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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 274 | 207 | 325 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -67 | +118 | -66 |
| Contract jobs citing SOAP | 454 | 376 | 205 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.97% | 1.33% | 0.64% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 4.54% | 5.20% | 2.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 299 | 253 | 115 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £356 | £360 |
| 25th Percentile | £427 | £409 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | - | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £600 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £520 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | - | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £43.70 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £47.75 | £61.25 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £56.25 | £62.50 | £36.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +73.61% | -33.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £63.75 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £56.25 | £62.50 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +73.61% | -33.17% |
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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 10,011 | 7,231 | 7,934 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 21.40% | 25.61% | 24.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,586 | 4,863 | 5,163 |
| 10th Percentile | £381 | £358 | £361 |
| 25th Percentile | £447 | £413 | £440 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £520 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.88% | -5.45% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £738 | £788 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £513 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.44% | -6.82% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 284 | 172 | 150 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.07 | £31.25 | £34.28 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.19 | £41.51 | £43.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £54.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.37% | -16.92% | +11.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.00 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.70 | £71.80 | £74.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £51.44 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.36% | -20.86% | +10.11% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in England
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 17 October 2026.
SOAP Hourly Rate Trend in England
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 17 October 2026.
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 17 October 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 | -41 | 245 | £525 | +5.00% | 105 |
| Midlands | -7 | 76 | £453 | +1.23% | 18 |
| West Midlands | +1 | 68 | £462 | -2.74% | 16 |
| South East | -49 | 67 | £500 | - | 42 |
| North of England | -91 | 25 | £625 | +43.35% | 23 |
| South West | -35 | 16 | £650 | +67.74% | 8 |
| North West | -62 | 14 | £625 | +47.06% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | -31 | 9 | £519 | +5.38% | 7 |
| East Midlands | -20 | 7 | £428 | +1.85% | 2 |
| East of England | -40 | 5 | £500 | -8.26% | 3 |
| North East | -41 | 2 | £388 | -20.51% | 3 |
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SOAP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REST | 83.5% | 379 |
| 2 | XML | 28.9% | 131 |
| 3 | Web Services | 22.9% | 104 |
| 4 | JSON | 20.9% | 95 |
| 5 | Middleware | 17.8% | 81 |
| 6 | OAuth | 16.1% | 73 |
| 7 | RESTful | 10.6% | 48 |
| 8 | .NET | 9.9% | 45 |
| 8 | Kafka | 9.9% | 45 |
| 10 | Swagger | 8.6% | 39 |
| 11 | Lightning Web Components | 8.4% | 38 |
| 12 | HTML | 7.9% | 36 |
| 13 | OAuth2 | 7.5% | 34 |
| 13 | Spring Boot | 7.5% | 34 |
| 15 | AngularJS | 7.3% | 33 |
| 15 | Spring | 7.3% | 33 |
| 17 | OpenAPI | 7.0% | 32 |
| 18 | CSS | 6.6% | 30 |
| 19 | JWT | 6.4% | 29 |
| 20 | ActiveMQ | 6.2% | 28 |