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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SOA 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 5.319% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.682% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £48,000 £48,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +2.63%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
88 74 196
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 93.62% 58.27% 75.97%
Number of salaries quoted 22 54 112
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SOA
Scotland

SOA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian SOA Salary Trend

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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Livingston - 3 - -
SOA
Scotland

SOA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 7 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) UML
2 5 (71.43%) Middleware
2 5 (71.43%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (71.43%) Rational Application Developer
2 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Genesys
3 4 (57.14%) CRM
3 4 (57.14%) Chordiant
4 2 (28.57%) WSDL
4 2 (28.57%) IBM
4 2 (28.57%) JMS
4 2 (28.57%) J2EE
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle
4 2 (28.57%) JDBC
4 2 (28.57%) SOAP
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 2 (28.57%) XML
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) AIX
4 2 (28.57%) Solaris
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (28.57%) WebSphere MQ
4 2 (28.57%) WebSphere Process Server
4 2 (28.57%) BPEL
4 2 (28.57%) WebSphere
4 2 (28.57%) XPath
4 2 (28.57%) QA
4 2 (28.57%) WebSphere Message Broker

SOA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 (71.43%) Middleware
2 2 (28.57%) WSDL
2 2 (28.57%) JMS
2 2 (28.57%) J2EE
2 2 (28.57%) JDBC
2 2 (28.57%) SOAP
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
2 2 (28.57%) XML
2 2 (28.57%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (28.57%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) WebSphere Process Server
1 2 (28.57%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 2 (28.57%) WebSphere Portal
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Rational Application Developer
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Solutions Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) AIX
1 2 (28.57%) Solaris
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) UML
1 5 (71.43%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) BPEL
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (14.29%) eTOM
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) XPath
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Genesys
1 4 (57.14%) Chordiant
2 2 (28.57%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle