Middleware Contract Job Trends in England

Middleware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Middleware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 299 279
Rank change year-on-year +53 -20 +54
Contract jobs citing Middleware 314 223 337
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 0.70% 0.83%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.83% 3.20% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 135 246
10th Percentile £400 £413 £394
25th Percentile £447 £500 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.69%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £719
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £533 £573 £600
% change year-on-year -6.99% -4.58% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 2 12
10th Percentile £31.80 £61.93 £61.38
25th Percentile £59.93 £62.94 £64.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +0.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.94 £65.63
90th Percentile - £67.58 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.38% +0.38% -7.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,502 6,978 8,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.88% 22.05% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,378 4,453 6,631
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £507 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.02% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 135 186
10th Percentile £31.00 £27.30 £38.80
25th Percentile £41.56 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £55.78
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +16.53% -14.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.50 £72.85 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £51.44 £65.00 £56.03
% change year-on-year -20.86% +16.01% -13.80%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Middleware job vacancy trend in England

Middleware
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Middleware

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in England over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in England

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Middleware

Middleware
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Middleware in England over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Middleware in England

Middleware
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 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 +14 139 £625 +2.04% 83
South West +27 37 £68 -86.89% 41
South East +32 34 £595 +4.39% 80
North of England -16 32 £475 -13.44% 43
Midlands -3 31 £447 -14.86% 18
East of England +8 20 £500 -14.89% 23
West Midlands -3 16 £450 -26.53% 15
East Midlands +5 15 £447 -14.86% 3
Yorkshire -17 15 £475 - 17
North West -14 14 £525 +5.00% 20
North East -5 3 £475 -13.44% 7
Middleware
UK

Middleware
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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (7.96%) WebSphere
2 20 (6.37%) WebLogic
3 12 (3.82%) Confluence
4 9 (2.87%) Apache
5 8 (2.55%) IIS
6 6 (1.91%) Tomcat
7 5 (1.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (1.27%) JBoss
9 3 (0.96%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.96%) CMS
9 3 (0.96%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.96%) Smallworld
10 2 (0.64%) CICS
10 2 (0.64%) nginx
10 2 (0.64%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.64%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.64%) WildFly
11 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.32%) Gunicorn
Applications
1 6 (1.91%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.32%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 12 (3.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.27%) Oracle 11i
2 4 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.96%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.64%) CODA-Financials
4 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.64%) Primavera
5 1 (0.32%) Endur
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.32%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.32%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 86 (27.39%) Azure
2 38 (12.10%) AWS
3 30 (9.55%) GCP
4 20 (6.37%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 20 (6.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 15 (4.78%) OpenShift
6 14 (4.46%) SaaS
7 13 (4.14%) Amazon EKS
8 11 (3.50%) GitHub
9 9 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.55%) PaaS
10 8 (2.55%) Salesforce Einstein
10 8 (2.55%) Serverless
11 7 (2.23%) Azure API Management
11 7 (2.23%) Boomi
11 7 (2.23%) IaaS
11 7 (2.23%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.91%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.05%) Firewall
1 19 (6.05%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.46%) Multicast
2 14 (4.46%) SAN
2 14 (4.46%) WAN
3 11 (3.50%) LAN
4 9 (2.87%) HTTP
5 8 (2.55%) DNS
6 7 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.91%) tcpdump
7 6 (1.91%) Wireshark
8 5 (1.59%) SSL
9 4 (1.27%) DHCP
9 4 (1.27%) NAS
9 4 (1.27%) VLAN
10 2 (0.64%) NetScaler
10 2 (0.64%) VPN
11 1 (0.32%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.32%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.32%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.69%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.87%) GIS
2 9 (2.87%) NoSQL
2 9 (2.87%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.59%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.59%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.27%) MemSQL
4 4 (1.27%) OLTP
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle Database 10g
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.27%) Power BI
4 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.96%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.96%) KDB
5 3 (0.96%) Redis
5 3 (0.96%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 25 (7.96%) Jenkins
2 21 (6.69%) JIRA
3 17 (5.41%) Git
4 14 (4.46%) GitLab
5 8 (2.55%) GCC
5 8 (2.55%) GDB
6 6 (1.91%) Ant
6 6 (1.91%) Gatling
6 6 (1.91%) JMeter
7 4 (1.27%) JUnit
7 4 (1.27%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.96%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.96%) Postman
8 3 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.96%) Toad
9 2 (0.64%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.64%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.64%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.64%) TestPartner
10 1 (0.32%) Maven
General
1 86 (27.39%) Social Skills
2 69 (21.97%) Finance
3 36 (11.46%) Banking
4 25 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.96%) Front Office
5 18 (5.73%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.10%) Marketing
7 13 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.87%) International Banking
9 8 (2.55%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.91%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.91%) Local Government
10 6 (1.91%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.59%) Retail
12 4 (1.27%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.96%) Back Office
13 3 (0.96%) Law
13 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (25.48%) Architect
2 65 (20.70%) Developer
3 28 (8.92%) Solutions Architect
4 25 (7.96%) Consultant
5 23 (7.32%) Support Engineer
6 22 (7.01%) Senior
7 20 (6.37%) Salesforce Architect
7 20 (6.37%) Technical Architect
8 17 (5.41%) Lead
9 16 (5.10%) Platform Engineer
10 13 (4.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (4.14%) Product Engineer
10 13 (4.14%) Products Support Engineer
10 13 (4.14%) Software Support Engineer
11 12 (3.82%) Software Engineer
12 10 (3.18%) Analyst
12 10 (3.18%) C++ Developer
13 9 (2.87%) C++ Software Engineer
13 9 (2.87%) Infrastructure Architect
13 9 (2.87%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (14.65%) REST
2 44 (14.01%) SOAP
3 28 (8.92%) .NET
4 27 (8.60%) FIX Protocol
4 27 (8.60%) Kafka
5 26 (8.28%) Lightning Web Components
6 25 (7.96%) Web Services
7 20 (6.37%) Visualforce
8 19 (6.05%) HTML
9 17 (5.41%) Node.js
10 16 (5.10%) RESTful
11 15 (4.78%) React
12 14 (4.46%) Qt
13 10 (3.18%) XML
14 9 (2.87%) OAuth
15 8 (2.55%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 8 (2.55%) JMS
15 8 (2.55%) Oracle Fusion
15 8 (2.55%) Spring
15 8 (2.55%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.69%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 17 (5.41%) Data Centre
3 17 (5.41%) Private Cloud
4 16 (5.10%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.87%) Distributed Architecture
7 9 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.55%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.55%) Derivative
8 8 (2.55%) Replication
9 7 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.23%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.23%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.91%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.91%) Video\Live Streaming
11 5 (1.59%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 89 (28.34%) Linux
2 49 (15.61%) Windows
3 31 (9.87%) Unix
4 19 (6.05%) Ubuntu
5 14 (4.46%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.91%) CentOS
8 4 (1.27%) AIX
8 4 (1.27%) VMS
9 3 (0.96%) Solaris
10 2 (0.64%) zOS
11 1 (0.32%) MVS
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.98%) Agile
2 70 (22.29%) CI/CD
3 66 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (17.20%) DevOps
5 51 (16.24%) Migration
6 38 (12.10%) Computer Science
7 36 (11.46%) Software Engineering
8 33 (10.51%) Infrastructure as Code
9 32 (10.19%) Data Modelling
10 29 (9.24%) High Availability
10 29 (9.24%) Integration Patterns
11 28 (8.92%) Low Latency
12 26 (8.28%) ERP
13 25 (7.96%) Requirements Gathering
13 25 (7.96%) Roadmaps
13 25 (7.96%) Scrum
13 25 (7.96%) Technical Leadership
14 24 (7.64%) Microservices
14 24 (7.64%) Translating Business Requirements
15 23 (7.32%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 66 (21.02%) Java
2 60 (19.11%) Python
3 59 (18.79%) SQL
4 58 (18.47%) C++
5 36 (11.46%) PowerShell
6 30 (9.55%) C#
6 30 (9.55%) JavaScript
7 28 (8.92%) C
8 26 (8.28%) Apex Code
9 21 (6.69%) Ada
10 20 (6.37%) Bash
11 18 (5.73%) Shell Script
12 16 (5.10%) PL/SQL
13 15 (4.78%) PHP
14 7 (2.23%) Korn
15 6 (1.91%) Perl
16 4 (1.27%) Groovy
16 4 (1.27%) Scala
16 4 (1.27%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.96%) Magik
Qualifications
1 47 (14.97%) Security Cleared
2 42 (13.38%) Degree
3 38 (12.10%) SC Cleared
4 23 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.87%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.55%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.27%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.27%) PMP
9 3 (0.96%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.64%) RHCE
10 2 (0.64%) Tableau Certification
11 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.32%) CCA
11 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.37%) GDPR
2 16 (5.10%) QA
3 12 (3.82%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (2.55%) Def Stans
5 8 (2.55%) IEC 61508
5 8 (2.55%) MISRA
5 8 (2.55%) MISRA C
6 4 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.27%) SEPA
7 3 (0.96%) GAAP
7 3 (0.96%) HL7
8 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.64%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.64%) PMO
8 2 (0.64%) WCAG
9 1 (0.32%) IFRS
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 18 (5.73%) Active Directory
1 18 (5.73%) Docker
2 10 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (3.18%) vSphere
3 8 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.23%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.96%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.64%) KVM
7 1 (0.32%) Firmware
7 1 (0.32%) NFS
7 1 (0.32%) SRDF
7 1 (0.32%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.32%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.32%) Xen
Systems Management
1 41 (13.06%) Kubernetes
2 30 (9.55%) Ansible
3 14 (4.46%) Prometheus
4 12 (3.82%) Terraform
5 11 (3.50%) Grafana
5 11 (3.50%) ITRS Geneos
6 5 (1.59%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.27%) SCCM
7 4 (1.27%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.96%) vRealize
9 2 (0.64%) Control-M
9 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.64%) Nagios
9 2 (0.64%) Podman
9 2 (0.64%) Puppet
9 2 (0.64%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.32%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.32%) SCOM
10 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (14.33%) Oracle
2 40 (12.74%) Salesforce
3 34 (10.83%) Microsoft
4 26 (8.28%) MuleSoft
5 25 (7.96%) Red Hat
6 24 (7.64%) VMware
7 23 (7.32%) Solace
8 21 (6.69%) SAP
9 18 (5.73%) Dynatrace
9 18 (5.73%) IBM
10 10 (3.18%) Google
10 10 (3.18%) HP
10 10 (3.18%) TIBCO
11 9 (2.87%) Citrix
11 9 (2.87%) F5
12 5 (1.59%) Axway
12 5 (1.59%) Dell
12 5 (1.59%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.59%) Splunk
12 5 (1.59%) webMethods