Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
County Antrim > Belfast
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring SOAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOAP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 23 | - | 15 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing SOAP | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast | 4.76% | - | 5.49% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 18.92% | - | 30.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £393 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £494 | - | £400 |
| 75th Percentile | £526 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £553 | - | £438 |
| County Antrim median daily rate | £494 | - | £400 |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Belfast
SOAP falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Belfast.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 37 | 26 | 30 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast | 25.17% | 20.97% | 18.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28 | 7 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £266 | £495 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £525 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £404 | £600 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.71% | +50.00% | -17.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £650 | £463 |
| 90th Percentile | £544 | - | £536 |
| County Antrim median daily rate | £404 | £600 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.71% | +50.00% | -17.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £67.98 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £73.23 | £16.12 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +354.25% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £78.47 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| County Antrim median hourly rate | £73.23 | £16.12 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +354.25% | - | - |
SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast
Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.
SOAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAP in Belfast.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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: