SOAP Contracts in the City of London

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 117 144
Rank change year-on-year +8 +27 +18
Contract jobs citing SOAP 13 8 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.74% 0.37% 0.82%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.69% 1.66% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 21
10th Percentile £448 £588 £400
25th Percentile £500 £606 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +6.52% -14.81%
75th Percentile £663 £640 £725
90th Percentile £721 £706 -
Central London median daily rate £500 £613 £565
% change year-on-year -18.37% +8.50% -16.37%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 483 482 1,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.51% 22.09% 28.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 344 666
10th Percentile £413 £400 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £775 £823
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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.

Job vacancy trend for SOAP 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.

Daily rate trend for 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 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOAP in the City of London

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.

Hourly rate trend for SOAP in the City of London

SOAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (7.69%) SAP Convergent Charging
2 1 (7.69%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure API Management
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (7.69%) Boomi
3 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
3 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) HTTP
1 1 (7.69%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) Data Mart
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Law
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (15.38%) CRM Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Salesforce Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Leader
4 1 (7.69%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Technical Leader
4 1 (7.69%) SAP CRM Developer
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (84.62%) REST
2 4 (30.77%) JSON
2 4 (30.77%) Web Services
2 4 (30.77%) XML
3 3 (23.08%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (23.08%) Middleware
4 2 (15.38%) .NET
4 2 (15.38%) HTML
4 2 (15.38%) OAuth
4 2 (15.38%) Visualforce
5 1 (7.69%) CSS
5 1 (7.69%) EDI
5 1 (7.69%) jQuery
5 1 (7.69%) Kafka
5 1 (7.69%) LDAP
5 1 (7.69%) Murex MxML
5 1 (7.69%) SAML
5 1 (7.69%) SAP BSP
5 1 (7.69%) WCF
5 1 (7.69%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) CMDB
1 2 (15.38%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Low-Code
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (38.46%) DevOps
4 4 (30.77%) ITSM
5 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
5 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
5 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 3 (23.08%) Migration
5 3 (23.08%) Service Management
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (15.38%) API Design
6 2 (15.38%) Case Management
6 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (15.38%) Data Management
6 2 (15.38%) Operations Management
6 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
6 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
6 2 (15.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) Apex Code
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) Python
4 1 (7.69%) ABAP
4 1 (7.69%) Bash
4 1 (7.69%) Bicep
4 1 (7.69%) Groovy
4 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 1 (7.69%) Shell Script
4 1 (7.69%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) OpenAM
1 1 (7.69%) OpenDJ
1 1 (7.69%) OpenIDM
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) ServiceNow
3 3 (23.08%) Salesforce
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) SAP
5 1 (7.69%) ForgeRock
5 1 (7.69%) Jitterbit
5 1 (7.69%) MuleSoft
5 1 (7.69%) Murex
5 1 (7.69%) OutSystems
5 1 (7.69%) Splunk
5 1 (7.69%) TIBCO