 %)Agile Software Development
15360 (12.47 %)JavaScript
16346 (11.98 %)CSS
17335 (11.60 %)Microsoft
18333 (11.53 %)WebSphere
19320 (11.08 %)WCF
20308 (10.66 %)E-Commerce
21307 (10.63 %)Scrum
22306 (10.60 %)UML
23302 (10.46 %)Middleware
24298 (10.32 %)Windows
25275 (9.522 %)Degree
26273 (9.453 %)AJAX
27261 (9.037 %)TOGAF
28256 (8.864 %)Enterprise Architecture
29251 (8.691 %)Hibernate

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1969 (33.55 %).NET
2740 (25.62 %)Web Services
3664 (22.99 %)XML
4608 (21.05 %)J2EE
5424 (14.68 %)ASP.NET
6369 (12.78 %)HTML
7365 (12.64 %)Spring
8346 (11.98 %)CSS
9333 (11.53 %)WebSphere
10320 (11.08 %)WCF
11302 (10.46 %)Middleware
12273 (9.453 %)AJAX
13251 (8.691 %)Hibernate
14208 (7.202 %)XSLT
15186 (6.440 %).NET Framework
16147 (5.090 %)EJB
17145 (5.021 %)WPF
18143 (4.952 %)JMS
19134 (4.640 %)SOAP
20117 (4.051 %)JSP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1207 (7.168 %)ESB
2196 (6.787 %)WebLogic
3164 (5.679 %)BizTalk Server
4122 (4.224 %)SharePoint
5116 (4.017 %)CMS
6101 (3.497 %)AquaLogic
773 (2.528 %)WebSphere Process Server
872 (2.493 %)SharePoint Server 2007
964 (2.216 %)IIS
1063 (2.181 %)WebLogic Portal
1161 (2.112 %)Apache
1259 (2.043 %)Tomcat
1259 (2.043 %)Force.com
1356 (1.939 %)WebSphere Application Server
1453 (1.835 %)WebSphere MQ
1550 (1.731 %)NetWeaver
1645 (1.558 %)JCAPS
1744 (1.524 %)Rendezvous
1838 (1.316 %)MQSeries
1937 (1.281 %)WebSphere Message Broker
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1123 (4.259 %)MS Excel
2118 (4.086 %)MS Visio
321 (0.727 %)MS Office
47 (0.242 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.173 %)Photoshop
64 (0.139 %)Fireworks
64 (0.139 %)InfoPath
73 (0.104 %)MS Project
82 (0.069 %)CA Clarity
82 (0.069 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
153 (1.835 %)Oracle EBS R12
237 (1.281 %)Oracle EBS
333 (1.143 %)Oracle Applications
429 (1.004 %)TIBCO iProcess
523 (0.796 %)BusinessWorks
622 (0.762 %)Oracle BPM
720 (0.693 %)Oracle Financials
813 (0.450 %)SAP CRM
911 (0.381 %)Oracle 11i
109 (0.312 %)Dynamics CRM
118 (0.277 %)Maximo
118 (0.277 %)Staffware
118 (0.277 %)Oracle ERP
127 (0.242 %)AquaLogic BPM
136 (0.208 %)Oracle iProcurement
136 (0.208 %)Pivotal CRM
145 (0.173 %)SAP MDM
145 (0.173 %)Temenos T24
154 (0.139 %)Oracle HRMS
154 (0.139 %)SAP R/3
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1166 (5.748 %)Internet
254 (1.870 %)HTTP
341 (1.420 %)SAN
420 (0.693 %)LDAP
518 (0.623 %)TCP/IP
615 (0.519 %)VoIP
713 (0.450 %)Firewall
811 (0.381 %)SMS
910 (0.346 %)LAN
910 (0.346 %)WAN
910 (0.346 %)Intranet
108 (0.277 %)NAS
117 (0.242 %)DSL
125 (0.173 %)Network Security
125 (0.173 %)iSCSI
125 (0.173 %)Extranet
134 (0.139 %)FTP
134 (0.139 %)RFID
143 (0.104 %)IP Telephony
152 (0.069 %)BSS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1627 (21.71 %)SQL Server
2153 (5.298 %)RDBMS
3133 (4.605 %)Oracle 10g
4122 (4.224 %)SQL Server 2005
596 (3.324 %)MySQL
668 (2.355 %)SQL Server 2008
766 (2.285 %)Oracle 8/8i
861 (2.112 %)Datawarehouse
960 (2.078 %)Oracle 11g
960 (2.078 %)SQL Server 2000
1041 (1.420 %)ETL
1138 (1.316 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1224 (0.831 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1323 (0.796 %)DB2
1418 (0.623 %)OLAP
1418 (0.623 %)BusinessObjects
1418 (0.623 %)Oracle BI EE
1517 (0.589 %)DTS
1616 (0.554 %)Oracle 9i
1715 (0.519 %)GIS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1127 (4.398 %)JUnit
2104 (3.601 %)Visual Studio
373 (2.528 %)Eclipse
373 (2.528 %)Subversion
467 (2.320 %)NUnit
564 (2.216 %)Ant
652 (1.801 %)Maven
742 (1.454 %)ClearCase
840 (1.385 %)QuickTest Pro
938 (1.316 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1037 (1.281 %)JDeveloper
1037 (1.281 %)Team Foundation Server
1131 (1.073 %)Log4j
1223 (0.796 %)ReSharper
1223 (0.796 %)LoadRunner
1321 (0.727 %)Selenium
1321 (0.727 %)MSTest
1419 (0.658 %)JMeter
1516 (0.554 %)WinRunner
1516 (0.554 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1653 (22.61 %)Finance
2236 (8.172 %)Banking
3210 (7.271 %)Retail
4176 (6.094 %)Pensions
5162 (5.609 %)Insurance
6114 (3.947 %)Health
791 (3.151 %)Investment Banking
880 (2.770 %)Telecoms
977 (2.666 %)Government
1051 (1.766 %)Education
1148 (1.662 %)Games
1239 (1.350 %)Front Office
1329 (1.004 %)Publishing
1428 (0.970 %)Back Office
1526 (0.900 %)Construction
1622 (0.762 %)Financial Institution
1716 (0.554 %)Social Media
1815 (0.519 %)Billing
1815 (0.519 %)Retail Banking
1914 (0.485 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11115 (38.61 %)Developer
2952 (32.96 %)Architect
3288 (9.972 %)Java Developer
4264 (9.141 %)C# Developer
5248 (8.587 %)Analyst
6244 (8.449 %)Senior Developer
7234 (8.102 %).NET Developer
8226 (7.825 %)Technical Architect
9209 (7.237 %)Solutions Architect
10195 (6.752 %)Consultant
10195 (6.752 %)Enterprise Architect
11106 (3.670 %)Designer
12101 (3.497 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1395 (3.289 %)ASP.NET Developer
1493 (3.220 %)Team Leader
1590 (3.116 %)J2EE Developer
1590 (3.116 %)SOA Architect
1689 (3.082 %)Senior Architect
1788 (3.047 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1877 (2.666 %)Analyst Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1120 (4.155 %)Computer Science
295 (3.289 %)N-Tier
391 (3.151 %)Client/Server
487 (3.012 %)Web 2.0
563 (2.181 %)Open Source
641 (1.420 %)SaaS
738 (1.316 %)Dependency Injection
837 (1.281 %)Multithreading
936 (1.247 %)Cloud Computing
1033 (1.143 %)Fixed Income
1132 (1.108 %)Equities
1132 (1.108 %)Mainframe
1231 (1.073 %)Derivative
1327 (0.935 %)Mathematics
1425 (0.866 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1524 (0.831 %)Social Network
1616 (0.554 %)Management Information System
1714 (0.485 %)Data Integration
1812 (0.416 %)Physics
1812 (0.416 %)Chemistry
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1298 (10.32 %)Windows
2243 (8.414 %)UNIX
3193 (6.683 %)Linux
440 (1.385 %)Solaris
531 (1.073 %)Red Hat Linux
628 (0.970 %)Windows Server 2003
716 (0.554 %)AIX
815 (0.519 %)Ubuntu
815 (0.519 %)Windows Server 2008
911 (0.381 %)Windows XP
109 (0.312 %)Windows Vista
115 (0.173 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
124 (0.139 %)MVS
133 (0.104 %)Fedora
133 (0.104 %)CentOS
142 (0.069 %)OS/400
151 (0.035 %)Windows NT
151 (0.035 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1483 (16.72 %)OO
2363 (12.57 %)Agile Software Development
3308 (10.66 %)E-Commerce
4307 (10.63 %)Scrum
5306 (10.60 %)UML
6261 (9.037 %)TOGAF
7256 (8.864 %)Enterprise Architecture
8226 (7.825 %)CRM
9223 (7.722 %)MVC
10220 (7.618 %)TDD
11218 (7.548 %)EAI
12193 (6.683 %)Zachman Framework
13147 (5.090 %)BPEL
14133 (4.605 %)Web Development
15131 (4.536 %)Data Modelling
16128 (4.432 %)RUP
17124 (4.294 %)Workflow
17124 (4.294 %)Migration
18123 (4.259 %)Project Management
19110 (3.809 %)Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11040 (36.01 %)Java
2718 (24.86 %)C#
3523 (18.11 %)SQL
4360 (12.47 %)JavaScript
5203 (7.029 %)PHP
6169 (5.852 %)C++
7102 (3.532 %)VB
888 (3.047 %)PL/SQL
975 (2.597 %)C
1073 (2.528 %)VB6
1170 (2.424 %)T-SQL
1259 (2.043 %)Apex Code
1349 (1.697 %)ABAP
1446 (1.593 %)VB.NET
1542 (1.454 %)PHP5
1639 (1.350 %)Perl
1731 (1.073 %)XPath
1826 (0.900 %)Shell Script
1925 (0.866 %)Ruby
2015 (0.519 %)XAML
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1275 (9.522 %)Degree
296 (3.324 %)Security Cleared
345 (1.558 %)SC Cleared
428 (0.970 %)ITIL Certification
525 (0.866 %)DV Cleared
621 (0.727 %)Microsoft Certification
715 (0.519 %)MCPD
812 (0.416 %)ISEB
98 (0.277 %)CISSP
98 (0.277 %)IBM Certification
107 (0.242 %)PMI Certification
116 (0.208 %)MCTS
125 (0.173 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
125 (0.173 %)Cisco Certification
125 (0.173 %)PMP
125 (0.173 %)MCSD
134 (0.139 %)CCDP
134 (0.139 %)SAP Certification
134 (0.139 %)APMP
143 (0.104 %)MBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
159 (2.043 %)QA
222 (0.762 %)SLA
312 (0.416 %)COBIT
47 (0.242 %)HL7
56 (0.208 %)PCI DSS
65 (0.173 %)JSP 440
72 (0.069 %)TickIT
72 (0.069 %)ISO9001
81 (0.035 %)ISO27001
81 (0.035 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
81 (0.035 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
145 (1.558 %)MSMQ
226 (0.900 %)VMware Infrastructure
325 (0.866 %)Oracle RAC
410 (0.346 %)Active Directory
410 (0.346 %)VMware ESX
410 (0.346 %)Oracle RMAN
59 (0.312 %)vSphere
66 (0.208 %)Terminal Services
75 (0.173 %)XenServer
81 (0.035 %)Hyper-V
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
118 (0.623 %)Data Guard
28 (0.277 %)HP Quality Center
28 (0.277 %)TIBCO Hawk
28 (0.277 %)TIBCO InConcert
32 (0.069 %)Tivoli
41 (0.035 %)MOM
41 (0.035 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.035 %)SCCM
41 (0.035 %)SCOM
41 (0.035 %)OpenView
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1718 (24.86 %)Oracle
2335 (11.60 %)Microsoft
3170 (5.886 %)SAP
4134 (4.640 %)IBM
5119 (4.120 %)TIBCO
6114 (3.947 %)JBoss
773 (2.528 %)BEA
871 (2.458 %)ATG
961 (2.112 %)Salesforce.com
1047 (1.627 %)webMethods
1139 (1.350 %)Siebel
1238 (1.316 %)FileNet
1337 (1.281 %)Sun
1434 (1.177 %)VMware
1533 (1.143 %)Perforce
1533 (1.143 %)Red Hat
1533 (1.143 %)Zend
1622 (0.762 %)Vignette
1721 (0.727 %)SeeBeyond
1820 (0.693 %)Sybase