SOAP Contract Job Trends in London

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SOAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 204 287
Rank change year-on-year -20 +83 -24
Contract jobs citing SOAP 245 173 95
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.19% 1.29% 0.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.51% 4.38% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 102 58
10th Percentile £400 £359 £396
25th Percentile £450 £415 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.19% -3.09%
75th Percentile £638 £633 £572
90th Percentile £688 £700 £606
England median daily rate £520 £500 £518
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.38% -5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £43.70 - -
25th Percentile £47.75 - -
Median hourly rate £56.25 - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile £81.25 - -
England median hourly rate £56.25 £62.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +73.61% -33.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,434 3,949 4,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.50% 29.52% 29.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,668 2,700 3,255
10th Percentile £400 £366 £385
25th Percentile £456 £430 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £788 £850
England median daily rate £535 £518 £550
% change year-on-year +3.38% -5.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 32 23
10th Percentile £30.40 £31.77 £23.88
25th Percentile £36.25 £34.17 £36.50
Median hourly rate £49.50 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +22.28% -32.00%
75th Percentile £59.81 £61.56 £61.97
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £74.20
England median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +10.94%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SOAP job vacancy trend in London

SOAP
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOAP

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in London over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SOAP in London

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOAP

SOAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SOAP in London over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SOAP in London

SOAP
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 SOAP within the London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Central London +3 49 £600 +4.35% 19
South London -6 8 £725 - 1
North London - 3 £650 - 2
SOAP
England

SOAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (7.35%) Confluence
2 7 (2.86%) Anypoint
2 7 (2.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.04%) Apache
3 5 (2.04%) Mule
3 5 (2.04%) Traefik
4 3 (1.22%) CICS
5 2 (0.82%) Camunda
5 2 (0.82%) IIS
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.41%) Appian
6 1 (0.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.41%) HCL Domino
6 1 (0.41%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.41%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.22%) Windchill
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (7.76%) NetSuite
2 14 (5.71%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (3.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.63%) Elite 3E
5 3 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.22%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.82%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.41%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.41%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.41%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.41%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 70 (28.57%) Azure
2 64 (26.12%) AWS
3 30 (12.24%) GCP
4 26 (10.61%) Boomi
5 22 (8.98%) AtomSphere
6 21 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (6.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 17 (6.94%) Serverless
8 16 (6.53%) GitHub
8 16 (6.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 15 (6.12%) SaaS
10 14 (5.71%) Amazon S3
11 10 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (4.08%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (3.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (3.67%) Entra ID
13 8 (3.27%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (2.45%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (2.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.49%) HTTP
2 5 (2.04%) SSL
3 3 (1.22%) FTP
4 2 (0.82%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.82%) Internet
4 2 (0.82%) Intranet
5 1 (0.41%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (14.69%) SQL Server
2 29 (11.84%) Relational Database
3 17 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (5.31%) MySQL
5 10 (4.08%) DynamoDB
6 8 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.27%) Oracle Database
6 8 (3.27%) SAP HANA
6 8 (3.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.45%) Db2
7 6 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (2.04%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (1.63%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.63%) Power BI
9 4 (1.63%) Tableau
10 3 (1.22%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.22%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (12.24%) Jenkins
2 29 (11.84%) Git
3 24 (9.80%) JIRA
4 16 (6.53%) JUnit
4 16 (6.53%) Postman
5 15 (6.12%) SonarQube
6 13 (5.31%) Maven
7 12 (4.90%) Mockito
8 11 (4.49%) Cucumber
8 11 (4.49%) SoapUI
9 9 (3.67%) eggPlant
9 9 (3.67%) LoadRunner
10 8 (3.27%) JMeter
11 7 (2.86%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (2.45%) Ant
12 6 (2.45%) Eclipse
12 6 (2.45%) GitLab
13 5 (2.04%) Gradle
13 5 (2.04%) Selenium
14 4 (1.63%) Bitbucket
General
1 79 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 51 (20.82%) Finance
3 44 (17.96%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (13.06%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.16%) Banking
6 19 (7.76%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.49%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (4.08%) Retail
9 5 (2.04%) Billing
9 5 (2.04%) Marketing
9 5 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.22%) Automotive
11 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Law
11 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Local Government
12 1 (0.41%) Polish Language
12 1 (0.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 109 (44.49%) Developer
2 63 (25.71%) Architect
3 48 (19.59%) Senior
4 28 (11.43%) Senior Developer
5 26 (10.61%) Lead
6 17 (6.94%) Integration Developer
7 15 (6.12%) ServiceNow Architect
8 13 (5.31%) ServiceNow Developer
9 12 (4.90%) Salesforce Developer
10 11 (4.49%) Java Developer
11 10 (4.08%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (4.08%) Technical Leader
12 9 (3.67%) Integration Architect
12 9 (3.67%) Salesforce Architect
12 9 (3.67%) Technical Architect
13 8 (3.27%) .NET Developer
13 8 (3.27%) Low-Code Developer
13 8 (3.27%) Senior Architect
13 8 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (2.86%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (84.08%) REST
2 82 (33.47%) XML
3 71 (28.98%) Web Services
4 64 (26.12%) JSON
5 44 (17.96%) Middleware
6 36 (14.69%) OAuth
7 35 (14.29%) .NET
8 29 (11.84%) Kafka
9 28 (11.43%) HTML
10 24 (9.80%) CSS
10 24 (9.80%) RESTful
11 23 (9.39%) Lightning Web Components
12 19 (7.76%) AngularJS
12 19 (7.76%) OAuth2
13 18 (7.35%) Spring
13 18 (7.35%) Spring Boot
14 16 (6.53%) XSLT
15 14 (5.71%) Swagger
16 11 (4.49%) OpenAPI
16 11 (4.49%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.06%) CMDB
2 28 (11.43%) Enterprise Software
3 23 (9.39%) Product Ownership
4 20 (8.16%) Cloud Native
5 13 (5.31%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (4.49%) Low-Code
7 9 (3.67%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.27%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.86%) AI Agents
10 6 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (2.45%) Management Information System
11 5 (2.04%) FMCG
11 5 (2.04%) Mobile App
11 5 (2.04%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.63%) Virtual Team
13 3 (1.22%) DataPower
13 3 (1.22%) Mainframe
13 3 (1.22%) Online Banking
14 2 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.39%) Linux
2 14 (5.71%) Unix
3 4 (1.63%) macOS
3 4 (1.63%) Windows
4 3 (1.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (34.29%) Agile
2 80 (32.65%) CI/CD
3 77 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (28.98%) DevOps
5 56 (22.86%) Data Modelling
6 52 (21.22%) Integration Patterns
7 47 (19.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 43 (17.55%) Roadmaps
9 42 (17.14%) Technical Leadership
10 41 (16.73%) ERP
11 39 (15.92%) Event-Driven
11 39 (15.92%) ITSM
12 37 (15.10%) Microservices
13 36 (14.69%) API Management
13 36 (14.69%) Test Automation
14 34 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (13.88%) Scrum
14 34 (13.88%) Workflow
15 33 (13.47%) AI
16 29 (11.84%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 83 (33.88%) JavaScript
2 76 (31.02%) SQL
3 51 (20.82%) Java
4 40 (16.33%) Python
5 26 (10.61%) C#
6 22 (8.98%) Apex Code
7 20 (8.16%) Groovy
8 10 (4.08%) SOQL
8 10 (4.08%) SOSL
8 10 (4.08%) VB.NET
9 9 (3.67%) T-SQL
9 9 (3.67%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.86%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.86%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.45%) ABAP
11 6 (2.45%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.04%) XPath
13 4 (1.63%) Bash
13 4 (1.63%) BeanShell
13 4 (1.63%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 83 (33.88%) Security Cleared
2 73 (29.80%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.76%) Degree
4 10 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (4.08%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.04%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.04%) CISSP
6 4 (1.63%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.63%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.63%) PMP
6 4 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.22%) CISM
7 3 (1.22%) ISEB
7 3 (1.22%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.20%) QA
2 15 (6.12%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.08%) GDPR
4 9 (3.67%) GRC
5 7 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.63%) NIST
7 3 (1.22%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.22%) SEPA
7 3 (1.22%) SLA
8 2 (0.82%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.82%) GMP
8 2 (0.82%) GxP
8 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 2 (0.82%) NCSC
8 2 (0.82%) PMO
9 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.41%) HL7
9 1 (0.41%) PSD2
9 1 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 26 (10.61%) Docker
2 6 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.82%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 20 (8.16%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.45%) HP Fortify
2 6 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.04%) Control-M
3 5 (2.04%) Grafana
3 5 (2.04%) Istio
4 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.41%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.41%) Kibana
Vendors
1 64 (26.12%) Oracle
2 56 (22.86%) Salesforce
3 50 (20.41%) ServiceNow
4 44 (17.96%) SAP
5 28 (11.43%) Microsoft
6 20 (8.16%) MuleSoft
7 17 (6.94%) IBM
8 14 (5.71%) Workday
9 12 (4.90%) Google
10 9 (3.67%) webMethods
11 8 (3.27%) OutSystems
12 6 (2.45%) UiPath
13 4 (1.63%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.63%) Dell
13 4 (1.63%) ForgeRock
13 4 (1.63%) Guidewire
13 4 (1.63%) Intapp
13 4 (1.63%) Okta
13 4 (1.63%) Planview
14 3 (1.22%) Siemens