SOAP Job Trends in Hampshire

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring SOAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 115 107
Rank change year-on-year +20 -8 +30
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 26 38 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 1.05% 1.44% 1.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.26% 7.60% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 25 23 21
10th Percentile £52,500 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £41,250 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -21.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £50,059 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £57,500 £63,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 212 500 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 8.53% 18.91% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 182 296 313
10th Percentile £34,100 £39,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% +4.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,375 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

SOAP job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SOAP
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SOAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SOAP

SOAP
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAP in Hampshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SOAP in Hampshire

SOAP
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Southampton +13 16 £60,000 +33.33%
Portsmouth +2 4 £62,500 +13.64% 1
Farnborough - 3 £37,500 -
Fleet - 2 £55,000 -
Winchester - 1 £57,500 -
SOAP
South East

SOAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 16 (61.54%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
1 2 (7.69%) Postman
1 2 (7.69%) Selenium
1 2 (7.69%) SoapUI
1 2 (7.69%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (7.69%) WebDriver
General
1 19 (73.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Automotive
4 3 (11.54%) Finance
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (65.38%) Senior
2 16 (61.54%) Applications Engineer
2 16 (61.54%) Applications Support
2 16 (61.54%) Applications Support Engineer
2 16 (61.54%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 16 (61.54%) Senior Applications Support
2 16 (61.54%) Senior Support Engineer
2 16 (61.54%) Support Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Product Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Developer
5 2 (7.69%) NetSuite Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Software Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Java Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Java Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (92.31%) REST
2 4 (15.38%) JSON
2 4 (15.38%) OAuth
2 4 (15.38%) SAML
2 4 (15.38%) XML
3 2 (7.69%) .NET
3 2 (7.69%) HTML
4 1 (3.85%) Spring
4 1 (3.85%) Spring Boot
4 1 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) CMDB
2 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (61.54%) Cloud Operations
2 16 (61.54%) Data Analysis
2 16 (61.54%) Root Cause Analysis
2 16 (61.54%) SOA
2 16 (61.54%) Task Automation
3 8 (30.77%) Agile
4 5 (19.23%) Scrum
5 4 (15.38%) Analytics
5 4 (15.38%) B2B
5 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 4 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 4 (15.38%) ETL
5 4 (15.38%) GTM Strategy
5 4 (15.38%) Product Management
5 4 (15.38%) Product Operations
5 4 (15.38%) Product Strategy
5 4 (15.38%) Product Vision
5 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
6 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 23 (88.46%) SQL
2 18 (69.23%) C#
3 16 (61.54%) PowerShell
4 3 (11.54%) Java
5 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) ISTQB
2 2 (7.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow