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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 74 79
Rank change year-on-year -43 +5 +19
Contract jobs citing SOAP 9 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.46% 0.81% 0.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.23% 4.04% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 5
10th Percentile £335 £442 £526
25th Percentile £547 £527 £593
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £594 £675
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -12.00% +22.73%
75th Percentile £638 £612 £700
90th Percentile - £616 £729
North West median daily rate £625 £466 £595
% change year-on-year +34.12% -21.68% +8.18%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 403 198 267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 20.68% 19.98% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 149 190
10th Percentile £371 £331 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £613 £556 £670
90th Percentile £680 £638 £850
North West median daily rate £525 £447 £500
% change year-on-year +17.45% -10.60% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 2 6
10th Percentile £62.50 £70.63 £64.38
25th Percentile £71.00 £71.56 £66.56
Median hourly rate £75.00 £76.25 £70.94
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +7.49% +9.13%
75th Percentile £77.50 £84.06 £72.34
90th Percentile £95.00 £86.88 £73.50
North West median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% +46.17%

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 job vacancy trend in Manchester

SOAP
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOAP.

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 29 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SOAP in Manchester

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOAP

SOAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Boomi
2 1 (11.11%) AtomSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Postman
1 2 (22.22%) SoapUI
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) ServiceNow Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Salesforce Developer
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (11.11%) SSIS Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) REST
2 6 (66.67%) OAuth
3 1 (11.11%) JSON
3 1 (11.11%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (11.11%) Middleware
3 1 (11.11%) SAML
3 1 (11.11%) Web Services
3 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) CMDB
2 5 (55.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) AI Agents
3 1 (11.11%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Data Modelling
2 6 (66.67%) AI
2 6 (66.67%) ITSM
3 5 (55.56%) CAD
3 5 (55.56%) Client Onboarding
3 5 (55.56%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) UML
6 1 (11.11%) Data Flow Diagram
6 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) ETL
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (11.11%) Migration
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Apex Code
2 1 (11.11%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Dell
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce