Hybrid/Remote SOAP Job Trends

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SOAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 321 340
Rank change year-on-year -23 +19 -87
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 105 107 173
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.65% 0.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.53% 2.64% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 55 96 142
10th Percentile £45,750 £40,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,125 £71,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -12.45%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,157 4,058 6,501
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.39% 24.61% 25.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,136 2,722 5,269
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.36%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOAP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SOAP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SOAP
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOAP

SOAP
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOAP over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

SOAP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SOAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 8 (7.62%) Anypoint
2 5 (4.76%) Mule
3 2 (1.90%) Apache
4 1 (0.95%) JBoss
4 1 (0.95%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.95%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.95%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.95%) Magento
2 1 (0.95%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.05%) Azure
2 10 (9.52%) AWS
3 7 (6.67%) SaaS
4 6 (5.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 6 (5.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 5 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.76%) GCP
6 4 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.81%) Boomi
6 4 (3.81%) iPaaS
7 3 (2.86%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.86%) OCI
8 2 (1.90%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.90%) npm
8 2 (1.90%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.90%) Serverless
8 2 (1.90%) Workato
9 1 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.95%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (29.52%) Broadband
2 3 (2.86%) SSL
3 2 (1.90%) Intranet
4 1 (0.95%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.52%) OLTP
2 3 (2.86%) Relational Database
2 3 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.95%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.95%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (29.52%) Jenkins
2 28 (26.67%) GitLab
3 26 (24.76%) SonarQube
4 9 (8.57%) JIRA
5 4 (3.81%) Git
6 3 (2.86%) Postman
6 3 (2.86%) SoapUI
6 3 (2.86%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.90%) Bower
8 1 (0.95%) JUnit
General
1 44 (41.90%) Social Skills
2 34 (32.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 29 (27.62%) Marketing
4 28 (26.67%) Games
5 18 (17.14%) Public Sector
6 13 (12.38%) Finance
7 8 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.81%) Law
10 2 (1.90%) Retail
11 1 (0.95%) Back Office
11 1 (0.95%) Banking
11 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.95%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 40 (38.10%) Architect
2 32 (30.48%) Developer
3 29 (27.62%) Salesforce Architect
4 22 (20.95%) Senior
5 18 (17.14%) Technical Architect
6 14 (13.33%) Consultant
6 14 (13.33%) Salesforce Technical Architect
7 12 (11.43%) ServiceNow Consultant
7 12 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (10.48%) Senior Developer
9 10 (9.52%) Oracle Developer
9 10 (9.52%) Salesforce Solution Architect
9 10 (9.52%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 8 (7.62%) MuleSoft Developer
10 8 (7.62%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (7.62%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
11 7 (6.67%) PL/SQL Developer
11 7 (6.67%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 7 (6.67%) SQL Developer
11 7 (6.67%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (80.00%) REST
2 36 (34.29%) Lightning Web Components
3 33 (31.43%) Visualforce
4 16 (15.24%) HTML
5 15 (14.29%) XML
6 11 (10.48%) OAuth
7 10 (9.52%) .NET
8 9 (8.57%) Middleware
9 7 (6.67%) RESTful
10 6 (5.71%) JWT
11 5 (4.76%) GraphQL
11 5 (4.76%) JSON
11 5 (4.76%) OAuth2
11 5 (4.76%) Web Services
12 4 (3.81%) LDAP
13 3 (2.86%) CSS
13 3 (2.86%) MUnit
13 3 (2.86%) OpenID
13 3 (2.86%) SAML
14 2 (1.90%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (31.43%) Product Ownership
2 11 (10.48%) CMDB
3 3 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (2.86%) Cyberattack
3 3 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.86%) Low-Code
3 3 (2.86%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.86%) Social Media
4 1 (0.95%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.95%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.95%) Online Gambling
4 1 (0.95%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.86%) Linux
2 2 (1.90%) Windows
3 1 (0.95%) Android
3 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (46.67%) Agile
2 47 (44.76%) CI/CD
3 45 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 45 (42.86%) DevOps
4 35 (33.33%) Event-Driven
5 32 (30.48%) Community of Practice
6 31 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (29.52%) Roadmaps
6 31 (29.52%) Scrum
7 29 (27.62%) OO
8 28 (26.67%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
9 27 (25.71%) Design Patterns
10 26 (24.76%) Continuous Delivery
10 26 (24.76%) Continuous Integration
10 26 (24.76%) PLM
10 26 (24.76%) Static Code Analysis
10 26 (24.76%) Technical Analysis
10 26 (24.76%) Technology Roadmap
10 26 (24.76%) TOGAF
11 20 (19.05%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 36 (34.29%) Apex Code
2 27 (25.71%) SOQL
2 27 (25.71%) SOSL
3 22 (20.95%) SQL
4 14 (13.33%) Java
5 10 (9.52%) PL/SQL
5 10 (9.52%) Python
6 9 (8.57%) JavaScript
6 9 (8.57%) PowerShell
7 6 (5.71%) T-SQL
8 5 (4.76%) Bash
9 4 (3.81%) C#
10 3 (2.86%) DataWeave
11 2 (1.90%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 21 (20.00%) Degree
3 11 (10.48%) DV Cleared
4 9 (8.57%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.62%) QA
2 6 (5.71%) NIST
3 5 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.76%) NCSC
4 3 (2.86%) SLA
5 1 (0.95%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.95%) Ansible
1 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 42 (40.00%) Salesforce
2 30 (28.57%) Splunk
3 22 (20.95%) ServiceNow
4 19 (18.10%) MuleSoft
5 15 (14.29%) Oracle
6 4 (3.81%) Microsoft
7 3 (2.86%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.86%) SAP
8 2 (1.90%) Google
9 1 (0.95%) Adobe
9 1 (0.95%) Apple
9 1 (0.95%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.95%) Centrify
9 1 (0.95%) ConnectWise
9 1 (0.95%) Pega
9 1 (0.95%) WooCommerce