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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 232 355
Rank change year-on-year -48 +123 -74
Contract jobs citing SOAP 392 307 202
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.89% 1.16% 0.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.68% 5.15% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 213 136
10th Percentile £400 £358 £403
25th Percentile £452 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £500 £529
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -5.48% -3.82%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £619
90th Percentile £716 £675 £693
UK median daily rate £550 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +8.91% -3.81% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £45.05 - -
25th Percentile £51.13 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - +73.61% -35.35%
75th Percentile £76.25 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £83.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year - +73.61% -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 8,369 5,965 7,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.96% 22.47% 21.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,518 4,104 5,539
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £426 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.74% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 128 266
10th Percentile £30.25 £30.60 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.31 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.63 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% -1.16% -10.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.68 £80.30 £74.47
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 6 July 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 6 July 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 6 July 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 -2 211 £598 +13.86% 42
South East -38 68 £525 +5.00% 27
Midlands -39 46 £475 +5.32% 12
West Midlands -38 38 £475 - 8
North of England -93 29 £397 -15.65% 15
South West -24 23 £600 +4.35% 4
Yorkshire -42 13 £460 -8.00% 4
North West -74 11 £384 -17.52% 10
East Midlands -18 6 £455 +26.74% 4
North East -32 5 £375 -23.08% 1
East of England -39 5 £525 -4.11% 1
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 22 (5.61%) Confluence
2 9 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.04%) Apache
3 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.79%) CICS
4 7 (1.79%) WebLogic
5 6 (1.53%) IIS
6 5 (1.28%) Appian
6 5 (1.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (1.02%) Anypoint
7 4 (1.02%) JBoss
7 4 (1.02%) Mule
7 4 (1.02%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.51%) CMS
9 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.26%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.26%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (2.55%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.79%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.53%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.53%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (1.53%) Remedy AR System
4 6 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.53%) SAP PSCD
5 5 (1.28%) Elite 3E
6 4 (1.02%) Maximo
7 3 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.51%) ProductWriter
8 2 (0.51%) SAP Hybris
8 2 (0.51%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.26%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 108 (27.55%) Azure
2 92 (23.47%) AWS
3 44 (11.22%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (7.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 29 (7.40%) Amazon S3
4 29 (7.40%) GitHub
5 26 (6.63%) GCP
6 24 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
6 24 (6.12%) SaaS
6 24 (6.12%) Serverless
7 21 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
7 21 (5.36%) PaaS
8 20 (5.10%) Entra ID
9 19 (4.85%) Amazon SQS
9 19 (4.85%) Boomi
10 18 (4.59%) AWS KMS
10 18 (4.59%) OCI
10 18 (4.59%) Route 53
11 17 (4.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 16 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.30%) FTP
2 8 (2.04%) HTTP
3 2 (0.51%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.51%) Internet
3 2 (0.51%) Intranet
3 2 (0.51%) SSL
3 2 (0.51%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.26%) 5G
4 1 (0.26%) Modbus
4 1 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.26%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.67%) DynamoDB
2 29 (7.40%) SQL Server
3 27 (6.89%) Relational Database
4 24 (6.12%) Amazon RDS
5 23 (5.87%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (4.59%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (2.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 7 (1.79%) Db2
8 7 (1.79%) Metadata
9 6 (1.53%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (1.53%) Power BI
10 5 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.28%) SAP HANA
11 4 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.02%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 60 (15.31%) Git
2 54 (13.78%) Jenkins
3 41 (10.46%) JIRA
4 29 (7.40%) JUnit
5 26 (6.63%) Mockito
6 25 (6.38%) Postman
7 23 (5.87%) GitLab
8 22 (5.61%) Maven
9 19 (4.85%) SonarQube
10 17 (4.34%) SoapUI
11 15 (3.83%) Cucumber
12 14 (3.57%) DbUnit
13 13 (3.32%) jMock
14 12 (3.06%) Selenium
15 11 (2.81%) Bitbucket Server
16 7 (1.79%) Ant
16 7 (1.79%) Eclipse
16 7 (1.79%) Visual Studio
17 6 (1.53%) REST Assured
17 6 (1.53%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 109 (27.81%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.60%) Public Sector
3 64 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (14.80%) Finance
5 25 (6.38%) Telecoms
6 23 (5.87%) Banking
7 12 (3.06%) Retail
8 8 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.53%) Billing
9 6 (1.53%) Marketing
10 5 (1.28%) Law
10 5 (1.28%) Legal
10 5 (1.28%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.02%) Automotive
11 4 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.77%) Games
12 3 (0.77%) Military
12 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.77%) Publishing
13 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 151 (38.52%) Developer
2 105 (26.79%) Architect
3 51 (13.01%) Senior
4 41 (10.46%) ServiceNow Architect
5 32 (8.16%) Consultant
6 29 (7.40%) Senior Developer
7 27 (6.89%) Lead
8 25 (6.38%) ServiceNow Developer
9 24 (6.12%) Technical Architect
10 23 (5.87%) Java Developer
11 21 (5.36%) Salesforce Developer
12 17 (4.34%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (3.83%) Analyst
14 14 (3.57%) Technical Consultant
15 12 (3.06%) ServiceNow Consultant
16 11 (2.81%) Azure Developer
17 10 (2.55%) Automation Engineer
17 10 (2.55%) SAP Consultant
18 9 (2.30%) Integration Architect
18 9 (2.30%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 344 (87.76%) REST
2 102 (26.02%) Web Services
3 90 (22.96%) XML
4 86 (21.94%) JSON
5 56 (14.29%) Middleware
6 54 (13.78%) OAuth
7 38 (9.69%) RESTful
8 33 (8.42%) AngularJS
9 32 (8.16%) .NET
9 32 (8.16%) Spring Boot
10 31 (7.91%) Spring
11 30 (7.65%) Lightning Web Components
12 26 (6.63%) HTML
13 25 (6.38%) CSS
14 21 (5.36%) Hibernate
14 21 (5.36%) JPA
15 20 (5.10%) JWT
15 20 (5.10%) Spring Batch
15 20 (5.10%) Spring Integration
16 19 (4.85%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 64 (16.33%) CMDB
2 34 (8.67%) Product Ownership
3 18 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (4.08%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (3.06%) Cloud Native
6 12 (3.06%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.81%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.30%) AI Agents
8 9 (2.30%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.79%) DataPower
9 7 (1.79%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.53%) N-Tier
10 6 (1.53%) Online Banking
10 6 (1.53%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.28%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.28%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.12%) Linux
2 12 (3.06%) Unix
3 7 (1.79%) zOS
4 6 (1.53%) Windows
5 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) Android
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (41.07%) Agile
2 118 (30.10%) DevOps
2 118 (30.10%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (27.04%) CI/CD
4 87 (22.19%) Data Modelling
5 83 (21.17%) ITSM
6 72 (18.37%) Integration Patterns
6 72 (18.37%) Scrum
7 65 (16.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 62 (15.82%) Technical Leadership
8 62 (15.82%) Workflow
9 54 (13.78%) ITIL
10 52 (13.27%) Migration
10 52 (13.27%) Translating Business Requirements
11 51 (13.01%) AI
11 51 (13.01%) Microservices
12 50 (12.76%) Roadmaps
13 49 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
13 49 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
14 46 (11.73%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 103 (26.28%) SQL
2 97 (24.74%) JavaScript
3 91 (23.21%) Java
4 44 (11.22%) Python
5 31 (7.91%) C#
6 29 (7.40%) Apex Code
7 21 (5.36%) PowerShell
8 16 (4.08%) SOQL
9 13 (3.32%) Groovy
10 12 (3.06%) ABAP
11 11 (2.81%) SOSL
12 10 (2.55%) PL/SQL
13 9 (2.30%) Bash
13 9 (2.30%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (1.79%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.53%) JCL
15 6 (1.53%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.53%) VB
15 6 (1.53%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 132 (33.67%) Security Cleared
2 105 (26.79%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.12%) DV Cleared
4 23 (5.87%) Degree
5 13 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.55%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.30%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.79%) CISM
8 7 (1.79%) CISSP
9 6 (1.53%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.53%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.26%) OCA
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.26%) PMP
10 1 (0.26%) RHCA
10 1 (0.26%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.65%) QA
2 17 (4.34%) GDPR
3 14 (3.57%) Data Quality
4 13 (3.32%) GRC
5 7 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.53%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.02%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.02%) ISO 8583
7 4 (1.02%) NCSC
7 4 (1.02%) PMO
8 3 (0.77%) HL7
8 3 (0.77%) IFRS
8 3 (0.77%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.77%) PSD2
9 2 (0.51%) NIST
9 2 (0.51%) SEPA
9 2 (0.51%) SLA
10 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 35 (8.93%) Docker
2 11 (2.81%) Postfix
3 7 (1.79%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.26%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 18 (4.59%) Grafana
2 14 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.79%) Ansible
5 6 (1.53%) Terraform
6 5 (1.28%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.26%) Argo
8 1 (0.26%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.26%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.26%) SELinux
8 1 (0.26%) systemd
Vendors
1 113 (28.83%) ServiceNow
2 73 (18.62%) Oracle
3 53 (13.52%) Salesforce
4 46 (11.73%) Microsoft
5 38 (9.69%) SAP
6 22 (5.61%) MuleSoft
7 20 (5.10%) Workday
8 17 (4.34%) Jaspersoft
9 14 (3.57%) Atlassian
10 13 (3.32%) webMethods
11 9 (2.30%) Pega
12 8 (2.04%) IBM
12 8 (2.04%) OutSystems
13 7 (1.79%) Dell
13 7 (1.79%) Google
14 6 (1.53%) BMC
14 6 (1.53%) Guidewire
14 6 (1.53%) Remedy
15 4 (1.02%) Intapp
16 3 (0.77%) Adobe