Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 23 April 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Oracle SOA Suite skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Oracle SOA Suite over the 6 months to 23 April 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Oracle SOA Suite
UK > England
6 months to
23 Apr 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 483 401 376
Rank change year-on-year -82 -25 -23
Contract jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite 399 473 601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.56% 0.62%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.60% 3.22% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 304 372
England median daily rate £513 £475 £468
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +7.89% +1.60% +3.89%
10th Percentile £350 £344 £325
90th Percentile £600 £634 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £463 £463
% change year-on-year +8.11% - +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
England median hourly rate - - £52.50
UK median hourly rate - - £52.50

Oracle SOA Suite is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

All Application Platform Skills
England
Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 15,329 14,679 16,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.55% 17.23% 17.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,216 9,495 10,838
England median daily rate £450 £425 £413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.94% +3.03% +3.13%
10th Percentile £270 £263 £250
90th Percentile £625 £606 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £410
% change year-on-year +5.88% +3.66% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 300 421
England median hourly rate £19.25 £20.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -6.10% +2.50% +6.95%
10th Percentile £11.25 £11.25 £10.99
90th Percentile £47.83 £50.00 £47.50
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +13.51%

Oracle SOA Suite
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Oracle SOA Suite as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Oracle SOA Suite in England

Oracle SOA Suite
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Oracle SOA Suite in England

Oracle SOA Suite
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Oracle SOA Suite in England

Oracle SOA Suite
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Oracle SOA Suite in England

Oracle SOA Suite
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2018. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Job
Vacancies
London -127 130 £475 - 29
South East -6 97 £485 - 17
East of England +16 83 £525 +5.00% 11
North of England -34 39 £438 +6.00% 11
Midlands +3 36 £475 +5.56% 4
West Midlands +5 20 £550 +22.15%
Yorkshire -18 19 £525 +23.53% 5
East Midlands +12 16 £400 +1.27% 4
South West +4 14 £425 -
North West -42 12 £408 +1.75% 1
North East +30 8 £400 -33.33% 5
Oracle SOA Suite
UK

For the 6 months to 23 April 2018, IT contractor jobs citing Oracle SOA Suite also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for Oracle SOA Suite.

1 399 (100.00%) Oracle
1 399 (100.00%) SOA
2 197 (49.37%) Java
3 176 (44.11%) Agile Software Development
4 163 (40.85%) Web Services
5 155 (38.85%) XML
6 151 (37.84%) Linux
7 146 (36.59%) Middleware
8 139 (34.84%) SOAP
9 126 (31.58%) Oracle Database
10 124 (31.08%) Maven
11 115 (28.82%) TDD
11 115 (28.82%) SQL
12 107 (26.82%) RESTful
13 106 (26.57%) Oracle Service Bus
14 100 (25.06%) REST
15 95 (23.81%) Git (software)
16 93 (23.31%) Finance
17 89 (22.31%) JSON
18 87 (21.80%) XPath
19 84 (21.05%) Spring
20 73 (18.30%) Oracle Fusion
20 73 (18.30%) Jenkins
21 69 (17.29%) SAP
22 68 (17.04%) PL/SQL
23 65 (16.29%) WSO2
24 64 (16.04%) XSLT
24 64 (16.04%) Oracle Database 11g
25 62 (15.54%) DevOps
26 60 (15.04%) Problem-Solving

Oracle SOA Suite
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 106 (26.57%) Oracle Service Bus
2 54 (13.53%) Mule
2 54 (13.53%) WebLogic
3 50 (12.53%) Confluence
4 35 (8.77%) JBoss
5 33 (8.27%) Apache
6 26 (6.52%) WebSphere
7 20 (5.01%) Oracle Workflow
8 19 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (4.51%) Tomcat
10 15 (3.76%) OpenStack
11 5 (1.25%) Oracle BPEL
11 5 (1.25%) WebLogic Integration
12 4 (1.00%) Apache ServiceMix
12 4 (1.00%) BizTalk Server
13 3 (0.75%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.75%) Apache Synapse
13 3 (0.75%) SharePoint
13 3 (0.75%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
13 3 (0.75%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.75%) CATIA
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (9.02%) Oracle EBS
2 32 (8.02%) Oracle BPM
3 28 (7.02%) Oracle Applications
4 22 (5.51%) Siebel CRM
5 20 (5.01%) Payment Gateway
6 18 (4.51%) Oracle Utilities
7 15 (3.76%) Oracle EBS R12
8 10 (2.51%) Oracle ERP
9 9 (2.26%) BusinessWorks
9 9 (2.26%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (1.25%) Oracle General Ledger
10 5 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (1.00%) Oracle TCA
12 3 (0.75%) DELMIA
12 3 (0.75%) ENOVIA
12 3 (0.75%) Maximo
12 3 (0.75%) Teamcenter
12 3 (0.75%) TIBCO iProcess
13 2 (0.50%) Salesforce.com CRM
14 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM for Utilities
Cloud Services
1 37 (9.27%) Amazon AWS
2 30 (7.52%) Cloud Computing
3 22 (5.51%) OpenShift
4 14 (3.51%) Boomi
4 14 (3.51%) PaaS
5 13 (3.26%) SaaS
6 9 (2.26%) IaaS
7 8 (2.01%) Microsoft Azure
8 6 (1.50%) iPaaS
9 4 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.75%) Amazon ELB
11 2 (0.50%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.50%) Oracle CX
11 2 (0.50%) Taleo
12 1 (0.25%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.25%) Bluemix
12 1 (0.25%) GitHub
12 1 (0.25%) IBM Cloud
12 1 (0.25%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.26%) HTTP
2 17 (4.26%) SSL
3 12 (3.01%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.76%) FTP
5 6 (1.50%) HTTPS
5 6 (1.50%) Internet
6 3 (0.75%) Firewall
6 3 (0.75%) OpenLDAP
6 3 (0.75%) SAN
7 2 (0.50%) MPLS
7 2 (0.50%) VPN
8 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.25%) Network Security
8 1 (0.25%) SMS
8 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (31.58%) Oracle Database
2 64 (16.04%) Oracle Database 11g
3 48 (12.03%) Relational Database
4 35 (8.77%) Oracle Database 12c
5 34 (8.52%) Oracle BI EE
6 33 (8.27%) RDBMS
7 31 (7.77%) Oracle Reports
7 31 (7.77%) SQL Server
8 25 (6.27%) Oracle ODI
9 21 (5.26%) MySQL
10 20 (5.01%) Endeca
11 12 (3.01%) DB2
12 11 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (2.51%) Hadoop
13 10 (2.51%) NoSQL
13 10 (2.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 10 (2.51%) Oracle Database 10g
14 6 (1.50%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (1.50%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (1.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 124 (31.08%) Maven
2 95 (23.81%) Git (software)
3 73 (18.30%) Jenkins
4 60 (15.04%) JIRA
5 56 (14.04%) JUnit
6 46 (11.53%) Subversion
7 38 (9.52%) Mockito
8 34 (8.52%) Oracle Forms
9 31 (7.77%) Ant
10 29 (7.27%) Eclipse
11 28 (7.02%) Selenium
12 25 (6.27%) SoapUI
13 22 (5.51%) Gradle
14 20 (5.01%) Spock
15 19 (4.76%) Bitbucket
15 19 (4.76%) Cucumber
16 18 (4.51%) Mercurial
17 17 (4.26%) Sonatype Nexus
18 16 (4.01%) IntelliJ
19 13 (3.26%) XMLSpy
General
1 93 (23.31%) Finance
2 56 (14.04%) Telecoms
3 49 (12.28%) Manufacturing
3 49 (12.28%) Marketing
4 46 (11.53%) Electronics
5 17 (4.26%) Banking
6 14 (3.51%) Retail
7 4 (1.00%) Billing
8 3 (0.75%) Publishing
9 2 (0.50%) Back Office
9 2 (0.50%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.50%) Games
9 2 (0.50%) Legal
10 1 (0.25%) Advertising
10 1 (0.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 173 (43.36%) Developer
2 70 (17.54%) Architect
3 60 (15.04%) Java Developer
4 57 (14.29%) Integration Developer
5 54 (13.53%) Senior Developer
6 37 (9.27%) Solutions Architect
7 34 (8.52%) Oracle Developer
8 33 (8.27%) SOA Developer
9 28 (7.02%) DBA
10 27 (6.77%) Consultant
10 27 (6.77%) Lead Developer
10 27 (6.77%) Oracle DBA
11 21 (5.26%) Oracle Applications DBA
12 20 (5.01%) Agile Developer
12 20 (5.01%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (4.51%) Oracle Consultant
14 14 (3.51%) Lead Java Developer
14 14 (3.51%) Senior Agile Developer
15 13 (3.26%) Analyst
16 12 (3.01%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (40.85%) Web Services
2 155 (38.85%) XML
3 146 (36.59%) Middleware
4 139 (34.84%) SOAP
5 107 (26.82%) RESTful
6 100 (25.06%) REST
7 89 (22.31%) JSON
8 84 (21.05%) Spring
9 73 (18.30%) Oracle Fusion
10 64 (16.04%) XSLT
11 60 (15.04%) J2EE
12 58 (14.54%) Apache Camel
13 55 (13.78%) JMS
14 46 (11.53%) Swagger
14 46 (11.53%) WireMock
15 44 (11.03%) XSD
16 40 (10.03%) Java EE
17 33 (8.27%) XSL
18 27 (6.77%) HTML
18 27 (6.77%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 54 (13.53%) Enterprise Software
2 51 (12.78%) Greenfield Project
3 25 (6.27%) Clustering
4 21 (5.26%) Computer Science
5 20 (5.01%) iPad
5 20 (5.01%) Social Media
6 13 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (1.75%) N-Tier
8 6 (1.50%) Market Risk
8 6 (1.50%) TM Forum
9 5 (1.25%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.00%) User Experience
11 3 (0.75%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.75%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.75%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.75%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.75%) DataPower
11 3 (0.75%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 151 (37.84%) Linux
2 58 (14.54%) Unix
3 47 (11.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (5.26%) AIX
5 18 (4.51%) Windows
6 5 (1.25%) CentOS
6 5 (1.25%) HPUX
6 5 (1.25%) SUSE
6 5 (1.25%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.00%) Solaris
8 3 (0.75%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.50%) Android
9 2 (0.50%) Fedora
10 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (100.00%) SOA
2 176 (44.11%) Agile Software Development
3 115 (28.82%) TDD
4 62 (15.54%) DevOps
5 60 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (14.54%) Business Intelligence
6 58 (14.54%) Microservices
7 47 (11.78%) Scrum
8 46 (11.53%) Digital Marketing
8 46 (11.53%) Programme Management
9 45 (11.28%) BDD
10 42 (10.53%) Deployment Automation
11 41 (10.28%) Configuration Management
12 40 (10.03%) ERP
13 38 (9.52%) Open Source
14 37 (9.27%) Continuous Integration
15 35 (8.77%) MVC
15 35 (8.77%) SDLC
16 32 (8.02%) CRM
17 29 (7.27%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 197 (49.37%) Java
2 115 (28.82%) SQL
3 87 (21.80%) XPath
4 68 (17.04%) PL/SQL
5 49 (12.28%) JavaScript
6 34 (8.52%) Python
7 22 (5.51%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
8 19 (4.76%) C++
8 19 (4.76%) Perl
8 19 (4.76%) Shell Script
9 16 (4.01%) Java 8
10 13 (3.26%) XQuery
11 9 (2.26%) C#
12 8 (2.01%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.25%) FoxPro (VFP)
13 5 (1.25%) VB
14 4 (1.00%) C
14 4 (1.00%) Ruby
15 2 (0.50%) Natural
16 1 (0.25%) Bash Shell
Qualifications
1 29 (7.27%) Degree
2 23 (5.76%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
6 5 (1.25%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.00%) ISEB
8 3 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.50%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.50%) MCSD
9 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.50%) OCP
10 1 (0.25%) CISM
10 1 (0.25%) CISSP
10 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.25%) OCPJP
10 1 (0.25%) PMP
10 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.51%) QA
2 6 (1.50%) GDPR
3 5 (1.25%) SLA
4 4 (1.00%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 35 (8.77%) Docker
2 8 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.25%) Oracle RAC
3 5 (1.25%) VMware Server
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Clusterware
4 2 (0.50%) vSphere
5 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.25%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.25%) IAG
Systems Management
1 48 (12.03%) Ansible
2 46 (11.53%) Puppet
3 26 (6.52%) Opscode Chef
4 19 (4.76%) Kubernetes
5 18 (4.51%) ZABBIX
6 7 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.25%) HP ALM
7 5 (1.25%) Terraform
8 4 (1.00%) Ambari
8 4 (1.00%) Packer
9 3 (0.75%) Consul
9 3 (0.75%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.75%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 3 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (0.75%) Oracle Identity Management
9 3 (0.75%) TIBCO Hawk
10 2 (0.50%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.50%) OpenView
10 2 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.50%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 399 (100.00%) Oracle
2 69 (17.29%) SAP
3 65 (16.29%) WSO2
4 50 (12.53%) Red Hat
5 26 (6.52%) TIBCO
6 24 (6.02%) IBM
6 24 (6.02%) Siebel
7 20 (5.01%) ATG
8 16 (4.01%) Dell
9 14 (3.51%) Microsoft
10 12 (3.01%) VMware
11 10 (2.51%) HP
11 10 (2.51%) Splunk
12 6 (1.50%) ForeScout
12 6 (1.50%) Lumesse
12 6 (1.50%) NetApp
12 6 (1.50%) Salesforce.com
12 6 (1.50%) Thycotic
12 6 (1.50%) webMethods
13 5 (1.25%) Cisco