Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SOAP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOAP over the 3 months to 9 February 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 Application Development category.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank222231216
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Down-15
Matching permanent IT job ads7138171774
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.905 %0.808 %0.878 %
As % of the Application Development category2.487 %2.363 %2.756 %
Salaries quoted6597121476
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£68,750£65,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£38,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-10.52 %+8.570 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
286743457164377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.42 %34.20 %31.86 %
Salaries quoted248923022554762
Average salary£37,500£37,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.350 %-1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-

SOAP
Demand Trend

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

SOAP Demand Trend

SOAP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SOAP within the UK.

SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOAP over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

SOAP Salary Histogram

SOAP
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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+17685£40,000-
LondonUp+3257£55,000+15.78 %
South EastUp+22128£41,250+3.12 %
YorkshireUp+55127£32,500-18.75 %
City of LondonUp+4580£49,500+27.74 %
SurreyUp+4654£45,000+4.04 %
South YorkshireUp+4251£33,500-1.47 %
BerkshireUp+4345£36,500-28.78 %
North YorkshireUp+4944£32,500+25.00 %
East MidlandsUp+4443£29,000-17.14 %
East of EnglandUp+1340£33,500-16.25 %
SheffieldUp+3739£32,500-4.41 %
West MidlandsUp+1935£40,000+14.28 %
CambridgeshireUp+2734£35,000-
CambridgeUp+2332£29,000-27.50 %
North WestUp+230£37,500+25.00 %
SelbyNew entry-25£31,500-
YorkNew entry-21£36,000-
South WestUp+220£32,500-7.14 %
ScotlandDown-1520£43,000-2.27 %
NottinghamshireUp+3719£35,000-6.66 %
NottinghamUp+3418£35,000-6.66 %
ManchesterUp+2218£35,000+27.27 %
West YorkshireDown-615£37,500-6.25 %
GlasgowNew entry-15£45,000-
East YorkshireNew entry-15£28,000-
BirminghamUp+2814£40,000+25.00 %
LincolnshireUp+1414£27,000-32.50 %
East SussexUp+1312£28,500-15.55 %
BrightonUp+1112£28,500-15.55 %

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1917 (72.20 %)XML
2648 (51.02 %)Web Services
3645 (50.79 %)C#
4609 (47.95 %).NET
5506 (39.84 %)SQL Server
6491 (38.66 %)Java
7446 (35.12 %)JavaScript
8441 (34.72 %)ASP.NET
9426 (33.54 %)AJAX
10384 (30.24 %)CSS
11372 (29.29 %)SQL
12368 (28.98 %)HTML
13261 (20.55 %)MySQL
14245 (19.29 %)PHP
15231 (18.19 %)OO
16205 (16.14 %)Microsoft
17202 (15.91 %)XHTML
18192 (15.12 %)XSLT
19189 (14.88 %)Linux
20187 (14.72 %)VB.NET
21165 (12.99 %)Hibernate
22163 (12.83 %)Spring
23162 (12.76 %)Oracle
24160 (12.60 %)Perl
24160 (12.60 %)HTTP
25155 (12.20 %)Degree
26153 (12.05 %)J2EE
27152 (11.97 %)UNIX
28142 (11.18 %)Web Development
29134 (10.55 %)C

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1917 (72.20 %)XML
2648 (51.02 %)Web Services
3609 (47.95 %).NET
4441 (34.72 %)ASP.NET
5426 (33.54 %)AJAX
6384 (30.24 %)CSS
7368 (28.98 %)HTML
8202 (15.91 %)XHTML
9192 (15.12 %)XSLT
10165 (12.99 %)Hibernate
11163 (12.83 %)Spring
12153 (12.05 %)J2EE
13129 (10.16 %)jQuery
14126 (9.921 %).NET Framework
15121 (9.528 %)WCF
16109 (8.583 %)JSP
17105 (8.268 %)MVC
1886 (6.772 %)JSON
1982 (6.457 %)Struts
2079 (6.220 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1128 (10.08 %)Apache
2124 (9.764 %)Tomcat
356 (4.409 %)CMS
445 (3.543 %)BizTalk Server
544 (3.465 %)IIS
637 (2.913 %)WebLogic
736 (2.835 %)SharePoint
834 (2.677 %)MQSeries
923 (1.811 %)Jetty
923 (1.811 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1021 (1.654 %)Drupal
1117 (1.339 %)WordPress
1210 (0.787 %)SharePoint Portal Server
137 (0.551 %)NetWeaver
145 (0.394 %)Alfresco
145 (0.394 %)GlassFish
145 (0.394 %)WebSphere Application Server
154 (0.315 %)DotNetNuke
154 (0.315 %)Joomla!
154 (0.315 %)nginx
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
168 (5.354 %)MS Excel
245 (3.543 %)Photoshop
320 (1.575 %)Adobe Illustrator
416 (1.260 %)MS Visio
59 (0.709 %)InfoPath
68 (0.630 %)MS Office
75 (0.394 %)Fireworks
83 (0.236 %)S-PLUS
83 (0.236 %)MS Project
92 (0.157 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.315 %)BusinessWorks
23 (0.236 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.236 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.157 %)SAP R/3
32 (0.157 %)WebTrends
32 (0.157 %)SAP PM
32 (0.157 %)SAP Business One
41 (0.079 %)SAP Oil and Gas
41 (0.079 %)Oracle EBS R12
41 (0.079 %)SAP CRM
41 (0.079 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1160 (12.60 %)HTTP
257 (4.488 %)Internet
346 (3.622 %)TCP/IP
422 (1.732 %)SMTP
519 (1.496 %)SSL
519 (1.496 %)SSH
617 (1.339 %)FTP
715 (1.181 %)DNS
814 (1.102 %)Firewall
99 (0.709 %)Intranet
108 (0.630 %)SNMP
108 (0.630 %)SAN
117 (0.551 %)HTTPS
117 (0.551 %)WAN
117 (0.551 %)LAN
124 (0.315 %)Broadband
133 (0.236 %)NAS
133 (0.236 %)RTP
133 (0.236 %)RFID
142 (0.157 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1506 (39.84 %)SQL Server
2261 (20.55 %)MySQL
390 (7.087 %)SQL Server 2005
466 (5.197 %)SQL Server 2000
556 (4.409 %)RDBMS
637 (2.913 %)SQL Server Integration Services
736 (2.835 %)DB2
830 (2.362 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
924 (1.890 %)Informix
924 (1.890 %)SQL Server 2008
1020 (1.575 %)PostgreSQL
1020 (1.575 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1113 (1.024 %)Datawarehouse
1210 (0.787 %)Oracle 10g
139 (0.709 %)Oracle 8/8i
146 (0.472 %)Data Mining
146 (0.472 %)GIS
155 (0.394 %)TOAD
155 (0.394 %)DTS
164 (0.315 %)Oracle Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1124 (9.764 %)Subversion
2103 (8.110 %)Visual Studio
395 (7.480 %)NUnit
471 (5.591 %)JUnit
562 (4.882 %)Ant
651 (4.016 %)Maven
748 (3.780 %)Eclipse
826 (2.047 %)VSS/SourceSafe
919 (1.496 %)Dreamweaver
1014 (1.102 %)FitNesse
1113 (1.024 %)Selenium
1212 (0.945 %)CruiseControl
1212 (0.945 %)Visual Studio Team System
1310 (0.787 %)Log4j
147 (0.551 %)TestNG
156 (0.472 %)JMeter
165 (0.394 %)jMock
165 (0.394 %)Flex Builder
174 (0.315 %)ClearCase
174 (0.315 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1110 (8.661 %)Finance
296 (7.559 %)Banking
346 (3.622 %)Investment Banking
442 (3.307 %)Front Office
537 (2.913 %)Retail
636 (2.835 %)Marketing
730 (2.362 %)Games
730 (2.362 %)Pensions
825 (1.969 %)Health
923 (1.811 %)Back Office
1022 (1.732 %)Insurance
1115 (1.181 %)Online Games
1115 (1.181 %)Telecoms
1213 (1.024 %)Music
1213 (1.024 %)Education
1312 (0.945 %)Law
1312 (0.945 %)Multimedia
1410 (0.787 %)Government
1410 (0.787 %)Publishing
157 (0.551 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1903 (71.10 %)Developer
2200 (15.75 %)Java Developer
3193 (15.20 %)Senior Developer
4189 (14.88 %).NET Developer
5156 (12.28 %)Web Developer
6104 (8.189 %)C# Developer
7100 (7.874 %)Architect
899 (7.795 %)PHP Developer
981 (6.378 %)Software Engineer
1073 (5.748 %)Analyst
1073 (5.748 %)Software Developer
1073 (5.748 %)Programmer
1170 (5.512 %)Applications Developer
1250 (3.937 %)ASP.NET Developer
1346 (3.622 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1442 (3.307 %)Analyst Programmer
1538 (2.992 %)Technical Architect
1538 (2.992 %)Senior Web Developer
1635 (2.756 %)Consultant
1635 (2.756 %)PHP Web Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
184 (6.614 %)N-Tier
275 (5.906 %)Computer Science
348 (3.780 %)Derivative
436 (2.835 %)Equity Derivative
532 (2.520 %)Open Source
629 (2.283 %)Multithreading
726 (2.047 %)Web 2.0
822 (1.732 %)Client/Server
918 (1.417 %)iPhone
1016 (1.260 %)Blackberry
1112 (0.945 %)Grid Computing
1211 (0.866 %)SaaS
1211 (0.866 %)RIA
1211 (0.866 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1310 (0.787 %)Equities
1310 (0.787 %)Data Conversion
1310 (0.787 %)Mathematics
149 (0.709 %)Fat Client
149 (0.709 %)Credit Derivative
149 (0.709 %)Thin Client
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1189 (14.88 %)Linux
2152 (11.97 %)UNIX
3110 (8.661 %)Windows
446 (3.622 %)Solaris
523 (1.811 %)Windows Server 2003
611 (0.866 %)Windows 2000
710 (0.787 %)Ubuntu
89 (0.709 %)Windows Server 2008
89 (0.709 %)Red Hat Linux
96 (0.472 %)Windows 2000 Server
96 (0.472 %)Mac OS
105 (0.394 %)Windows Mobile
105 (0.394 %)SUSE
113 (0.236 %)CentOS
113 (0.236 %)Fedora
122 (0.157 %)Windows XP
122 (0.157 %)Android
122 (0.157 %)Windows Vista
131 (0.079 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1231 (18.19 %)OO
2142 (11.18 %)Web Development
3121 (9.528 %)E-Commerce
490 (7.087 %)SOA
586 (6.772 %)Scrum
673 (5.748 %)Agile Software Development
765 (5.118 %)OOD
862 (4.882 %)RAD
957 (4.488 %)UML
1051 (4.016 %)TDD
1147 (3.701 %)OOP
1147 (3.701 %)Content Management
1240 (3.150 %)Unit Testing
1337 (2.913 %)CRM
1337 (2.913 %)Continuous Integration
1435 (2.756 %)B2B
1534 (2.677 %)Software Engineering
1534 (2.677 %)Migration
1630 (2.362 %)SEO
1729 (2.283 %)Requirements Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1645 (50.79 %)C#
2491 (38.66 %)Java
3446 (35.12 %)JavaScript
4372 (29.29 %)SQL
5245 (19.29 %)PHP
6187 (14.72 %)VB.NET
7160 (12.60 %)Perl
8134 (10.55 %)C
9101 (7.953 %)C++
1091 (7.165 %)VB
1183 (6.535 %)T-SQL
1267 (5.276 %)PHP5
1354 (4.252 %)Python
1451 (4.016 %)Ruby
1533 (2.598 %)Shell Script
1533 (2.598 %)VB6
1626 (2.047 %)Delphi
1721 (1.654 %)VBScript
1721 (1.654 %)ActionScript
1818 (1.417 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1155 (12.20 %)Degree
215 (1.181 %)Security Cleared
38 (0.630 %)ISEB
47 (0.551 %)Microsoft Certification
55 (0.394 %)SC Cleared
64 (0.315 %)MCAD
64 (0.315 %)MCSD
64 (0.315 %)MCPD
72 (0.157 %)ISEB Practitioner
72 (0.157 %)ISTQB
72 (0.157 %)CFA
81 (0.079 %)BC Cleared
81 (0.079 %)Sun Certification
81 (0.079 %)Postgraduate
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
133 (2.598 %)WAI
219 (1.496 %)QA
33 (0.236 %)HL7
41 (0.079 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (0.630 %)Active Directory
25 (0.394 %)Xen
31 (0.079 %)Samba
31 (0.079 %)MSMQ
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (0.787 %)AutoSys
25 (0.394 %)Zenoss
25 (0.394 %)Nagios
34 (0.315 %)Tivoli
34 (0.315 %)Tivoli Monitoring
34 (0.315 %)TIBCO Hawk
34 (0.315 %)Plesk
41 (0.079 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1205 (16.14 %)Microsoft
2162 (12.76 %)Oracle
3131 (10.31 %)JBoss
447 (3.701 %)Zend
447 (3.701 %)Sybase
540 (3.150 %)Google
630 (2.362 %)SAP
719 (1.496 %)Yahoo!
814 (1.102 %)Red Hat
913 (1.024 %)Perforce
913 (1.024 %)TIBCO
1011 (0.866 %)Adobe
119 (0.709 %)HP
127 (0.551 %)Lagan
127 (0.551 %)DataSynapse
127 (0.551 %)BEA
136 (0.472 %)Symbian
136 (0.472 %)IBM
136 (0.472 %)Sun
145 (0.394 %)JD Edwards