SOA Job Trends in the City of London

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring SOA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 124 168
Rank change year-on-year -33 +44 +29
Permanent jobs citing SOA 1 15 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.024% 0.74% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.77% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 6
10th Percentile - £81,250 -
25th Percentile £98,750 £84,375 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £107,500 £110,000 £91,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +20.55% +19.67%
75th Percentile £116,250 £127,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £130,000 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £107,500 £110,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -2.27% +22.22% +18.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

SOA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,304 1,936 2,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.43% 96.08% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,390 1,469 2,423
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

SOA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SOA job vacancy trend in the City of London

SOA
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SOA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SOA

SOA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) DeFi
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday