The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
25
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing SOAP
3
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
23
23
55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth
18.70%
7.69%
22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted
12
8
25
10th Percentile
£468
£299
-
25th Percentile
£507
£400
£406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£520
£513
£520
Median % change year-on-year
+1.46%
-1.44%
+7.22%
75th Percentile
£550
£616
£676
90th Percentile
-
£861
-
Hampshire median daily rate
£513
£525
£550
% change year-on-year
-2.38%
-4.55%
+6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted
10
6
6
10th Percentile
£52.25
£58.13
£59.63
25th Percentile
£55.09
£61.56
£64.38
Median hourly rate
£57.63
£62.50
£70.00
Median % change year-on-year
-7.80%
-10.71%
+12.63%
75th Percentile
£62.25
£68.75
-
90th Percentile
£62.63
£70.00
£72.50
Hampshire median hourly rate
£57.50
£62.50
£70.00
% change year-on-year
-8.00%
-10.71%
+55.56%
SOAP Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth
Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.
SOAP Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAP in Portsmouth.
SOAP Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOAP in Portsmouth.
SOAP Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing SOAP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region with a requirement for SOAP.
SOAP Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:
