SOAP Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 294 309
Rank change year-on-year -48 +15 -69
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 266 459 826
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.79% 1.11% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.96% 3.28% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 245 373 561
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,108 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £89,852 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +22.73% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 WFH option and 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 8,995 13,996 31,266
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.68% 33.85% 45.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,517 10,529 17,179
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £63,550
% change year-on-year -11.11% +6.22% +15.55%

SOAP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SOAP trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOAP
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOAP.

SOAP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOAP
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SOAP over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

SOAP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SOAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 41 (15.41%) IIS
2 22 (8.27%) Apache
3 12 (4.51%) CMS
4 11 (4.14%) SharePoint
5 8 (3.01%) JBoss
5 8 (3.01%) OpenStack
5 8 (3.01%) Red Hat Fuse
6 5 (1.88%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (1.50%) EPiServer
8 3 (1.13%) Drupal
9 2 (0.75%) nginx
9 2 (0.75%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.38%) Confluence
10 1 (0.38%) Mule
10 1 (0.38%) WildFly
10 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.26%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.50%) BusinessWorks
4 3 (1.13%) Shopify
5 2 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 97 (36.47%) Azure
2 65 (24.44%) Azure DevOps
3 53 (19.92%) AWS
4 38 (14.29%) SaaS
5 15 (5.64%) GitHub
6 12 (4.51%) PaaS
6 12 (4.51%) Serverless
7 10 (3.76%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (3.01%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (3.01%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.63%) Google Analytics
10 6 (2.26%) Azure Service Fabric
10 6 (2.26%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.26%) IaaS
11 4 (1.50%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.13%) BigCommerce
12 3 (1.13%) Boomi
12 3 (1.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.14%) VPN
2 9 (3.38%) SSL
3 4 (1.50%) Firewall
3 4 (1.50%) Internet
4 3 (1.13%) Bluetooth
4 3 (1.13%) HTTP
5 2 (0.75%) DMZ
5 2 (0.75%) DNS
5 2 (0.75%) Modbus
5 2 (0.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (39.85%) SQL Server
2 35 (13.16%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (12.78%) MongoDB
4 27 (10.15%) MySQL
5 17 (6.39%) Relational Database
6 12 (4.51%) OLTP
7 10 (3.76%) NoSQL
7 10 (3.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (3.38%) MariaDB
9 7 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.88%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.50%) InfluxDB
11 4 (1.50%) Power BI
12 2 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.75%) OLAP
12 2 (0.75%) OLAP Cube
12 2 (0.75%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 35 (13.16%) Visual Studio
2 31 (11.65%) Git
3 29 (10.90%) JIRA
4 28 (10.53%) Jasmine
4 28 (10.53%) Karma Test Runner
4 28 (10.53%) Postman
5 15 (5.64%) Jenkins
6 14 (5.26%) SoapUI
7 10 (3.76%) JUnit
8 8 (3.01%) JMeter
9 6 (2.26%) Bitbucket
9 6 (2.26%) Oracle APEX
10 5 (1.88%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (1.88%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.88%) Eclipse
10 5 (1.88%) Selenium
10 5 (1.88%) Serenity BDD
11 4 (1.50%) IntelliJ
11 4 (1.50%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (1.13%) JHipster
General
1 41 (15.41%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.52%) Finance
5 18 (6.77%) Law
6 7 (2.63%) Retail
7 6 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.26%) Police
8 5 (1.88%) Local Government
8 5 (1.88%) Publishing
8 5 (1.88%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.50%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.50%) Welsh Language
10 2 (0.75%) Legal
10 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.38%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 167 (62.78%) Developer
2 51 (19.17%) Senior
3 37 (13.91%) Senior Developer
4 36 (13.53%) .NET Developer
5 33 (12.41%) C# Developer
6 27 (10.15%) Support Engineer
7 24 (9.02%) PHP Developer
8 22 (8.27%) Software Support Engineer
9 19 (7.14%) Project Manager
10 17 (6.39%) Oracle Developer
11 15 (5.64%) Architect
11 15 (5.64%) Java Developer
11 15 (5.64%) Senior Oracle Developer
12 13 (4.89%) Senior Java Developer
13 12 (4.51%) PL/SQL Developer
13 12 (4.51%) VB.NET Developer
14 10 (3.76%) Lead
14 10 (3.76%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
14 10 (3.76%) Software Manager
14 10 (3.76%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (64.29%) REST
2 148 (55.64%) .NET
3 146 (54.89%) Web Services
4 106 (39.85%) XML
5 80 (30.08%) JSON
6 68 (25.56%) HTML
7 64 (24.06%) ASP.NET
8 63 (23.68%) RESTful
9 56 (21.05%) AngularJS
10 48 (18.05%) CSS
11 35 (13.16%) Sass
12 33 (12.41%) XML Schema
13 28 (10.53%) RxJS
14 24 (9.02%) .NET Core
15 23 (8.65%) .NET Framework
16 22 (8.27%) Spring
17 21 (7.89%) Laravel
17 21 (7.89%) React
18 19 (7.14%) jQuery
18 19 (7.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.65%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (6.77%) Virtual Team
3 14 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.51%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (4.14%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.76%) CMDB
7 8 (3.01%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.63%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.88%) Distributed Applications
10 4 (1.50%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.13%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.13%) Kindle
12 2 (0.75%) EPoS
12 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.75%) Legacy Code
12 2 (0.75%) N-Tier
12 2 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.75%) SCADA
12 2 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.79%) Linux
2 26 (9.77%) AIX
3 6 (2.26%) Windows
4 5 (1.88%) Unix
5 4 (1.50%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (40.98%) Agile
2 108 (40.60%) DevOps
3 67 (25.19%) Unit Testing
4 53 (19.92%) OO
5 47 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (17.29%) User Acceptance Testing
7 39 (14.66%) MVC
8 38 (14.29%) SDLC
8 38 (14.29%) Software Engineering
9 34 (12.78%) Computer Science
9 34 (12.78%) ERP
10 32 (12.03%) Customer Requirements
11 31 (11.65%) Customer Service
11 31 (11.65%) Scrum
12 30 (11.28%) Presales
13 29 (10.90%) Web Development
14 26 (9.77%) Design Patterns
14 26 (9.77%) Technical Architecture
15 23 (8.65%) Software Testing
15 23 (8.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 149 (56.02%) SQL
2 148 (55.64%) JavaScript
3 119 (44.74%) C#
4 68 (25.56%) Java
5 58 (21.80%) T-SQL
6 55 (20.68%) VB.NET
7 51 (19.17%) VB
8 39 (14.66%) TypeScript
9 32 (12.03%) PHP
10 28 (10.53%) VB6
11 26 (9.77%) C
12 22 (8.27%) C++
12 22 (8.27%) PL/SQL
12 22 (8.27%) Python
13 17 (6.39%) XPath
14 11 (4.14%) PowerShell
15 5 (1.88%) Ruby
16 2 (0.75%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.38%) Bash
17 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (17.67%) SC Cleared
1 47 (17.67%) Security Cleared
2 43 (16.17%) Degree
3 13 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.76%) GIAC
5 7 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.26%) CISM
6 6 (2.26%) CISSP
6 6 (2.26%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.26%) SANS
7 5 (1.88%) HNC
8 4 (1.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.04%) QA
2 8 (3.01%) NIST
3 6 (2.26%) COBIT
3 6 (2.26%) Web Application Security Consortium
4 5 (1.88%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.50%) HL7
6 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (8.65%) Docker
2 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.75%) vSphere
3 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (5.64%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.38%) Ansible
3 7 (2.63%) Terraform
4 6 (2.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (2.26%) HP UCMDB
5 4 (1.50%) Grafana
6 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.38%) Consul
7 1 (0.38%) Kibana
Vendors
1 53 (19.92%) Microsoft
2 51 (19.17%) Oracle
3 19 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.01%) WSO2
5 7 (2.63%) Google
6 6 (2.26%) BMC
6 6 (2.26%) HP
6 6 (2.26%) Remedy
6 6 (2.26%) webMethods
7 5 (1.88%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.50%) TIBCO
9 3 (1.13%) Apple
9 3 (1.13%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.75%) Cerner
10 2 (0.75%) Cognos
10 2 (0.75%) Dell
10 2 (0.75%) IBM
10 2 (0.75%) Progress
10 2 (0.75%) SAP
10 2 (0.75%) Sparx