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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 295 317
Rank change year-on-year -54 +22 -84
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 251 416 869
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.71% 1.10% 1.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.69% 3.36% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 228 328 568
10th Percentile £38,375 £40,883 £37,500
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 £64,063 £77,715 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,750 £89,852 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +18.42% +3.64%

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 9,345 12,383 34,609
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.49% 32.81% 45.84%
Number of salaries quoted 7,699 9,698 17,347
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,875 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,351 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +4.56% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%

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

SOAP
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 9 June 2024.

SOAP salary histogram 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 37 (14.74%) IIS
2 22 (8.76%) Apache
3 12 (4.78%) CMS
4 6 (2.39%) JBoss
4 6 (2.39%) OpenStack
4 6 (2.39%) Red Hat Fuse
4 6 (2.39%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.99%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (1.59%) EPiServer
7 3 (1.20%) Drupal
8 2 (0.80%) Confluence
8 2 (0.80%) nginx
8 2 (0.80%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.40%) Mule
9 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.40%) WildFly
9 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.80%) Shopify
3 2 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 94 (37.45%) Azure
2 64 (25.50%) Azure DevOps
3 49 (19.52%) AWS
4 29 (11.55%) SaaS
5 14 (5.58%) GitHub
6 12 (4.78%) PaaS
7 9 (3.59%) Serverless
8 8 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.79%) Google Analytics
10 6 (2.39%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (2.39%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.39%) Azure Service Fabric
10 6 (2.39%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.39%) IaaS
11 5 (1.99%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.59%) GCP
13 3 (1.20%) Boomi
14 2 (0.80%) AWS Lambda
14 2 (0.80%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.80%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.19%) VPN
2 6 (2.39%) SSL
3 4 (1.59%) Firewall
3 4 (1.59%) Internet
4 3 (1.20%) Bluetooth
4 3 (1.20%) HTTP
5 2 (0.80%) DMZ
5 2 (0.80%) DNS
5 2 (0.80%) Modbus
5 2 (0.80%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (37.85%) SQL Server
2 34 (13.55%) MongoDB
3 32 (12.75%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (10.36%) MySQL
5 15 (5.98%) Relational Database
6 14 (5.58%) OLTP
7 10 (3.98%) NoSQL
8 9 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.79%) MariaDB
10 6 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.59%) InfluxDB
12 4 (1.59%) Power BI
13 3 (1.20%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.80%) OLAP
14 2 (0.80%) OLAP Cube
14 2 (0.80%) SAP Data Services
14 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (13.55%) Visual Studio
2 33 (13.15%) Git
3 28 (11.16%) Jasmine
3 28 (11.16%) Karma Test Runner
4 23 (9.16%) JIRA
4 23 (9.16%) Postman
5 11 (4.38%) SoapUI
6 10 (3.98%) Jenkins
7 8 (3.19%) JUnit
8 6 (2.39%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.99%) IntelliJ
9 5 (1.99%) JMeter
9 5 (1.99%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (1.59%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (1.59%) Subversion
11 3 (1.20%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.20%) JHipster
12 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket Server
12 2 (0.80%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.80%) Maven
General
1 40 (15.94%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (7.97%) Finance
4 18 (7.17%) Law
5 16 (6.37%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.19%) Retail
7 6 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.39%) Police
8 5 (1.99%) Publishing
8 5 (1.99%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.59%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.59%) Welsh Language
10 3 (1.20%) Wearables
11 2 (0.80%) Legal
11 2 (0.80%) Local Government
11 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Banking
12 1 (0.40%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 152 (60.56%) Developer
2 50 (19.92%) Senior
3 37 (14.74%) Senior Developer
4 33 (13.15%) C# Developer
5 31 (12.35%) .NET Developer
6 27 (10.76%) Support Engineer
7 22 (8.76%) Software Support Engineer
8 21 (8.37%) PHP Developer
9 17 (6.77%) Oracle Developer
9 17 (6.77%) Project Manager
9 17 (6.77%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 15 (5.98%) Architect
11 13 (5.18%) Java Developer
12 12 (4.78%) Java Engineer
13 11 (4.38%) Senior Java Developer
14 10 (3.98%) Lead
14 10 (3.98%) Software Developer
15 9 (3.59%) VB.NET Developer
16 8 (3.19%) PL/SQL Developer
16 8 (3.19%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (62.15%) REST
2 139 (55.38%) .NET
3 136 (54.18%) Web Services
4 102 (40.64%) XML
5 79 (31.47%) JSON
6 66 (26.29%) HTML
7 62 (24.70%) ASP.NET
8 59 (23.51%) RESTful
9 54 (21.51%) AngularJS
10 45 (17.93%) CSS
11 36 (14.34%) Sass
12 33 (13.15%) XML Schema
13 28 (11.16%) RxJS
14 24 (9.56%) Spring
15 23 (9.16%) .NET Framework
16 22 (8.76%) React
17 20 (7.97%) Spring Boot
18 19 (7.57%) .NET Core
18 19 (7.57%) Laravel
19 17 (6.77%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.16%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (6.37%) Virtual Team
3 13 (5.18%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.78%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (3.98%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (3.19%) CMDB
6 8 (3.19%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.79%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.99%) Distributed Applications
8 5 (1.99%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.20%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.20%) Kindle
10 2 (0.80%) EPoS
10 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.80%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.80%) N-Tier
10 2 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.80%) SCADA
10 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (17.13%) Linux
2 27 (10.76%) AIX
3 7 (2.79%) Windows
4 5 (1.99%) Unix
5 4 (1.59%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (41.04%) Agile
2 98 (39.04%) DevOps
3 61 (24.30%) Unit Testing
4 52 (20.72%) OO
4 52 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (17.53%) User Acceptance Testing
6 37 (14.74%) SDLC
7 36 (14.34%) MVC
7 36 (14.34%) Software Engineering
8 34 (13.55%) ERP
9 33 (13.15%) Computer Science
10 31 (12.35%) Customer Service
11 28 (11.16%) Web Development
12 27 (10.76%) Customer Requirements
13 26 (10.36%) Presales
14 23 (9.16%) Full Stack Development
14 23 (9.16%) Scrum
15 22 (8.76%) Software Testing
15 22 (8.76%) Technical Architecture
16 21 (8.37%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 138 (54.98%) SQL
2 130 (51.79%) JavaScript
3 110 (43.82%) C#
4 62 (24.70%) Java
5 56 (22.31%) T-SQL
6 51 (20.32%) VB
7 50 (19.92%) VB.NET
8 40 (15.94%) TypeScript
9 29 (11.55%) PHP
10 28 (11.16%) VB6
11 26 (10.36%) C
12 24 (9.56%) Python
13 22 (8.76%) C++
14 19 (7.57%) PL/SQL
15 17 (6.77%) XPath
16 7 (2.79%) PowerShell
17 2 (0.80%) Apex Code
17 2 (0.80%) Ruby
18 1 (0.40%) Bash
18 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (15.14%) SC Cleared
1 38 (15.14%) Security Cleared
2 37 (14.74%) Degree
3 14 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.98%) GIAC
5 6 (2.39%) CISM
5 6 (2.39%) CISSP
5 6 (2.39%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.39%) SANS
6 5 (1.99%) HNC
7 4 (1.59%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.94%) QA
2 8 (3.19%) NIST
3 7 (2.79%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.39%) COBIT
4 6 (2.39%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 3 (1.20%) HL7
6 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (7.57%) Docker
2 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.80%) vSphere
3 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (4.78%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.39%) Ansible
2 6 (2.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (1.99%) Terraform
4 4 (1.59%) Grafana
4 4 (1.59%) HP UCMDB
5 2 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.40%) Kibana
Vendors
1 48 (19.12%) Microsoft
1 48 (19.12%) Oracle
2 14 (5.58%) ServiceNow
3 7 (2.79%) Google
3 7 (2.79%) webMethods
4 6 (2.39%) WSO2
5 5 (1.99%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.59%) BMC
6 4 (1.59%) HP
6 4 (1.59%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.59%) Remedy
7 3 (1.20%) Apple
7 3 (1.20%) Databricks
8 2 (0.80%) Cadence
8 2 (0.80%) Cognos
8 2 (0.80%) Dell
8 2 (0.80%) IBM
8 2 (0.80%) Progress
8 2 (0.80%) SAP
8 2 (0.80%) VMware