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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 100 200
Rank change year-on-year -24 +100 -52
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 47 61 42
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.86% 2.11% 0.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.57% 12.79% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 42 23 32
10th Percentile £50,950 £45,350 £46,050
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,125 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.57%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,500 -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -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 491 477 1,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.93% 16.48% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 391 345 987
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,100
25th Percentile £51,875 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -7.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -19 27 £67,500 - 7
Buckinghamshire - 20 £60,000 - 2
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 (2.13%) JBoss
1 1 (2.13%) OpenStack
1 1 (2.13%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.53%) Azure
2 8 (17.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 7 (14.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 6 (12.77%) AWS
5 5 (10.64%) iPaaS
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.13%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) MQTT
1 2 (4.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (31.91%) OLTP
2 2 (4.26%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.13%) Metadata
3 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) SoapUI
2 6 (12.77%) JIRA
2 6 (12.77%) Postman
2 6 (12.77%) Selenium
3 5 (10.64%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (10.64%) WebDriver
4 3 (6.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (4.26%) Git
6 1 (2.13%) Bitbucket
6 1 (2.13%) Cucumber
6 1 (2.13%) JUnit
General
1 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (19.15%) Public Sector
4 7 (14.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (14.89%) Law
5 5 (10.64%) Finance
6 2 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (55.32%) Developer
2 18 (38.30%) Senior
3 15 (31.91%) Oracle Developer
3 15 (31.91%) PL/SQL Developer
3 15 (31.91%) Senior Developer
3 15 (31.91%) Senior Oracle Developer
3 15 (31.91%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
3 15 (31.91%) Senior SQL Developer
3 15 (31.91%) SQL Developer
4 11 (23.40%) Architect
5 9 (19.15%) Applications Architect
5 9 (19.15%) Integration Architect
6 7 (14.89%) Salesforce Developer
7 5 (10.64%) Analyst
8 4 (8.51%) Test Analyst
9 3 (6.38%) Java Developer
10 2 (4.26%) Lead
10 2 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (4.26%) Senior Test Analyst
10 2 (4.26%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (57.45%) XML
2 25 (53.19%) REST
3 23 (48.94%) Middleware
4 20 (42.55%) HTML
5 12 (25.53%) .NET
6 11 (23.40%) JSON
7 8 (17.02%) Lightning Web Components
7 8 (17.02%) Visualforce
8 4 (8.51%) JWT
8 4 (8.51%) Kafka
8 4 (8.51%) OAuth
8 4 (8.51%) OAuth2
8 4 (8.51%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (6.38%) RESTful
9 3 (6.38%) Spring
9 3 (6.38%) XML Messaging
10 2 (4.26%) Java EE
10 2 (4.26%) Spring MVC
11 1 (2.13%) AngularJS
11 1 (2.13%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (10.64%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (6.38%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.38%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.26%) AS400
4 2 (4.26%) Life Science
4 2 (4.26%) LIMS
4 2 (4.26%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (72.34%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (59.57%) Agile
3 21 (44.68%) Software Testing
4 19 (40.43%) Data Modelling
5 14 (29.79%) CI/CD
5 14 (29.79%) Translating Business Requirements
6 13 (27.66%) DevOps
7 11 (23.40%) CRM
7 11 (23.40%) ERP
7 11 (23.40%) Integration Patterns
8 10 (21.28%) Computer Science
9 9 (19.15%) TDD
10 7 (14.89%) Application Security
10 7 (14.89%) Community of Practice
10 7 (14.89%) End-to-End Testing
10 7 (14.89%) Scrum
10 7 (14.89%) Technical Analysis
10 7 (14.89%) Technology Strategy
10 7 (14.89%) UML
11 6 (12.77%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 34 (72.34%) SQL
2 27 (57.45%) Java
3 15 (31.91%) PL/SQL
4 11 (23.40%) Python
5 9 (19.15%) JavaScript
6 8 (17.02%) Apex Code
7 5 (10.64%) C#
8 1 (2.13%) Go
8 1 (2.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (78.72%) Degree
2 10 (21.28%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
3 9 (19.15%) SC Cleared
4 5 (10.64%) ISTQB
4 5 (10.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (4.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (27.66%) QA
2 2 (4.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (4.26%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (10.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (36.17%) Oracle
2 8 (17.02%) Salesforce
3 7 (14.89%) MuleSoft
4 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.26%) Agilent
6 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow