SOAP Contracts in South Wales

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 25 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing SOAP 3 0 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.28% - 3.00%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.98% - 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £204 - -
25th Percentile £238 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 - -
75th Percentile £360 - -
90th Percentile £395 - -
Wales median daily rate £433 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -9.52%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 43 82 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 18.30% 26.11% 29.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 66 115
10th Percentile £226 £325 £300
25th Percentile £319 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £540
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -16.67% +2.86%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £600
90th Percentile £588 £599 £650
Wales median daily rate £425 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £15.38 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £15.66 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £18.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +203.20% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £21.29 -
90th Percentile - £22.77 -
Wales median hourly rate £42.13 £18.14 -
% change year-on-year +132.22% - -

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for SOAP in South Wales

SOAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAP in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for SOAP in South Wales

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in South Wales over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOAP in South Wales

SOAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOAP in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for SOAP in South Wales

SOAP
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 25 May 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
Cardiff - 3 £298 - 29
SOAP
Wales

SOAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Test Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior SQL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) JSON
2 2 (66.67%) REST
3 1 (33.33%) FHIR
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (66.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (33.33%) Clustering
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SEPA
2 1 (33.33%) HL7
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) RedGate