Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOAP over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 357 375
Rank change year-on-year -96 +18 -112
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 547 893 1,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.94% 1.00%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.54% 3.23% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 434 622 915
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £67,500 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -17.04% +22.42% +0.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £92,950 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +10.53%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

SOAP is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,566 27,616 70,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.49% 29.13% 41.57%
Number of salaries quoted 16,031 17,933 29,817
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,834 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,650 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SOAP in the UK

SOAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOAP.

Salary trend for SOAP in the UK

SOAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAP over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SOAP in the UK

SOAP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -71 474 £57,500 -14.81% 114
UK excluding London -90 361 £55,000 -8.33% 82
Work from Home -71 252 £57,500 -8.00% 64
London -31 167 £60,000 -25.00% 36
South East -71 108 £58,750 -9.62% 23
North of England +4 88 £50,000 -18.27% 22
North West +5 64 £55,000 -15.38% 14
Midlands -4 56 £57,500 -4.17% 14
West Midlands -8 31 £57,500 -4.17% 8
South West -27 31 £42,500 -29.17% 5
Scotland -64 31 £47,500 -31.60% 8
East of England -33 28 £47,500 -20.83% 12
East Midlands -11 24 £50,000 +21.21% 6
Yorkshire +11 21 £47,500 -7.77% 6
Wales +10 12 £41,250 -17.50% 1
Northern Ireland +1 7 £85,000 -
North East -9 3 £47,500 -32.14% 2

SOAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 56 (10.24%) CMS
2 42 (7.68%) IIS
3 28 (5.12%) Apache
4 14 (2.56%) Confluence
5 10 (1.83%) EPiServer
6 9 (1.65%) SharePoint
7 7 (1.28%) JBoss
8 6 (1.10%) OpenStack
8 6 (1.10%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (1.10%) Red Hat Fuse
8 6 (1.10%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.91%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (0.91%) nginx
9 5 (0.91%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.73%) ColdFusion
10 4 (0.73%) Drupal
11 3 (0.55%) WildFly
12 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 25 (4.57%) Photoshop
2 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.37%) InDesign
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (6.58%) SDL Web 8
2 12 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.65%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.91%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.37%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.37%) Shopify
7 2 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.18%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.18%) HFM
8 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 139 (25.41%) Azure
2 109 (19.93%) AWS
3 78 (14.26%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (8.04%) SaaS
5 35 (6.40%) GitHub
6 19 (3.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 19 (3.47%) NuGet
7 15 (2.74%) PaaS
8 13 (2.38%) Power Platform
8 13 (2.38%) Serverless
9 9 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (1.65%) GCP
10 8 (1.46%) IaaS
11 7 (1.28%) Boomi
11 7 (1.28%) Google Analytics
12 6 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.10%) Azure Service Fabric
12 6 (1.10%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.57%) VPN
2 18 (3.29%) SSH
3 16 (2.93%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.38%) SNMP
5 11 (2.01%) BGP
5 11 (2.01%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (2.01%) MPLS
5 11 (2.01%) SSL
6 9 (1.65%) HTTP
7 8 (1.46%) Internet
8 5 (0.91%) Firewall
9 4 (0.73%) DNS
10 3 (0.55%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.55%) Broadband
10 3 (0.55%) DMZ
10 3 (0.55%) Modbus
10 3 (0.55%) NaaS
10 3 (0.55%) VLAN
10 3 (0.55%) Wireless
11 2 (0.37%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (34.19%) SQL Server
2 74 (13.53%) MySQL
3 64 (11.70%) Relational Database
4 52 (9.51%) MongoDB
5 38 (6.95%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (5.48%) NoSQL
7 17 (3.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.56%) OLTP
9 13 (2.38%) Oracle Database
10 12 (2.19%) RDBMS
11 11 (2.01%) MariaDB
11 11 (2.01%) MS Access
11 11 (2.01%) Power BI
12 10 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.65%) Oracle Database 12c
14 7 (1.28%) Big Data
14 7 (1.28%) DynamoDB
15 6 (1.10%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 116 (21.21%) Git
2 112 (20.48%) JIRA
3 81 (14.81%) Visual Studio
4 38 (6.95%) GitLab
4 38 (6.95%) NUnit
4 38 (6.95%) Postman
4 38 (6.95%) TeamCity
5 36 (6.58%) Moq
6 32 (5.85%) SoapUI
7 31 (5.67%) Jenkins
8 28 (5.12%) Jasmine
8 28 (5.12%) Karma Test Runner
9 25 (4.57%) Oracle APEX
10 22 (4.02%) Eclipse
11 21 (3.84%) SpecFlow
12 19 (3.47%) git-flow
12 19 (3.47%) Octopus Deploy
12 19 (3.47%) Sourcetree
13 15 (2.74%) Cucumber
14 14 (2.56%) JUnit
General
1 120 (21.94%) Social Skills
2 76 (13.89%) Finance
3 56 (10.24%) Marketing
4 55 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (6.76%) Law
6 19 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (3.47%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.47%) Retail
6 19 (3.47%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.38%) Legal
8 10 (1.83%) Banking
9 9 (1.65%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.10%) Police
11 5 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.91%) Publishing
12 4 (0.73%) Local Government
12 4 (0.73%) Welsh Language
13 3 (0.55%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.55%) Wearables
14 1 (0.18%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 332 (60.69%) Developer
2 112 (20.48%) Senior
3 73 (13.35%) Senior Developer
4 56 (10.24%) C# Developer
5 55 (10.05%) Full Stack Developer
6 42 (7.68%) .NET Developer
6 42 (7.68%) Support Engineer
7 38 (6.95%) PHP Developer
8 32 (5.85%) Architect
8 32 (5.85%) Java Developer
9 31 (5.67%) Software Engineer
10 26 (4.75%) Java Engineer
10 26 (4.75%) Oracle Developer
11 23 (4.20%) Salesforce Developer
11 23 (4.20%) Senior Oracle Developer
12 22 (4.02%) Lead
12 22 (4.02%) Software Support Engineer
13 20 (3.66%) Consultant
14 19 (3.47%) Senior C# Developer
14 19 (3.47%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (60.15%) REST
2 288 (52.65%) Web Services
3 230 (42.05%) XML
4 225 (41.13%) .NET
5 166 (30.35%) HTML
6 153 (27.97%) JSON
6 153 (27.97%) RESTful
7 132 (24.13%) CSS
8 125 (22.85%) ASP.NET
9 91 (16.64%) AngularJS
10 75 (13.71%) .NET Framework
11 73 (13.35%) React
12 71 (12.98%) jQuery
13 61 (11.15%) Spring
14 53 (9.69%) Spring Boot
15 47 (8.59%) ASP.NET MVC
16 43 (7.86%) Ajax
17 39 (7.13%) Entity Framework
18 38 (6.95%) Laravel
19 36 (6.58%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.76%) Legacy Code
2 36 (6.58%) Greenfield Project
3 35 (6.40%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (5.67%) Management Information System
5 26 (4.75%) CMDB
6 18 (3.29%) Virtual Team
7 17 (3.11%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.93%) Product Ownership
9 15 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (2.19%) Cloud Native
10 12 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (2.19%) Reference Data
11 11 (2.01%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.28%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.10%) Mobile Payment
14 5 (0.91%) Distributed Applications
14 5 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (0.91%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 88 (16.09%) Linux
2 35 (6.40%) Unix
3 31 (5.67%) Windows
4 26 (4.75%) AIX
5 11 (2.01%) CentOS
6 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.18%) Android
7 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.18%) VMS
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (43.88%) Agile
2 156 (28.52%) DevOps
3 135 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (21.21%) Unit Testing
5 106 (19.38%) MVC
6 104 (19.01%) OO
7 98 (17.92%) Computer Science
8 91 (16.64%) Scrum
9 89 (16.27%) Software Engineering
10 87 (15.90%) Full Stack Development
11 82 (14.99%) Mentoring
12 71 (12.98%) SDLC
13 55 (10.05%) E-Commerce
13 55 (10.05%) ERP
14 54 (9.87%) OOP
15 50 (9.14%) CI/CD
16 48 (8.78%) User Acceptance Testing
17 46 (8.41%) Test Automation
18 43 (7.86%) Architectural Design
18 43 (7.86%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 290 (53.02%) SQL
2 271 (49.54%) JavaScript
3 186 (34.00%) C#
4 145 (26.51%) Java
5 125 (22.85%) T-SQL
6 70 (12.80%) VB.NET
7 69 (12.61%) Python
8 52 (9.51%) PHP
9 51 (9.32%) VB
10 43 (7.86%) TypeScript
11 42 (7.68%) XPath
12 38 (6.95%) C
13 33 (6.03%) PL/SQL
14 28 (5.12%) Apex Code
14 28 (5.12%) VB6
15 27 (4.94%) C++
16 25 (4.57%) PowerShell
17 21 (3.84%) Perl
18 12 (2.19%) SOQL
19 8 (1.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 115 (21.02%) Degree
2 50 (9.14%) SC Cleared
2 50 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 25 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (1.83%) GIAC
5 7 (1.28%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.10%) CISM
6 6 (1.10%) CISSP
6 6 (1.10%) SANS
7 5 (0.91%) HNC
7 5 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.91%) Postgraduate
8 4 (0.73%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.55%) PMP
10 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (11.52%) QA
2 9 (1.65%) Accessibility
2 9 (1.65%) NIST
3 6 (1.10%) COBIT
3 6 (1.10%) Web Application Security Consortium
4 5 (0.91%) GDPR
5 4 (0.73%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.73%) GRC
5 4 (0.73%) SLA
6 3 (0.55%) HL7
6 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 55 (10.05%) Docker
2 4 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.73%) vSphere
3 2 (0.37%) Varnish
3 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 43 (7.86%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.38%) WMI
3 12 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (1.65%) Ansible
5 8 (1.46%) Terraform
6 6 (1.10%) CloudHub
6 6 (1.10%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (0.91%) Grafana
8 4 (0.73%) HP UCMDB
9 2 (0.37%) Kibana
9 2 (0.37%) Packer
9 2 (0.37%) Puppet
9 2 (0.37%) WebSphere Cast Iron
10 1 (0.18%) Control-M
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 110 (20.11%) Oracle
2 87 (15.90%) Microsoft
3 33 (6.03%) Salesforce
4 32 (5.85%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.57%) Adobe
6 19 (3.47%) Cognizant
7 15 (2.74%) MuleSoft
8 13 (2.38%) Splunk
9 12 (2.19%) Google
10 11 (2.01%) Cisco
11 10 (1.83%) BMC
12 9 (1.65%) HP
12 9 (1.65%) Remedy
13 8 (1.46%) Sybase
14 7 (1.28%) webMethods
15 6 (1.10%) Apttus
15 6 (1.10%) Atlassian
15 6 (1.10%) Guidewire
15 6 (1.10%) SAP
15 6 (1.10%) WSO2