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 22 May 2012 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.

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank139172182
Rank change year-on-year
Up+33Up+10
Matching permanent IT job ads221017761155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.833 %1.448 %1.210 %
As % of the Application Development category4.384 %3.616 %3.172 %
Number of salaries quoted197415531057
Average salary£45,000£42,500£41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88 %+3.03 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,500£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-+14.28 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
504084911936413
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK41.80 %40.06 %38.14 %
Number of salaries quoted447934339731363
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

SOAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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+302086£45,000+5.88 %
LondonUp+621068£50,000-3.84 %
South EastDown-17331£44,000+10.00 %
East of EnglandDown-1211£40,500+1.25 %
City of LondonUp+49203£55,003-
SurreyUp+45111£43,750-2.77 %
West MidlandsUp+41107£39,500-4.24 %
North WestDown-28106£32,500-13.33 %
South WestDown-1897£40,000+6.66 %
YorkshireDown-1386£32,500-7.14 %
HampshireDown-583£44,000+17.33 %
ScotlandUp+3075£36,000-20.00 %
East MidlandsUp+3373£40,000+11.88 %
HertfordshireUp+1866£55,000+22.22 %
WarwickshireUp+1963£37,500-6.25 %
EssexUp+1363£50,000+25.00 %
CambridgeshireDown-3352£37,500-
BerkshireDown-5252£40,000-
West YorkshireDown-1549£35,000-
GlasgowUp+1743£36,000-20.00 %
LeedsDown-1241£38,500+10.00 %
ManchesterDown-336£29,375-21.66 %
WiltshireDown-1336£50,000+53.84 %
NottinghamshireUp+3835£31,500-3.07 %
BuckinghamshireDown-934£35,000-6.66 %
CambridgeDown-2533£37,500+7.14 %
CheshireDown-3732£32,500-26.13 %
NottinghamUp+2831£25,000-23.07 %
RugbyNew entry-31£35,000-
HarlowUp+230£57,500+21.05 %

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

12440 (60.82 %)Web Services
22230 (55.58 %)XML
32211 (55.11 %)Java
41558 (38.83 %)JavaScript
51448 (36.09 %)SQL
61316 (32.80 %)HTML
71290 (32.15 %).NET
81183 (29.49 %)J2EE
91181 (29.44 %)CSS
101129 (28.14 %)REST
111029 (25.65 %)SQL Server
111029 (25.65 %)C#
12995 (24.80 %)Oracle
13973 (24.25 %)Spring
14865 (21.56 %)OO
15864 (21.54 %)Ajax
16823 (20.51 %)Agile Software Development
17789 (19.67 %)Hibernate
18754 (18.79 %)Linux
19739 (18.42 %)Finance
20715 (17.82 %)ASP.NET
21687 (17.12 %)MVC
22680 (16.95 %)jQuery
23666 (16.60 %)Degree
24654 (16.30 %)Tomcat
25644 (16.05 %)MySQL
26616 (15.35 %)JBoss
27614 (15.30 %)PHP
28612 (15.25 %)TDD
29570 (14.21 %)Scrum

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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
12440 (60.82 %)Web Services
22230 (55.58 %)XML
31316 (32.80 %)HTML
41290 (32.15 %).NET
51183 (29.49 %)J2EE
61181 (29.44 %)CSS
71129 (28.14 %)REST
8973 (24.25 %)Spring
9864 (21.54 %)Ajax
10789 (19.67 %)Hibernate
11715 (17.82 %)ASP.NET
12680 (16.95 %)jQuery
13512 (12.76 %)XSLT
14486 (12.11 %)JSP
15389 (9.696 %)JSON
16379 (9.447 %)WCF
17342 (8.524 %)RESTful
18337 (8.400 %)JMS
19336 (8.375 %)Struts
20325 (8.101 %)Servlets
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1654 (16.30 %)Tomcat
2548 (13.66 %)Apache
3264 (6.580 %)ESB
4252 (6.281 %)WebLogic
5223 (5.558 %)IIS
6171 (4.262 %)CMS
7111 (2.767 %)SharePoint
881 (2.019 %)Force.com
975 (1.869 %)WordPress
1066 (1.645 %)BizTalk Server
1162 (1.545 %)Drupal
1256 (1.396 %)Jetty
1256 (1.396 %)WebSphere MQ
1352 (1.296 %)ActiveMQ
1352 (1.296 %)WebSphere Application Server
1445 (1.122 %)SharePoint 2010
1542 (1.047 %)GlassFish
1638 (0.947 %)RabbitMQ
1735 (0.872 %)Umbraco
1829 (0.723 %)Joomla!
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1222 (5.533 %)MS Excel
288 (2.193 %)MS Visio
383 (2.069 %)Photoshop
449 (1.221 %)MS Office
512 (0.299 %)Fireworks
67 (0.174 %)MS PowerPoint
67 (0.174 %)InfoPath
76 (0.150 %)MS Project
85 (0.125 %)Adobe Illustrator
94 (0.100 %)Mingle
103 (0.075 %)InDesign
111 (0.025 %)Doxygen
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
151 (1.271 %)Dynamics CRM
216 (0.399 %)Oracle BPM
313 (0.324 %)Oracle CRM
411 (0.274 %)BusinessWorks
510 (0.249 %)SunGard Stream Clearvision
510 (0.249 %)SAP FI-GL
69 (0.224 %)SAP FI/CO
69 (0.224 %)SAP FI
69 (0.224 %)Summit
69 (0.224 %)SAP CO
77 (0.174 %)Movex
77 (0.174 %)WebTrends
86 (0.150 %)Oracle Applications
95 (0.125 %)SAP R/3
104 (0.100 %)Oracle 11i
104 (0.100 %)Oracle EBS
104 (0.100 %)Oracle ERP
113 (0.075 %)SAP HR
113 (0.075 %)Google Analytics
122 (0.050 %)Dynamics AX
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1490 (12.21 %)HTTP
2285 (7.104 %)Internet
3153 (3.814 %)TCP/IP
474 (1.844 %)Firewall
571 (1.770 %)SSL
670 (1.745 %)LDAP
759 (1.471 %)DNS
854 (1.346 %)FTP
953 (1.321 %)HTTPS
1037 (0.922 %)Intranet
1136 (0.897 %)CTI
1233 (0.823 %)SSH
1329 (0.723 %)Network Security
1428 (0.698 %)VoIP
1428 (0.698 %)SMTP
1526 (0.648 %)Unified Communications
1625 (0.623 %)SNMP
1722 (0.548 %)SAN
1722 (0.548 %)NAS
1821 (0.523 %)IPv6
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11029 (25.65 %)SQL Server
2644 (16.05 %)MySQL
3263 (6.555 %)SQL Server 2008
4260 (6.481 %)SQL Server 2005
5208 (5.184 %)RDBMS
6120 (2.991 %)Oracle 10g
7117 (2.916 %)SQL Server Integration Services
895 (2.368 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
961 (1.520 %)PostgreSQL
1056 (1.396 %)Oracle 8/8i
1150 (1.246 %)Oracle 11g
1248 (1.196 %)DB2
1347 (1.171 %)MongoDB
1445 (1.122 %)NoSQL
1544 (1.097 %)SQL Server 2000
1643 (1.072 %)Hadoop
1740 (0.997 %)ETL
1836 (0.897 %)Data Warehouse
1836 (0.897 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1934 (0.847 %)Crystal Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1505 (12.59 %)Subversion
2400 (9.970 %)JUnit
3377 (9.397 %)Maven
4337 (8.400 %)Eclipse
5259 (6.456 %)Visual Studio
6254 (6.331 %)Ant
7213 (5.309 %)Selenium
8159 (3.963 %)JIRA
9145 (3.614 %)Git (software)
10111 (2.767 %)Hudson
11107 (2.667 %)Team Foundation Server
11107 (2.667 %)ClearCase
12101 (2.517 %)FitNesse
1368 (1.695 %)QuickTest Pro
1463 (1.570 %)NUnit
1560 (1.496 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1656 (1.396 %)jMock
1753 (1.321 %)CruiseControl
1852 (1.296 %)Mockito
1951 (1.271 %)Mercurial
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1739 (18.42 %)Finance
2323 (8.051 %)Banking
3199 (4.960 %)Marketing
4182 (4.536 %)Telecoms
5178 (4.437 %)Games
6149 (3.714 %)Retail
762 (1.545 %)Advertising
762 (1.545 %)Back Office
847 (1.171 %)Legal
934 (0.847 %)Front Office
934 (0.847 %)Investment Banking
1033 (0.823 %)Online Betting
1129 (0.723 %)Publishing
1225 (0.623 %)Law
1322 (0.548 %)Electronics
1418 (0.449 %)Multimedia
1515 (0.374 %)Financial Institution
1611 (0.274 %)Manufacturing
1710 (0.249 %)Automotive
189 (0.224 %)Music
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12567 (63.98 %)Developer
2916 (22.83 %)Java Developer
3529 (13.19 %)Senior Developer
4476 (11.86 %).NET Developer
5412 (10.27 %)Web Developer
6349 (8.699 %)Architect
7308 (7.677 %)Analyst
8275 (6.854 %)C# Developer
9247 (6.157 %)PHP Developer
10241 (6.007 %)Software Engineer
11219 (5.459 %)C# .NET Developer
12215 (5.359 %)Senior Java Developer
13183 (4.561 %)Java/J2EE Developer
14170 (4.237 %)Software Developer
15142 (3.539 %)Lead Developer
16137 (3.415 %)ASP.NET Developer
17135 (3.365 %)Consultant
18131 (3.265 %)Technical Architect
19119 (2.966 %)J2EE Developer
2098 (2.443 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1258 (6.431 %)Computer Science
2204 (5.085 %)Open Source
3171 (4.262 %)iPhone
4151 (3.764 %)N-Tier
5133 (3.315 %)SaaS
6118 (2.941 %)Blackberry
7101 (2.517 %)iPad
895 (2.368 %)Web 2.0
988 (2.193 %)Online Games
1084 (2.094 %)Client/Server
1168 (1.695 %)Digital Media
1261 (1.520 %)Mathematics
1356 (1.396 %)Social Media
1446 (1.147 %)Cloud Computing
1541 (1.022 %)Spread Betting
1639 (0.972 %)Credit Risk
1735 (0.872 %)IVR
1833 (0.823 %)Data Integration
1833 (0.823 %)PaaS
1931 (0.773 %)Clustering
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1754 (18.79 %)Linux
2551 (13.73 %)Windows
3435 (10.84 %)UNIX
4253 (6.306 %)Android
5151 (3.764 %)Solaris
6125 (3.116 %)Apple iOS
771 (1.770 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
864 (1.595 %)Windows Mobile
952 (1.296 %)Windows Server 2003
1050 (1.246 %)AIX
1136 (0.897 %)Windows Server 2008
1221 (0.523 %)Debian
1221 (0.523 %)Ubuntu
1320 (0.499 %)CentOS
1418 (0.449 %)Windows XP
159 (0.224 %)BlackBerry OS
159 (0.224 %)Embedded Linux
168 (0.199 %)VxWorks
175 (0.125 %)Windows 2000
184 (0.100 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1865 (21.56 %)OO
2823 (20.51 %)Agile Software Development
3687 (17.12 %)MVC
4612 (15.25 %)TDD
5570 (14.21 %)Scrum
6554 (13.81 %)SOA
7466 (11.62 %)E-Commerce
8459 (11.44 %)UML
9324 (8.076 %)Web Development
9324 (8.076 %)Continuous Integration
10296 (7.378 %)Unit Testing
11290 (7.228 %)OOP
12220 (5.484 %)CRM
13189 (4.711 %)Project Management
14187 (4.661 %)OOD
15181 (4.511 %)Multithreading
16177 (4.412 %)Content Management
17170 (4.237 %)Software Engineering
