The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for SOAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOAP over the 6 months to 17 January 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
SOAP is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
976
2,976
5,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East
23.03%
25.37%
32.22%
Number of daily rates quoted
642
1,875
3,360
Median daily rate
£450
£450
£450
10th Percentile
£300
£322
£313
90th Percentile
£594
£594
£575
England median daily rate
£488
£500
£495
% change year-on-year
-2.50%
+1.01%
+4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted
37
61
50
Median hourly rate
£45.00
£45.00
£42.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-
+5.88%
-5.56%
10th Percentile
£25.50
£16.14
£26.53
90th Percentile
£62.52
£82.50
£53.75
Median hourly rate
£46.00
£46.00
£41.85
% change year-on-year
-
+9.93%
+4.61%
SOAP Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
SOAP Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAP in the South East.
SOAP Daily Rate Histogram in the South East
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in the South East over the 6 months to 17 January 2021.
SOAP Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOAP in the South East.
SOAP Contract Job Locations in the South East
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 January 2021. 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
SOAP Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East
For the 6 months to 17 January 2021, IT contractor jobs citing SOAP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region with a requirement for SOAP.
SOAP Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
