SOA Contracts in London

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SOA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOA over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 357 316
Rank change year-on-year +9 -41 -109
Contract jobs citing SOA 46 146 322
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.54% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.59% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 100 220
10th Percentile £406 £436 £450
25th Percentile £463 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £590
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -11.02% +2.61%
75th Percentile £611 £662 £725
90th Percentile £750 £801 £800
England median daily rate £563 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +7.14% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £43.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -
England median hourly rate £56.25 £35.00 £49.31
% change year-on-year +60.71% -29.02% -16.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

SOA is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,676 24,638 35,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.49% 91.11% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,227 17,712 26,145
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 278 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.59 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £38.13 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.25% +5.90% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £62.64 £50.88
90th Percentile £66.30 £76.78 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

SOA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SOA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SOA in London

SOA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOA in London.

Daily rate trend for SOA in London

SOA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOA in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOA in London

SOA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOA in London.

Hourly rate trend for SOA in London

SOA
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOA within the London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
West London +20 4 £413 +3.13% 1
Central London +17 4 £599 -17.41%
East London -7 2 £538 +1.51%
SOA
England

SOA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (13.04%) Confluence
2 5 (10.87%) Anypoint
2 5 (10.87%) Mule
2 5 (10.87%) Mule ESB
3 3 (6.52%) CMS
4 2 (4.35%) Apache
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (2.17%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (2.17%) WebLogic
5 1 (2.17%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (2.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.78%) Azure
2 8 (17.39%) Serverless
3 7 (15.22%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (15.22%) Azure Functions
3 7 (15.22%) Azure Service Bus
4 6 (13.04%) Azure API Management
4 6 (13.04%) Azure Batch
4 6 (13.04%) Azure Key Vault
4 6 (13.04%) Azure Logic Apps
4 6 (13.04%) Azure Storage
4 6 (13.04%) Power Automate
4 6 (13.04%) Power Platform
4 6 (13.04%) PowerApps
5 5 (10.87%) AWS
5 5 (10.87%) SaaS
5 5 (10.87%) WhatsApp
6 2 (4.35%) IaaS
6 2 (4.35%) PaaS
7 1 (2.17%) GitHub
7 1 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 6 (13.04%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (13.04%) Big Data
2 6 (13.04%) Data Lake
2 6 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (13.04%) OLTP
3 3 (6.52%) Relational Database
4 2 (4.35%) MongoDB
4 2 (4.35%) MySQL
5 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.17%) DB2
5 1 (2.17%) DynamoDB
5 1 (2.17%) MariaDB
5 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (36.96%) Git
2 8 (17.39%) Jenkins
3 6 (13.04%) Visual Studio Team System
4 4 (8.70%) JIRA
4 4 (8.70%) Postman
5 2 (4.35%) Bitbucket
5 2 (4.35%) JMeter
5 2 (4.35%) JUnit
5 2 (4.35%) Karma Test Runner
5 2 (4.35%) REST Assured
5 2 (4.35%) Selenium
General
1 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Finance
3 3 (6.52%) Banking
4 2 (4.35%) Marketing
4 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Arabic Language
5 1 (2.17%) Automotive
5 1 (2.17%) French Language
5 1 (2.17%) German Language
5 1 (2.17%) Japanese Language
5 1 (2.17%) Korean Language
5 1 (2.17%) Multimedia
5 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Spanish Language
5 1 (2.17%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 20 (43.48%) Developer
2 9 (19.57%) Architect
3 6 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (10.87%) Consultant
4 5 (10.87%) MuleSoft Developer
5 4 (8.70%) C# Developer
5 4 (8.70%) Lead
6 3 (6.52%) Angular Developer
6 3 (6.52%) Applications Developer
7 2 (4.35%) Azure Consultant
7 2 (4.35%) Azure Developer
7 2 (4.35%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (4.35%) DevOps Consultant
7 2 (4.35%) Integration Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Lead Developer
7 2 (4.35%) QA Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow Developer
7 2 (4.35%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (28.26%) .NET
1 13 (28.26%) REST
1 13 (28.26%) Web Services
2 12 (26.09%) JSON
2 12 (26.09%) XML
3 11 (23.91%) SOAP
4 6 (13.04%) ARM Templates
5 5 (10.87%) AngularJS
5 5 (10.87%) Kafka
6 4 (8.70%) CSS
6 4 (8.70%) HTML
7 2 (4.35%) FHIR
7 2 (4.35%) Gherkin
7 2 (4.35%) OpenAPI
7 2 (4.35%) Playwright
7 2 (4.35%) React
7 2 (4.35%) Swagger
7 2 (4.35%) TIBCO EMS
7 2 (4.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (4.35%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.52%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.35%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.17%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.17%) CMDB
4 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.17%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) Infotainment
4 1 (2.17%) IoT
4 1 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.17%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Linux
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
2 2 (4.35%) Unix
3 1 (2.17%) Android
3 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (52.17%) Agile
2 15 (32.61%) Microservices
2 15 (32.61%) Scrum
3 14 (30.43%) API Management
4 13 (28.26%) DevOps
5 10 (21.74%) Test Automation
6 9 (19.57%) BDD
6 9 (19.57%) Migration
6 9 (19.57%) TDD
7 8 (17.39%) CI/CD
8 7 (15.22%) Architectural Patterns
8 7 (15.22%) Kanban
9 6 (13.04%) Continuous Delivery
9 6 (13.04%) Data Migration
9 6 (13.04%) Deployment Automation
9 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Automation
9 6 (13.04%) Integration Patterns
9 6 (13.04%) OWASP
9 6 (13.04%) Performance Tuning
9 6 (13.04%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) C#
2 8 (17.39%) Java
3 6 (13.04%) PowerShell
4 4 (8.70%) TypeScript
5 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.52%) Python
5 3 (6.52%) SQL
6 2 (4.35%) C
6 2 (4.35%) C++
7 1 (2.17%) Perl
7 1 (2.17%) XPath
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (10.87%) Degree
2 2 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.04%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) HL7
3 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (17.39%) Terraform
2 5 (10.87%) CloudHub
3 2 (4.35%) TIBCO Hawk
4 1 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (28.26%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) MuleSoft
2 6 (13.04%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.35%) TIBCO
5 1 (2.17%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.17%) IBM
5 1 (2.17%) NCR
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle
5 1 (2.17%) Red Hat