SOAP Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SOAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOAP over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 219 250
Rank change year-on-year -12 +31 -44
Contract jobs citing SOAP 116 279 473
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.78% 1.13% 1.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.20% 4.48% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 200 335
10th Percentile £445 £400 £400
25th Percentile £475 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -3.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £619 £621 £625
90th Percentile £688 £731 £710
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £56.25 £68.08
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £68.17
Median % change year-on-year - -15.65% +137.10%
75th Percentile - £58.75 £68.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £55.69 £51.88
% change year-on-year - +7.34% +48.21%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,629 6,225 12,985
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.52% 25.26% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,545 4,638 9,580
10th Percentile £339 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +12.24%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £645
90th Percentile £800 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 77 124
10th Percentile £24.45 £22.50 £21.30
25th Percentile - £45.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SOAP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SOAP over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

SOAP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SOAP hourly rate 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 7 (6.03%) Confluence
1 7 (6.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (5.17%) Anypoint
3 5 (4.31%) Mule
3 5 (4.31%) Mule ESB
4 4 (3.45%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.45%) WebSphere
5 3 (2.59%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.72%) CMS
7 1 (0.86%) Apache
7 1 (0.86%) JBoss
7 1 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.86%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (4.31%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.86%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Temenos T24
2 3 (2.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.72%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.86%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 36 (31.03%) Azure
2 26 (22.41%) AWS
3 22 (18.97%) GitHub
4 18 (15.52%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (8.62%) Serverless
6 9 (7.76%) Apigee
7 7 (6.03%) SaaS
8 6 (5.17%) Azure API Management
8 6 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (5.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (5.17%) GCP
9 5 (4.31%) Kong
9 5 (4.31%) WhatsApp
10 4 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (3.45%) PaaS
10 4 (3.45%) Power Automate
10 4 (3.45%) Power Platform
10 4 (3.45%) PowerApps
11 3 (2.59%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.03%) HTTP
2 5 (4.31%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.59%) WinSCP
4 2 (1.72%) Internet
5 1 (0.86%) Firewall
5 1 (0.86%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (22.41%) SQL Server
2 25 (21.55%) MySQL
3 16 (13.79%) Oracle Reports
4 10 (8.62%) Relational Database
5 8 (6.90%) NoSQL
6 7 (6.03%) MongoDB
7 6 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (4.31%) OLAP
8 5 (4.31%) OLTP
8 5 (4.31%) Oracle OLAP
9 4 (3.45%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (3.45%) Power BI
10 3 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (1.72%) DB2
11 2 (1.72%) MariaDB
11 2 (1.72%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.86%) Informix
12 1 (0.86%) Ingres
12 1 (0.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 31 (26.72%) Git
2 23 (19.83%) JIRA
3 14 (12.07%) Jenkins
4 12 (10.34%) Selenium
4 12 (10.34%) SoapUI
5 7 (6.03%) GitLab
5 7 (6.03%) JMeter
5 7 (6.03%) Postman
6 6 (5.17%) Visual Studio
7 4 (3.45%) Artifactory
7 4 (3.45%) Cucumber
7 4 (3.45%) TeamCity
8 3 (2.59%) Bitbucket
8 3 (2.59%) Cypress.io
8 3 (2.59%) HP UFT
8 3 (2.59%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (1.72%) Gradle
9 2 (1.72%) JUnit
9 2 (1.72%) LoadRunner
9 2 (1.72%) Maven
General
1 33 (28.45%) Social Skills
2 25 (21.55%) Finance
3 14 (12.07%) Banking
4 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.76%) Financial Institution
7 8 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.45%) Retail
8 4 (3.45%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.59%) Back Office
10 2 (1.72%) Arabic Language
10 2 (1.72%) French Language
10 2 (1.72%) German Language
10 2 (1.72%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.72%) Korean Language
10 2 (1.72%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 38 (32.76%) Developer
2 23 (19.83%) Architect
3 11 (9.48%) Software Engineer
4 10 (8.62%) Lead
4 10 (8.62%) Senior
5 9 (7.76%) SailPoint Developer
6 8 (6.90%) AWS Architect
6 8 (6.90%) Pega Architect
7 7 (6.03%) SailPoint Engineer
7 7 (6.03%) Senior Developer
8 6 (5.17%) Consultant
8 6 (5.17%) MuleSoft Developer
8 6 (5.17%) ServiceNow Developer
8 6 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (5.17%) Technical Leader
9 4 (3.45%) Integration Developer
10 3 (2.59%) Data Engineer
10 3 (2.59%) Linux Engineer
10 3 (2.59%) Salesforce Developer
10 3 (2.59%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (52.59%) REST
2 48 (41.38%) XML
3 43 (37.07%) Web Services
4 28 (24.14%) JSON
5 23 (19.83%) HTML
6 20 (17.24%) RESTful
7 18 (15.52%) JDBC
7 18 (15.52%) SailPoint
7 18 (15.52%) Servlets
8 17 (14.66%) JSP
8 17 (14.66%) LDAP
8 17 (14.66%) SPML
8 17 (14.66%) Spring
9 15 (12.93%) Spring Boot
10 13 (11.21%) .NET
11 11 (9.48%) Swagger
12 10 (8.62%) Node.js
13 9 (7.76%) AngularJS
13 9 (7.76%) Kafka
13 9 (7.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.79%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.31%) DataPower
2 5 (4.31%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.59%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.59%) CMDB
4 3 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.59%) Low-Code
4 3 (2.59%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.72%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.86%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.86%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.86%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.86%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.76%) Linux
1 9 (7.76%) Windows
2 5 (4.31%) Unix
3 3 (2.59%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (30.17%) Agile
2 30 (25.86%) DevOps
3 23 (19.83%) API Management
4 22 (18.97%) CI/CD
5 21 (18.10%) Test Automation
6 18 (15.52%) Microservices
7 16 (13.79%) Design Patterns
7 16 (13.79%) RBAC
8 15 (12.93%) Software Engineering
9 14 (12.07%) SOA
10 13 (11.21%) Identity Access Management
10 13 (11.21%) OO
11 12 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
11 12 (10.34%) SDLC
11 12 (10.34%) Unit Testing
12 11 (9.48%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (9.48%) Scrum
13 10 (8.62%) Infrastructure as Code
13 10 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 9 (7.76%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 51 (43.97%) SQL
2 40 (34.48%) Java
3 29 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 15 (12.93%) Python
5 14 (12.07%) C#
6 7 (6.03%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.45%) Bicep
8 3 (2.59%) Apex Code
8 3 (2.59%) C++
8 3 (2.59%) Go
8 3 (2.59%) Ruby
9 2 (1.72%) C
9 2 (1.72%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.72%) VB
9 2 (1.72%) VB6
9 2 (1.72%) XPath
10 1 (0.86%) Groovy
10 1 (0.86%) Solidity
10 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (6.90%) Degree
2 7 (6.03%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.03%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.72%) ISEB
4 2 (1.72%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.86%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.34%) QA
2 3 (2.59%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.86%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (14.66%) Active Directory
1 17 (14.66%) IAG
2 16 (13.79%) ACF2
2 16 (13.79%) RACF
3 13 (11.21%) Docker
4 3 (2.59%) vCloud
4 3 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.59%) VirtualBox
4 3 (2.59%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (9.48%) Kubernetes
2 10 (8.62%) Terraform
3 5 (4.31%) Ansible
3 5 (4.31%) CloudHub
3 5 (4.31%) PingFederate
4 4 (3.45%) HP ALM
4 4 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.59%) Autotask
5 3 (2.59%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.59%) Puppet
6 2 (1.72%) Grafana
6 2 (1.72%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.86%) Control-M
Vendors
1 45 (38.79%) Oracle
2 24 (20.69%) ServiceNow
3 16 (13.79%) Sybase
4 14 (12.07%) Microsoft
5 13 (11.21%) Salesforce
6 12 (10.34%) IBM
7 8 (6.90%) Pega
8 7 (6.03%) SAP
9 6 (5.17%) MuleSoft
10 5 (4.31%) BMC
10 5 (4.31%) HP
10 5 (4.31%) Ping Identity
10 5 (4.31%) TSYS
11 4 (3.45%) Google
12 3 (2.59%) Arista
12 3 (2.59%) Micro Focus
12 3 (2.59%) Remedy
12 3 (2.59%) Snow
12 3 (2.59%) TOWER Software
12 3 (2.59%) VMware