Middleware Contracts in the UK excluding London

Middleware
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Middleware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Middleware over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 312 295
Rank change year-on-year +9 -17 -47
Contract jobs citing Middleware 82 145 220
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.62% 0.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.52% 3.38% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 102 156
10th Percentile £412 £322 £401
25th Percentile £440 £367 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £579 £481 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.31% -8.33% +7.03%
75th Percentile £638 £612 £625
90th Percentile £750 £700 £661
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £580
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% +2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £47.00 -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £71.25 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +9.62% +18.18% -4.35%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

Middleware is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,250 4,294 6,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.84% 18.27% 19.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,122 3,209 4,365
10th Percentile £324 £356 £363
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £690 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 91 138
10th Percentile £21.73 £22.50 £20.18
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.65 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £74.50 £63.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Middleware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in the UK excluding London

Middleware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Middleware in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Middleware in the UK excluding London

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in the UK excluding London

Middleware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Middleware in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Middleware in the UK excluding London

Middleware
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +56 23 £613 -3.92% 1
North of England +32 18 £615 +23.00% 9
North West +25 12 £615 +23.00% 3
Midlands +8 11 £450 +28.57% 10
East of England +8 10 £581 -29.10% 3
South West -2 9 £700 +31.46% 8
West Midlands +26 8 £450 -14.29% 8
South East -21 8 £425 -2.86% 15
Yorkshire +27 4 £511 +2.20% 3
East Midlands -3 4 £418 +19.29% 2
Wales +10 3 £538 +2.38%
North East - 2 £650 - 3
Middleware
UK

Middleware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (6.10%) IBM HTTP Server
1 5 (6.10%) WebSphere
1 5 (6.10%) WebSphere Application Server
1 5 (6.10%) WebSphere Portal
2 3 (3.66%) Apache
2 3 (3.66%) Tomcat
3 2 (2.44%) Confluence
3 2 (2.44%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.22%) Anypoint
4 1 (1.22%) CMS
4 1 (1.22%) JBoss
4 1 (1.22%) NetWeaver
4 1 (1.22%) nginx
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Application Server
Business Applications
1 6 (7.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.10%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 19 (23.17%) Azure
2 9 (10.98%) IaaS
2 9 (10.98%) SaaS
3 8 (9.76%) PaaS
4 5 (6.10%) AWS
5 4 (4.88%) GCP
6 3 (3.66%) GitHub
7 1 (1.22%) Apigee
7 1 (1.22%) iPaaS
7 1 (1.22%) Miro
7 1 (1.22%) Serverless
7 1 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.76%) LAN
1 8 (9.76%) WAN
2 5 (6.10%) ATM
2 5 (6.10%) HTTP
3 2 (2.44%) DNS
3 2 (2.44%) Firewall
3 2 (2.44%) Kerberos
3 2 (2.44%) NAS
3 2 (2.44%) SAN
4 1 (1.22%) AMQP
4 1 (1.22%) DHCP
4 1 (1.22%) MQTT
4 1 (1.22%) SSL
4 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.66%) Oracle Database
2 3 (3.66%) PowerCenter
3 2 (2.44%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (1.22%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.22%) Essbase
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.22%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (9.76%) JIRA
2 5 (6.10%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (1.22%) Gerrit
3 1 (1.22%) Git
3 1 (1.22%) gulp
3 1 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.22%) Maven
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Forms
General
1 31 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 30 (36.59%) Finance
3 15 (18.29%) Banking
4 12 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.10%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.66%) Automotive
7 3 (3.66%) Billing
7 3 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.44%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.44%) Law
8 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.22%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.22%) Back Office
9 1 (1.22%) Electronics
9 1 (1.22%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.22%) Marketing
9 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (35.37%) Architect
2 15 (18.29%) Solutions Architect
3 14 (17.07%) Senior
4 10 (12.20%) Technical Architect
5 8 (9.76%) Middleware Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Analyst
6 6 (7.32%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Python Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) VMware Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) Administrator
7 5 (6.10%) Consultant
7 5 (6.10%) Developer
7 5 (6.10%) Functional Consultant
7 5 (6.10%) Infrastructure Architect
7 5 (6.10%) SAP Consultant
7 5 (6.10%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 5 (6.10%) SAP SD Consultant
7 5 (6.10%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
7 5 (6.10%) Senior Middleware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.10%) J2EE
2 2 (2.44%) JSON
2 2 (2.44%) Kafka
2 2 (2.44%) REST
2 2 (2.44%) SOAP
2 2 (2.44%) Web Services
2 2 (2.44%) XML
3 1 (1.22%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (1.22%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.22%) IBM Integration Bus
3 1 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.22%) OAuth
3 1 (1.22%) OpenGL ES
3 1 (1.22%) OpenID
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.22%) RESTful
3 1 (1.22%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.22%) Visualforce
3 1 (1.22%) Vulkan
3 1 (1.22%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.76%) Data Centre
1 8 (9.76%) Public Cloud
2 6 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.10%) SCADA
3 5 (6.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.66%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.44%) Tandem
6 1 (1.22%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.22%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.22%) IoT
6 1 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.22%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.22%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.22%) PKI
6 1 (1.22%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.22%) STB
Operating Systems
1 28 (34.15%) Linux
2 19 (23.17%) Windows
3 11 (13.41%) Unix
4 5 (6.10%) AIX
5 3 (3.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.44%) Android
6 2 (2.44%) Solaris
6 2 (2.44%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.44%) zOS
7 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.80%) Agile
2 25 (30.49%) ITIL
3 24 (29.27%) Waterfall
4 15 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (17.07%) IT Strategy
6 13 (15.85%) Business Strategy
7 12 (14.63%) Service Management
8 11 (13.41%) DevOps
8 11 (13.41%) Project Delivery
9 10 (12.20%) Containerisation
9 10 (12.20%) Technology Strategy
10 9 (10.98%) Architectural Patterns
10 9 (10.98%) Computer Science
10 9 (10.98%) Customer Service
11 8 (9.76%) Microservices
11 8 (9.76%) SDLC
11 8 (9.76%) Translating Business Requirements
12 7 (8.54%) Analytical Thinking
12 7 (8.54%) Analytics
12 7 (8.54%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.20%) Python
2 8 (9.76%) Perl
3 4 (4.88%) Shell Script
4 3 (3.66%) Java
5 2 (2.44%) C
5 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.44%) SQL
6 1 (1.22%) ABAP
6 1 (1.22%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.22%) Bash
6 1 (1.22%) C++
6 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) Degree
2 4 (4.88%) HND
3 3 (3.66%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.98%) QA
2 3 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.44%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.22%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (8.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.66%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.44%) vSphere
5 1 (1.22%) Docker
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (6.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (3.66%) Data Guard
3 2 (2.44%) Ansible
4 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.22%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.22%) Puppet
4 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (10.98%) Oracle
1 9 (10.98%) VMware
2 8 (9.76%) IBM
3 7 (8.54%) SAP
4 6 (7.32%) Microsoft
5 5 (6.10%) BMC
6 4 (4.88%) Databricks
6 4 (4.88%) Informatica
7 2 (2.44%) F5
7 2 (2.44%) Google
7 2 (2.44%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.22%) Cisco
8 1 (1.22%) Cognizant
8 1 (1.22%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.22%) NetApp
8 1 (1.22%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.22%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (1.22%) Temenos