SOAP Contracts in England

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 292 272
Rank change year-on-year -44 -20 -19
Contract jobs citing SOAP 207 457 720
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.90% 1.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.78% 3.90% 3.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 324 503
10th Percentile £406 £400 £400
25th Percentile £461 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% -4.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile £620 £623 £638
90th Percentile £699 £730 £713
UK median daily rate £564 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +7.38% - +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £54.11 £33.23
25th Percentile - £54.47 £43.69
Median hourly rate - £55.69 £51.88
Median % change year-on-year - +7.34% +130.56%
75th Percentile - £57.53 £57.75
90th Percentile - £58.26 £64.05
UK median hourly rate - £55.69 £49.54
% change year-on-year - +12.40% +41.54%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England 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 7,454 11,713 19,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.17% 23.17% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,302 8,672 14,430
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 138 214
10th Percentile £21.63 £28.73 £21.30
25th Percentile £40.31 £48.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SOAP in England

SOAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAP in England.

Daily rate trend for SOAP in England

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOAP in England

SOAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOAP in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 April 2024. 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 -24 122 £558 +4.21% 53
South East -6 32 £500 - 24
North of England +19 19 £513 +2.50% 24
North West +11 15 £497 -0.55% 12
Midlands -7 10 £581 +7.64% 11
West Midlands +10 7 £563 -16.67% 7
East of England +13 5 £350 -1.41% 5
South West +13 5 £450 -30.77% 2
East Midlands +8 3 £625 +25.00% 4
North East +20 2 £600 - 2
Yorkshire +11 2 - - 10
SOAP
UK

SOAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 18 (8.70%) Apache
2 13 (6.28%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (5.31%) Confluence
4 10 (4.83%) Anypoint
5 8 (3.86%) SharePoint
6 7 (3.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (2.42%) Mule
7 5 (2.42%) Mule ESB
8 4 (1.93%) OpenStack
8 4 (1.93%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.93%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.97%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.97%) CMS
9 2 (0.97%) Jadu
9 2 (0.97%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.48%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.48%) Drupal
10 1 (0.48%) JBoss
10 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 8 (3.86%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.97%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.42%) NetSuite
1 5 (2.42%) Temenos T24
2 4 (1.93%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.45%) BusinessWorks
3 3 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.45%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.48%) SAP Convergent Charging
4 1 (0.48%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.48%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 59 (28.50%) Azure
2 46 (22.22%) AWS
3 28 (13.53%) GitHub
4 26 (12.56%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (10.14%) Serverless
6 18 (8.70%) GCP
7 14 (6.76%) SaaS
8 13 (6.28%) Apigee
8 13 (6.28%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (4.35%) Azure API Management
10 8 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (3.86%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (3.86%) PaaS
11 7 (3.38%) Azure Functions
11 7 (3.38%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.90%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (2.90%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.28%) BGP
1 13 (6.28%) Ethernet VPN
1 13 (6.28%) MPLS
1 13 (6.28%) VPN
2 12 (5.80%) Radio Access Network
3 8 (3.86%) HTTP
4 7 (3.38%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.90%) SSH
6 2 (0.97%) DNS
6 2 (0.97%) Internet
6 2 (0.97%) WinSCP
7 1 (0.48%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.48%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (20.77%) SQL Server
2 36 (17.39%) MySQL
3 29 (14.01%) NoSQL
4 27 (13.04%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (10.63%) MongoDB
5 22 (10.63%) Oracle Reports
6 13 (6.28%) Relational Database
7 11 (5.31%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (2.90%) Power BI
9 5 (2.42%) OLAP
9 5 (2.42%) OLTP
9 5 (2.42%) Oracle OLAP
9 5 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.97%) Big Data
10 2 (0.97%) DB2
10 2 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.97%) GIS
10 2 (0.97%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (20.77%) Git
2 40 (19.32%) JIRA
3 24 (11.59%) Jenkins
4 20 (9.66%) GitLab
5 18 (8.70%) SoapUI
6 16 (7.73%) Postman
7 13 (6.28%) JUnit
7 13 (6.28%) Robot Framework
7 13 (6.28%) TestRail
8 10 (4.83%) Selenium
9 9 (4.35%) Cucumber
9 9 (4.35%) Visual Studio
10 7 (3.38%) JMeter
11 6 (2.90%) Bitbucket
11 6 (2.90%) TeamCity
12 5 (2.42%) Artifactory
13 3 (1.45%) Cypress.io
13 3 (1.45%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (1.45%) SonarQube
13 3 (1.45%) Zephyr
General
1 39 (18.84%) Finance
1 39 (18.84%) Social Skills
2 18 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (8.21%) Banking
4 13 (6.28%) Financial Institution
5 7 (3.38%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.42%) Retail
7 5 (2.42%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.97%) Arabic Language
9 2 (0.97%) French Language
9 2 (0.97%) Front Office
9 2 (0.97%) German Language
9 2 (0.97%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.97%) Japanese Language
9 2 (0.97%) Korean Language
9 2 (0.97%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.97%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 74 (35.75%) Developer
2 37 (17.87%) Architect
3 17 (8.21%) Software Engineer
4 13 (6.28%) Analyst
4 13 (6.28%) Lead
4 13 (6.28%) Solutions Architect
5 12 (5.80%) SailPoint Engineer
6 11 (5.31%) Java Developer
6 11 (5.31%) Test Engineer
7 10 (4.83%) MuleSoft Developer
7 10 (4.83%) Network Engineer
7 10 (4.83%) SailPoint Developer
7 10 (4.83%) Senior
8 9 (4.35%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.35%) Consultant
9 8 (3.86%) SailPoint Architect
9 8 (3.86%) Technical Analyst
9 8 (3.86%) Technical Business Analyst
10 6 (2.90%) Data Engineer
10 6 (2.90%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (51.21%) REST
2 87 (42.03%) XML
3 72 (34.78%) Web Services
4 52 (25.12%) JSON
5 40 (19.32%) HTML
6 38 (18.36%) RESTful
7 35 (16.91%) Spring
8 32 (15.46%) SailPoint
9 31 (14.98%) LDAP
9 31 (14.98%) Servlets
10 30 (14.49%) JSP
10 30 (14.49%) SPML
11 28 (13.53%) .NET
12 22 (10.63%) JDBC
13 20 (9.66%) Spring Boot
14 17 (8.21%) Node.js
15 16 (7.73%) J2EE
16 15 (7.25%) RabbitMQ
16 15 (7.25%) Swagger
17 14 (6.76%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.63%) Onboarding
2 12 (5.80%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.83%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.83%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.86%) Mainframe
5 7 (3.38%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.90%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.42%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.42%) DataPower
7 5 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.45%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.45%) Wiki
10 2 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.97%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.48%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.14%) Linux
2 12 (5.80%) Windows
3 10 (4.83%) Unix
4 4 (1.93%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.97%) Android
5 2 (0.97%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (37.20%) Agile
2 55 (26.57%) DevOps
3 46 (22.22%) Scrum
4 43 (20.77%) CI/CD
5 38 (18.36%) Test Automation
6 37 (17.87%) Microservices
7 32 (15.46%) API Management
8 30 (14.49%) Unit Testing
9 28 (13.53%) RBAC
10 27 (13.04%) Software Engineering
10 27 (13.04%) TDD
11 25 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (12.08%) Workflow
12 22 (10.63%) OO
13 20 (9.66%) Integration Testing
13 20 (9.66%) Security Testing
14 19 (9.18%) SOA
15 18 (8.70%) BDD
16 16 (7.73%) API Testing
16 16 (7.73%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 95 (45.89%) SQL
2 72 (34.78%) Java
3 58 (28.02%) JavaScript
4 37 (17.87%) Python
5 32 (15.46%) C#
6 14 (6.76%) PowerShell
7 7 (3.38%) Bicep
8 6 (2.90%) Perl
9 4 (1.93%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.93%) C
9 4 (1.93%) C++
9 4 (1.93%) Groovy
9 4 (1.93%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.45%) PHP
10 3 (1.45%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.97%) ABAP
11 2 (0.97%) SOQL
11 2 (0.97%) SOSL
11 2 (0.97%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.97%) XPath
Qualifications
1 24 (11.59%) Security Cleared
2 20 (9.66%) SC Cleared
3 11 (5.31%) Degree
4 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.45%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.97%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.48%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.25%) QA
2 7 (3.38%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.93%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.45%) GDPR
5 2 (0.97%) HL7
6 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (18.84%) Docker
2 31 (14.98%) Active Directory
3 30 (14.49%) IAG
4 28 (13.53%) ACF2
4 28 (13.53%) RACF
5 4 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.93%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 24 (11.59%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.28%) Terraform
3 11 (5.31%) Ansible
4 6 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.42%) CloudHub
5 5 (2.42%) PingFederate
6 3 (1.45%) TIBCO Hawk
7 2 (0.97%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.48%) Anchore
8 1 (0.48%) Control-M
8 1 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.48%) Kibana
8 1 (0.48%) Packer
Vendors
1 53 (25.60%) Oracle
2 37 (17.87%) ServiceNow
3 27 (13.04%) Salesforce
4 24 (11.59%) Microsoft
5 22 (10.63%) Sybase
6 14 (6.76%) SAP
7 13 (6.28%) IBM
8 11 (5.31%) MuleSoft
9 10 (4.83%) Google
10 8 (3.86%) BeyondTrust
10 8 (3.86%) CyberArk
11 5 (2.42%) Ping Identity
11 5 (2.42%) TSYS
11 5 (2.42%) WSO2
12 4 (1.93%) Pega
12 4 (1.93%) TIBCO
13 3 (1.45%) Micro Focus
14 2 (0.97%) CA
14 2 (0.97%) ESRI
14 2 (0.97%) Novell