SoapUI Contracts in the UK excluding London

SmartBear Software SoapUI
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 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 319 391 428
Rank change year-on-year +72 +37 -68
Contract jobs citing SoapUI 17 8 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.039% 0.14%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.99% 0.35% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 18
10th Percentile £263 £330 £361
25th Percentile £319 £355 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +1.52% +3.68%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £539
90th Percentile £488 £568 £594
UK median daily rate £400 £506 £493
% change year-on-year -20.99% +2.79% +1.55%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,711 2,265 3,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.40% 10.90% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,466 2,398
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 169 184
10th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £45.38
25th Percentile £52.42 £52.50 £52.47
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.36 £85.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

SoapUI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SoapUI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SoapUI in the UK excluding London

SoapUI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SoapUI in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SoapUI in the UK excluding London

SoapUI
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SoapUI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SoapUI in the UK excluding London

SoapUI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SoapUI in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SoapUI in the UK excluding London

SoapUI
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SoapUI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +52 8 £438 -16.67% 25
North of England +19 4 £275 -45.00% 18
Yorkshire - 4 £275 - 7
Midlands +23 3 £450 +18.42% 18
East Midlands +10 2 £450 +18.42% 7
Scotland - 2 £425 - 6
West Midlands - 1 £425 - 10
SoapUI
UK

SoapUI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (23.53%) AWS
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
1 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (11.76%) BrowserStack
2 2 (11.76%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 11 (64.71%) JIRA
2 9 (52.94%) Postman
3 8 (47.06%) Jenkins
4 7 (41.18%) Selenium
5 6 (35.29%) Cypress.io
6 3 (17.65%) Cucumber
7 2 (11.76%) Git
7 2 (11.76%) JMeter
8 1 (5.88%) JBehave
8 1 (5.88%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Electronics
3 1 (5.88%) French Language
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Tester
2 5 (29.41%) Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Senior
3 4 (23.53%) QA Tester
3 4 (23.53%) Test Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Automation Test Lead
5 2 (11.76%) Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Lead
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Tester
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Test Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Test Leader
6 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Manual Test Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (52.94%) SOAP
2 7 (41.18%) XML
3 2 (11.76%) Playwright
4 1 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Test Automation
2 15 (88.24%) Agile
3 12 (70.59%) Test Scripting
4 11 (64.71%) Manual Testing
5 10 (58.82%) API Testing
6 8 (47.06%) DevOps
6 8 (47.06%) Test Strategy
7 7 (41.18%) Software Testing
7 7 (41.18%) V-Model
7 7 (41.18%) Waterfall
8 5 (29.41%) Defect Management
9 4 (23.53%) Agile Project Management
9 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (23.53%) Data Validation
9 4 (23.53%) Non-Functional Testing
9 4 (23.53%) OWASP
9 4 (23.53%) Project Management
9 4 (23.53%) Security Testing
9 4 (23.53%) Validation
10 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
1 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
2 1 (5.88%) Java
2 1 (5.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) QA
2 5 (29.41%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Nintex
2 1 (5.88%) SAP