Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 437 354 370
Rank change year-on-year -83 +16 -100
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 558 938 1,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.95% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.64% 3.13% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 443 650 933
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £68,823 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.45% +25.13% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,150 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +5.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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 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 21,101 29,987 65,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 30.24% 40.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15,749 18,481 29,851
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,588 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +15.91%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

SOAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SOAP in the UK

SOAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOAP.

Salary trend for SOAP in the UK

SOAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAP over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SOAP in the UK

SOAP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -57 479 £57,500 -17.20% 116
UK excluding London -76 371 £55,000 -8.33% 78
Work from Home -57 259 £57,500 -8.00% 67
London -37 168 £60,500 -24.38% 48
South East -53 109 £60,000 -7.69% 24
North of England +36 92 £53,750 -12.14% 19
North West +31 65 £57,500 -11.54% 10
Midlands 0 57 £57,500 -4.17% 10
Scotland -65 34 £47,500 -18.96% 7
West Midlands +14 31 £57,500 -6.12% 8
South West -25 31 £42,500 -27.35% 2
East of England -26 27 £47,500 -20.83% 8
Yorkshire +39 25 £47,500 -7.77% 8
East Midlands -2 25 £50,000 +21.21% 2
Wales +14 12 £41,250 -17.50% 9
Northern Ireland +3 9 £85,000 -
North East -5 2 £47,500 -32.14% 2

SOAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 48 (8.60%) CMS
2 45 (8.06%) IIS
3 28 (5.02%) Apache
4 20 (3.58%) JBoss
5 19 (3.41%) Red Hat Fuse
6 13 (2.33%) Confluence
7 12 (2.15%) SharePoint
8 10 (1.79%) EPiServer
9 7 (1.25%) OpenStack
9 7 (1.25%) Tomcat
10 6 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.90%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.90%) nginx
11 5 (0.90%) NServiceBus
12 4 (0.72%) ColdFusion
12 4 (0.72%) Drupal
13 2 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Bus
14 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
14 1 (0.18%) WildFly
Applications
1 21 (3.76%) Photoshop
2 11 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.36%) InDesign
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 29 (5.20%) SDL Web 8
2 15 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.97%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.08%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (1.08%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.72%) BusinessWorks
5 4 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.54%) Shopify
7 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.18%) HFM
8 1 (0.18%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.18%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 140 (25.09%) Azure
2 110 (19.71%) AWS
3 80 (14.34%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (8.60%) SaaS
5 33 (5.91%) GitHub
6 16 (2.87%) Power Platform
7 15 (2.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 15 (2.69%) NuGet
7 15 (2.69%) PaaS
7 15 (2.69%) Serverless
8 10 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.43%) Boomi
9 8 (1.43%) IaaS
10 7 (1.25%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (1.25%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.25%) GCP
10 7 (1.25%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.08%) Azure Service Fabric
12 5 (0.90%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.48%) VPN
2 17 (3.05%) SSH
3 16 (2.87%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.33%) SNMP
5 11 (1.97%) BGP
5 11 (1.97%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (1.97%) MPLS
5 11 (1.97%) SSL
6 8 (1.43%) HTTP
6 8 (1.43%) Internet
7 5 (0.90%) Firewall
8 4 (0.72%) DNS
9 3 (0.54%) Bluetooth
9 3 (0.54%) Broadband
9 3 (0.54%) DMZ
9 3 (0.54%) Modbus
9 3 (0.54%) NaaS
9 3 (0.54%) VLAN
9 3 (0.54%) Wireless
10 2 (0.36%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 74 (13.26%) MySQL
3 68 (12.19%) Relational Database
4 52 (9.32%) MongoDB
5 40 (7.17%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (5.20%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.51%) RDBMS
9 13 (2.33%) OLTP
9 13 (2.33%) Oracle Database
10 12 (2.15%) Power BI
10 12 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (1.97%) MariaDB
12 10 (1.79%) MS Access
13 9 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (1.43%) Oracle Database 12c
15 7 (1.25%) Big Data
15 7 (1.25%) DynamoDB
16 6 (1.08%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 105 (18.82%) Git
1 105 (18.82%) JIRA
2 75 (13.44%) Visual Studio
3 42 (7.53%) Postman
4 34 (6.09%) GitLab
4 34 (6.09%) SoapUI
5 33 (5.91%) Jenkins
6 31 (5.56%) NUnit
6 31 (5.56%) TeamCity
7 29 (5.20%) Moq
8 28 (5.02%) Jasmine
8 28 (5.02%) Karma Test Runner
9 25 (4.48%) Oracle APEX
10 22 (3.94%) Eclipse
11 17 (3.05%) SpecFlow
12 16 (2.87%) IntelliJ
13 15 (2.69%) Cucumber
13 15 (2.69%) git-flow
13 15 (2.69%) Octopus Deploy
13 15 (2.69%) Sourcetree
General
1 114 (20.43%) Social Skills
2 79 (14.16%) Finance
3 54 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (8.96%) Marketing
5 39 (6.99%) Law
6 33 (5.91%) Public Sector
7 21 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.41%) Telecoms
9 18 (3.23%) Retail
10 14 (2.51%) Legal
11 11 (1.97%) Banking
12 9 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.08%) Police
14 5 (0.90%) Local Government
14 5 (0.90%) Publishing
15 4 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.72%) Welsh Language
16 2 (0.36%) Investment Banking
17 1 (0.18%) Games
17 1 (0.18%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 328 (58.78%) Developer
2 122 (21.86%) Senior
3 69 (12.37%) Senior Developer
4 52 (9.32%) C# Developer
5 47 (8.42%) Full Stack Developer
6 46 (8.24%) .NET Developer
7 45 (8.06%) Software Engineer
8 42 (7.53%) Support Engineer
9 39 (6.99%) PHP Developer
10 36 (6.45%) Java Engineer
11 34 (6.09%) Architect
12 31 (5.56%) Java Developer
13 30 (5.38%) Java Software Engineer
14 25 (4.48%) Oracle Developer
15 22 (3.94%) Lead
15 22 (3.94%) Salesforce Developer
15 22 (3.94%) Senior Oracle Developer
15 22 (3.94%) Software Support Engineer
16 21 (3.76%) Consultant
17 19 (3.41%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 347 (62.19%) REST
2 295 (52.87%) Web Services
3 236 (42.29%) XML
4 221 (39.61%) .NET
5 164 (29.39%) JSON
6 159 (28.49%) HTML
6 159 (28.49%) RESTful
7 125 (22.40%) CSS
8 118 (21.15%) ASP.NET
9 104 (18.64%) AngularJS
10 72 (12.90%) React
11 68 (12.19%) .NET Framework
11 68 (12.19%) Spring
12 65 (11.65%) jQuery
13 49 (8.78%) Spring Boot
14 42 (7.53%) Ajax
15 41 (7.35%) ASP.NET MVC
16 38 (6.81%) Laravel
17 36 (6.45%) Hibernate
17 36 (6.45%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.27%) Enterprise Software
2 32 (5.73%) Greenfield Project
3 31 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 30 (5.38%) Legacy Code
5 27 (4.84%) CMDB
6 19 (3.41%) Virtual Team
7 18 (3.23%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (2.69%) Product Ownership
9 15 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (2.51%) Cloud Native
10 14 (2.51%) Reference Data
11 13 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.97%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.25%) Mobile App
14 6 (1.08%) Mobile Payment
15 5 (0.90%) Distributed Applications
15 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
16 4 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
17 3 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 86 (15.41%) Linux
2 33 (5.91%) Unix
3 31 (5.56%) Windows
4 26 (4.66%) AIX
5 11 (1.97%) CentOS
6 4 (0.72%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.18%) Android
7 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.18%) VMS
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (44.09%) Agile
2 159 (28.49%) DevOps
3 137 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (19.71%) Unit Testing
5 103 (18.46%) Software Engineering
6 101 (18.10%) MVC
7 98 (17.56%) OO
8 90 (16.13%) Computer Science
8 90 (16.13%) Scrum
9 86 (15.41%) Mentoring
10 80 (14.34%) Full Stack Development
11 72 (12.90%) SDLC
12 55 (9.86%) ERP
13 51 (9.14%) CI/CD
14 50 (8.96%) OOP
15 49 (8.78%) User Acceptance Testing
16 48 (8.60%) E-Commerce
17 45 (8.06%) Test Automation
18 43 (7.71%) Customer Requirements
18 43 (7.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 290 (51.97%) SQL
2 269 (48.21%) JavaScript
3 185 (33.15%) C#
4 159 (28.49%) Java
5 118 (21.15%) T-SQL
6 73 (13.08%) VB.NET
7 69 (12.37%) Python
8 54 (9.68%) PHP
9 51 (9.14%) VB
10 43 (7.71%) TypeScript
11 38 (6.81%) C
11 38 (6.81%) XPath
12 33 (5.91%) PL/SQL
13 29 (5.20%) PowerShell
14 28 (5.02%) VB6
15 27 (4.84%) Apex Code
15 27 (4.84%) C++
16 21 (3.76%) Perl
17 12 (2.15%) SOQL
18 9 (1.61%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 109 (19.53%) Degree
2 65 (11.65%) SC Cleared
2 65 (11.65%) Security Cleared
3 23 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (1.79%) GIAC
5 7 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.08%) CISM
6 6 (1.08%) CISSP
6 6 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.08%) SANS
7 5 (0.90%) HNC
7 5 (0.90%) ISTQB
7 5 (0.90%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.54%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.54%) PMP
9 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (11.29%) QA
2 9 (1.61%) NIST
3 8 (1.43%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.08%) COBIT
4 6 (1.08%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 5 (0.90%) GDPR
5 5 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.72%) GRC
6 4 (0.72%) SLA
7 3 (0.54%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 61 (10.93%) Docker
2 4 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.72%) vSphere
3 2 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.36%) Varnish
3 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (8.60%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.33%) WMI
3 11 (1.97%) Ansible
4 10 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.43%) Terraform
6 6 (1.08%) CloudHub
6 6 (1.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (0.90%) Grafana
7 5 (0.90%) HP UCMDB
8 2 (0.36%) Kibana
8 2 (0.36%) Packer
8 2 (0.36%) Puppet
8 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Cast Iron
9 1 (0.18%) Consul
9 1 (0.18%) Control-M
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 114 (20.43%) Oracle
2 90 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 37 (6.63%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.76%) Adobe
6 16 (2.87%) MuleSoft
7 15 (2.69%) Cognizant
8 13 (2.33%) Splunk
9 12 (2.15%) BMC
9 12 (2.15%) Google
10 11 (1.97%) Cisco
10 11 (1.97%) HP
10 11 (1.97%) Remedy
11 7 (1.25%) Sybase
11 7 (1.25%) webMethods
11 7 (1.25%) WSO2
12 6 (1.08%) Apttus
12 6 (1.08%) Databricks
12 6 (1.08%) DocuSign
12 6 (1.08%) Guidewire