Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
South West > Dorset
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring SOAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 54 | 48 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -6 | +39 |
| Permanent jobs citing SOAP | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset | - | 0.44% | 0.62% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 1.37% | 1.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £35,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £37,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median annual salary | £42,500 | - | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +20.00% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Dorset
SOAP falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Dorset.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 45 | 146 | 118 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset | 9.36% | 32.44% | 36.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 92 | 113 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £35,000 | £37,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £41,250 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,750 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.50% | -9.09% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £57,500 | £63,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £74,375 | £62,500 | £77,500 |
| South West median annual salary | £55,000 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +4.35% | +5.33% |
SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
SOAP
Salary Trend in Dorset
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing SOAP.
