SOAP Contract Job Trends in Central London

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring SOAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 109 127
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 +26
Contract jobs citing SOAP 50 20 7
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 2.01% 1.02% 0.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.16% 3.70% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 17 2
10th Percentile £449 £359 £499
25th Percentile £500 £363 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.20% -25.64%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £518
90th Percentile £638 £705 £522
London median daily rate £538 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £45.05 - -
25th Percentile £51.13 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.25 - -
90th Percentile £83.75 - -
London median hourly rate £56.25 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 613 540 608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.64% 27.41% 26.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 362 411
10th Percentile £425 £385 £425
25th Percentile £500 £434 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £712
90th Percentile £761 £774 £838
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £25.35 £52.83 -
25th Percentile £33.64 £55.99 £25.40
Median hourly rate £42.00 £62.50 £25.79
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% +142.34% -49.92%
75th Percentile £69.38 £76.25 £26.19
90th Percentile £80.50 £83.75 -
London median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £45.00
% change year-on-year -16.30% +15.49% -32.84%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

SOAP job vacancy trend in Central London

SOAP
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SOAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SOAP

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in Central London over the 6 months to 2 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SOAP in Central London

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SOAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SOAP

SOAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SOAP in Central London over the 6 months to 2 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SOAP in Central London

SOAP
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 September 2026. 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
Jobs
City of London +6 38 £525 -8.70% 14
West End of London - 4 £520 -
City of Westminster -7 2 - -
SOAP
London

SOAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.00%) Confluence
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.00%) CICS
3 2 (4.00%) IIS
4 1 (2.00%) Anypoint
4 1 (2.00%) Apache
4 1 (2.00%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.00%) Magento
2 1 (2.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.00%) AWS
2 8 (16.00%) Azure
3 6 (12.00%) Serverless
4 5 (10.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 5 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
4 5 (10.00%) SaaS
5 4 (8.00%) GitHub
6 3 (6.00%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (6.00%) Amazon S3
6 3 (6.00%) GCP
7 2 (4.00%) AtomSphere
7 2 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (4.00%) Boomi
7 2 (4.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (2.00%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.00%) iPaaS
8 1 (2.00%) OCI
8 1 (2.00%) PaaS
8 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) FTP
2 3 (6.00%) HTTP
3 2 (4.00%) HTTPS
3 2 (4.00%) Internet
3 2 (4.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) DynamoDB
1 5 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (10.00%) Relational Database
2 3 (6.00%) Amazon Athena
2 3 (6.00%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (4.00%) Db2
3 2 (4.00%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.00%) RDBMS
3 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (2.00%) MySQL
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (2.00%) Redis
4 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (18.00%) JIRA
2 8 (16.00%) Jenkins
3 7 (14.00%) Git
4 5 (10.00%) GitLab
4 5 (10.00%) JUnit
4 5 (10.00%) Mockito
4 5 (10.00%) Postman
5 4 (8.00%) SonarQube
6 3 (6.00%) Cucumber
6 3 (6.00%) eggPlant
7 2 (4.00%) Artifactory
7 2 (4.00%) Bitbucket
7 2 (4.00%) JMeter
7 2 (4.00%) LoadRunner
7 2 (4.00%) Maven
7 2 (4.00%) SoapUI
7 2 (4.00%) TeamCity
8 1 (2.00%) HP UFT
8 1 (2.00%) PHPUnit
8 1 (2.00%) SilkTest
General
1 17 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.00%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 9 (18.00%) Finance
5 8 (16.00%) Banking
6 6 (12.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.00%) Law
8 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.00%) Legal
9 1 (2.00%) Marketing
9 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (42.00%) Developer
2 15 (30.00%) Architect
3 9 (18.00%) ServiceNow Architect
4 5 (10.00%) Automation Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) ServiceNow Developer
5 4 (8.00%) Integration Developer
5 4 (8.00%) Lead
6 3 (6.00%) Salesforce Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Integration Architect
7 2 (4.00%) Java Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Junior
7 2 (4.00%) Lead Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Lead Java Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Salesforce Architect
7 2 (4.00%) Senior Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Software Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.00%) Tester
7 2 (4.00%) webMethods Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (84.00%) REST
2 15 (30.00%) XML
3 14 (28.00%) JSON
4 13 (26.00%) Web Services
5 9 (18.00%) .NET
6 8 (16.00%) Middleware
7 7 (14.00%) HTML
8 5 (10.00%) AngularJS
8 5 (10.00%) CSS
8 5 (10.00%) Kafka
8 5 (10.00%) Lightning Web Components
8 5 (10.00%) Spring
8 5 (10.00%) Spring Boot
8 5 (10.00%) XSLT
9 4 (8.00%) RESTful
10 3 (6.00%) Ajax
10 3 (6.00%) Gherkin
10 3 (6.00%) OAuth
10 3 (6.00%) SAML
10 3 (6.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.00%) CMDB
2 5 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 4 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.00%) AI Agents
4 2 (4.00%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.00%) DataPower
4 2 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.00%) LIMS
4 2 (4.00%) Mainframe
4 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.00%) Online Banking
4 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.00%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.00%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.00%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.00%) Linux
1 5 (10.00%) Unix
2 2 (4.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Agile
2 16 (32.00%) CI/CD
2 16 (32.00%) Roadmaps
3 15 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (28.00%) DevOps
4 14 (28.00%) Integration Patterns
5 13 (26.00%) ITSM
6 12 (24.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 10 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (18.00%) Microservices
8 9 (18.00%) Performance Tuning
8 9 (18.00%) Technology Roadmap
8 9 (18.00%) Test Automation
9 8 (16.00%) Code Quality
9 8 (16.00%) Customer Service
9 8 (16.00%) Data Modelling
9 8 (16.00%) Scrum
9 8 (16.00%) Service Management
9 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (14.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 12 (24.00%) SQL
3 11 (22.00%) Java
3 11 (22.00%) Python
4 9 (18.00%) C#
5 2 (4.00%) ActionScript
5 2 (4.00%) ActionScript 2.0
5 2 (4.00%) Apex Code
5 2 (4.00%) JCL
5 2 (4.00%) PL/SQL
5 2 (4.00%) Shell Script
5 2 (4.00%) TypeScript
5 2 (4.00%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.00%) DataWeave
6 1 (2.00%) Groovy
6 1 (2.00%) Korn
6 1 (2.00%) PHP
6 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.00%) SOQL
6 1 (2.00%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 13 (26.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) Degree
4 2 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.00%) CISM
5 1 (2.00%) CISSP
5 1 (2.00%) ISEB
5 1 (2.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) GRC
2 3 (6.00%) QA
3 2 (4.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 2 (4.00%) GDPR
3 2 (4.00%) GMP
3 2 (4.00%) GxP
3 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (12.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.00%) Grafana
2 2 (4.00%) HP Fortify
2 2 (4.00%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.00%) Control-M
3 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (34.00%) ServiceNow
2 12 (24.00%) Oracle
3 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.00%) Salesforce
4 6 (12.00%) SAP
5 4 (8.00%) Workday
6 3 (6.00%) MuleSoft
7 2 (4.00%) Axway
7 2 (4.00%) Google
7 2 (4.00%) IBM
7 2 (4.00%) Sitecore
7 2 (4.00%) Software AG
7 2 (4.00%) webMethods
8 1 (2.00%) Adobe