The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for SOAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOAP over the 6 months to 21 September 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
SOAP is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
1,234
538
2,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
33.85%
30.62%
35.15%
Number of daily rates quoted
952
413
1,775
10th Percentile
£400
£371
£406
25th Percentile
£475
£431
£463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£590
£525
£532
Median % change year-on-year
+12.38%
-1.22%
+1.24%
75th Percentile
£653
£613
£625
90th Percentile
£738
£688
£675
Central London median daily rate
£575
£525
£525
% change year-on-year
+9.52%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
7
5
7
10th Percentile
£23.65
£27.20
£16.85
25th Percentile
£30.13
£32.75
£21.75
Median hourly rate
£36.50
£37.50
£41.75
Median % change year-on-year
-2.67%
-10.17%
+54.61%
75th Percentile
£52.75
£40.00
£47.99
90th Percentile
£68.65
£44.65
£51.68
Central London median hourly rate
£35.75
£37.50
£41.75
% change year-on-year
-4.67%
-10.17%
+54.61%
SOAP Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
SOAP Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAP in the City of London.
SOAP Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 September 2021.
SOAP Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOAP in the City of London.
SOAP Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 21 September 2021, IT contractor jobs citing SOAP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for SOAP.
SOAP Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
