The first table below looks at the demand for SOA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOA over the 3 months to 20 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 86 88 78
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -10
Permanent jobs citing SOA 9 10 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.727% 0.865% 0.881%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.055% 1.239% 1.218%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 9
Average salary £42,500 £35,750 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.88% -28.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £25,350 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £60,000 £68,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
853 807 739
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 68.90% 69.81% 72.31%
Number of salaries quoted 756 722 692
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £52,500 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SOA
UK

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales SOA Salary Trend

SOA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOA across the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
South Wales +1 9 £42,500 +16.43%
SOA
UK

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 5 (38.46%) Web Services
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) TDD
2 4 (30.77%) Open Source
2 4 (30.77%) .NET
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 4 (30.77%) UML
3 3 (23.08%) OO
3 3 (23.08%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) Java EE
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
4 2 (15.38%) soapUI
4 2 (15.38%) CMS
4 2 (15.38%) Scrum
4 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (15.38%) Umbraco
4 2 (15.38%) Selenium
4 2 (15.38%) WCF
4 2 (15.38%) Android
4 2 (15.38%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (15.38%) Sitecore
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 2 (15.38%) Windows
4 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
4 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
4 2 (15.38%) Java

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 5 (38.46%) Web Services
2 4 (30.77%) .NET
3 3 (23.08%) Java EE
4 2 (15.38%) WCF
4 2 (15.38%) soapUI
4 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
5 1 (7.692%) CSS
5 1 (7.692%) SOAP
5 1 (7.692%) J2EE
5 1 (7.692%) XML
5 1 (7.692%) XHTML
5 1 (7.692%) Lucene
5 1 (7.692%) Ajax
5 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
5 1 (7.692%) REST
5 1 (7.692%) jQuery
5 1 (7.692%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
1 2 (15.38%) CMS
1 2 (15.38%) Umbraco
1 2 (15.38%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (7.692%) Apache Solr
2 1 (7.692%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
1 2 (15.38%) Selenium
2 1 (7.692%) WebDriver
2 1 (7.692%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.692%) Ant
2 1 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (7.692%) LoadRunner
2 1 (7.692%) CruiseControl
2 1 (7.692%) Maven
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Architect
2 5 (38.46%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.692%) SOA Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Tester
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Open Source
2 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.692%) Client/Server
2 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
2 1 (7.692%) Handset
2 1 (7.692%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Android
1 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.692%) Windows 8
2 1 (7.692%) Windows Phone 8
2 1 (7.692%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) UML
1 4 (30.77%) TDD
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (23.08%) OO
3 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
3 2 (15.38%) OOD
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.692%) BDD
4 1 (7.692%) Regression Testing
4 1 (7.692%) MVC
4 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
4 1 (7.692%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C#
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Java
3 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.692%) Groovy
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Sitecore
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