Middleware
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Middleware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Middleware over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 372 453
Rank change year-on-year -200 +81 -25
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 358 857 1,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.88% 0.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.68% 2.94% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 274 373 676
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £41,375
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +2.92%
75th Percentile £91,813 £81,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £99,500 £105,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% +4.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Middleware 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 21,317 29,159 68,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.77% 29.95% 41.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15,893 18,093 29,995
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%
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%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Middleware over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 -183 301 £62,500 -3.85% 80
UK excluding London -210 215 £56,000 -6.67% 43
Work from Home -95 142 £65,000 +8.76% 45
London -2 123 £82,500 +24.06% 39
South East -39 62 £50,000 -25.93% 9
Scotland -53 44 £65,750 +10.46% 3
South West -68 31 £60,000 +0.80% 5
North of England -85 30 £60,000 +0.80% 10
West Midlands -8 26 £60,000 -11.11% 7
Midlands -39 26 £60,000 -11.11% 9
East of England -32 21 £65,000 +4.00% 6
Yorkshire +20 17 £58,750 -1.90% 6
North West -62 12 £67,500 +13.40% 2
Wales -6 1 £67,500 - 1
North East -20 1 £37,500 - 2

Middleware
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 7 (1.96%) Confluence
1 7 (1.96%) WebSphere
2 5 (1.40%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (1.40%) WebLogic
3 3 (0.84%) Apache
3 3 (0.84%) MQSeries
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.56%) CMS
4 2 (0.56%) GlassFish
4 2 (0.56%) IIS
4 2 (0.56%) JCAPS
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.56%) WordPress
5 1 (0.28%) JBoss
5 1 (0.28%) Liferay
5 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (5.03%) Simulink
2 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Magento
1 3 (0.84%) Maximo
2 2 (0.56%) Adaptiv
2 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.56%) SAP SD
2 2 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.28%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.28%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 104 (29.05%) Azure
2 98 (27.37%) AWS
3 40 (11.17%) SaaS
4 38 (10.61%) PaaS
5 33 (9.22%) IaaS
6 15 (4.19%) GCP
6 15 (4.19%) OpenShift
7 12 (3.35%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.35%) Serverless
8 11 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (2.51%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.23%) AWS CloudTrail
11 8 (2.23%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
11 8 (2.23%) Azure AKS
11 8 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (2.23%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.47%) Firewall
2 8 (2.23%) DHCP
2 8 (2.23%) DNS
2 8 (2.23%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.68%) Network Security
4 5 (1.40%) VPN
5 3 (0.84%) HTTP
5 3 (0.84%) LAN
5 3 (0.84%) tcpdump
5 3 (0.84%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.56%) 5G
6 2 (0.56%) FTP
6 2 (0.56%) LTE
6 2 (0.56%) MPLS
6 2 (0.56%) WAN
6 2 (0.56%) Wireless
7 1 (0.28%) SAN
7 1 (0.28%) SSL
7 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.80%) NoSQL
2 34 (9.50%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.51%) Power BI
5 8 (2.23%) Amazon Aurora
5 8 (2.23%) CockroachDB
5 8 (2.23%) MySQL
6 6 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.68%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.40%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.40%) Redis
8 3 (0.84%) DB2
8 3 (0.84%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.84%) Tableau
9 2 (0.56%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.56%) Metadata
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database 10g
9 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (10.61%) Git
2 25 (6.98%) Jenkins
3 19 (5.31%) Vagrant
4 13 (3.63%) JIRA
5 9 (2.51%) Maven
5 9 (2.51%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (2.23%) Jaeger
7 5 (1.40%) JUnit
8 4 (1.12%) Ant
8 4 (1.12%) Subversion
9 3 (0.84%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.84%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.28%) GCC
11 1 (0.28%) GDB
11 1 (0.28%) Gradle
11 1 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
General
1 120 (33.52%) Finance
2 104 (29.05%) Social Skills
3 46 (12.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (12.29%) Banking
5 41 (11.45%) Law
6 38 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (9.50%) Legal
8 22 (6.15%) Financial Institution
9 18 (5.03%) Retail Banking
10 10 (2.79%) Retail
11 9 (2.51%) Electronics
12 7 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.96%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.68%) Front Office
13 6 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.68%) Private Banking
14 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.84%) Back Office
15 3 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 104 (29.05%) Software Engineer
2 92 (25.70%) Architect
3 59 (16.48%) Developer
4 34 (9.50%) Solutions Architect
5 32 (8.94%) Java Engineer
5 32 (8.94%) Java Software Engineer
6 30 (8.38%) Senior
7 23 (6.42%) Lead
8 19 (5.31%) Salesforce Architect
8 19 (5.31%) Salesforce Solution Architect
9 18 (5.03%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 17 (4.75%) Analyst
11 16 (4.47%) Middleware Architect
12 15 (4.19%) Technical Architect
13 14 (3.91%) Linux Engineer
14 13 (3.63%) Cloud Architect
14 13 (3.63%) Data Architect
14 13 (3.63%) Technical Leader
15 12 (3.35%) Java Developer
16 11 (3.07%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.89%) React
2 38 (10.61%) HTML
3 36 (10.06%) HTML5
3 36 (10.06%) Node.js
4 35 (9.78%) AngularJS
5 32 (8.94%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 31 (8.66%) Drools
6 31 (8.66%) jBPM
7 29 (8.10%) .NET
8 26 (7.26%) Kafka
9 15 (4.19%) SOAP
10 13 (3.63%) REST
10 13 (3.63%) XML
11 12 (3.35%) JSON
11 12 (3.35%) Spring Boot
12 8 (2.23%) OpenTelemetry
13 7 (1.96%) CSS
13 7 (1.96%) Spring
14 6 (1.68%) EDI
14 6 (1.68%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.61%) Algorithms
2 37 (10.34%) Onboarding
3 30 (8.38%) Management Information System
4 29 (8.10%) Public Cloud
5 22 (6.15%) Cyber Threat
6 20 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (3.91%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (2.79%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.51%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.51%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.23%) Cyberattack
10 8 (2.23%) Data Fabric
10 8 (2.23%) Replication
10 8 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.96%) Device Driver
12 6 (1.68%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.68%) CMDB
13 5 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.40%) Robotics
14 4 (1.12%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 124 (34.64%) Linux
2 50 (13.97%) Ubuntu
3 42 (11.73%) Windows
4 31 (8.66%) CentOS
5 28 (7.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (6.42%) Android
7 18 (5.03%) Unix
8 17 (4.75%) Solaris
9 10 (2.79%) Embedded Linux
10 8 (2.23%) zOS
11 6 (1.68%) Windows Server
12 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (36.03%) Software Engineering
2 121 (33.80%) Agile
3 76 (21.23%) Computer Science
4 72 (20.11%) Microservices
5 67 (18.72%) DevOps
6 66 (18.44%) CI/CD
7 56 (15.64%) Artificial Intelligence
8 51 (14.25%) Machine Learning
9 46 (12.85%) Configuration Management
9 46 (12.85%) SDLC
10 44 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (12.01%) DevSecOps
12 42 (11.73%) Scrum
13 40 (11.17%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 38 (10.61%) Risk Management
15 37 (10.34%) Kanban
16 36 (10.06%) Project Delivery
17 35 (9.78%) Visualisation
18 34 (9.50%) Community of Practice
19 33 (9.22%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 122 (34.08%) SQL
2 120 (33.52%) Java
3 90 (25.14%) Python
4 46 (12.85%) JavaScript
4 46 (12.85%) Kotlin
5 33 (9.22%) C++
6 23 (6.42%) C
7 21 (5.87%) Ada
8 18 (5.03%) C#
9 15 (4.19%) Bash
9 15 (4.19%) Shell Script
10 12 (3.35%) Apex Code
11 11 (3.07%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.51%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.40%) ABAP
13 5 (1.40%) Groovy
14 4 (1.12%) Go
14 4 (1.12%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.12%) VB
14 4 (1.12%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 70 (19.55%) Degree
2 60 (16.76%) Security Cleared
3 39 (10.89%) SC Cleared
4 32 (8.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (7.26%) TOGAF Certification
6 14 (3.91%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.51%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.40%) CISSP
10 4 (1.12%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.84%) CIPD
11 3 (0.84%) Linux+ Certification
11 3 (0.84%) RHCE
12 2 (0.56%) HND
12 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.56%) MCP
13 1 (0.28%) MCSA
13 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (1.68%) QA
2 4 (1.12%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.84%) GDPR
3 3 (0.84%) SLA
4 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (5.03%) Docker
2 12 (3.35%) Firmware
3 10 (2.79%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (1.96%) Active Directory
5 7 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.84%) KVM
6 3 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (12.85%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.50%) Ansible
3 29 (8.10%) Terraform
4 16 (4.47%) Grafana
5 8 (2.23%) Kiali
5 8 (2.23%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.40%) SCOM
8 4 (1.12%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.12%) Puppet
9 3 (0.84%) Podman
9 3 (0.84%) SCCM
10 2 (0.56%) Control-M
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Cast Iron
Vendors
1 37 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.06%) Red Hat
3 35 (9.78%) Salesforce
4 30 (8.38%) Oracle
5 18 (5.03%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.03%) Xilinx
6 13 (3.63%) IBM
7 11 (3.07%) Splunk
8 10 (2.79%) MuleSoft
9 8 (2.23%) AppDynamics
9 8 (2.23%) SAP
10 7 (1.96%) VMware
11 6 (1.68%) Sage
11 6 (1.68%) Workday
12 5 (1.40%) SolarWinds
13 4 (1.12%) Computacenter
13 4 (1.12%) Dell
13 4 (1.12%) Google
13 4 (1.12%) TIBCO
14 3 (0.84%) RedGate