SoapUI Contracts in the South East

SmartBear Software SoapUI
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring SoapUI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SoapUI over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 185 206
Rank change year-on-year +37 +21 +7
Contract jobs citing SoapUI 15 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.041% 0.071%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.80% 0.36% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £400 £406 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £525 £419 £538
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £415 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -24.55% - -

All Development Application Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 395 561 725
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.22% 11.40% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 353 474
10th Percentile £289 £322 £363
25th Percentile £400 £381 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +7.32%
75th Percentile £563 £603 £625
90th Percentile £619 £650 £698
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 39 36
10th Percentile £48.75 £42.94 £49.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £54.81 £51.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £69.56 £70.00 £69.06
90th Percentile £86.32 £74.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SoapUI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SoapUI in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SoapUI in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SoapUI in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SoapUI in the South East over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SoapUI in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SoapUI in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SoapUI in the South East

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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 SoapUI within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Hampshire - 11 £475 - 1
West Sussex - 2 £475 -
Thames Valley +7 1 £350 -15.15% 7
Buckinghamshire +6 1 £350 -15.15%
Kent - 1 £525 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (73.33%) Jenkins
1 11 (73.33%) JIRA
2 3 (20.00%) Postman
3 2 (13.33%) Cucumber
3 2 (13.33%) Git
General
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (6.67%) French Language
1 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Senior
2 9 (60.00%) Tester
3 8 (53.33%) Senior Tester
4 4 (26.67%) Analyst
5 3 (20.00%) Test Analyst
6 2 (13.33%) Consultant
6 2 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (13.33%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (13.33%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (13.33%) Test Consultant
7 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
7 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
7 1 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (6.67%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (86.67%) SOAP
2 12 (80.00%) XML
3 2 (13.33%) Playwright
4 1 (6.67%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Agile
2 14 (93.33%) Test Automation
3 12 (80.00%) Software Testing
3 12 (80.00%) Test Scripting
4 11 (73.33%) V-Model
4 11 (73.33%) Waterfall
5 9 (60.00%) Mentoring
5 9 (60.00%) Test Strategy
6 8 (53.33%) Programme Delivery
6 8 (53.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (33.33%) Manual Testing
8 4 (26.67%) Defect Management
9 3 (20.00%) API Testing
10 2 (13.33%) BDD
10 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (13.33%) Data Validation
10 2 (13.33%) Functional Testing
10 2 (13.33%) OOP
10 2 (13.33%) System Testing
10 2 (13.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) ISEB
3 1 (6.67%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (6.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Compaq
1 1 (6.67%) HP
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) Terracotta
1 1 (6.67%) webMethods