SOAP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SOAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 101 181
Rank change year-on-year -22 +80 -40
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 44 53 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.94% 1.87% 0.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.17% 9.87% 4.79%
Number of salaries quoted 40 27 42
10th Percentile £40,400 £45,750 £46,050
25th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - £72,375
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 394 537 1,190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.41% 18.99% 19.58%
Number of salaries quoted 297 359 951
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £92,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

SOAP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SOAP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SOAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SOAP

SOAP
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SOAP in the Thames Valley

SOAP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
Berkshire -25 29 £67,500 - 5
Buckinghamshire - 15 £60,000 - 5
SOAP
South East

SOAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (2.27%) Anypoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 8 (18.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 6 (13.64%) Azure
4 5 (11.36%) iPaaS
5 2 (4.55%) AWS
6 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.27%) Boomi
6 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.27%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (2.27%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) MQTT
1 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (34.09%) OLTP
2 4 (9.09%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (25.00%) SoapUI
2 10 (22.73%) Postman
2 10 (22.73%) Selenium
3 8 (18.18%) JIRA
4 7 (15.91%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (15.91%) WebDriver
5 3 (6.82%) Cucumber
6 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
7 1 (2.27%) Bitbucket
7 1 (2.27%) Git
General
1 20 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Finance
2 9 (20.45%) Law
3 8 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.27%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (54.55%) Developer
2 18 (40.91%) Senior
3 15 (34.09%) Oracle Developer
3 15 (34.09%) PL/SQL Developer
3 15 (34.09%) Senior Developer
3 15 (34.09%) Senior Oracle Developer
3 15 (34.09%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
3 15 (34.09%) Senior SQL Developer
3 15 (34.09%) SQL Developer
4 8 (18.18%) Salesforce Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Applications Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Integration Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Test Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Tester
6 2 (4.55%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) QA Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (50.00%) HTML
2 21 (47.73%) XML
3 18 (40.91%) REST
4 16 (36.36%) Middleware
5 15 (34.09%) .NET
6 9 (20.45%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (20.45%) Visualforce
7 5 (11.36%) JSON
8 3 (6.82%) pytest
9 1 (2.27%) RESTful
9 1 (2.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.82%) Life Science
2 3 (6.82%) LIMS
2 3 (6.82%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.27%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (52.27%) Software Testing
3 22 (50.00%) Agile
4 13 (29.55%) Data Modelling
5 12 (27.27%) Translating Business Requirements
6 10 (22.73%) CI/CD
7 9 (20.45%) DevOps
8 8 (18.18%) Community of Practice
8 8 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
8 8 (18.18%) Test Scripting
9 7 (15.91%) API Testing
9 7 (15.91%) Computer Science
9 7 (15.91%) Cross-Browser Testing
9 7 (15.91%) Non-Functional Testing
9 7 (15.91%) Scrum
9 7 (15.91%) Test Management
10 6 (13.64%) Logistics
10 6 (13.64%) Mentoring
11 5 (11.36%) ERP
12 4 (9.09%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 33 (75.00%) SQL
2 23 (52.27%) Java
3 16 (36.36%) Python
4 15 (34.09%) PL/SQL
5 11 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 9 (20.45%) Apex Code
7 8 (18.18%) C#
8 3 (6.82%) Go
8 3 (6.82%) PHP
9 1 (2.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (84.09%) Degree
2 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
3 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 7 (15.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (15.91%) ISTQB
4 7 (15.91%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 3 (6.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) QA
2 3 (6.82%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 3 (6.82%) GxP
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (36.36%) Oracle
2 9 (20.45%) MuleSoft
2 9 (20.45%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.82%) Agilent
4 1 (2.27%) Dell
4 1 (2.27%) Epicor
4 1 (2.27%) IBM
4 1 (2.27%) IFS
4 1 (2.27%) Infor
4 1 (2.27%) Informatica
4 1 (2.27%) Jitterbit
4 1 (2.27%) SAP
4 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.27%) SnapLogic
4 1 (2.27%) Software AG
4 1 (2.27%) Talend
4 1 (2.27%) TIBCO
4 1 (2.27%) Workday