Middleware Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Middleware Architect
UK > England

The median Middleware Architect daily rate in England is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 511 584
Rank change year-on-year -15 +73 +173
Contract jobs requiring a Middleware Architect 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.014% 0.003% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.003% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £573 - -
25th Percentile £606 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.75%
75th Percentile £688 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £675 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -20.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,882 29,442 38,062
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 93.02% 93.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,647 17,967 26,521
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,478 1,187 1,398
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.94
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -7.49% +58.63%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.25%

Middleware Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Middleware Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Middleware Architect job vacancy trend in England

Middleware Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Middleware Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Middleware Architect job vacancies in England

Middleware Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. 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
London +16 3 £613 -
North of England - 1 £675 -
North West - 1 £675 -
Middleware Architect
UK

Middleware Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Middleware Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Middleware Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
2 3 (75.00%) GCP
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) CRM
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (50.00%) ERP
3 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) CODA
4 1 (25.00%) Logistics
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS

Middleware Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) GCP
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PDA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CODA