SOAP Contract Job Trends in Manchester
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SOAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 115 | 78 | 72 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -37 | -6 | +18 |
| Contract jobs citing SOAP | 14 | 9 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Manchester | 0.68% | 0.86% | 0.79% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 2.76% | 3.95% | 3.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £529 | £351 | £536 |
| 25th Percentile | £600 | £378 | £617 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £510 | £688 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.67% | -25.89% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £608 | £712 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £612 | £733 |
| North West median daily rate | £625 | £425 | £439 |
| % change year-on-year | +47.06% | -3.13% | -20.23% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester
SOAP falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Manchester.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 508 | 228 | 276 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 24.68% | 21.69% | 24.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 312 | 162 | 161 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £332 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £461 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.01% | -7.90% | -4.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £656 | £688 |
| North West median daily rate | £525 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -5.26% | -9.52% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £60.88 | - | £49.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £62.50 | - | £54.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £70.00 | £67.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | +4.48% | -2.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.00 | - | £73.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | - | £73.90 |
| North West median hourly rate | £75.00 | £51.00 | £47.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +47.06% | +7.37% | +2.86% |
SOAP Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
SOAP Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOAP.
SOAP Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.
SOAP Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOAP.
SOAP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REST | 100.0% | 14 |
| 2 | OAuth | 42.9% | 6 |
| 3 | Lightning Web Components | 35.7% | 5 |
| 4 | Middleware | 14.3% | 2 |
| 4 | SAP Basis | 14.3% | 2 |
| 4 | SAP Fiori | 14.3% | 2 |
| 4 | SAP PI | 14.3% | 2 |
| 4 | SAPUI5 | 14.3% | 2 |
| 9 | Kafka | 7.1% | 1 |
| 9 | SAML | 7.1% | 1 |
| 9 | Visualforce | 7.1% | 1 |