Middleware Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Middleware
England > East Midlands

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 60 59
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Middleware 9 11 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.77% 1.43% 0.52%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.43% 5.73% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 4
10th Percentile £431 £431 £282
25th Percentile £466 - £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £447 £418
Median % change year-on-year +23.04% +7.07% -7.22%
75th Percentile £588 £450 £563
90th Percentile £610 £655 -
England median daily rate £575 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 140 192 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.94% 24.97% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 160 97
10th Percentile £400 £256 £305
25th Percentile £425 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £402 £445
Median % change year-on-year +24.30% -9.61% -2.28%
75th Percentile £584 £473 £550
90th Percentile £600 £537 £621
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £14.33 £20.39 £22.04
25th Percentile £15.52 £20.60 £22.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.96 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.29% -12.18% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £24.05 £28.75
90th Percentile £27.50 £24.71 £47.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -10.20%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Middleware job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Middleware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Middleware

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in the East Midlands

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Middleware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Middleware

Middleware
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 August 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
Northamptonshire +11 5 £506 +13.26%
Nottinghamshire -13 3 £575 - 2
Leicestershire -8 1 £500 -
Middleware
England

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (22.22%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) OCI
2 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Local Government
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Architect
2 4 (44.44%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (33.33%) SAP Architect
3 3 (33.33%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 2 (22.22%) DBA
4 2 (22.22%) Integration Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle Applications DBA
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Developer
5 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Lead
5 1 (11.11%) Lead .NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Lead C# Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Lead Developer
5 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) REST
2 1 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Chip and PIN
2 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Integration Patterns
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) ERP
3 2 (22.22%) Event-Driven
3 2 (22.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Front End Development
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Microservices
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft