SOAtest Contract Job Trends in Central London

Parasoft SOAtest
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring SOAtest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SOAtest 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.039% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £600 - -

All Development Application Skills
Central London

SOAtest falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 282 294 298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.99% 14.33% 12.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 195 200
10th Percentile £400 £359 £400
25th Percentile £463 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £679
90th Percentile £738 £716 £775
London median daily rate £533 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 1
10th Percentile - £63.75 -
25th Percentile £18.75 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% +127.27% -
75th Percentile £42.00 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £76.75 £86.25 -
London median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -46.43%

SOAtest
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

SOAtest job vacancy trend in Central London

SOAtest
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 SOAtest within the Central London region over the 6 months to 15 August 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 - 1 £600 -
SOAtest
London

SOAtest
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 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) eggPlant
1 1 (100.00%) HP UFT
1 1 (100.00%) Rational Functional Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SilkTest
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XBRL
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP