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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 352 295 309
Rank change year-on-year -57 +14 -80
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 259 441 839
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.76% 1.09% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.87% 3.21% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 239 359 565
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,699 £36,750
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 £78,245 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £89,882 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £68,823 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.45% +25.13% -

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 9,027 13,731 31,831
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.66% 33.98% 45.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7,527 10,302 17,070
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,351 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +4.56% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,500 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +15.91%

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

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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

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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 18 May 2024.

SOAP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 (15.83%) IIS
2 22 (8.49%) Apache
3 12 (4.63%) CMS
4 10 (3.86%) SharePoint
5 7 (2.70%) JBoss
5 7 (2.70%) OpenStack
5 7 (2.70%) Red Hat Fuse
6 5 (1.93%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (1.54%) EPiServer
8 3 (1.16%) Drupal
9 2 (0.77%) nginx
9 2 (0.77%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.77%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.39%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.39%) Confluence
10 1 (0.39%) Mule
10 1 (0.39%) WildFly
10 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.54%) BusinessWorks
4 3 (1.16%) Shopify
5 2 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 95 (36.68%) Azure
2 64 (24.71%) Azure DevOps
3 50 (19.31%) AWS
4 34 (13.13%) SaaS
5 13 (5.02%) GitHub
6 12 (4.63%) PaaS
7 11 (4.25%) Serverless
8 9 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (2.70%) Google Analytics
9 7 (2.70%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.32%) Azure Service Fabric
10 6 (2.32%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.32%) IaaS
11 4 (1.54%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.16%) BigCommerce
12 3 (1.16%) Boomi
12 3 (1.16%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.86%) VPN
2 8 (3.09%) SSL
3 4 (1.54%) Firewall
3 4 (1.54%) Internet
4 3 (1.16%) Bluetooth
4 3 (1.16%) HTTP
5 2 (0.77%) DMZ
5 2 (0.77%) DNS
5 2 (0.77%) Modbus
5 2 (0.77%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (40.15%) SQL Server
2 34 (13.13%) MongoDB
3 33 (12.74%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (10.04%) MySQL
5 16 (6.18%) Relational Database
6 12 (4.63%) OLTP
7 10 (3.86%) NoSQL
7 10 (3.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (3.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (3.09%) MariaDB
10 7 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.93%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.54%) InfluxDB
12 4 (1.54%) Power BI
13 2 (0.77%) OLAP
13 2 (0.77%) OLAP Cube
13 2 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
13 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (13.13%) Visual Studio
2 30 (11.58%) Git
3 28 (10.81%) Jasmine
3 28 (10.81%) Karma Test Runner
3 28 (10.81%) Postman
4 26 (10.04%) JIRA
5 12 (4.63%) Jenkins
5 12 (4.63%) SoapUI
6 8 (3.09%) JUnit
7 6 (2.32%) JMeter
7 6 (2.32%) Oracle APEX
8 5 (1.93%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.54%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.54%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (1.16%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (1.16%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.16%) JHipster
10 3 (1.16%) Selenium
10 3 (1.16%) Serenity BDD
General
1 40 (15.44%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (7.72%) Public Sector
4 19 (7.34%) Finance
5 18 (6.95%) Law
6 7 (2.70%) Retail
7 6 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.32%) Police
8 5 (1.93%) Local Government
8 5 (1.93%) Publishing
8 5 (1.93%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.54%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.54%) Welsh Language
10 2 (0.77%) Legal
10 2 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Banking
11 1 (0.39%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.39%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 163 (62.93%) Developer
2 49 (18.92%) Senior
3 36 (13.90%) .NET Developer
3 36 (13.90%) Senior Developer
4 33 (12.74%) C# Developer
5 27 (10.42%) Support Engineer
6 23 (8.88%) PHP Developer
7 22 (8.49%) Software Support Engineer
8 18 (6.95%) Project Manager
9 17 (6.56%) Oracle Developer
10 15 (5.79%) Architect
10 15 (5.79%) Senior Oracle Developer
11 14 (5.41%) Java Developer
12 12 (4.63%) PL/SQL Developer
12 12 (4.63%) Senior Java Developer
12 12 (4.63%) VB.NET Developer
13 10 (3.86%) Lead
13 10 (3.86%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
14 9 (3.47%) Software Manager
14 9 (3.47%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (65.25%) REST
2 146 (56.37%) .NET
3 142 (54.83%) Web Services
4 104 (40.15%) XML
5 78 (30.12%) JSON
6 66 (25.48%) HTML
7 64 (24.71%) ASP.NET
8 57 (22.01%) RESTful
9 55 (21.24%) AngularJS
10 47 (18.15%) CSS
11 35 (13.51%) Sass
12 33 (12.74%) XML Schema
13 28 (10.81%) RxJS
14 24 (9.27%) .NET Core
15 23 (8.88%) .NET Framework
16 21 (8.11%) React
16 21 (8.11%) Spring
17 20 (7.72%) Laravel
18 18 (6.95%) jQuery
18 18 (6.95%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.88%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (6.56%) Virtual Team
3 13 (5.02%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.25%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (4.25%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.47%) CMDB
6 8 (3.09%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.70%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.93%) Distributed Applications
9 4 (1.54%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.16%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.16%) Kindle
11 2 (0.77%) EPoS
11 2 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.77%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.77%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.77%) SCADA
11 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (16.22%) Linux
2 26 (10.04%) AIX
3 6 (2.32%) Windows
4 5 (1.93%) Unix
5 4 (1.54%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (40.15%) Agile
1 104 (40.15%) DevOps
2 66 (25.48%) Unit Testing
3 52 (20.08%) OO
4 46 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (17.37%) User Acceptance Testing
6 38 (14.67%) MVC
7 37 (14.29%) SDLC
8 36 (13.90%) Software Engineering
9 34 (13.13%) ERP
10 33 (12.74%) Computer Science
11 31 (11.97%) Customer Service
12 30 (11.58%) Customer Requirements
13 28 (10.81%) Presales
13 28 (10.81%) Scrum
13 28 (10.81%) Web Development
14 26 (10.04%) Design Patterns
15 24 (9.27%) Technical Architecture
16 23 (8.88%) User Experience
17 21 (8.11%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 147 (56.76%) SQL
2 140 (54.05%) JavaScript
3 118 (45.56%) C#
4 65 (25.10%) Java
5 58 (22.39%) T-SQL
6 55 (21.24%) VB.NET
7 51 (19.69%) VB
8 39 (15.06%) TypeScript
9 31 (11.97%) PHP
10 28 (10.81%) VB6
11 26 (10.04%) C
12 22 (8.49%) C++
12 22 (8.49%) Python
13 21 (8.11%) PL/SQL
14 17 (6.56%) XPath
15 11 (4.25%) PowerShell
16 5 (1.93%) Ruby
17 2 (0.77%) Apex Code
18 1 (0.39%) Bash
18 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (16.60%) SC Cleared
1 43 (16.60%) Security Cleared
2 40 (15.44%) Degree
3 13 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.86%) GIAC
5 7 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.32%) CISM
6 6 (2.32%) CISSP
6 6 (2.32%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.32%) SANS
7 5 (1.93%) HNC
8 4 (1.54%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.44%) QA
2 8 (3.09%) NIST
3 6 (2.32%) COBIT
3 6 (2.32%) Web Application Security Consortium
4 5 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.16%) HL7
6 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (8.11%) Docker
2 2 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.77%) vSphere
3 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (5.02%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.70%) Ansible
3 6 (2.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (2.32%) Terraform
4 5 (1.93%) HP UCMDB
5 4 (1.54%) Grafana
6 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.39%) Kibana
Vendors
1 51 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 50 (19.31%) Oracle
3 18 (6.95%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.70%) Google
4 7 (2.70%) WSO2
5 6 (2.32%) webMethods
6 5 (1.93%) BMC
6 5 (1.93%) HP
6 5 (1.93%) Remedy
6 5 (1.93%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.54%) TIBCO
8 3 (1.16%) Apple
8 3 (1.16%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.77%) Cadence
9 2 (0.77%) Cognos
9 2 (0.77%) Databricks
9 2 (0.77%) Dell
9 2 (0.77%) SAP
9 2 (0.77%) Sparx
9 2 (0.77%) VMware