Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOA over the 6 months to 17 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 653 367 359
Rank change year-on-year -286 -8 -58
Permanent jobs citing SOA 246 959 1,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.90% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.94% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 209 533 645
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £100,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SOA is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,856 102,409 145,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 95.65% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 59,736 59,821 83,571
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,456 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% +2.43% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,590 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.41% +3.98% +9.38%

SOA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SOA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SOA in the UK

SOA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOA.

Salary trend for SOA in the UK

SOA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOA over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SOA in the UK

SOA
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOA within the UK over the 6 months to 17 April 2024. 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
England -250 205 £72,500 - 77
UK excluding London -252 135 £65,000 -7.14% 49
Work from Home -109 103 £80,000 +10.34% 47
London -3 96 £82,500 +3.13% 35
North of England -30 49 £60,000 -14.29% 11
Scotland -66 25 £66,000 +1.54% 7
Yorkshire +86 24 £71,250 -1.72% 6
South West -57 24 £50,087 -19.86% 1
South East -97 17 £70,000 +16.67% 20
North West -50 16 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Midlands -16 12 £56,334 -22.30% 4
North East -5 9 £55,173 -28.81% 1
West Midlands +17 6 £55,173 -31.03% 2
East Midlands -19 6 £57,494 +4.53% 2
Wales -13 4 £64,000 -24.71% 1
East of England -40 4 £55,173 -36.95% 3

