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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 355 363
Rank change year-on-year -80 +8 -93
Permanent jobs citing SOAP 561 981 1,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.97% 1.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.66% 3.22% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 447 675 929
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,950 £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 21,074 30,426 64,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.24% 30.12% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 15,767 18,780 29,905
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,853 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,563
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.89% +13.75%
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 10 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 10 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 -55 482 £57,500 -17.20% 106
UK excluding London -69 375 £55,000 -8.33% 63
Work from Home -61 266 £57,500 -8.00% 58
London -36 168 £62,750 -21.56% 44
South East -47 112 £60,000 -7.69% 22
North of England +28 92 £53,750 -12.14% 16
North West +26 64 £56,250 -13.46% 8
Midlands -5 57 £57,500 -4.17% 9
Scotland -64 34 £47,500 -18.96% 5
West Midlands +2 31 £57,500 -6.12% 7
South West -21 31 £42,500 -27.35% 3
East of England -11 28 £47,500 -15.56% 4
Yorkshire +43 26 £50,000 -3.85% 6
East Midlands -8 25 £50,000 +17.65% 2
Wales +14 12 £41,250 -17.50% 4
Northern Ireland +4 9 £85,000 - 1
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 46 (8.20%) CMS
2 45 (8.02%) IIS
3 28 (4.99%) Apache
4 21 (3.74%) JBoss
5 20 (3.57%) Red Hat Fuse
6 13 (2.32%) SharePoint
7 12 (2.14%) Confluence
8 10 (1.78%) EPiServer
9 8 (1.43%) OpenStack
10 7 (1.25%) Tomcat
11 6 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
12 5 (0.89%) BizTalk Server
12 5 (0.89%) nginx
12 5 (0.89%) NServiceBus
13 4 (0.71%) ColdFusion
13 4 (0.71%) Drupal
14 1 (0.18%) Mule
14 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
14 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
14 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (3.57%) Photoshop
2 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.36%) InDesign
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (4.81%) SDL Web 8
2 15 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (2.32%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (1.25%) Elite 3E
5 6 (1.07%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.71%) BusinessWorks
6 4 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.53%) Shopify
8 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.18%) HFM
9 1 (0.18%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 141 (25.13%) Azure
2 112 (19.96%) AWS
3 81 (14.44%) Azure DevOps
4 54 (9.63%) SaaS
5 35 (6.24%) GitHub
6 17 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 16 (2.85%) Serverless
8 15 (2.67%) PaaS
9 14 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 14 (2.50%) NuGet
10 11 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.43%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (1.43%) Boomi
11 8 (1.43%) IaaS
12 7 (1.25%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.25%) Google Analytics
13 6 (1.07%) Azure Service Fabric
13 6 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.07%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.63%) VPN
2 17 (3.03%) SSH
3 16 (2.85%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.32%) SNMP
5 12 (2.14%) SSL
6 11 (1.96%) BGP
6 11 (1.96%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (1.96%) MPLS
7 8 (1.43%) Internet
8 7 (1.25%) HTTP
9 5 (0.89%) Firewall
10 4 (0.71%) DNS
11 3 (0.53%) Bluetooth
11 3 (0.53%) Broadband
11 3 (0.53%) DMZ
11 3 (0.53%) Modbus
11 3 (0.53%) NaaS
11 3 (0.53%) VLAN
11 3 (0.53%) Wireless
12 2 (0.36%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (33.16%) SQL Server
2 76 (13.55%) MySQL
3 70 (12.48%) Relational Database
4 51 (9.09%) MongoDB
5 42 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (4.99%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.50%) RDBMS
9 13 (2.32%) Oracle Database
10 12 (2.14%) MariaDB
10 12 (2.14%) OLTP
10 12 (2.14%) Power BI
10 12 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.78%) MS Access
13 9 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (1.43%) Oracle Database 12c
15 7 (1.25%) Big Data
15 7 (1.25%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.89%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 106 (18.89%) JIRA
2 103 (18.36%) Git
3 75 (13.37%) Visual Studio
4 42 (7.49%) Postman
5 37 (6.60%) Jenkins
5 37 (6.60%) SoapUI
6 32 (5.70%) GitLab
7 29 (5.17%) NUnit
7 29 (5.17%) TeamCity
8 28 (4.99%) Jasmine
8 28 (4.99%) Karma Test Runner
9 27 (4.81%) Moq
10 25 (4.46%) Oracle APEX
11 22 (3.92%) Eclipse
12 18 (3.21%) Cucumber
13 17 (3.03%) Selenium
14 16 (2.85%) IntelliJ
14 16 (2.85%) SpecFlow
15 15 (2.67%) JUnit
16 14 (2.50%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 114 (20.32%) Social Skills
2 78 (13.90%) Finance
3 54 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (8.56%) Marketing
5 39 (6.95%) Law
6 34 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 21 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.39%) Telecoms
9 18 (3.21%) Retail
10 15 (2.67%) Legal
11 9 (1.60%) Banking
11 9 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.07%) Police
13 5 (0.89%) Local Government
13 5 (0.89%) Publishing
14 4 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.71%) Welsh Language
15 1 (0.18%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.18%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 328 (58.47%) Developer
2 123 (21.93%) Senior
3 69 (12.30%) Senior Developer
4 51 (9.09%) C# Developer
5 46 (8.20%) .NET Developer
6 45 (8.02%) Full Stack Developer
6 45 (8.02%) Software Engineer
7 42 (7.49%) Support Engineer
8 40 (7.13%) PHP Developer
9 36 (6.42%) Java Engineer
10 34 (6.06%) Architect
11 31 (5.53%) Java Developer
12 30 (5.35%) Java Software Engineer
13 25 (4.46%) Oracle Developer
14 22 (3.92%) Consultant
14 22 (3.92%) Salesforce Developer
14 22 (3.92%) Senior Oracle Developer
14 22 (3.92%) Software Support Engineer
15 21 (3.74%) Lead
16 19 (3.39%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 348 (62.03%) REST
2 297 (52.94%) Web Services
3 237 (42.25%) XML
4 219 (39.04%) .NET
5 167 (29.77%) JSON
6 164 (29.23%) RESTful
7 158 (28.16%) HTML
8 123 (21.93%) CSS
9 116 (20.68%) ASP.NET
10 105 (18.72%) AngularJS
11 71 (12.66%) React
12 67 (11.94%) Spring
13 66 (11.76%) .NET Framework
14 64 (11.41%) jQuery
15 48 (8.56%) Spring Boot
16 43 (7.66%) Ajax
17 39 (6.95%) ASP.NET MVC
17 39 (6.95%) Laravel
18 36 (6.42%) Hibernate
18 36 (6.42%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
2 32 (5.70%) Greenfield Project
2 32 (5.70%) Management Information System
3 28 (4.99%) CMDB
3 28 (4.99%) Legacy Code
4 20 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 18 (3.21%) Algorithms
6 17 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.67%) Product Ownership
7 15 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (2.50%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (2.50%) Reference Data
9 11 (1.96%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.25%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.07%) Mobile Payment
12 5 (0.89%) Distributed Applications
12 5 (0.89%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
14 3 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 86 (15.33%) Linux
2 33 (5.88%) Unix
3 30 (5.35%) Windows
4 26 (4.63%) AIX
5 11 (1.96%) CentOS
6 4 (0.71%) 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
1 249 (44.39%) Agile
2 161 (28.70%) DevOps
3 136 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (19.43%) Unit Testing
5 104 (18.54%) Software Engineering
6 100 (17.83%) MVC
7 97 (17.29%) OO
8 93 (16.58%) Scrum
9 89 (15.86%) Computer Science
10 84 (14.97%) Mentoring
11 78 (13.90%) Full Stack Development
12 73 (13.01%) SDLC
13 55 (9.80%) ERP
14 54 (9.63%) CI/CD
15 51 (9.09%) OOP
16 49 (8.73%) User Acceptance Testing
17 48 (8.56%) Test Automation
18 46 (8.20%) E-Commerce
19 45 (8.02%) Customer Requirements
20 43 (7.66%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 289 (51.52%) SQL
2 275 (49.02%) JavaScript
3 182 (32.44%) C#
4 160 (28.52%) Java
5 116 (20.68%) T-SQL
6 73 (13.01%) VB.NET
7 70 (12.48%) Python
8 55 (9.80%) PHP
9 51 (9.09%) VB
10 43 (7.66%) TypeScript
11 38 (6.77%) C
12 37 (6.60%) XPath
13 34 (6.06%) PL/SQL
14 29 (5.17%) PowerShell
15 28 (4.99%) VB6
16 27 (4.81%) Apex Code
16 27 (4.81%) C++
17 22 (3.92%) Perl
18 12 (2.14%) SOQL
19 9 (1.60%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 109 (19.43%) Degree
2 71 (12.66%) SC Cleared
2 71 (12.66%) Security Cleared
3 23 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (1.78%) GIAC
5 7 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.07%) CISM
6 6 (1.07%) CISSP
6 6 (1.07%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.07%) SANS
7 5 (0.89%) HNC
7 5 (0.89%) ISTQB
7 5 (0.89%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.53%) PMP
9 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.05%) QA
2 9 (1.60%) NIST
3 8 (1.43%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.07%) COBIT
4 6 (1.07%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 5 (0.89%) GDPR
5 5 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.71%) GRC
6 4 (0.71%) HL7
7 3 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.53%) SLA
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 62 (11.05%) Docker
2 4 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.71%) 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 50 (8.91%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.32%) Ansible
2 13 (2.32%) WMI
3 9 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (1.60%) Terraform
4 6 (1.07%) CloudHub
4 6 (1.07%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (1.07%) HP UCMDB
5 5 (0.89%) Grafana
6 2 (0.36%) Consul
6 2 (0.36%) Kibana
6 2 (0.36%) Packer
6 2 (0.36%) Puppet
6 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Cast Iron
7 1 (0.18%) Control-M
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 115 (20.50%) Oracle
2 92 (16.40%) Microsoft
3 39 (6.95%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.53%) Salesforce
5 20 (3.57%) Adobe
6 16 (2.85%) MuleSoft
7 14 (2.50%) BMC
7 14 (2.50%) Cognizant
8 13 (2.32%) HP
8 13 (2.32%) Remedy
8 13 (2.32%) Splunk
9 12 (2.14%) Google
10 11 (1.96%) Cisco
11 8 (1.43%) WSO2
12 7 (1.25%) Sybase
12 7 (1.25%) webMethods
13 6 (1.07%) Apttus
13 6 (1.07%) Atlassian
13 6 (1.07%) Guidewire
13 6 (1.07%) Zuora