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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 449 353 369
Rank change year-on-year -96 +16 -104
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 538 914 1,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.94% 1.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.52% 3.13% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 432 627 929
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £92,700 £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 21,317 29,159 68,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.77% 29.95% 41.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15,893 18,093 29,995
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £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 £106,250 £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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -75 467 £57,500 -16.45% 104
UK excluding London -77 353 £55,000 -8.33% 67
Work from Home -59 251 £57,500 -8.00% 60
London -17 166 £60,000 -25.00% 38
South East -61 105 £58,750 -9.62% 18
North of England +19 87 £50,000 -18.27% 20
North West +25 63 £55,000 -15.38% 11
Midlands +2 56 £57,500 -4.17% 6
West Midlands +12 31 £57,500 -6.12% 5
South West -27 30 £42,500 -27.35% 7
Scotland -56 30 £47,500 -31.60% 6
East of England -34 27 £47,500 -20.83% 10
East Midlands -11 24 £50,000 +21.21% 1
Yorkshire +30 22 £47,500 -7.77% 7
Wales +7 11 £41,250 -17.50% 2
Northern Ireland -2 7 £85,000 -
North East -5 2 £47,500 -32.14% 3

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 53 (9.85%) CMS
2 43 (7.99%) IIS
3 28 (5.20%) Apache
4 13 (2.42%) Confluence
5 10 (1.86%) EPiServer
5 10 (1.86%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.30%) JBoss
7 6 (1.12%) OpenStack
7 6 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (1.12%) Red Hat Fuse
7 6 (1.12%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.93%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (0.93%) nginx
8 5 (0.93%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.74%) ColdFusion
9 4 (0.74%) Drupal
10 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.19%) Mule
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (4.28%) Photoshop
2 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.37%) InDesign
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 34 (6.32%) SDL Web 8
2 13 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.93%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.56%) Shopify
8 2 (0.37%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.37%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.19%) HFM
9 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle FAH
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.19%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 136 (25.28%) Azure
2 109 (20.26%) AWS
3 77 (14.31%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (7.99%) SaaS
5 34 (6.32%) GitHub
6 17 (3.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 17 (3.16%) NuGet
7 14 (2.60%) PaaS
7 14 (2.60%) Power Platform
8 13 (2.42%) Serverless
9 9 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.49%) GCP
11 7 (1.30%) Boomi
11 7 (1.30%) Google Analytics
11 7 (1.30%) IaaS
12 6 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.12%) Azure Service Fabric
12 6 (1.12%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.46%) VPN
2 18 (3.35%) SSH
3 16 (2.97%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.42%) SNMP
5 11 (2.04%) BGP
5 11 (2.04%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (2.04%) MPLS
6 10 (1.86%) SSL
7 9 (1.67%) HTTP
8 8 (1.49%) Internet
9 5 (0.93%) Firewall
10 4 (0.74%) DNS
11 3 (0.56%) Bluetooth
11 3 (0.56%) Broadband
11 3 (0.56%) DMZ
11 3 (0.56%) Modbus
11 3 (0.56%) NaaS
11 3 (0.56%) VLAN
11 3 (0.56%) Wireless
12 2 (0.37%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (34.39%) SQL Server
2 74 (13.75%) MySQL
3 65 (12.08%) Relational Database
4 52 (9.67%) MongoDB
5 38 (7.06%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (5.58%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.60%) OLTP
9 13 (2.42%) RDBMS
10 12 (2.23%) Oracle Database
11 11 (2.04%) MariaDB
11 11 (2.04%) Power BI
11 11 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.86%) MS Access
13 9 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (1.49%) Oracle Database 12c
15 7 (1.30%) Big Data
15 7 (1.30%) DynamoDB
16 6 (1.12%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 111 (20.63%) Git
2 109 (20.26%) JIRA
3 77 (14.31%) Visual Studio
4 38 (7.06%) GitLab
5 37 (6.88%) Postman
6 36 (6.69%) NUnit
6 36 (6.69%) TeamCity
7 34 (6.32%) Moq
8 32 (5.95%) SoapUI
9 31 (5.76%) Jenkins
10 28 (5.20%) Jasmine
10 28 (5.20%) Karma Test Runner
11 24 (4.46%) Oracle APEX
12 22 (4.09%) Eclipse
13 19 (3.53%) SpecFlow
14 17 (3.16%) git-flow
14 17 (3.16%) Octopus Deploy
14 17 (3.16%) Sourcetree
15 14 (2.60%) Cucumber
16 13 (2.42%) JUnit
General
1 116 (21.56%) Social Skills
2 76 (14.13%) Finance
3 54 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (10.04%) Marketing
4 38 (7.06%) Law
5 20 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (3.53%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.53%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.35%) Retail
8 13 (2.42%) Legal
9 10 (1.86%) Banking
10 9 (1.67%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.12%) Police
12 5 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.93%) Publishing
13 4 (0.74%) Local Government
13 4 (0.74%) Welsh Language
14 3 (0.56%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.37%) Wearables
16 1 (0.19%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 327 (60.78%) Developer
2 109 (20.26%) Senior
3 70 (13.01%) Senior Developer
4 54 (10.04%) C# Developer
5 53 (9.85%) Full Stack Developer
6 42 (7.81%) .NET Developer
6 42 (7.81%) Support Engineer
7 39 (7.25%) PHP Developer
8 32 (5.95%) Software Engineer
9 31 (5.76%) Architect
9 31 (5.76%) Java Developer
10 25 (4.65%) Oracle Developer
11 24 (4.46%) Java Engineer
12 23 (4.28%) Salesforce Developer
13 22 (4.09%) Senior Oracle Developer
13 22 (4.09%) Software Support Engineer
14 21 (3.90%) Lead
15 20 (3.72%) Consultant
16 19 (3.53%) Software Developer
17 17 (3.16%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 325 (60.41%) REST
2 283 (52.60%) Web Services
3 224 (41.64%) XML
4 221 (41.08%) .NET
5 163 (30.30%) HTML
6 149 (27.70%) RESTful
7 148 (27.51%) JSON
8 129 (23.98%) CSS
9 122 (22.68%) ASP.NET
10 89 (16.54%) AngularJS
11 73 (13.57%) .NET Framework
12 72 (13.38%) React
13 69 (12.83%) jQuery
14 58 (10.78%) Spring
15 50 (9.29%) Spring Boot
16 45 (8.36%) ASP.NET MVC
17 42 (7.81%) Ajax
18 38 (7.06%) Laravel
19 37 (6.88%) Entity Framework
20 36 (6.69%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.51%) Enterprise Software
1 35 (6.51%) Legacy Code
2 34 (6.32%) Greenfield Project
3 30 (5.58%) Management Information System
4 26 (4.83%) CMDB
5 18 (3.35%) Algorithms
5 18 (3.35%) Virtual Team
6 15 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.79%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.42%) Cloud Native
7 13 (2.42%) Reference Data
8 12 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (2.04%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.30%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.12%) Mobile Payment
12 5 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
12 5 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.74%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 87 (16.17%) Linux
2 34 (6.32%) Unix
3 31 (5.76%) Windows
4 26 (4.83%) AIX
5 11 (2.04%) CentOS
6 4 (0.74%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Android
7 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.19%) VMS
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (43.49%) Agile
2 152 (28.25%) DevOps
3 129 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (20.82%) Unit Testing
5 104 (19.33%) MVC
6 99 (18.40%) OO
7 93 (17.29%) Computer Science
8 90 (16.73%) Software Engineering
9 88 (16.36%) Scrum
10 84 (15.61%) Full Stack Development
11 78 (14.50%) Mentoring
12 71 (13.20%) SDLC
13 54 (10.04%) ERP
14 53 (9.85%) E-Commerce
15 51 (9.48%) OOP
16 49 (9.11%) CI/CD
17 48 (8.92%) User Acceptance Testing
18 44 (8.18%) Test Automation
19 40 (7.43%) Architectural Design
19 40 (7.43%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 287 (53.35%) SQL
2 268 (49.81%) JavaScript
3 184 (34.20%) C#
4 142 (26.39%) Java
5 122 (22.68%) T-SQL
6 69 (12.83%) Python
6 69 (12.83%) VB.NET
7 53 (9.85%) PHP
8 51 (9.48%) VB
9 43 (7.99%) TypeScript
10 40 (7.43%) XPath
11 38 (7.06%) C
12 31 (5.76%) PL/SQL
13 28 (5.20%) Apex Code
13 28 (5.20%) VB6
14 27 (5.02%) C++
15 26 (4.83%) PowerShell
16 21 (3.90%) Perl
17 12 (2.23%) SOQL
18 8 (1.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 110 (20.45%) Degree
2 50 (9.29%) SC Cleared
2 50 (9.29%) Security Cleared
3 22 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (1.86%) GIAC
5 6 (1.12%) CISM
5 6 (1.12%) CISSP
5 6 (1.12%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.12%) SANS
6 5 (0.93%) HNC
6 5 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (0.93%) Postgraduate
7 4 (0.74%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.56%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.56%) PMP
9 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (11.71%) QA
2 9 (1.67%) NIST
3 8 (1.49%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.12%) COBIT
4 6 (1.12%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 5 (0.93%) GDPR
6 4 (0.74%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.74%) GRC
6 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.74%) SLA
7 3 (0.56%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 57 (10.59%) Docker
2 4 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.74%) vSphere
3 2 (0.37%) Varnish
3 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (8.18%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.42%) WMI
3 11 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (1.67%) Ansible
5 8 (1.49%) Terraform
6 6 (1.12%) CloudHub
6 6 (1.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (0.93%) Grafana
8 4 (0.74%) 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 (0.19%) Control-M
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 110 (20.45%) Oracle
2 86 (15.99%) Microsoft
3 32 (5.95%) Salesforce
3 32 (5.95%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.28%) Adobe
5 17 (3.16%) Cognizant
6 15 (2.79%) MuleSoft
7 13 (2.42%) Splunk
8 12 (2.23%) Google
9 11 (2.04%) Cisco
10 10 (1.86%) BMC
11 9 (1.67%) HP
11 9 (1.67%) Remedy
12 7 (1.30%) Sybase
12 7 (1.30%) webMethods
13 6 (1.12%) Apttus
13 6 (1.12%) Atlassian
13 6 (1.12%) SAP
13 6 (1.12%) WSO2
13 6 (1.12%) Zuora