SOA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (5.69%) Confluence
1 14 (5.69%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (3.25%) Anypoint
3 8 (3.25%) WebSphere
4 5 (2.03%) CMS
5 3 (1.22%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (1.22%) nginx
6 2 (0.81%) IIS
6 2 (0.81%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.41%) Apache
7 1 (0.41%) Drupal
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.63%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.88%) Maximo
2 9 (3.66%) Teamcenter
3 7 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (2.03%) SAP IBP
4 5 (2.03%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.41%) HFM
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG-BP
5 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 120 (48.78%) Azure
2 61 (24.80%) AWS
3 48 (19.51%) SaaS
4 38 (15.45%) PaaS
5 37 (15.04%) IaaS
6 31 (12.60%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (10.16%) Power Platform
8 19 (7.72%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (4.88%) Serverless
10 10 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (4.07%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (2.85%) Pulumi
12 6 (2.44%) Azure API Management
12 6 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (2.44%) Azure Service Fabric
12 6 (2.44%) Entra ID
13 5 (2.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (2.03%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.47%) Network Security
2 5 (2.03%) Internet
3 3 (1.22%) LAN
3 3 (1.22%) WLAN
4 2 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.81%) Firewall
4 2 (0.81%) MPLS
4 2 (0.81%) PBX
4 2 (0.81%) VoIP
4 2 (0.81%) VPN
4 2 (0.81%) WAN
5 1 (0.41%) DNS
5 1 (0.41%) HTTP
5 1 (0.41%) IPsec
5 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.41%) SAN
5 1 (0.41%) SSL
5 1 (0.41%) VLAN
5 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (17.89%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.50%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (6.10%) NoSQL
4 12 (4.88%) GIS
4 12 (4.88%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (2.44%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.03%) Metadata
7 5 (2.03%) Redis
8 3 (1.22%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.22%) DTS
8 3 (1.22%) MySQL
8 3 (1.22%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.81%) Big Data
9 2 (0.81%) Power BI
10 1 (0.41%) OLTP
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 25 (10.16%) Visual Studio
2 22 (8.94%) Team Foundation Server
3 16 (6.50%) JIRA
4 15 (6.10%) Git
5 8 (3.25%) Jasmine
5 8 (3.25%) NUnit
5 8 (3.25%) Selenium
5 8 (3.25%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (2.85%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.03%) IntelliJ
8 4 (1.63%) Katalon Studio
8 4 (1.63%) Postman
9 2 (0.81%) GitLab
9 2 (0.81%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.41%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.41%) ERwin
10 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 78 (31.71%) Finance
2 51 (20.73%) Social Skills
3 36 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (6.91%) Retail
6 15 (6.10%) Banking
7 12 (4.88%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.47%) Legal
9 9 (3.66%) Marketing
10 6 (2.44%) Back Office
11 5 (2.03%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.22%) Tech for Good
13 3 (1.22%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.41%) Law
14 1 (0.41%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 99 (40.24%) Architect
2 86 (34.96%) Developer
3 49 (19.92%) Lead
4 44 (17.89%) Solutions Architect
5 40 (16.26%) Senior
6 34 (13.82%) Lead Developer
7 28 (11.38%) Software Engineer
8 24 (9.76%) .NET Developer
9 18 (7.32%) Salesforce Architect
9 18 (7.32%) Salesforce Solution Architect
10 17 (6.91%) C# Developer
11 15 (6.10%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (5.69%) Applications Developer
12 14 (5.69%) Software Developer
13 13 (5.28%) C# .NET Developer
14 12 (4.88%) Systems Architect
15 11 (4.47%) Full Stack Developer
15 11 (4.47%) Technical Architect
16 10 (4.07%) Enterprise Architect
16 10 (4.07%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (41.06%) .NET
2 65 (26.42%) REST
3 48 (19.51%) Web Services
4 32 (13.01%) .NET Framework
5 31 (12.60%) OpenID
6 28 (11.38%) OAuth
7 27 (10.98%) HTML
8 25 (10.16%) Middleware
9 24 (9.76%) .NET Core
10 23 (9.35%) AngularJS
11 18 (7.32%) CSS
12 17 (6.91%) Node.js
12 17 (6.91%) RESTful
12 17 (6.91%) SOAP
13 16 (6.50%) ASP.NET
13 16 (6.50%) XML
14 15 (6.10%) React
14 15 (6.10%) Spring Boot
15 13 (5.28%) Spring
16 10 (4.07%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.60%) Management Information System
2 27 (10.98%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (9.76%) Public Cloud
4 18 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (5.69%) Product Ownership
6 10 (4.07%) IoT
7 9 (3.66%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (3.25%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.85%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.85%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.03%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (2.03%) FMCG
10 5 (2.03%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.03%) NHS
10 5 (2.03%) Taxonomies
11 4 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.63%) N-Tier
11 4 (1.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.85%) Windows
2 5 (2.03%) Linux
2 5 (2.03%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (41.87%) Agile
2 93 (37.80%) Microservices
3 57 (23.17%) DevOps
4 54 (21.95%) Software Engineering
5 53 (21.54%) TOGAF
6 51 (20.73%) Enterprise Architecture
7 50 (20.33%) Full Stack Development
8 48 (19.51%) Mentoring
9 45 (18.29%) TDD
10 37 (15.04%) Cybersecurity
10 37 (15.04%) Roadmaps
10 37 (15.04%) Scrum
10 37 (15.04%) SOLID
11 35 (14.23%) MVC
12 34 (13.82%) Test Automation
13 32 (13.01%) Business Strategy
13 32 (13.01%) Integration Patterns
14 30 (12.20%) DevSecOps
15 29 (11.79%) Code Quality
16 28 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 84 (34.15%) C#
2 40 (16.26%) JavaScript
3 37 (15.04%) Java
4 36 (14.63%) SQL
5 31 (12.60%) C++
6 24 (9.76%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.69%) PowerShell
8 10 (4.07%) T-SQL
9 8 (3.25%) Python
10 7 (2.85%) Bicep
10 7 (2.85%) C
11 5 (2.03%) Bash
11 5 (2.03%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (2.03%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.63%) Groovy
13 3 (1.22%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.22%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.81%) Ruby
15 1 (0.41%) ABAP
15 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 45 (18.29%) Degree
2 19 (7.72%) TOGAF Certification
3 15 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (6.10%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.10%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.85%) CISSP
6 7 (2.85%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.44%) CISM
7 6 (2.44%) GIAC
7 6 (2.44%) SANS
8 5 (2.03%) MCAD
9 4 (1.63%) CIPD
9 4 (1.63%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.22%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.22%) Sun Certification
11 2 (0.81%) CCIE
11 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (2.85%) QA
2 6 (2.44%) COBIT
2 6 (2.44%) NIST
2 6 (2.44%) Web Application Security Consortium
3 5 (2.03%) ISO 9000
3 5 (2.03%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.81%) SLA
5 1 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.41%) HL7
5 1 (0.41%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (5.69%) Docker
2 6 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.63%) VMware Server
4 3 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.41%) RACF
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (6.10%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.25%) Terraform
3 7 (2.85%) MIIS
4 6 (2.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 70 (28.46%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.16%) Salesforce
3 21 (8.54%) IBM
4 11 (4.47%) Oracle
5 9 (3.66%) MuleSoft
5 9 (3.66%) SAP
6 6 (2.44%) Google
6 6 (2.44%) VMware
7 5 (2.03%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.22%) Progress
9 2 (0.81%) Cisco
9 2 (0.81%) Informatica
9 2 (0.81%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.41%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.41%) Hyperion
10 1 (0.41%) Siemens
10 1 (0.41%) TIBCO
10 1 (0.41%) webMethods
10 1 (0.41%) Yardi