SOAP Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring SOAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 20 22
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing SOAP 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.40% 0.88% 1.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.70% 3.85% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £409 £495 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £540 £363
Median % change year-on-year -22.69% +48.97% +3.57%
75th Percentile £426 £585 £364
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £455 £359 £494
% change year-on-year +26.74% -27.29% -1.25%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 23 26 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 16.08% 22.81% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 19
10th Percentile £404 £308 £273
25th Percentile £430 £331 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £350
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +32.14% -15.66%
75th Percentile £581 £488 £594
90th Percentile £619 £533 £643
East Midlands median daily rate £500 £391 £425
% change year-on-year +27.88% -8.00% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £14.33 - -
25th Percentile £15.52 - £22.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £23.75 - £28.13
90th Percentile £27.50 - £28.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £23.41 £21.73
% change year-on-year -25.25% +7.73% -

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

SOAP job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

SOAP
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing SOAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing SOAP

SOAP
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
Leicester -1 1 £418 -22.69% 1
Loughborough - 1 - -
SOAP
East Midlands

SOAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) JMeter
1 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (50.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared