SOAP Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SOAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 83 103
Rank change year-on-year -3 +20 +17
Contract jobs citing SOAP 20 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.24% 0.18% 0.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.84% 1.16% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 3
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile £463 - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -0.24%
75th Percentile £725 - £581
90th Percentile £800 - £608
England median daily rate £495 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 255 172 199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.83% 15.11% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 98 117
10th Percentile £390 £299 £300
25th Percentile £425 £318 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £644 £538 £550
90th Percentile £784 £633 £638
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 6 9
10th Percentile £39.80 £42.50 £35.35
25th Percentile £43.00 - £43.88
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +23.81% -19.85%
75th Percentile £66.63 - £55.56
90th Percentile £76.25 £69.38 £72.40
England median hourly rate £59.50 £62.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -4.80% +20.45% -20.17%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

SOAP job vacancy trend in the East of England

SOAP
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SOAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SOAP

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOAP in the East of England

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SOAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SOAP

SOAP
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 December 2025. 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
Hertfordshire - 18 £550 - 12
Cambridgeshire -9 1 £725 +45.00% 10
Bedfordshire - 1 £425 - 4
SOAP
England

SOAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (10.00%) Apache
1 2 (10.00%) IIS
1 2 (10.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (5.00%) Mendix
Business Applications
1 8 (40.00%) SAP HCM
2 7 (35.00%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (10.00%) Maximo
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (5.00%) SAP MDG
4 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (15.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (10.00%) AWS
3 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 2 (10.00%) SaaS
4 1 (5.00%) Azure API Management
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (5.00%) OCI
4 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (10.00%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (10.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (10.00%) Git
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Law
3 2 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Consultant
2 8 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (35.00%) SAP HCM Consultant
4 5 (25.00%) Functional Consultant
4 5 (25.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) Data Integration Specialist
5 3 (15.00%) Data Migration Specialist
5 3 (15.00%) Integration Specialist
5 3 (15.00%) Migration Specialist
5 3 (15.00%) SSIS Specialist
6 2 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Maximo Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) Senior
6 2 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) Senior Functional Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) Senior SAP HCM Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) Lead
7 1 (5.00%) Oracle Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (70.00%) XML
2 10 (50.00%) REST
2 10 (50.00%) Web Services
3 5 (25.00%) JSON
4 4 (20.00%) EDI
5 3 (15.00%) XSLT
6 2 (10.00%) Middleware
7 1 (5.00%) .NET
7 1 (5.00%) CSS
7 1 (5.00%) IDoc
7 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (5.00%) RESTful
7 1 (5.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Replication
2 2 (10.00%) Low-Code
2 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.00%) Life Science
3 1 (5.00%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 8 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 8 (40.00%) DevOps
2 8 (40.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 8 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 7 (35.00%) CI/CD
3 7 (35.00%) Process Improvement
3 7 (35.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (35.00%) Time Management
4 5 (25.00%) Validation
5 4 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.00%) CRM
6 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
6 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (15.00%) ERP
6 3 (15.00%) ETL
6 3 (15.00%) Event-Driven
6 3 (15.00%) Logistics
6 3 (15.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) ABAP
1 8 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (25.00%) SQL
3 4 (20.00%) Java
3 4 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (5.00%) C#
4 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (5.00%) GxP
2 1 (5.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) SAP
2 5 (25.00%) Computacenter
3 3 (15.00%) Salesforce
4 2 (10.00%) IBM
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.00%) MuleSoft
4 2 (10.00%) Pega
4 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.00%) Jitterbit
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (5.00%) Virgin Media
5 1 (5.00%) Workday