SOAP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 245 202 279
Rank change year-on-year -43 +77 -58
Contract jobs citing SOAP 86 247 386
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.68% 1.22% 0.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.63% 4.91% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 159 263
10th Percentile £256 £368 £360
25th Percentile £407 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £619 £620 £603
90th Percentile £673 £733 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £525
% change year-on-year -1.50% +1.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £36.00 £58.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.72% - -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.88 -
% change year-on-year -21.53% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,271 5,034 12,274
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.83% 24.78% 29.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,200 3,744 9,131
10th Percentile £325 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £437 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £672 £650 £675
90th Percentile £850 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 56 114
10th Percentile £36.30 £38.25 £22.50
25th Percentile - £55.00 £48.69
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.50 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +1.98% +31.05%
75th Percentile £62.50 £73.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.95 £77.13 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 £62.58
% change year-on-year +2.67% -4.13% +27.72%

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

SOAP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOAP.

SOAP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SOAP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SOAP over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

SOAP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SOAP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOAP.

SOAP hourly rate 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 6 (6.98%) Confluence
1 6 (6.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (5.81%) CMS
3 3 (3.49%) NetWeaver
4 2 (2.33%) Apache
4 2 (2.33%) Drupal
4 2 (2.33%) OpenEdge
4 2 (2.33%) WordPress
5 1 (1.16%) Jetty
5 1 (1.16%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (1.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Oracle Applications
1 3 (3.49%) SAP PSCD
2 2 (2.33%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.16%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.16%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.16%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (1.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 22 (25.58%) Azure
2 15 (17.44%) AWS
3 11 (12.79%) GCP
4 10 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (9.30%) Serverless
6 6 (6.98%) GitHub
7 5 (5.81%) PaaS
8 4 (4.65%) Apigee
8 4 (4.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (4.65%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (4.65%) Boomi
9 3 (3.49%) Azure Functions
9 3 (3.49%) IaaS
9 3 (3.49%) OpenShift
10 2 (2.33%) Azure API Management
10 2 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (2.33%) OCI
10 2 (2.33%) SaaS
11 1 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.28%) HTTP
2 7 (8.14%) SMTP
2 7 (8.14%) TCP/IP
3 6 (6.98%) IMAP
3 6 (6.98%) POP3
4 4 (4.65%) Internet
5 2 (2.33%) HTTPS
5 2 (2.33%) Kerberos
5 2 (2.33%) SSL
6 1 (1.16%) Broadband
6 1 (1.16%) FTP
6 1 (1.16%) NaaS
6 1 (1.16%) SSH
6 1 (1.16%) VPN
6 1 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.44%) MySQL
1 15 (17.44%) SQL Server
2 13 (15.12%) Relational Database
3 5 (5.81%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (3.49%) DB2
4 3 (3.49%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.49%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.33%) MariaDB
5 2 (2.33%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.33%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (2.33%) Redis
6 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.16%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.16%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.16%) MS Access
6 1 (1.16%) OLAP
6 1 (1.16%) OLTP
6 1 (1.16%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (1.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (17.44%) Git
2 10 (11.63%) Postman
3 8 (9.30%) JIRA
3 8 (9.30%) SoapUI
4 5 (5.81%) Jenkins
5 4 (4.65%) LoadRunner
6 3 (3.49%) Bitbucket
6 3 (3.49%) GitLab
6 3 (3.49%) Visual Studio
7 2 (2.33%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (2.33%) Cypress.io
7 2 (2.33%) Maven
7 2 (2.33%) Selenium
7 2 (2.33%) Sikuli
8 1 (1.16%) Eclipse
8 1 (1.16%) Fiddler
8 1 (1.16%) Newman
8 1 (1.16%) Subversion
8 1 (1.16%) Toad
8 1 (1.16%) VisualAge
General
1 20 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.77%) Finance
3 12 (13.95%) Banking
4 11 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.47%) Public Sector
6 6 (6.98%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Retail
8 1 (1.16%) Arabic Language
8 1 (1.16%) French Language
8 1 (1.16%) German Language
8 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.16%) Japanese Language
8 1 (1.16%) Korean Language
8 1 (1.16%) Marketing
8 1 (1.16%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.16%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 34 (39.53%) Developer
2 17 (19.77%) Senior
3 11 (12.79%) Architect
4 8 (9.30%) Support Engineer
5 7 (8.14%) Consultant
5 7 (8.14%) Integration Developer
5 7 (8.14%) Integration Engineer
5 7 (8.14%) Test Engineer
6 6 (6.98%) Java Developer
6 6 (6.98%) Senior Integration Engineer
6 6 (6.98%) Senior Support Engineer
6 6 (6.98%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 6 (6.98%) Senior Technical Support
6 6 (6.98%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
6 6 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (6.98%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (6.98%) Technical Support
6 6 (6.98%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) Senior Developer
7 5 (5.81%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (55.81%) REST
2 39 (45.35%) Web Services
3 23 (26.74%) XML
4 22 (25.58%) HTML
5 20 (23.26%) JSON
6 16 (18.60%) CSS
7 15 (17.44%) RESTful
8 14 (16.28%) JDBC
8 14 (16.28%) LDAP
9 11 (12.79%) AngularJS
10 10 (11.63%) .NET
10 10 (11.63%) Spring
11 9 (10.47%) Swagger
12 8 (9.30%) OAuth
13 7 (8.14%) Middleware
13 7 (8.14%) ODBC
13 7 (8.14%) OpenAPI
13 7 (8.14%) SAML
14 6 (6.98%) OAuth2
14 6 (6.98%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) CMDB
2 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.49%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.33%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.16%) DataPower
5 1 (1.16%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.16%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.16%) TM Forum
5 1 (1.16%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 20 (23.26%) Unix
2 14 (16.28%) Linux
3 12 (13.95%) Windows
4 1 (1.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (46.51%) Agile
2 17 (19.77%) CI/CD
2 17 (19.77%) DevOps
3 16 (18.60%) Scrum
4 13 (15.12%) ITSM
4 13 (15.12%) OO
4 13 (15.12%) Test Automation
5 12 (13.95%) API Management
5 12 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (12.79%) Computer Science
6 11 (12.79%) Design Patterns
6 11 (12.79%) Migration
6 11 (12.79%) Test Scripting
7 10 (11.63%) ITIL
8 9 (10.47%) API Design
8 9 (10.47%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (10.47%) SOA
9 8 (9.30%) API Testing
9 8 (9.30%) Data Extraction
9 8 (9.30%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 38 (44.19%) Java
2 36 (41.86%) JavaScript
3 35 (40.70%) SQL
4 16 (18.60%) Python
5 11 (12.79%) C#
6 7 (8.14%) Perl
7 4 (4.65%) Apex Code
7 4 (4.65%) T-SQL
8 3 (3.49%) ABAP
8 3 (3.49%) Groovy
8 3 (3.49%) PHP
8 3 (3.49%) XPath
9 2 (2.33%) OpenEdge ABL
9 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
9 2 (2.33%) Progress 4GL
9 2 (2.33%) VB
9 2 (2.33%) VB6
10 1 (1.16%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (1.16%) Bicep
10 1 (1.16%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) Degree
2 4 (4.65%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.49%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.16%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.65%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.16%) GDPR
3 1 (1.16%) GRC
3 1 (1.16%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.16%) HL7
3 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.16%) SOC 2
3 1 (1.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (8.14%) Docker
2 6 (6.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.65%) ACF2
3 4 (4.65%) IAG
3 4 (4.65%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (5.81%) Terraform
2 3 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.16%) Ansible
3 1 (1.16%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.16%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.16%) Puppet
3 1 (1.16%) TIBCO Hawk
3 1 (1.16%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 25 (29.07%) Oracle
2 19 (22.09%) Microsoft
3 14 (16.28%) ServiceNow
4 10 (11.63%) Google
5 7 (8.14%) Okta
5 7 (8.14%) SAP
6 6 (6.98%) Salesforce
7 5 (5.81%) IBM
7 5 (5.81%) webMethods
8 4 (4.65%) Sybase
9 3 (3.49%) Red Hat
10 2 (2.33%) Infragistics
10 2 (2.33%) MuleSoft
10 2 (2.33%) Progress
10 2 (2.33%) Software AG
10 2 (2.33%) TIBCO
10 2 (2.33%) Zend
11 1 (1.16%) AppDynamics
11 1 (1.16%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 1 (1.16%) Talend