Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
South East > Home Counties
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 8 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +22 | - |
| Contract jobs citing SOAP | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties | - | 4.00% | 0.80% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 50.00% | 1.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £488 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £513 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -9.09% | +10.00% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Home Counties
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 the Home Counties 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 | 1 | 2 | 55 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties | 12.50% | 8.00% | 44.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £440 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £408 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £415 | £638 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.46% | -34.90% | -20.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £423 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £798 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | +16.67% |
SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties
Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.
SOAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAP in the Home Counties.