Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 21 January 2022

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 21 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
21 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 218 201 134
Rank change year-on-year -17 -67 +25
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 394 147 156
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.35% 1.37% 2.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.14% 2.78% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 313 125 129
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +13.64% -20.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,000 £72,500 £74,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -

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.

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 12,551 5,280 3,499
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 42.94% 49.24% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,843 4,767 3,073
10th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - +4.76%

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 21 January 2022.

SOAP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 21 January 2022, SOAP job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for SOAP.

1 251 (63.71%) REST
2 242 (61.42%) Agile Software Development
3 203 (51.52%) Web Services
4 165 (41.88%) JavaScript
5 143 (36.29%) XML
6 127 (32.23%) Java
7 122 (30.96%) C#
8 120 (30.46%) SQL
9 108 (27.41%) JSON
10 97 (24.62%) SQL Server
11 95 (24.11%) .NET
12 90 (22.84%) HTML
13 89 (22.59%) CSS
14 81 (20.56%) Software Testing
15 78 (19.80%) Azure
16 76 (19.29%) Microsoft
17 75 (19.04%) Scrum
17 75 (19.04%) Node.js
17 75 (19.04%) DevOps
18 72 (18.27%) Microservices
18 72 (18.27%) Social Skills
19 71 (18.02%) Spring
19 71 (18.02%) Oracle
20 69 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
21 68 (17.26%) TDD
21 68 (17.26%) Test Automation
22 66 (16.75%) Relational Database
23 62 (15.74%) Git (software)
23 62 (15.74%) Finance
24 59 (14.97%) BDD

SOAP
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 38 (9.64%) Anypoint
2 37 (9.39%) Mule
2 37 (9.39%) Mule ESB
3 23 (5.84%) Confluence
4 15 (3.81%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (2.79%) WebSphere
6 9 (2.28%) BizTalk Server
7 8 (2.03%) Tomcat
8 7 (1.78%) Apache
9 6 (1.52%) JBoss
9 6 (1.52%) WordPress
10 5 (1.27%) CMS
10 5 (1.27%) IIS
10 5 (1.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.76%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.51%) GlassFish
12 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
13 1 (0.25%) PowerExchange
13 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.25%) EngageOne
1 1 (0.25%) MadCap Flare
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.52%) SAP Hybris
3 5 (1.27%) Elite 3E
3 5 (1.27%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.02%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.25%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.25%) Magento
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 78 (19.80%) Azure
2 53 (13.45%) AWS
3 40 (10.15%) SaaS
4 25 (6.35%) GitHub
5 24 (6.09%) Serverless
6 17 (4.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 14 (3.55%) Azure Pipelines
8 13 (3.30%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (2.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (2.54%) CloudFront
10 9 (2.28%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (2.03%) Amazon Kinesis
11 8 (2.03%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.03%) AWS IoT
11 8 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.03%) Heroku
11 8 (2.03%) npm
12 7 (1.78%) AWS Step Functions
12 7 (1.78%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.12%) HTTP
2 16 (4.06%) SSL
3 14 (3.55%) IPv6
3 14 (3.55%) RTSP
3 14 (3.55%) UPnP
4 10 (2.54%) HTTPS
5 9 (2.28%) SSH
6 8 (2.03%) Internet
6 8 (2.03%) VPN
7 6 (1.52%) FTP
8 2 (0.51%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.51%) Network Security
8 2 (0.51%) PuTTY
8 2 (0.51%) Telnet
8 2 (0.51%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.25%) DDNS
9 1 (0.25%) Firewall
9 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.25%) SMTP
9 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (24.62%) SQL Server
2 66 (16.75%) Relational Database
3 27 (6.85%) MySQL
4 24 (6.09%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.81%) Oracle Database
5 15 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (3.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (3.30%) Tableau
8 12 (3.05%) RDBMS
9 9 (2.28%) Blockchain
9 9 (2.28%) Redis
10 7 (1.78%) OLTP
10 7 (1.78%) SQL Server 2008
11 6 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.52%) MariaDB
12 5 (1.27%) DTS
12 5 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.02%) SQL Server 2012
14 3 (0.76%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 62 (15.74%) Git (software)
2 51 (12.94%) JIRA
3 42 (10.66%) Team Foundation Server
4 30 (7.61%) Jenkins
5 29 (7.36%) Selenium
6 24 (6.09%) SoapUI
7 23 (5.84%) Maven
8 22 (5.58%) Cucumber
9 20 (5.08%) JUnit
10 17 (4.31%) Visual Studio
11 15 (3.81%) Mockito
11 15 (3.81%) TeamCity
12 14 (3.55%) SpecFlow
13 12 (3.05%) Postman
14 10 (2.54%) Octopus Deploy
15 8 (2.03%) Oracle APEX
16 7 (1.78%) Appium
16 7 (1.78%) GCC
16 7 (1.78%) GDB
16 7 (1.78%) webpack
General
1 72 (18.27%) Social Skills
2 62 (15.74%) Finance
3 40 (10.15%) Retail
4 38 (9.64%) Marketing
5 27 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.31%) Public Sector
7 15 (3.81%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.30%) Electronics
8 13 (3.30%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.05%) Law
10 9 (2.28%) Local Government
11 7 (1.78%) Banking
12 6 (1.52%) Games
13 4 (1.02%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.51%) Advertising
14 2 (0.51%) Back Office
14 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 216 (54.82%) Developer
2 51 (12.94%) .NET Developer
3 50 (12.69%) Architect
4 37 (9.39%) MuleSoft Developer
5 36 (9.14%) Senior Developer
6 32 (8.12%) SQL Developer
7 31 (7.87%) Solutions Architect
8 29 (7.36%) Java Developer
9 26 (6.60%) C# Developer
9 26 (6.60%) Software Developer
10 22 (5.58%) Consultant
11 20 (5.08%) C# .NET Developer
12 19 (4.82%) Oracle Developer
13 18 (4.57%) .NET Software Developer
14 17 (4.31%) PL/SQL Developer
15 16 (4.06%) Analyst
15 16 (4.06%) Salesforce Developer
15 16 (4.06%) Software Engineer
16 15 (3.81%) Azure Developer
17 13 (3.30%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (63.71%) REST
2 203 (51.52%) Web Services
3 143 (36.29%) XML
4 108 (27.41%) JSON
5 95 (24.11%) .NET
6 90 (22.84%) HTML
7 89 (22.59%) CSS
8 75 (19.04%) Node.js
9 71 (18.02%) Spring
10 57 (14.47%) AngularJS
11 56 (14.21%) JMS
12 55 (13.96%) React
13 53 (13.45%) RESTful
14 49 (12.44%) ASP.NET
14 49 (12.44%) Middleware
15 46 (11.68%) XSLT
16 45 (11.42%) .NET Core
17 44 (11.17%) jQuery
18 40 (10.15%) XSD
19 39 (9.90%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (4.82%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (3.81%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.55%) Video\Live Streaming
5 13 (3.30%) User Experience
6 11 (2.79%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.03%) CMDB
8 8 (2.03%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (1.78%) Internet of Things
9 7 (1.78%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.78%) MPEG
10 6 (1.52%) BYOD
10 6 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
10 6 (1.52%) Robotics
11 4 (1.02%) EPoS
11 4 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.51%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.51%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.60%) Linux
2 17 (4.31%) Apple iOS
3 15 (3.81%) Windows
4 14 (3.55%) Android
5 7 (1.78%) Unix
6 5 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.51%) Solaris
7 2 (0.51%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (61.42%) Agile Software Development
2 81 (20.56%) Software Testing
3 75 (19.04%) DevOps
3 75 (19.04%) Scrum
4 72 (18.27%) Microservices
5 69 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (17.26%) TDD
6 68 (17.26%) Test Automation
7 59 (14.97%) BDD
8 56 (14.21%) CI/CD
9 52 (13.20%) SOA
9 52 (13.20%) Unit Testing
10 48 (12.18%) Domain-Driven Design
10 48 (12.18%) MVC
10 48 (12.18%) SDLC
10 48 (12.18%) Software Engineering
11 45 (11.42%) Mentoring
12 43 (10.91%) Requirements Analysis
13 39 (9.90%) Kalman Filter
14 37 (9.39%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 165 (41.88%) JavaScript
2 127 (32.23%) Java
3 122 (30.96%) C#
4 120 (30.46%) SQL
5 55 (13.96%) TypeScript
6 43 (10.91%) Python
7 24 (6.09%) Go
8 21 (5.33%) Java 8
9 20 (5.08%) PL/SQL
10 19 (4.82%) T-SQL
11 17 (4.31%) VB.NET
12 14 (3.55%) PHP
13 9 (2.28%) Groovy
14 8 (2.03%) C
14 8 (2.03%) XPath
15 7 (1.78%) Apex Code
15 7 (1.78%) Apple Swift
15 7 (1.78%) Kotlin
16 6 (1.52%) C++
16 6 (1.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (7.11%) Degree
2 25 (6.35%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.84%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.54%) ISTQB
4 10 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 5 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (0.76%) CISA
8 3 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.76%) CISSP
9 2 (0.51%) CCSP
9 2 (0.51%) CEH
9 2 (0.51%) GIAC
9 2 (0.51%) GISF
9 2 (0.51%) ISEB
9 2 (0.51%) OSCP
9 2 (0.51%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.36%) QA
2 9 (2.28%) SLA
3 6 (1.52%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.76%) GRC
5 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.51%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (5.58%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.25%) NDS
2 1 (0.25%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 23 (5.84%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.03%) HP UCMDB
4 4 (1.02%) Grafana
5 2 (0.51%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.51%) nmon
5 2 (0.51%) Opscode Chef
5 2 (0.51%) Puppet
6 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.25%) Ansible
6 1 (0.25%) CA Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.25%) Kibana
6 1 (0.25%) logstash
6 1 (0.25%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.25%) Terraform
6 1 (0.25%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 76 (19.29%) Microsoft
2 71 (18.02%) Oracle
3 53 (13.45%) MuleSoft
4 38 (9.64%) Salesforce.com
5 30 (7.61%) ServiceNow
6 25 (6.35%) SAP
7 19 (4.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 14 (3.55%) HP
9 12 (3.05%) BMC
9 12 (3.05%) Google
10 11 (2.79%) Remedy
11 10 (2.54%) IBM
12 7 (1.78%) Splunk
13 6 (1.52%) hybris
14 5 (1.27%) Sage
14 5 (1.27%) Zend
15 3 (0.76%) Adobe
15 3 (0.76%) Facebook
15 3 (0.76%) Ivanti
15 3 (0.76%) JD Edwards