SOAP Job Trends in Kent

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring SOAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 78 62
Rank change year-on-year -5 -16 +31
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 5 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.49% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.69% 0.76% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,750 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £51,500 £62,500 -
90th Percentile £59,600 - -
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year +9.52% -6.67% -10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 65 131 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 6.32% 17.99% 16.78%
Number of salaries quoted 56 30 89
10th Percentile £28,625 £38,375 £46,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -7.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £85,175 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £143,750 £79,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

SOAP job vacancy trend in Kent

SOAP
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing SOAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing SOAP

SOAP
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAP in Kent over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SOAP in Kent

SOAP
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the Kent region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Malling - 1 £65,000 -
SOAP
South East

SOAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Fabric
1 1 (20.00%) PaaS
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
2 4 (80.00%) Postman
2 4 (80.00%) Selenium
2 4 (80.00%) SoapUI
2 4 (80.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (80.00%) WebDriver
3 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Lead Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) OAuth
3 1 (20.00%) OAuth2
3 1 (20.00%) OpenID
3 1 (20.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) WCF
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (80.00%) API Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Logistics
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Delphi
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) VB
2 1 (20.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (80.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft