SoapUI Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

SmartBear Software SoapUI
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SoapUI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 - 132
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Contract jobs citing SoapUI 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.052% - 0.073%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.33% - 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £380
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.20%
75th Percentile - - £405
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £416 £341 £525
% change year-on-year +21.99% -35.05% +8.25%

All Development Application Skills
Midlands

SoapUI falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 608 257 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.70% 13.65% 9.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 171 176
10th Percentile £325 £325 £260
25th Percentile £402 £405 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% +7.95% -12.91%
75th Percentile £530 £532 £536
90th Percentile £588 £638 £606
England median daily rate £500 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -1.23% -3.57% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 11
10th Percentile £21.56 £22.01 £10.50
25th Percentile £25.00 £27.71 £32.75
Median hourly rate £45.05 £37.85 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -32.71% +14.21%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.61 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.85 £54.70 -
England median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +6.40% - +1.63%

SoapUI
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SoapUI job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SoapUI
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SoapUI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SoapUI

SoapUI
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SoapUI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SoapUI

SoapUI
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SoapUI within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
West Midlands - 2 £350 - 1
SoapUI
England

SoapUI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Maximo
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Maximo Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM