SOAP Contracts in London

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring SOAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOAP over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 269 248
Rank change year-on-year +35 -21 +43
Contract jobs citing SOAP 121 122 273
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.96% 0.68% 1.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.70% 2.73% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 84 213
10th Percentile £386 £435 £400
25th Percentile £415 £475 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £535
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.21% -6.96%
75th Percentile £636 £629 £645
90th Percentile £725 £699 £730
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £55.69
% change year-on-year - - +7.34%

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 3,272 4,472 7,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.06% 25.06% 27.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,300 3,356 5,509
10th Percentile £385 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £460 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £725 £700 £730
90th Percentile £838 £825 £813
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 25 40
10th Percentile £33.25 £16.25 £30.68
25th Percentile £36.06 £23.80 £37.84
Median hourly rate £52.50 £36.84 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.51% -44.18% +35.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £68.80 £76.63
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOAP in London

SOAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SOAP in London

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOAP in London

SOAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend 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 30 April 2025. 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 +15 16 £500 -18.37% 12
East London +18 5 £585 -4.49% 5
South London +3 2 - -
West London - 1 - - 3
SOAP
England

SOAP
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 7 (5.79%) Confluence
2 6 (4.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.31%) WebSphere
4 3 (2.48%) JBoss
5 2 (1.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (1.65%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.83%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.83%) CICS
6 1 (0.83%) CMS
6 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.83%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.83%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.83%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.48%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (6.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.48%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.65%) assyst
4 2 (1.65%) Magento
4 2 (1.65%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (1.65%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (1.65%) SAP CX
4 2 (1.65%) Shopify
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.83%) SAP Convergent Charging
5 1 (0.83%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (28.93%) Azure
2 17 (14.05%) Power Platform
3 13 (10.74%) AWS
4 11 (9.09%) Power Automate
4 11 (9.09%) PowerApps
5 10 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (7.44%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (7.44%) GCP
7 8 (6.61%) GitHub
8 7 (5.79%) Boomi
9 5 (4.13%) Azure API Management
9 5 (4.13%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (4.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 5 (4.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 5 (4.13%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (2.48%) Serverless
11 2 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (1.65%) Oracle CX
11 2 (1.65%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.05%) HTTP
2 11 (9.09%) HTTPS
3 6 (4.96%) SSL
4 3 (2.48%) VPN
5 2 (1.65%) BGP
5 2 (1.65%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (1.65%) MPLS
5 2 (1.65%) SMS
5 2 (1.65%) SNMP
6 1 (0.83%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.83%) POP3
6 1 (0.83%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.22%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (6.61%) Power BI
3 8 (6.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.96%) Oracle Database
4 6 (4.96%) Relational Database
5 4 (3.31%) DB2
5 4 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (3.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (3.31%) Tableau
6 3 (2.48%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.65%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.65%) IMS/DB
7 2 (1.65%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.65%) MySQL
7 2 (1.65%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (1.65%) Redis
8 1 (0.83%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.83%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 21 (17.36%) JIRA
2 13 (10.74%) Git
2 13 (10.74%) Jenkins
3 11 (9.09%) SoapUI
4 9 (7.44%) Postman
5 8 (6.61%) GitLab
6 6 (4.96%) JUnit
7 5 (4.13%) Selenium
7 5 (4.13%) Subversion
8 4 (3.31%) Bitbucket
9 3 (2.48%) Ant
9 3 (2.48%) Cucumber
9 3 (2.48%) Maven
9 3 (2.48%) REST Assured
9 3 (2.48%) Toad
9 3 (2.48%) Xcode
10 2 (1.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (1.65%) Mockito
10 2 (1.65%) NUnit
10 2 (1.65%) XCTest
General
1 24 (19.83%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.01%) Finance
3 14 (11.57%) Banking
4 12 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.96%) Marketing
7 4 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.48%) Retail
9 2 (1.65%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.65%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.83%) Billing
10 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) French Language
10 1 (0.83%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.83%) Law
10 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (42.98%) Developer
2 19 (15.70%) Architect
3 16 (13.22%) Lead
4 14 (11.57%) ServiceNow Developer
5 8 (6.61%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 7 (5.79%) Consultant
6 7 (5.79%) ServiceNow Architect
7 6 (4.96%) Salesforce Developer
7 6 (4.96%) Senior
8 5 (4.13%) CRM Developer
8 5 (4.13%) Integration Developer
8 5 (4.13%) Software Engineer
8 5 (4.13%) Technical Leader
9 4 (3.31%) Head of Business Intelligence
9 4 (3.31%) Integration Architect
9 4 (3.31%) Integration Engineer
10 3 (2.48%) Analyst
10 3 (2.48%) ForgeRock Developer
10 3 (2.48%) Lead Developer
10 3 (2.48%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (76.86%) REST
2 44 (36.36%) Web Services
3 31 (25.62%) XML
4 26 (21.49%) JSON
5 18 (14.88%) Middleware
6 15 (12.40%) OAuth
6 15 (12.40%) RESTful
7 14 (11.57%) HTML
7 14 (11.57%) Kafka
8 12 (9.92%) AngularJS
8 12 (9.92%) CSS
8 12 (9.92%) SAML
9 11 (9.09%) JDBC
10 10 (8.26%) .NET
10 10 (8.26%) LDAP
10 10 (8.26%) Lightning Web Components
11 8 (6.61%) JWT
12 7 (5.79%) Spring
12 7 (5.79%) Visualforce
12 7 (5.79%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.26%) CMDB
2 9 (7.44%) Data Structures
3 8 (6.61%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.96%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.31%) PKI
6 3 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.48%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.48%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (2.48%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.65%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.65%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.65%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.65%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.83%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.83%) NHS
8 1 (0.83%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.26%) Unix
2 7 (5.79%) Windows
3 5 (4.13%) Linux
4 3 (2.48%) AIX
5 2 (1.65%) CentOS
6 1 (0.83%) Android
6 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.83%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (41.32%) Agile
2 26 (21.49%) DevOps
3 23 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (17.36%) CI/CD
5 18 (14.88%) Scrum
6 16 (13.22%) Migration
7 15 (12.40%) ITSM
8 14 (11.57%) CRM
8 14 (11.57%) Roadmaps
9 13 (10.74%) API Integration
9 13 (10.74%) SDLC
10 12 (9.92%) Data Analysis
10 12 (9.92%) Mentoring
11 11 (9.09%) Data Modelling
11 11 (9.09%) Microservices
11 11 (9.09%) Software Engineering
12 10 (8.26%) ITIL
12 10 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (8.26%) Unit Testing
12 10 (8.26%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 49 (40.50%) JavaScript
2 35 (28.93%) Java
2 35 (28.93%) SQL
3 18 (14.88%) C#
3 18 (14.88%) Python
4 10 (8.26%) Groovy
5 9 (7.44%) Apex Code
6 7 (5.79%) PL/SQL
6 7 (5.79%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.79%) Shell Script
7 6 (4.96%) ABAP
8 5 (4.13%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.48%) Korn
9 3 (2.48%) Perl
9 3 (2.48%) SOQL
10 2 (1.65%) Bicep
10 2 (1.65%) REXX
10 2 (1.65%) Ruby
10 2 (1.65%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.83%) JCL
Qualifications
1 20 (16.53%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.40%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.57%) Degree
4 5 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.65%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.65%) CAPM
5 2 (1.65%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.65%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.79%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.96%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.31%) GDPR
3 4 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.31%) QA
4 2 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (1.65%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.65%) SEPA
5 1 (0.83%) HL7
5 1 (0.83%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 9 (7.44%) Docker
2 6 (4.96%) OpenAM
2 6 (4.96%) OpenDJ
2 6 (4.96%) OpenIDM
3 5 (4.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (9.92%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (6.61%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.65%) Terraform
4 1 (0.83%) Ansible
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Ranger
4 1 (0.83%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 25 (20.66%) Microsoft
1 25 (20.66%) ServiceNow
2 23 (19.01%) Oracle
3 14 (11.57%) SAP
4 13 (10.74%) Salesforce
5 11 (9.09%) MuleSoft
6 10 (8.26%) ForgeRock
7 7 (5.79%) IBM
8 5 (4.13%) Ping Identity
8 5 (4.13%) Qualtrics
9 4 (3.31%) OpenText
10 3 (2.48%) Dell
10 3 (2.48%) Google
10 3 (2.48%) Jitterbit
10 3 (2.48%) Splunk
11 2 (1.65%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (1.65%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.65%) Guidewire
11 2 (1.65%) SnapLogic
11 2 (1.65%) VeriFone