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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 164 161
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 -24
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 25 36 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.34% 0.96% 0.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.39% 8.85% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 20 17 21
10th Percentile - - £41,263
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year - +17.07% -4.21%

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 738 407 921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.95% 10.84% 18.91%
Number of salaries quoted 564 248 585
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,600 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +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 25 September 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 25 September 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
Buckinghamshire - 13 £62,500 -
Berkshire -17 11 £70,000 - 19
Oxfordshire -32 1 £65,000 +23.81% 4
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 (4.00%) IIS
1 1 (4.00%) JBoss
1 1 (4.00%) OpenStack
1 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Fuse
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) Azure
2 6 (24.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (4.00%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (4.00%) iPaaS
4 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Einstein
4 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (4.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) OLTP
2 3 (12.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.00%) MySQL
3 2 (8.00%) NoSQL
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (4.00%) Git
1 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
1 1 (4.00%) JUnit
1 1 (4.00%) Postman
1 1 (4.00%) SoapUI
General
1 10 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Developer
2 11 (44.00%) Architect
3 8 (32.00%) Senior
3 8 (32.00%) Senior Developer
4 6 (24.00%) Integration Architect
4 6 (24.00%) Oracle Developer
4 6 (24.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
5 5 (20.00%) Applications Architect
6 3 (12.00%) Java Developer
6 3 (12.00%) PL/SQL Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Senior SQL Developer
6 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow Architect
6 3 (12.00%) SQL Developer
7 2 (8.00%) Azure Developer
7 2 (8.00%) Support Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Administrator
8 1 (4.00%) Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Applications Support
8 1 (4.00%) NetSuite Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (76.00%) REST
2 16 (64.00%) XML
3 12 (48.00%) Middleware
4 10 (40.00%) JSON
5 9 (36.00%) HTML
6 8 (32.00%) OAuth
7 5 (20.00%) JWT
7 5 (20.00%) Kafka
7 5 (20.00%) OAuth2
7 5 (20.00%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (16.00%) AngularJS
8 4 (16.00%) RESTful
8 4 (16.00%) XML Messaging
9 3 (12.00%) CSS
9 3 (12.00%) Jakarta EE
9 3 (12.00%) SAML
9 3 (12.00%) Spring
10 2 (8.00%) Spring MVC
11 1 (4.00%) Node.js
11 1 (4.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (24.00%) Cloud Native
2 6 (24.00%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
3 4 (16.00%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (12.00%) CMDB
4 3 (12.00%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (12.00%) TM Forum
5 2 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (8.00%) AS400
5 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (4.00%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (44.00%) Agile
2 11 (44.00%) Integration Patterns
3 10 (40.00%) ERP
4 8 (32.00%) CI/CD
4 8 (32.00%) CRM
4 8 (32.00%) Data Modelling
4 8 (32.00%) DevOps
4 8 (32.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (28.00%) Event-Driven
5 7 (28.00%) Test Automation
6 6 (24.00%) Microservices
6 6 (24.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (24.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (20.00%) API Design
7 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (20.00%) Data Mapping
7 5 (20.00%) Integration Testing
7 5 (20.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) SQL
2 11 (44.00%) Java
3 6 (24.00%) PL/SQL
4 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (8.00%) Python
6 1 (4.00%) Apex Code
6 1 (4.00%) C#
6 1 (4.00%) SOQL
6 1 (4.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) QA
2 3 (12.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (12.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Oracle
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.00%) Salesforce