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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 230 341
Rank change year-on-year -42 +111 -50
Contract jobs citing SOAP 382 269 208
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.90% 1.10% 0.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.69% 4.89% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 181 145
10th Percentile £397 £380 £406
25th Percentile £450 £447 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £522 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -5.18% +2.33%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £619
90th Percentile £750 £700 £699
UK median daily rate £550 £521 £550
% change year-on-year +5.57% -5.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.00 - -
Median hourly rate £42.00 - -
75th Percentile £43.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.00 - -

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 8,143 5,498 7,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.20% 22.56% 20.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,370 3,803 5,451
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £633 £656 £675
90th Percentile £738 £790 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 108 247
10th Percentile £32.50 £31.69 £22.65
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.43
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +29.05% -25.49%
75th Percentile £73.34 £68.19 £69.38
90th Percentile £80.90 £81.11 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.97
% change year-on-year +4.00% +27.64% -24.67%

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 9 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
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 9 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 +9 218 £625 +19.05% 33
South East -43 59 £550 +10.00% 19
Midlands -46 41 £450 -5.26% 8
North of England -78 34 £400 -18.70% 8
West Midlands -48 33 £450 -5.26% 4
South West -25 18 £550 -4.35% 4
North West -52 18 £394 -19.97% 7
Yorkshire -52 11 £460 -8.00% 1
East Midlands -26 6 £455 +12.76% 4
North East -21 5 £375 -23.08%
East of England -35 4 £550 - 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 18 (4.71%) Confluence
2 10 (2.62%) Apache
2 10 (2.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 10 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.36%) WebLogic
4 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.83%) CICS
6 5 (1.31%) IIS
6 5 (1.31%) JBoss
6 5 (1.31%) Tomcat
7 4 (1.05%) Appian
8 3 (0.79%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.79%) Mule
8 3 (0.79%) Oracle Service Bus
9 2 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.52%) CMS
9 2 (0.52%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.26%) Mule ESB
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 15 (3.93%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.09%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.05%) Maximo
3 4 (1.05%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.79%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.79%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.52%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.52%) ProductWriter
5 2 (0.52%) Remedy AR System
5 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.52%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.26%) Magento
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.26%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 125 (32.72%) Azure
2 118 (30.89%) AWS
3 55 (14.40%) GCP
4 34 (8.90%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (7.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 28 (7.33%) Amazon S3
5 28 (7.33%) OCI
5 28 (7.33%) PaaS
6 23 (6.02%) Amazon EC2
7 22 (5.76%) Serverless
8 19 (4.97%) Amazon SQS
8 19 (4.97%) Entra ID
8 19 (4.97%) SaaS
9 18 (4.71%) AWS KMS
9 18 (4.71%) Route 53
10 17 (4.45%) GitHub
11 15 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (3.40%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.09%) FTP
2 6 (1.57%) HTTP
3 2 (0.52%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.26%) 5G
4 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.26%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) Intranet
4 1 (0.26%) Modbus
4 1 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.26%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.64%) DynamoDB
2 25 (6.54%) Relational Database
2 25 (6.54%) SQL Server
3 23 (6.02%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (5.76%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (4.71%) Amazon Aurora
6 11 (2.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 9 (2.36%) Db2
8 8 (2.09%) Metadata
9 6 (1.57%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (1.57%) Power BI
10 4 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.52%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 56 (14.66%) Git
2 44 (11.52%) Jenkins
3 36 (9.42%) JIRA
4 33 (8.64%) Postman
5 29 (7.59%) JUnit
6 25 (6.54%) Mockito
7 23 (6.02%) Maven
8 22 (5.76%) GitLab
9 21 (5.50%) SoapUI
10 19 (4.97%) SonarQube
11 14 (3.66%) DbUnit
12 13 (3.40%) jMock
13 11 (2.88%) Bitbucket Server
14 10 (2.62%) Cucumber
15 7 (1.83%) Selenium
15 7 (1.83%) Visual Studio
16 6 (1.57%) REST Assured
16 6 (1.57%) Team Foundation Server
17 5 (1.31%) Ant
17 5 (1.31%) Eclipse
General
1 132 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (15.45%) Public Sector
4 44 (11.52%) Finance
5 20 (5.24%) Banking
5 20 (5.24%) Telecoms
6 11 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.09%) Billing
8 6 (1.57%) Retail
9 5 (1.31%) Legal
9 5 (1.31%) Marketing
10 4 (1.05%) Law
10 4 (1.05%) Military
11 3 (0.79%) Automotive
11 3 (0.79%) Games
11 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.52%) Aviation
12 2 (0.52%) Local Government
12 2 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.26%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 132 (34.55%) Developer
2 125 (32.72%) Architect
3 37 (9.69%) Senior
4 36 (9.42%) ServiceNow Architect
5 34 (8.90%) CyberArk Architect
6 28 (7.33%) Lead
7 24 (6.28%) Java Developer
7 24 (6.28%) ServiceNow Developer
8 22 (5.76%) Senior Developer
9 21 (5.50%) Analyst
10 19 (4.97%) Consultant
11 18 (4.71%) Technical Architect
12 17 (4.45%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (4.19%) Salesforce Developer
14 13 (3.40%) Business Analyst
15 12 (3.14%) Integration Specialist
16 11 (2.88%) Azure Developer
17 10 (2.62%) Cloud Specialist
17 10 (2.62%) Oracle Specialist
17 10 (2.62%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 334 (87.43%) REST
2 102 (26.70%) Web Services
3 91 (23.82%) XML
4 88 (23.04%) JSON
5 53 (13.87%) OAuth
6 43 (11.26%) LDAP
6 43 (11.26%) Middleware
7 33 (8.64%) AngularJS
7 33 (8.64%) RESTful
8 32 (8.38%) Spring Boot
9 31 (8.12%) Spring
10 28 (7.33%) Oracle Fusion
11 27 (7.07%) .NET
12 25 (6.54%) CSS
13 24 (6.28%) HTML
13 24 (6.28%) XSLT
14 23 (6.02%) JWT
15 22 (5.76%) Lightning Web Components
16 21 (5.50%) Hibernate
16 21 (5.50%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.83%) CMDB
2 44 (11.52%) Enterprise Software
3 39 (10.21%) Security Posture
4 32 (8.38%) Product Ownership
5 18 (4.71%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (3.66%) Low-Code
6 14 (3.66%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.62%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.62%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.83%) DataPower
9 7 (1.83%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.57%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.57%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.57%) N-Tier
10 6 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.57%) Online Banking
11 5 (1.31%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.31%) Digital Wallet
12 4 (1.05%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.54%) Linux
2 7 (1.83%) zOS
3 6 (1.57%) Unix
4 5 (1.31%) Windows
5 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) Android
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (37.17%) Agile
2 129 (33.77%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (27.49%) DevOps
4 101 (26.44%) ITSM
5 95 (24.87%) Integration Patterns
6 86 (22.51%) CI/CD
7 84 (21.99%) Technical Leadership
8 71 (18.59%) Data Modelling
9 66 (17.28%) Scrum
10 62 (16.23%) Stakeholder Management
11 57 (14.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 53 (13.87%) ERP
13 50 (13.09%) Workflow
14 48 (12.57%) Microservices
15 46 (12.04%) ITIL
16 45 (11.78%) Roadmaps
16 45 (11.78%) Translating Business Requirements
17 43 (11.26%) Migration
17 43 (11.26%) Task Automation
18 42 (10.99%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 102 (26.70%) SQL
2 84 (21.99%) JavaScript
3 83 (21.73%) Java
4 67 (17.54%) Python
5 53 (13.87%) PowerShell
6 24 (6.28%) C#
7 21 (5.50%) Apex Code
8 13 (3.40%) SOQL
9 9 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (2.09%) PL/SQL
10 8 (2.09%) SOSL
11 7 (1.83%) Bash
11 7 (1.83%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.57%) Groovy
12 6 (1.57%) JCL
12 6 (1.57%) VB
12 6 (1.57%) VB6
12 6 (1.57%) VBA
12 6 (1.57%) XPath
13 5 (1.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 138 (36.13%) Security Cleared
2 119 (31.15%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.28%) Degree
4 16 (4.19%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.62%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.36%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.83%) CISM
8 7 (1.83%) CISSP
9 6 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.05%) CCNP
10 4 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.52%) PMP
12 1 (0.26%) CBAP
12 1 (0.26%) CSPO
12 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.26%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.50%) QA
2 16 (4.19%) GDPR
3 13 (3.40%) GRC
4 11 (2.88%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.57%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.31%) ISO 8583
7 5 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.31%) PSD2
8 4 (1.05%) NCSC
9 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.79%) HL7
9 3 (0.79%) IFRS
9 3 (0.79%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.79%) PMO
10 2 (0.52%) NIST
10 2 (0.52%) SEPA
10 2 (0.52%) SLA
11 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 41 (10.73%) Active Directory
2 31 (8.12%) Docker
3 11 (2.88%) Postfix
4 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.26%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 18 (4.71%) Grafana
2 10 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (1.83%) Ansible
4 5 (1.31%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.79%) Terraform
6 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.52%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.26%) Argo
7 1 (0.26%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.26%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.26%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.26%) Puppet
7 1 (0.26%) SELinux
7 1 (0.26%) systemd
Vendors
1 101 (26.44%) ServiceNow
2 74 (19.37%) Oracle
3 38 (9.95%) Microsoft
4 34 (8.90%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (8.90%) Centrify
4 34 (8.90%) CyberArk
5 31 (8.12%) Salesforce
6 26 (6.81%) SAP
7 20 (5.24%) Workday
8 17 (4.45%) Jaspersoft
9 16 (4.19%) MuleSoft
10 14 (3.66%) Atlassian
11 9 (2.36%) Pega
12 8 (2.09%) Guidewire
12 8 (2.09%) IBM
12 8 (2.09%) OutSystems
13 6 (1.57%) webMethods
14 5 (1.31%) Dell
15 4 (1.05%) Google
16 3 (0.79%) InterSystems