Middleware Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 228 265 283
Rank change year-on-year +37 +18 -4
Contract jobs citing Middleware 120 208 407
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.79% 0.83% 0.92%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.31% 3.28% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 151 275
10th Percentile £416 £456 £402
25th Percentile £463 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.97% +9.09% +12.82%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £700
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £580
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% +2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and 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 3,628 6,337 13,079
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.03% 25.22% 29.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,546 4,711 9,657
10th Percentile £331 £395 £400
25th Percentile £429 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +13.40%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £750 £731
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 80 116
10th Percentile £24.68 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £43.60 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.65
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Middleware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Middleware trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Middleware.

Middleware daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Middleware over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Middleware daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Middleware.

Middleware hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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 10 (8.33%) WebSphere
2 9 (7.50%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (5.83%) IBM HTTP Server
3 7 (5.83%) WebSphere Portal
4 5 (4.17%) Confluence
5 4 (3.33%) Apache
5 4 (3.33%) JBoss
5 4 (3.33%) Tomcat
6 3 (2.50%) nginx
7 2 (1.67%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.83%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.83%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.83%) CMS
8 1 (0.83%) IIS
8 1 (0.83%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 3 (2.50%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (5.00%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.33%) SAP SD
3 3 (2.50%) Temenos T24
4 2 (1.67%) Endur
4 2 (1.67%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (1.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (1.67%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.83%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.83%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 35 (29.17%) Azure
2 25 (20.83%) AWS
3 11 (9.17%) GCP
4 8 (6.67%) IaaS
4 8 (6.67%) PaaS
5 7 (5.83%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (5.83%) GitHub
5 7 (5.83%) SaaS
6 5 (4.17%) Twilio
7 4 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (3.33%) BlazeMeter
7 4 (3.33%) BrowserStack
7 4 (3.33%) Firebase
7 4 (3.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 3 (2.50%) Miro
9 2 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.67%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.67%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (1.67%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.83%) ATM
1 7 (5.83%) HTTP
2 6 (5.00%) LAN
3 5 (4.17%) CTI
3 5 (4.17%) VoIP
3 5 (4.17%) WAN
4 4 (3.33%) Firewall
5 3 (2.50%) DNS
6 2 (1.67%) NAS
6 2 (1.67%) SAN
6 2 (1.67%) SSL
7 1 (0.83%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.83%) Oracle Database
2 9 (7.50%) SQL Server
3 8 (6.67%) Relational Database
4 6 (5.00%) PowerCenter
5 5 (4.17%) Oracle ODI
5 5 (4.17%) RDBMS
6 4 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.67%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.67%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.67%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.67%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.67%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.83%) Essbase
8 1 (0.83%) NonStop SQL
8 1 (0.83%) Parquet
8 1 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.83%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (13.33%) JIRA
2 13 (10.83%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.00%) Cypress.io
3 6 (5.00%) GitLab
3 6 (5.00%) JMeter
4 5 (4.17%) IBM UrbanCode
5 4 (3.33%) Appium
5 4 (3.33%) Artifactory
5 4 (3.33%) Postman
5 4 (3.33%) Subversion
6 3 (2.50%) Git
6 3 (2.50%) Maven
6 3 (2.50%) Selenium
7 2 (1.67%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.67%) JUnit
7 2 (1.67%) Mocha
7 2 (1.67%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.67%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.67%) TestNG
7 2 (1.67%) WebDriver
General
1 45 (37.50%) Finance
2 41 (34.17%) Social Skills
3 21 (17.50%) Banking
4 15 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.00%) Retail
7 5 (4.17%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.33%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.50%) Billing
9 3 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.50%) Front Office
10 2 (1.67%) Back Office
10 2 (1.67%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.67%) Marketing
10 2 (1.67%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.83%) Automotive
11 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.83%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (30.00%) Architect
2 21 (17.50%) Solutions Architect
3 18 (15.00%) Senior
4 12 (10.00%) Middleware Engineer
5 8 (6.67%) Developer
5 8 (6.67%) Python Engineer
6 7 (5.83%) Analyst
6 7 (5.83%) DBA
6 7 (5.83%) Oracle DBA
7 6 (5.00%) Consultant
7 6 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (5.00%) Senior Middleware Engineer
7 6 (5.00%) Technical Architect
7 6 (5.00%) Tester
7 6 (5.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
7 6 (5.00%) VMware Engineer
8 5 (4.17%) Azure Architect
8 5 (4.17%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (4.17%) Integration Architect
9 4 (3.33%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.00%) Web Services
2 9 (7.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (6.67%) .NET
4 7 (5.83%) J2EE
4 7 (5.83%) SOAP
4 7 (5.83%) XML
5 6 (5.00%) REST
6 5 (4.17%) HTML
7 4 (3.33%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (3.33%) Node.js
7 4 (3.33%) WebdriverIO
8 3 (2.50%) IBM Integration Bus
8 3 (2.50%) JSON
8 3 (2.50%) Kafka
8 3 (2.50%) Spring
8 3 (2.50%) Spring Boot
8 3 (2.50%) Visualforce
9 2 (1.67%) .NET Framework
9 2 (1.67%) OAuth
9 2 (1.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 5 (4.17%) IVR
2 5 (4.17%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.50%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.50%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.67%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.67%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.67%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.67%) Tandem
6 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.83%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.83%) PKI
6 1 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 29 (24.17%) Linux
2 25 (20.83%) Windows
3 8 (6.67%) Unix
4 7 (5.83%) Windows Server
5 6 (5.00%) AIX
6 4 (3.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.50%) zOS
8 1 (0.83%) Android
8 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.50%) Agile
2 24 (20.00%) Analytics
3 22 (18.33%) DevOps
4 20 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 17 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (13.33%) CRM
7 14 (11.67%) ITIL
8 13 (10.83%) Microservices
8 13 (10.83%) Migration
9 12 (10.00%) ETL
10 11 (9.17%) High Availability
10 11 (9.17%) SDLC
11 10 (8.33%) Project Delivery
12 9 (7.50%) Scrum
13 8 (6.67%) CI/CD
13 8 (6.67%) Computer Science
13 8 (6.67%) Data Modelling
13 8 (6.67%) Service Management
13 8 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (6.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.17%) Python
2 13 (10.83%) SQL
3 12 (10.00%) Java
4 10 (8.33%) C#
4 10 (8.33%) JavaScript
5 9 (7.50%) Shell Script
6 8 (6.67%) PowerShell
7 6 (5.00%) Perl
8 4 (3.33%) C
8 4 (3.33%) C++
9 3 (2.50%) ABAP
9 3 (2.50%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.83%) Bash
10 1 (0.83%) Scala
10 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.83%) VBScript
10 1 (0.83%) XPath
Qualifications
1 10 (8.33%) Degree
2 8 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.17%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.33%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.50%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.17%) QA
2 4 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.67%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.67%) GDPR
3 2 (1.67%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.67%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (5.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.00%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (3.33%) Docker
4 3 (2.50%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (6.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 7 (5.83%) Ansible
2 7 (5.83%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (5.00%) Data Guard
4 4 (3.33%) BladeLogic
4 4 (3.33%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (3.33%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.67%) Terraform
6 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Vendors
1 31 (25.83%) Oracle
2 17 (14.17%) Microsoft
3 15 (12.50%) IBM
4 12 (10.00%) SAP
5 9 (7.50%) VMware
6 8 (6.67%) Salesforce
7 7 (5.83%) Google
7 7 (5.83%) Informatica
8 6 (5.00%) Databricks
8 6 (5.00%) Dynatrace
9 5 (4.17%) Avaya
9 5 (4.17%) Cisco
9 5 (4.17%) Citrix
9 5 (4.17%) Genesys
9 5 (4.17%) MuleSoft
10 4 (3.33%) Altiris
10 4 (3.33%) Red Hat
11 3 (2.50%) Temenos
12 2 (1.67%) Dell
12 2 (1.67%) webMethods