Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOAP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 410 339 371
Rank change year-on-year -71 +32 -103
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 591 1,061 1,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 1.01% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.82% 3.34% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 461 716 954
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £43,882
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £68,823 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.45% +25.13% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +5.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

SOAP is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SOAP in the UK

SOAP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SOAP in the UK

SOAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SOAP in the UK

SOAP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 -49 505 £57,500 -17.20% 126
UK excluding London -52 399 £55,000 -8.33% 74
Work from Home -47 280 £57,500 -8.00% 66
London -43 173 £65,000 -18.75% 53
South East -31 117 £60,000 -7.69% 24
North of England +35 99 £55,000 -8.33% 24
North West +38 67 £56,250 -8.16% 12
Midlands +19 60 £57,500 -4.17% 11
Scotland -69 36 £47,500 -25.81% 7
South West -8 34 £47,500 -11.63% 2
West Midlands +28 33 £57,500 -4.17% 7
Yorkshire +50 30 £53,750 +2.38% 10
East of England -18 28 £47,500 -26.92% 5
East Midlands -6 26 £50,000 +21.21% 4
Wales +19 13 £41,250 -17.50% 2
Northern Ireland +17 12 £85,000 - 1
North East -1 2 £47,500 -32.14% 2

SOAP
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 47 (7.95%) IIS
2 46 (7.78%) CMS
3 37 (6.26%) JBoss
3 37 (6.26%) Red Hat Fuse
4 28 (4.74%) Apache
5 17 (2.88%) SharePoint
6 13 (2.20%) Confluence
7 10 (1.69%) EPiServer
8 9 (1.52%) Tomcat
9 8 (1.35%) OpenStack
10 6 (1.02%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.85%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.85%) nginx
11 5 (0.85%) NServiceBus
12 4 (0.68%) ColdFusion
12 4 (0.68%) Drupal
13 1 (0.17%) Mule
13 1 (0.17%) Oracle Service Bus
13 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (3.38%) Photoshop
2 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.34%) InDesign
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (4.57%) SDL Web 8
2 17 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (2.88%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (1.52%) Elite 3E
4 7 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (1.02%) BusinessWorks
6 4 (0.68%) Shopify
7 3 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.34%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.17%) HFM
9 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle FAH
9 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 148 (25.04%) Azure
2 116 (19.63%) AWS
3 84 (14.21%) Azure DevOps
4 63 (10.66%) SaaS
5 37 (6.26%) GitHub
6 20 (3.38%) Power Platform
7 16 (2.71%) PaaS
7 16 (2.71%) Serverless
8 14 (2.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 14 (2.37%) NuGet
9 13 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (1.35%) Boomi
11 8 (1.35%) IaaS
12 7 (1.18%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.18%) GCP
12 7 (1.18%) Google Analytics
13 6 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.74%) VPN
2 17 (2.88%) SSH
3 16 (2.71%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.37%) SSL
5 13 (2.20%) SNMP
6 11 (1.86%) BGP
6 11 (1.86%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (1.86%) MPLS
7 8 (1.35%) HTTP
7 8 (1.35%) Internet
8 5 (0.85%) Firewall
9 4 (0.68%) DNS
10 3 (0.51%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.51%) Broadband
10 3 (0.51%) DMZ
10 3 (0.51%) Modbus
10 3 (0.51%) NaaS
10 3 (0.51%) VLAN
10 3 (0.51%) Wireless
11 2 (0.34%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (32.83%) SQL Server
2 79 (13.37%) MySQL
3 71 (12.01%) Relational Database
4 51 (8.63%) MongoDB
5 43 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (4.57%) NoSQL
7 23 (3.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.37%) MariaDB
8 14 (2.37%) RDBMS
9 13 (2.20%) OLTP
9 13 (2.20%) Oracle Database
9 13 (2.20%) Power BI
10 12 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.69%) MS Access
13 9 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (1.35%) Oracle Database 12c
15 7 (1.18%) Big Data
15 7 (1.18%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.85%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 109 (18.44%) JIRA
2 97 (16.41%) Git
3 77 (13.03%) Visual Studio
4 45 (7.61%) Postman
5 41 (6.94%) SoapUI
6 39 (6.60%) Jenkins
7 32 (5.41%) IntelliJ
8 31 (5.25%) GitLab
9 29 (4.91%) NUnit
10 28 (4.74%) Jasmine
10 28 (4.74%) Karma Test Runner
10 28 (4.74%) TeamCity
11 27 (4.57%) Moq
12 26 (4.40%) Oracle APEX
13 22 (3.72%) Eclipse
14 21 (3.55%) Cucumber
15 20 (3.38%) Selenium
16 16 (2.71%) JUnit
16 16 (2.71%) SpecFlow
17 14 (2.37%) JMeter
General
1 118 (19.97%) Social Skills
2 79 (13.37%) Finance
3 55 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 49 (8.29%) Marketing
6 39 (6.60%) Law
7 21 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.21%) Telecoms
9 18 (3.05%) Retail
10 17 (2.88%) Legal
11 9 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.35%) Banking
13 6 (1.02%) Police
13 6 (1.02%) Publishing
14 5 (0.85%) Local Government
15 4 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.68%) Welsh Language
16 1 (0.17%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 332 (56.18%) Developer
2 141 (23.86%) Senior
3 69 (11.68%) Senior Developer
4 62 (10.49%) Software Engineer
5 51 (8.63%) C# Developer
6 50 (8.46%) Java Engineer
7 47 (7.95%) .NET Developer
8 46 (7.78%) Full Stack Developer
8 46 (7.78%) Java Software Engineer
9 42 (7.11%) Support Engineer
10 40 (6.77%) Architect
10 40 (6.77%) PHP Developer
11 32 (5.41%) Java Developer
11 32 (5.41%) Senior Java Engineer
12 29 (4.91%) Senior Software Engineer
13 28 (4.74%) Senior Java Software Engineer
14 26 (4.40%) Oracle Developer
15 23 (3.89%) Consultant
15 23 (3.89%) Senior Oracle Developer
16 22 (3.72%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (62.27%) REST
2 321 (54.31%) Web Services
3 261 (44.16%) XML
4 226 (38.24%) .NET
5 189 (31.98%) RESTful
6 188 (31.81%) JSON
7 161 (27.24%) HTML
8 122 (20.64%) AngularJS
8 122 (20.64%) CSS
9 118 (19.97%) ASP.NET
10 84 (14.21%) Spring
11 73 (12.35%) React
12 67 (11.34%) jQuery
13 66 (11.17%) .NET Framework
14 54 (9.14%) Hibernate
15 46 (7.78%) Spring Boot
16 45 (7.61%) Ajax
17 41 (6.94%) ASP.NET MVC
18 39 (6.60%) JPA
18 39 (6.60%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.09%) Enterprise Software
2 35 (5.92%) Management Information System
3 34 (5.75%) Greenfield Project
4 29 (4.91%) CMDB
5 28 (4.74%) Legacy Code
6 23 (3.89%) Virtual Team
7 19 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (3.05%) Algorithms
9 15 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (2.37%) Cloud Native
10 14 (2.37%) Reference Data
11 13 (2.20%) Product Ownership
12 12 (2.03%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.18%) Mobile App
14 6 (1.02%) Distributed Applications
14 6 (1.02%) Mobile Payment
15 5 (0.85%) Low-Code
16 4 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
17 3 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 83 (14.04%) Linux
2 33 (5.58%) Unix
3 27 (4.57%) Windows
4 26 (4.40%) AIX
5 11 (1.86%) CentOS
6 5 (0.85%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (46.53%) Agile
2 167 (28.26%) DevOps
3 156 (26.40%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (20.64%) Software Engineering
5 110 (18.61%) Unit Testing
6 103 (17.43%) MVC
7 99 (16.75%) Mentoring
7 99 (16.75%) OO
8 92 (15.57%) Computer Science
8 92 (15.57%) Scrum
9 78 (13.20%) Full Stack Development
10 76 (12.86%) SDLC
11 59 (9.98%) User Experience
12 56 (9.48%) CI/CD
13 54 (9.14%) ERP
14 52 (8.80%) User Acceptance Testing
15 51 (8.63%) OOP
16 49 (8.29%) Customer Requirements
17 48 (8.12%) Project Management
17 48 (8.12%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 295 (49.92%) SQL
2 288 (48.73%) JavaScript
3 186 (31.47%) C#
4 182 (30.80%) Java
5 120 (20.30%) T-SQL
6 74 (12.52%) Python
7 73 (12.35%) VB.NET
8 55 (9.31%) PHP
9 51 (8.63%) VB
10 43 (7.28%) TypeScript
11 40 (6.77%) PL/SQL
12 37 (6.26%) XPath
13 36 (6.09%) C
14 31 (5.25%) PowerShell
15 28 (4.74%) VB6
16 27 (4.57%) Apex Code
17 25 (4.23%) C++
18 24 (4.06%) Perl
19 12 (2.03%) SOQL
20 9 (1.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 117 (19.80%) Degree
2 95 (16.07%) SC Cleared
2 95 (16.07%) Security Cleared
3 23 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (1.69%) GIAC
5 9 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.02%) CISM
6 6 (1.02%) CISSP
6 6 (1.02%) HNC
6 6 (1.02%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.02%) SANS
7 5 (0.85%) ISTQB
7 5 (0.85%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.51%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.51%) PMP
9 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (10.66%) QA
2 9 (1.52%) NIST
3 7 (1.18%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.02%) COBIT
4 6 (1.02%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 5 (0.85%) GDPR
5 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.68%) GRC
6 4 (0.68%) HL7
7 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.51%) SLA
8 1 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 64 (10.83%) Docker
2 4 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.68%) vSphere
3 3 (0.51%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.34%) Varnish
4 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.17%) ACF2
5 1 (0.17%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) IAG
5 1 (0.17%) RACF
Systems Management
1 50 (8.46%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.37%) Ansible
3 13 (2.20%) WMI
4 11 (1.86%) Terraform
5 9 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.35%) HP UCMDB
7 6 (1.02%) CloudHub
7 6 (1.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.85%) Grafana
9 3 (0.51%) Consul
10 2 (0.34%) Kibana
10 2 (0.34%) Packer
10 2 (0.34%) Puppet
10 2 (0.34%) WebSphere Cast Iron
11 1 (0.17%) Control-M
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Identity Management
11 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 121 (20.47%) Oracle
2 96 (16.24%) Microsoft
3 42 (7.11%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.25%) Salesforce
5 20 (3.38%) Adobe
6 18 (3.05%) BMC
7 17 (2.88%) HP
7 17 (2.88%) Remedy
8 16 (2.71%) MuleSoft
9 14 (2.37%) Cognizant
9 14 (2.37%) Google
10 13 (2.20%) Splunk
11 11 (1.86%) Cisco
12 8 (1.35%) Sybase
12 8 (1.35%) WSO2
13 7 (1.18%) webMethods
14 6 (1.02%) Atlassian
14 6 (1.02%) Guidewire
14 6 (1.02%) TIBCO
14 6 (1.02%) Zuora