Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring SOAP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 71 | 56 | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | -9 | +17 |
| Contract jobs citing SOAP | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire | 0.32% | 0.45% | 1.29% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.35% | 2.11% | 7.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £329 | - | £738 |
| 25th Percentile | £334 | - | £794 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £348 | £500 | £925 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.50% | -45.95% | +118.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £366 | - | £1,094 |
| 90th Percentile | £375 | - | £1,173 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £435 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.00% | -4.76% | +28.05% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 148 | 95 | 79 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire | 23.34% | 21.25% | 17.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 106 | 66 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £345 | £460 | £380 |
| 25th Percentile | £388 | £500 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £472 | £554 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.80% | -7.67% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £622 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £611 | £650 | £720 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £478 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.09% | - | +10.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire
Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing SOAP.
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Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing SOAP.
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Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | -20 | 2 | £348 | -30.50% | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:
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