SOAP Contract Job Trends in England

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SOAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
27 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 227 354
Rank change year-on-year -59 +127 -82
Contract jobs citing SOAP 377 291 200
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.15% 0.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.54% 5.10% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 198 136
10th Percentile £400 £369 £413
25th Percentile £451 £426 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £522 £534
Median % change year-on-year +5.31% -2.20% -2.06%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £619
90th Percentile £750 £677 £699
UK median daily rate £550 £520 £534
% change year-on-year +5.77% -2.62% +0.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £45.05 - -
25th Percentile £51.13 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £36.00
75th Percentile £76.25 - -
90th Percentile £83.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - £36.00
% change year-on-year - - -35.35%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,301 5,704 7,895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.10% 22.57% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,472 3,942 5,497
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 119 263
10th Percentile £30.35 £31.05 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £48.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -10.77%
75th Percentile £74.82 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.16 £81.01 £74.49
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SOAP job vacancy trend in England

SOAP
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SOAP

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SOAP in England

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SOAP

SOAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SOAP in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SOAP in England

SOAP
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
London -4 209 £600 +14.29% 29
South East -50 59 £550 +10.00% 22
Midlands -45 41 £450 -0.22% 8
West Midlands -48 33 £450 -5.26% 5
North of England -85 29 £394 -18.18% 8
South West -31 21 £563 -2.17% 2
Yorkshire -31 13 £460 -8.00% 1
North West -78 11 £371 -21.84% 6
East Midlands -13 6 £455 +26.74% 3
North East -32 5 £375 -23.08% 1
East of England -35 5 £525 -4.11% 2
SOAP
UK

SOAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 19 (5.04%) Confluence
2 10 (2.65%) Apache
3 9 (2.39%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.86%) CICS
5 7 (1.86%) WebLogic
6 6 (1.59%) IIS
7 5 (1.33%) Appian
7 5 (1.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (1.06%) Anypoint
8 4 (1.06%) JBoss
8 4 (1.06%) Mule
8 4 (1.06%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.53%) CMS
10 1 (0.27%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.27%) nginx
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (2.65%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.59%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (1.59%) Remedy AR System
2 6 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.33%) Elite 3E
3 5 (1.33%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.06%) Maximo
4 4 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.53%) ProductWriter
5 2 (0.53%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.53%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 112 (29.71%) Azure
2 99 (26.26%) AWS
3 39 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (9.02%) GCP
5 29 (7.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 29 (7.69%) Amazon S3
6 24 (6.37%) Amazon EC2
6 24 (6.37%) SaaS
6 24 (6.37%) Serverless
7 22 (5.84%) GitHub
8 21 (5.57%) PaaS
9 20 (5.31%) Entra ID
10 19 (5.04%) Amazon SQS
11 18 (4.77%) AWS KMS
11 18 (4.77%) OCI
11 18 (4.77%) Route 53
12 16 (4.24%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (4.24%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 15 (3.98%) Azure Service Bus
13 15 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.39%) FTP
2 8 (2.12%) HTTP
3 2 (0.53%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.53%) Internet
3 2 (0.53%) Intranet
3 2 (0.53%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.27%) 5G
4 1 (0.27%) Modbus
4 1 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.27%) SNMP
4 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.02%) DynamoDB
2 28 (7.43%) SQL Server
3 27 (7.16%) Relational Database
4 24 (6.37%) Amazon RDS
5 23 (6.10%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (4.77%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (2.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 7 (1.86%) Db2
8 7 (1.86%) Metadata
9 6 (1.59%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (1.59%) Power BI
10 5 (1.33%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.06%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.80%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.80%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 60 (15.92%) Git
2 50 (13.26%) Jenkins
3 39 (10.34%) JIRA
4 29 (7.69%) JUnit
5 26 (6.90%) Mockito
6 25 (6.63%) Postman
7 23 (6.10%) GitLab
8 22 (5.84%) Maven
9 19 (5.04%) SonarQube
10 17 (4.51%) SoapUI
11 14 (3.71%) DbUnit
12 13 (3.45%) jMock
13 11 (2.92%) Bitbucket Server
13 11 (2.92%) Cucumber
14 7 (1.86%) Ant
14 7 (1.86%) Eclipse
14 7 (1.86%) Selenium
14 7 (1.86%) Visual Studio
15 6 (1.59%) REST Assured
15 6 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 113 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 64 (16.98%) Public Sector
3 63 (16.71%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (13.26%) Finance
5 23 (6.10%) Telecoms
6 21 (5.57%) Banking
7 9 (2.39%) Retail
8 8 (2.12%) Billing
8 8 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.59%) Marketing
10 5 (1.33%) Law
10 5 (1.33%) Legal
11 3 (0.80%) Automotive
11 3 (0.80%) Games
11 3 (0.80%) Military
11 3 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.53%) Aviation
12 2 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.53%) Local Government
12 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (38.99%) Developer
2 111 (29.44%) Architect
3 46 (12.20%) Senior
4 38 (10.08%) ServiceNow Architect
5 28 (7.43%) Lead
6 27 (7.16%) Senior Developer
7 23 (6.10%) Java Developer
7 23 (6.10%) ServiceNow Developer
7 23 (6.10%) Technical Architect
8 22 (5.84%) Consultant
9 20 (5.31%) Salesforce Developer
10 17 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (4.24%) Analyst
12 12 (3.18%) Technical Consultant
13 11 (2.92%) Azure Developer
13 11 (2.92%) ServiceNow Consultant
14 10 (2.65%) CyberArk Architect
15 9 (2.39%) Automation Engineer
15 9 (2.39%) Lead Architect
15 9 (2.39%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (88.06%) REST
2 100 (26.53%) Web Services
3 88 (23.34%) XML
4 84 (22.28%) JSON
5 52 (13.79%) Middleware
6 49 (13.00%) OAuth
7 33 (8.75%) AngularJS
7 33 (8.75%) RESTful
8 32 (8.49%) .NET
8 32 (8.49%) Spring Boot
9 31 (8.22%) Spring
10 29 (7.69%) Lightning Web Components
11 26 (6.90%) HTML
12 25 (6.63%) CSS
13 21 (5.57%) Hibernate
13 21 (5.57%) JPA
14 20 (5.31%) Spring Batch
14 20 (5.31%) Spring Integration
15 19 (5.04%) ActiveMQ
15 19 (5.04%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.59%) CMDB
2 33 (8.75%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.84%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (4.77%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.24%) Low-Code
6 15 (3.98%) Security Posture
7 14 (3.71%) Management Information System
8 12 (3.18%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.39%) AI Agents
9 9 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.12%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.86%) DataPower
11 7 (1.86%) Mainframe
12 6 (1.59%) N-Tier
12 6 (1.59%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.59%) Online Banking
12 6 (1.59%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.59%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.37%) Linux
2 7 (1.86%) zOS
3 6 (1.59%) Unix
3 6 (1.59%) Windows
4 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.27%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (40.58%) Agile
2 115 (30.50%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (29.97%) DevOps
4 100 (26.53%) CI/CD
5 84 (22.28%) ITSM
6 81 (21.49%) Data Modelling
7 79 (20.95%) Integration Patterns
8 71 (18.83%) Scrum
9 69 (18.30%) Technical Leadership
10 67 (17.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 59 (15.65%) Workflow
12 51 (13.53%) ITIL
13 50 (13.26%) Migration
14 49 (13.00%) Microservices
14 49 (13.00%) Performance Tuning
15 47 (12.47%) Roadmaps
15 47 (12.47%) Translating Business Requirements
15 47 (12.47%) User Acceptance Testing
16 45 (11.94%) ERP
17 44 (11.67%) AI
Programming Languages
1 104 (27.59%) SQL
2 88 (23.34%) JavaScript
3 87 (23.08%) Java
4 49 (13.00%) Python
5 31 (8.22%) PowerShell
6 28 (7.43%) Apex Code
7 27 (7.16%) C#
8 16 (4.24%) SOQL
9 11 (2.92%) SOSL
10 10 (2.65%) Groovy
10 10 (2.65%) PL/SQL
11 9 (2.39%) Bash
11 9 (2.39%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.86%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.59%) JCL
13 6 (1.59%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.59%) VB
13 6 (1.59%) VB.NET
13 6 (1.59%) VB6
13 6 (1.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 125 (33.16%) Security Cleared
2 101 (26.79%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.10%) Degree
4 22 (5.84%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.65%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.39%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.86%) CISM
8 7 (1.86%) CISSP
9 6 (1.59%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.53%) CCNP
10 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.53%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.53%) PMP
11 1 (0.27%) OCA
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.27%) RHCA
11 1 (0.27%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.16%) QA
2 18 (4.77%) GDPR
3 14 (3.71%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.18%) GRC
5 7 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.59%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.06%) ISO 8583
7 4 (1.06%) NCSC
8 3 (0.80%) HL7
8 3 (0.80%) IFRS
8 3 (0.80%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.80%) PMO
8 3 (0.80%) PSD2
9 2 (0.53%) NIST
9 2 (0.53%) SEPA
9 2 (0.53%) SLA
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (8.75%) Docker
2 17 (4.51%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.92%) Postfix
4 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.27%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 18 (4.77%) Grafana
2 12 (3.18%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (1.86%) Ansible
4 5 (1.33%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.33%) Terraform
5 2 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.27%) Argo
6 1 (0.27%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.27%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.27%) Puppet
6 1 (0.27%) SELinux
6 1 (0.27%) systemd
Vendors
1 106 (28.12%) ServiceNow
2 68 (18.04%) Oracle
3 45 (11.94%) Salesforce
4 40 (10.61%) Microsoft
5 29 (7.69%) SAP
6 22 (5.84%) MuleSoft
7 20 (5.31%) Workday
8 17 (4.51%) Jaspersoft
9 14 (3.71%) Atlassian
10 10 (2.65%) BeyondTrust
10 10 (2.65%) Centrify
10 10 (2.65%) CyberArk
11 9 (2.39%) Pega
12 8 (2.12%) Guidewire
12 8 (2.12%) IBM
12 8 (2.12%) OutSystems
13 7 (1.86%) webMethods
14 6 (1.59%) Dell
14 6 (1.59%) Google
14 6 (1.59%) Remedy
63 SOAP jobs in England