Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring SOAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOAP over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 120 | 113 | 174 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | +61 | -15 |
| Contract jobs citing SOAP | 16 | 29 | 38 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands | 0.60% | 1.04% | 0.80% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 3.38% | 6.52% | 4.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 17 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £434 | £381 | £436 |
| 25th Percentile | £435 | £419 | £459 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £588 | £533 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.15% | +10.33% | +18.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £511 | £713 | £606 |
| 90th Percentile | £513 | £750 | £655 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | - | +7.32% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands
SOAP falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 473 | 445 | 940 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands | 17.76% | 16.01% | 19.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 291 | 336 | 675 |
| 10th Percentile | £340 | £313 | £351 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £597 | £569 | £578 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £675 | £630 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £578 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.80% | +7.99% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £30.13 | £17.31 | £17.77 |
| 25th Percentile | £35.94 | £18.33 | £18.58 |
| Median hourly rate | £48.75 | £32.39 | £19.67 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +50.52% | +64.70% | -6.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.44 | £52.94 | £59.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.38 | £60.50 | £59.94 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.18% | -15.38% | +32.65% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Job postings citing SOAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAP in the Midlands.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOAP in the Midlands.
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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOAP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 November 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | -1 | 16 | £475 | -20.00% | 6 |
| SOAP England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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: