Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
South West > Bristol
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 | 53 | 70 | 93 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | +23 | +4 |
| Contract jobs citing SOAP | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol | 0.37% | 0.38% | 0.64% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.77% | 1.85% | 3.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £396 | - | £548 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £569 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £450 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -30.77% | +38.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £497 | £475 | £713 |
| 90th Percentile | £514 | - | £763 |
| South West median daily rate | £575 | £450 | £675 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.78% | -33.33% | +44.23% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Bristol
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 Bristol.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 113 | 216 | 207 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol | 21.04% | 20.44% | 16.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 56 | 124 | 166 |
| 10th Percentile | £333 | £300 | £338 |
| 25th Percentile | £355 | £325 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £449 | £450 | £455 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.33% | -1.10% | -9.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £541 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £631 | £642 | £675 |
| South West median daily rate | £548 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.38% | - | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 35 | 45 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £61.25 | - | £48.13 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £43.75 | £53.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £47.50 | £61.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.84% | -22.45% | -5.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £74.44 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £85.00 | £66.50 |
| South West median hourly rate | £65.00 | £54.75 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.72% | -4.78% | -9.52% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol
Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAP in Bristol.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOAP in Bristol.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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: