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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SOAP over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank9398
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads1315
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
As % of the category below2.234 %2.604 %
Salaries quoted1312
Average minimum salary£27,231£21,167
Average salary£31,462£24,221
% change on same period last year+29.89 %
Average maximum salary£35,692£27,275
UK excluding London average salary£39,967£39,780
% change on same period last year+0.47 %
Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads582576
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.377 %0.257 %
Salaries quoted567539
Average minimum salary£29,810£28,077
Average salary£33,094£31,754
% change on same period last year+4.21 %
Average maximum salary£36,377£35,431
UK excluding London average salary£36,028£36,569
% change on same period last year-1.48 %
SOAP UKSOAP
UK

SOAP
Demand Trend

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

Wales SOAP Demand Trend

SOAP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SOAP across the Wales region.

Wales SOAP Salary Trend

SOAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SOAP across the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

Wales SOAP Salary Histogram

SOAP
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South WalesUp+1011£30,455+16.96 %
North WalesDown-12£37,000+58.71 %
SOAP UKSOAP
UK

SOAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

112 (70.59 %).NET
112 (70.59 %)SQL Server
112 (70.59 %)ASP.NET
211 (64.71 %)VB
211 (64.71 %)C++
310 (58.82 %)XML
310 (58.82 %)SQL Server 2000
49 (52.94 %)Visual Studio
49 (52.94 %)VB.NET
57 (41.18 %)MS Office
57 (41.18 %)C#
57 (41.18 %)MS Excel
57 (41.18 %)GIS
57 (41.18 %)ESRI
57 (41.18 %)Microsoft
57 (41.18 %)Project Management
57 (41.18 %)Meridio
57 (41.18 %)Pensions
65 (29.41 %)XHTML
65 (29.41 %)SQL
74 (23.53 %)C
74 (23.53 %)HTML
74 (23.53 %)OO
74 (23.53 %)CSS
83 (17.65 %)Apache
83 (17.65 %)Java
83 (17.65 %)Oracle
83 (17.65 %)J2EE
83 (17.65 %)SQL Server 2005
83 (17.65 %)HL7

SOAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (70.59 %).NET
112 (70.59 %)ASP.NET
210 (58.82 %)XML
35 (29.41 %)XHTML
44 (23.53 %)HTML
44 (23.53 %)CSS
53 (17.65 %)J2EE
62 (11.76 %)AJAX
62 (11.76 %)LAMP
62 (11.76 %)JDBC
62 (11.76 %)WebServices
62 (11.76 %)EJB
71 (5.882 %)DirectX
Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (17.65 %)Apache
22 (11.76 %)WebLogic
31 (5.882 %)JBoss
31 (5.882 %)Tomcat
Wales IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (41.18 %)MS Office
17 (41.18 %)MS Excel
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.882 %)VoIP
11 (5.882 %)Internet
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (70.59 %)SQL Server
210 (58.82 %)SQL Server 2000
37 (41.18 %)GIS
43 (17.65 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (11.76 %)MySQL
Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (52.94 %)Visual Studio
22 (11.76 %)Dreamweaver
22 (11.76 %)Ant
31 (5.882 %)Eclipse
31 (5.882 %)Subversion
Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (41.18 %)Pensions
22 (11.76 %)Finance
Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (52.94 %)Analyst
27 (41.18 %)Developer
27 (41.18 %)Solutions Analyst
33 (17.65 %).NET Developer
33 (17.65 %)Software Developer
42 (11.76 %)Java Developer
42 (11.76 %)Web Developer
42 (11.76 %)Analyst Programmer
42 (11.76 %)Programmer
51 (5.882 %)Senior J2EE Software Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Senior Java Software Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (5.882 %)Software Programmer
51 (5.882 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (5.882 %)C# Developer
51 (5.882 %)Senior Software Engineer
51 (5.882 %)J2EE Developer
51 (5.882 %)Java Software Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Analyst Developer
51 (5.882 %)ASP.NET Developer
Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (11.76 %)Replication
21 (5.882 %)DTV
Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (11.76 %)Linux
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)Project Management
24 (23.53 %)OO
32 (11.76 %)Security Cleared
32 (11.76 %)SEO
41 (5.882 %)UML
41 (5.882 %)OOD
Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (64.71 %)VB
111 (64.71 %)C++
29 (52.94 %)VB.NET
37 (41.18 %)C#
45 (29.41 %)SQL
54 (23.53 %)C
63 (17.65 %)Java
72 (11.76 %)VB6
72 (11.76 %)JavaScript
72 (11.76 %)Perl
72 (11.76 %)PHP
72 (11.76 %)Transact-SQL
Wales IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (17.65 %)HL7
Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (41.18 %)ESRI
17 (41.18 %)Microsoft
17 (41.18 %)Meridio
23 (17.65 %)Oracle