SOAP Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring SOAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 44 56
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing SOAP 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.70% 0.66% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.87% 5.56% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £373 - £339
25th Percentile £406 £625 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £418
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +55.69% -35.77%
75th Percentile £444 £675 £471
90th Percentile £568 - £490
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £531 £485
% change year-on-year -20.00% +9.54% -25.38%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 46 36 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 15.65% 11.92% 21.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 27 93
10th Percentile £318 £410 £371
25th Percentile £356 £450 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -1.69% +1.71%
75th Percentile £517 £622 £643
90th Percentile £565 £675 £743
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £543 £534
% change year-on-year -21.66% +1.59% -2.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

SOAP job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SOAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SOAP

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOAP in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SOAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SOAP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 3 (60.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) OCI
1 3 (60.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle ODI
1 3 (60.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SoapUI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) REST
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 1 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) ETL
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Integration
2 3 (60.00%) ERP
2 3 (60.00%) High Availability
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Microservices
4 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Compaq
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Terracotta
2 1 (20.00%) webMethods