SOAP Contracts in England

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SOAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOAP over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 341 279
Rank change year-on-year +81 -62 +4
Contract jobs citing SOAP 236 207 461
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.97% 0.56% 0.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.33% 2.75% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 136 327
10th Percentile £390 £406 £400
25th Percentile £439 £461 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% -3.64%
75th Percentile £589 £620 £625
90th Percentile £675 £699 £730
UK median daily rate £523 £564 £525
% change year-on-year -7.23% +7.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £54.11
25th Percentile - - £54.47
Median hourly rate - - £55.69
75th Percentile - - £57.53
90th Percentile - - £58.26
UK median hourly rate - - £55.69
% change year-on-year - - +12.40%

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 5,452 7,525 11,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.40% 20.22% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,351 8,632
10th Percentile £370 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 216 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.12 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.81 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
London +35 121 £525 -5.83% 85
South East +47 36 £500 - 25
North of England +41 32 £492 -4.00% 39
North West +21 25 £492 -1.06% 28
Midlands +32 18 £451 -22.41% 27
West Midlands +25 16 £440 -21.78% 14
South West +54 14 £575 +27.78% 6
Yorkshire +17 4 £450 - 11
North East +1 3 £590 -1.67%
East Midlands +9 2 £494 -21.04% 13
East of England +29 1 - - 5
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 23 (9.75%) Confluence
2 9 (3.81%) WebSphere
3 8 (3.39%) JBoss
4 7 (2.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (2.97%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.97%) WebLogic
5 6 (2.54%) Apache
5 6 (2.54%) CMS
5 6 (2.54%) NetWeaver
5 6 (2.54%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.69%) Anypoint
6 4 (1.69%) Drupal
6 4 (1.69%) Mule
6 4 (1.69%) Mule ESB
6 4 (1.69%) WordPress
7 3 (1.27%) nginx
7 3 (1.27%) Oracle Service Bus
8 2 (0.85%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.85%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.85%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (2.97%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (4.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (3.39%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (2.12%) Kondor
5 2 (0.85%) assyst
5 2 (0.85%) Magento
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.85%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.85%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.85%) Shopify
6 1 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.42%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 1 (0.42%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (26.27%) Azure
2 41 (17.37%) AWS
3 22 (9.32%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.36%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (6.36%) GCP
5 15 (6.36%) Power Automate
5 15 (6.36%) PowerApps
6 11 (4.66%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (3.81%) Boomi
7 9 (3.81%) GitHub
8 8 (3.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 7 (2.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (2.97%) Azure API Management
9 7 (2.97%) OCI
10 6 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (2.54%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 6 (2.54%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 34 (14.41%) HTTP
2 15 (6.36%) HTTPS
3 10 (4.24%) SSL
4 5 (2.12%) POP3
4 5 (2.12%) SMTP
5 4 (1.69%) Internet
6 3 (1.27%) VPN
7 2 (0.85%) BGP
7 2 (0.85%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.85%) MPLS
7 2 (0.85%) SMS
7 2 (0.85%) SNMP
8 1 (0.42%) DNS
8 1 (0.42%) FTP
8 1 (0.42%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (13.98%) SQL Server
2 20 (8.47%) Relational Database
3 14 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (5.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (4.24%) Power BI
6 9 (3.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (3.39%) DB2
7 8 (3.39%) MySQL
8 7 (2.97%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (2.97%) Oracle Database
9 6 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.54%) GIS
10 5 (2.12%) DynamoDB
10 5 (2.12%) Siebel EIM
11 4 (1.69%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (1.69%) Tableau
12 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.85%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 46 (19.49%) JIRA
2 42 (17.80%) Git
3 37 (15.68%) Jenkins
4 20 (8.47%) Bitbucket
5 16 (6.78%) SoapUI
6 14 (5.93%) JUnit
7 13 (5.51%) GitLab
7 13 (5.51%) Maven
8 12 (5.08%) Postman
9 8 (3.39%) Bitbucket Server
9 8 (3.39%) Selenium
10 7 (2.97%) Mockito
11 6 (2.54%) SonarQube
12 5 (2.12%) Subversion
13 4 (1.69%) Ant
13 4 (1.69%) Cucumber
13 4 (1.69%) DbUnit
13 4 (1.69%) jMock
13 4 (1.69%) REST Assured
14 3 (1.27%) Toad
General
1 44 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.22%) Finance
3 36 (15.25%) Public Sector
4 26 (11.02%) Banking
5 22 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.97%) Marketing
7 6 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.12%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.27%) Billing
10 3 (1.27%) Retail
11 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.85%) Law
12 1 (0.42%) Automotive
12 1 (0.42%) French Language
12 1 (0.42%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.42%) Legal
Job Titles
1 103 (43.64%) Developer
2 31 (13.14%) Architect
3 24 (10.17%) Lead
4 20 (8.47%) ServiceNow Developer
5 16 (6.78%) Senior
6 14 (5.93%) Consultant
6 14 (5.93%) Integration Developer
6 14 (5.93%) Software Engineer
7 12 (5.08%) Java Developer
7 12 (5.08%) SAP Developer
8 10 (4.24%) ServiceNow Architect
9 9 (3.81%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 8 (3.39%) Salesforce Developer
11 7 (2.97%) Integration Architect
12 6 (2.54%) Lead Developer
12 6 (2.54%) Senior Developer
13 5 (2.12%) Analyst
13 5 (2.12%) CRM Developer
13 5 (2.12%) Solutions Consultant
13 5 (2.12%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (74.58%) REST
2 91 (38.56%) Web Services
3 55 (23.31%) XML
4 40 (16.95%) JSON
5 29 (12.29%) HTML
6 27 (11.44%) AngularJS
6 27 (11.44%) CSS
6 27 (11.44%) RESTful
7 26 (11.02%) Middleware
8 23 (9.75%) OAuth
9 22 (9.32%) JDBC
10 20 (8.47%) Spring
11 18 (7.63%) Ajax
11 18 (7.63%) Spring Boot
12 17 (7.20%) XSLT
13 16 (6.78%) SAML
14 15 (6.36%) LDAP
15 14 (5.93%) Bootstrap
15 14 (5.93%) EDI
15 14 (5.93%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.78%) CMDB
2 14 (5.93%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.81%) Data Structures
3 9 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (3.81%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.39%) PKI
4 8 (3.39%) Private Cloud
5 6 (2.54%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.54%) SCADA
5 6 (2.54%) Taxonomies
5 6 (2.54%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.12%) Derivative
6 5 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.12%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.69%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.69%) Replication
8 3 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.68%) Linux
2 22 (9.32%) Windows
3 20 (8.47%) Unix
4 10 (4.24%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.27%) AIX
6 2 (0.85%) CentOS
7 1 (0.42%) Android
7 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (49.58%) Agile
2 54 (22.88%) Scrum
3 52 (22.03%) DevOps
4 49 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (14.41%) CI/CD
6 29 (12.29%) SDLC
7 27 (11.44%) Migration
8 24 (10.17%) ITSM
9 23 (9.75%) Roadmaps
9 23 (9.75%) Service Management
10 21 (8.90%) API Management
10 21 (8.90%) Microservices
11 20 (8.47%) API Integration
11 20 (8.47%) Mentoring
11 20 (8.47%) Software Engineering
12 19 (8.05%) Configuration Management
12 19 (8.05%) Data Modelling
13 18 (7.63%) ITIL
13 18 (7.63%) Risk Management
13 18 (7.63%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 82 (34.75%) SQL
2 76 (32.20%) JavaScript
3 73 (30.93%) Java
4 36 (15.25%) Python
5 23 (9.75%) C#
6 22 (9.32%) PL/SQL
7 21 (8.90%) PowerShell
8 16 (6.78%) ABAP
9 14 (5.93%) Apex Code
10 13 (5.51%) Groovy
11 12 (5.08%) Bash
12 9 (3.81%) Perl
13 8 (3.39%) Shell Script
14 5 (2.12%) PHP
14 5 (2.12%) T-SQL
15 4 (1.69%) COBOL
15 4 (1.69%) DataWeave
15 4 (1.69%) SOQL
15 4 (1.69%) XPath
16 3 (1.27%) Korn
Qualifications
1 68 (28.81%) Security Cleared
2 55 (23.31%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.17%) Degree
4 10 (4.24%) CCNP
4 10 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (4.24%) OCA
4 10 (4.24%) Oracle Certification
4 10 (4.24%) RHCA
4 10 (4.24%) RHCE
4 10 (4.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (2.54%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.27%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.27%) SAP Certification
7 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.85%) CAPM
7 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.39%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.97%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.54%) QA
4 5 (2.12%) Basel III
4 5 (2.12%) GDPR
4 5 (2.12%) MiFID
5 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.85%) SEPA
7 1 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.42%) HL7
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 19 (8.05%) Docker
2 12 (5.08%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.54%) OpenAM
4 6 (2.54%) OpenDJ
4 6 (2.54%) OpenIDM
5 5 (2.12%) Postfix
6 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (9.75%) Single Sign-On
2 12 (5.08%) Ansible
3 11 (4.66%) Kubernetes
3 11 (4.66%) Progress Chef
3 11 (4.66%) Puppet
4 10 (4.24%) vCenter Server
5 8 (3.39%) Grafana
5 8 (3.39%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.12%) Terraform
7 4 (1.69%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.42%) Apache Ranger
8 1 (0.42%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.42%) Kibana
8 1 (0.42%) logstash
8 1 (0.42%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (24.58%) Oracle
2 42 (17.80%) ServiceNow
3 41 (17.37%) Microsoft
4 26 (11.02%) SAP
5 18 (7.63%) Salesforce
6 17 (7.20%) MuleSoft
7 13 (5.51%) Atlassian
7 13 (5.51%) ForgeRock
8 12 (5.08%) Cisco
9 11 (4.66%) VMware
10 10 (4.24%) IBM
10 10 (4.24%) Ping Identity
11 6 (2.54%) Jaspersoft
11 6 (2.54%) Qualtrics
11 6 (2.54%) Siebel
12 5 (2.12%) Adobe
12 5 (2.12%) Sybase
13 4 (1.69%) OpenText
13 4 (1.69%) Snow
13 4 (1.69%) Zend