18131 (3.265 %)Waterfall
19130 (3.240 %)Software Architecture
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12211 (55.11 %)Java
21558 (38.83 %)JavaScript
31448 (36.09 %)SQL
41029 (25.65 %)C#
5614 (15.30 %)PHP
6274 (6.830 %)C++
7254 (6.331 %)T-SQL
8223 (5.558 %)VB.NET
9211 (5.259 %)PHP5
10170 (4.237 %)C
11163 (4.063 %)Python
12160 (3.988 %)XPath
13148 (3.689 %)PL/SQL
14147 (3.664 %)Perl
15132 (3.290 %)VB
16128 (3.190 %)Ruby
1790 (2.243 %)Apex Code
1889 (2.218 %)Bash shell
1975 (1.869 %)Objective-C
2072 (1.795 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1666 (16.60 %)Degree
2114 (2.841 %)Security Cleared
388 (2.193 %)Microsoft Certification
464 (1.595 %)SC Cleared
560 (1.496 %)ISEB
629 (0.723 %)MCTS
728 (0.698 %)CISSP
728 (0.698 %)Sun Certification
728 (0.698 %)MCSD
822 (0.548 %)MCP
822 (0.548 %)MCAD
916 (0.399 %)Cisco Certification
916 (0.399 %)ISTQB
1015 (0.374 %)MCPD
1015 (0.374 %)CSSLP
1114 (0.349 %)CISA
1212 (0.299 %)MCSE
1212 (0.299 %)MCSA
1311 (0.274 %)CISM
1410 (0.249 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1309 (7.702 %)QA
227 (0.673 %)PCI DSS
322 (0.548 %)ISO 9001
416 (0.399 %)ISO 8583
514 (0.349 %)ISO/IEC 27001
613 (0.324 %)Data Quality
711 (0.274 %)WAI
711 (0.274 %)SLA
87 (0.174 %)ISO/IEC 17799
87 (0.174 %)COBIT
93 (0.075 %)ISO 9000
102 (0.050 %)WCAG
111 (0.025 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
111 (0.025 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
135 (0.872 %)Active Directory
223 (0.573 %)VMware Infrastructure
38 (0.199 %)Samba
42 (0.050 %)vSphere
42 (0.050 %)Varnish
42 (0.050 %)NFS
51 (0.025 %)Postfix
51 (0.025 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.025 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
126 (0.648 %)Puppet
224 (0.598 %)Nagios
316 (0.399 %)HP Quality Center
45 (0.125 %)ZABBIX
45 (0.125 %)OpenView
45 (0.125 %)MOM
54 (0.100 %)BMC PATROL
63 (0.075 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
63 (0.075 %)CA SiteMinder
71 (0.025 %)Novell Identity Manager
71 (0.025 %)ServiceCenter
71 (0.025 %)SCOM
71 (0.025 %)Data Guard
71 (0.025 %)Tivoli
71 (0.025 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
71 (0.025 %)Control-M
71 (0.025 %)Oracle Identity Management
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1995 (24.80 %)Oracle
2616 (15.35 %)JBoss
3424 (10.57 %)Microsoft
4152 (3.789 %)IBM
5109 (2.717 %)Zend
6104 (2.592 %)Salesforce.com
795 (2.368 %)Symbian
886 (2.144 %)SAP
886 (2.144 %)Sun
973 (1.820 %)HP
1069 (1.720 %)Google
1167 (1.670 %)TIBCO
1259 (1.471 %)Red Hat
1352 (1.296 %)Facebook
1443 (1.072 %)Cisco
1534 (0.847 %)Sybase
1628 (0.698 %)ATG
1628 (0.698 %)Twitter
1726 (0.648 %)Perforce
1825 (0.623 %)Adobe