Middleware Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Middleware
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Middleware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 95 120
Rank change year-on-year -2 +25 -10
Contract jobs citing Middleware 9 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.60% 0.49% 0.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.14% 2.41% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £284 £427 £184
25th Percentile - £455 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £500 £200
Median % change year-on-year -38.75% +150.00% -69.23%
75th Percentile £320 - £410
90th Percentile £406 - £524
South East median daily rate £563 £545 £560
% change year-on-year +3.21% -2.68% +7.95%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Berkshire

Middleware 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 287 290 263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.21% 20.10% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 195 125
10th Percentile £356 £388 £313
25th Percentile £413 £431 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £585 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £644 £600
90th Percentile £647 £670 £675
South East median daily rate £480 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -8.57% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile - £32.14 £55.16
25th Percentile - £38.72 £56.06
Median hourly rate £81.00 £50.87 £88.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.22% -42.52% +16.83%
75th Percentile £81.25 £63.46 £90.25
90th Percentile £81.70 £70.31 -
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -24.00% -10.71% +7.69%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Middleware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Middleware job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Middleware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Middleware

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Middleware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Middleware

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Wokingham - 4 £306 - 1
Reading +6 3 £400 -20.00% 3
Slough - 1 - - 4
Middleware
South East

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Gunicorn
1 1 (11.11%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) NetSuite
1 1 (11.11%) Remedy AR System
1 1 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) AWS
2 5 (55.56%) GCP
3 4 (44.44%) Datadog
4 2 (22.22%) Boomi
4 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (11.11%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Django Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) Bootstrap
2 1 (11.11%) Django
2 1 (11.11%) jQuery
2 1 (11.11%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (11.11%) REST
2 1 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (11.11%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cloud Native
1 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) CMDB
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 6 (66.67%) DevOps
3 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 5 (55.56%) Microservices
4 4 (44.44%) Application Performance Management
4 4 (44.44%) Change Management
4 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
4 4 (44.44%) Observability
4 4 (44.44%) Performance Management
4 4 (44.44%) Problem Management
4 4 (44.44%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) API Development
6 1 (11.11%) Escalation Management
6 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (11.11%) Target Operating Model
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Debt
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Bash
2 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
2 4 (44.44%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) Apex Code
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Grafana
1 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
1 4 (44.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) AppDynamics
1 4 (44.44%) Dynatrace
1 4 (44.44%) Splunk
2 1 (11.11%) BMC
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Remedy
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce