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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 299 300
Rank change year-on-year +51 +1 +51
Contract jobs citing Middleware 330 225 295
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 0.73% 0.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.74% 3.34% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 129 215
10th Percentile £382 £423 £388
25th Percentile £425 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +1.69%
75th Percentile £713 £713 £705
90th Percentile £800 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £558 £600
% change year-on-year -1.43% -7.00% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 11 8
10th Percentile £33.00 £61.25 £58.25
25th Percentile £61.25 - £62.19
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £69.38
90th Percentile £68.00 - £75.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 6,968 6,730 8,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.69% 21.72% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,693 4,269 6,227
10th Percentile £350 £360 £369
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -5.16%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 105 179
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.40 £65.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +22.64% -18.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.43 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -15.38% +19.13% -12.93%

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 29 November 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 +55 158 £625 -3.85% 40
South West +3 39 £68 -87.64% 19
Midlands -8 33 £450 -14.29% 10
North of England -32 32 £488 -7.14% 12
South East +15 26 £606 +10.23% 42
East of England +3 21 £500 -37.50% 11
East Midlands +3 17 £447 -14.86% 5
North West -21 17 £525 +9.83% 6
West Midlands -15 16 £500 -18.37% 5
Yorkshire -22 13 £475 - 5
North East -6 2 £469 -14.58% 1
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 (7.58%) WebSphere
2 20 (6.06%) WebLogic
3 12 (3.64%) Confluence
4 11 (3.33%) Apache
5 6 (1.82%) IIS
5 6 (1.82%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.52%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (1.21%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.91%) CMS
8 3 (0.91%) JBoss
8 3 (0.91%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.91%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.61%) CICS
9 2 (0.61%) nginx
9 2 (0.61%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.61%) WildFly
10 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.30%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.21%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.30%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 9 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.21%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.61%) CODA-Financials
4 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.61%) Primavera
4 2 (0.61%) Shopify
5 1 (0.30%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.30%) Endur
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.30%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.30%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 96 (29.09%) Azure
2 40 (12.12%) AWS
3 31 (9.39%) GCP
4 20 (6.06%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 20 (6.06%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 13 (3.94%) SaaS
6 12 (3.64%) Amazon EKS
7 11 (3.33%) OpenShift
8 10 (3.03%) Boomi
9 9 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.42%) Serverless
11 7 (2.12%) Azure API Management
11 7 (2.12%) GitHub
11 7 (2.12%) OCI
12 6 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.82%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.82%) Salesforce Einstein
13 5 (1.52%) PaaS
13 5 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.06%) TCP/IP
2 19 (5.76%) Firewall
3 14 (4.24%) SAN
4 13 (3.94%) Multicast
5 10 (3.03%) WAN
6 9 (2.73%) DNS
6 9 (2.73%) HTTP
7 7 (2.12%) LAN
7 7 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.82%) tcpdump
8 6 (1.82%) Wireshark
9 5 (1.52%) DHCP
9 5 (1.52%) SSL
10 4 (1.21%) NAS
10 4 (1.21%) VLAN
11 2 (0.61%) NetScaler
11 2 (0.61%) VPN
12 1 (0.30%) FTP
12 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.30%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.73%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.42%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.12%) GIS
5 6 (1.82%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 5 (1.52%) Power BI
7 4 (1.21%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.21%) MemSQL
7 4 (1.21%) OLTP
7 4 (1.21%) Redis
8 3 (0.91%) Data Hub
8 3 (0.91%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.91%) Oracle Database 10g
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.61%) DataStage
9 2 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 20 (6.06%) Jenkins
2 19 (5.76%) JIRA
3 17 (5.15%) Git
4 14 (4.24%) GitLab
5 7 (2.12%) GCC
5 7 (2.12%) GDB
6 6 (1.82%) Gatling
6 6 (1.82%) JMeter
7 4 (1.21%) Ant
7 4 (1.21%) JUnit
8 3 (0.91%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.91%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.61%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.61%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.61%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.61%) Postman
9 2 (0.61%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.61%) TestPartner
General
1 85 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 68 (20.61%) Finance
3 38 (11.52%) Banking
4 29 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.58%) Front Office
6 21 (6.36%) Public Sector
7 17 (5.15%) Marketing
8 16 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.12%) International Banking
9 7 (2.12%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.12%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.82%) Law
11 5 (1.52%) Local Government
11 5 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.21%) Billing
12 4 (1.21%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.21%) Legal
13 3 (0.91%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 85 (25.76%) Architect
2 64 (19.39%) Developer
3 35 (10.61%) Solutions Architect
4 26 (7.88%) Consultant
5 24 (7.27%) Support Engineer
6 22 (6.67%) Senior
7 21 (6.36%) Lead
8 19 (5.76%) Salesforce Architect
8 19 (5.76%) Software Engineer
9 18 (5.45%) Technical Architect
10 17 (5.15%) C++ Software Engineer
11 15 (4.55%) Analyst
12 13 (3.94%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (3.33%) Product Engineer
14 11 (3.33%) Products Support Engineer
14 11 (3.33%) Software Support Engineer
15 9 (2.73%) C++ Developer
15 9 (2.73%) Infrastructure Architect
15 9 (2.73%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (15.76%) REST
2 49 (14.85%) SOAP
3 30 (9.09%) .NET
4 29 (8.79%) Kafka
5 26 (7.88%) FIX Protocol
5 26 (7.88%) Lightning Web Components
6 21 (6.36%) Visualforce
7 20 (6.06%) Web Services
8 18 (5.45%) Node.js
9 17 (5.15%) HTML
10 16 (4.85%) Qt
10 16 (4.85%) RESTful
11 14 (4.24%) React
12 10 (3.03%) OAuth
12 10 (3.03%) XML
13 9 (2.73%) JMS
13 9 (2.73%) Oracle Fusion
14 8 (2.42%) OAuth2
14 8 (2.42%) Spring
15 7 (2.12%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.06%) Cloud Native
1 20 (6.06%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 14 (4.24%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.24%) Private Cloud
4 13 (3.94%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.73%) Algorithms
6 9 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.42%) Derivative
7 8 (2.42%) Distributed Architecture
8 7 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (2.12%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.12%) Fixed Income
8 7 (2.12%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (2.12%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.12%) Replication
9 6 (1.82%) Video\Live Streaming
10 5 (1.52%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 74 (22.42%) Linux
2 41 (12.42%) Windows
3 27 (8.18%) Unix
4 15 (4.55%) Windows Server
5 14 (4.24%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.21%) AIX
8 3 (0.91%) CentOS
8 3 (0.91%) Solaris
8 3 (0.91%) VMS
9 2 (0.61%) zOS
10 1 (0.30%) MVS
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (28.18%) Agile
2 69 (20.91%) CI/CD
3 67 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (20.00%) DevOps
5 49 (14.85%) Migration
6 40 (12.12%) Software Engineering
7 36 (10.91%) Computer Science
8 35 (10.61%) Integration Patterns
9 34 (10.30%) Microservices
9 34 (10.30%) Roadmaps
10 33 (10.00%) Data Modelling
11 31 (9.39%) Technical Leadership
12 29 (8.79%) ERP
12 29 (8.79%) Infrastructure as Code
13 28 (8.48%) High Availability
13 28 (8.48%) Scrum
14 26 (7.88%) Low Latency
14 26 (7.88%) Mentoring
15 25 (7.58%) Requirements Gathering
16 24 (7.27%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 67 (20.30%) Java
2 63 (19.09%) SQL
3 60 (18.18%) C++
4 58 (17.58%) Python
5 32 (9.70%) PowerShell
6 29 (8.79%) C
6 29 (8.79%) C#
7 26 (7.88%) Apex Code
8 22 (6.67%) JavaScript
9 21 (6.36%) Ada
10 19 (5.76%) Bash
11 15 (4.55%) PHP
11 15 (4.55%) PL/SQL
11 15 (4.55%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.12%) Korn
13 6 (1.82%) Perl
14 5 (1.52%) T-SQL
15 4 (1.21%) Scala
16 3 (0.91%) Groovy
16 3 (0.91%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 52 (15.76%) Security Cleared
2 43 (13.03%) SC Cleared
3 39 (11.82%) Degree
4 23 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.33%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.12%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.21%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.21%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.21%) PMP
9 3 (0.91%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.61%) RHCE
10 2 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.30%) CCA
11 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.27%) GDPR
2 15 (4.55%) QA
3 14 (4.24%) Data Quality
4 13 (3.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 12 (3.64%) Def Stans
5 12 (3.64%) IEC 61508
6 10 (3.03%) MISRA
6 10 (3.03%) MISRA C
7 4 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.21%) HL7
8 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.91%) SEPA
9 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.61%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.61%) PMO
9 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.61%) WCAG
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.30%) ITGC
System Software
1 19 (5.76%) Docker
2 13 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (2.12%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.82%) vSphere
7 4 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.61%) KVM
10 1 (0.30%) Firmware
10 1 (0.30%) NFS
10 1 (0.30%) SRDF
10 1 (0.30%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.30%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.30%) Xen
Systems Management
1 36 (10.91%) Kubernetes
2 25 (7.58%) Ansible
3 15 (4.55%) Prometheus
4 11 (3.33%) Grafana
4 11 (3.33%) ITRS Geneos
4 11 (3.33%) Terraform
5 5 (1.52%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.21%) SCCM
6 4 (1.21%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.91%) vRealize
8 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.61%) Nagios
8 2 (0.61%) Puppet
8 2 (0.61%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.30%) Kibana
9 1 (0.30%) logstash
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.30%) Packer
9 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.30%) TADDM
Vendors
1 49 (14.85%) Oracle
2 41 (12.42%) Salesforce
3 38 (11.52%) Microsoft
4 26 (7.88%) MuleSoft
5 23 (6.97%) SAP
5 23 (6.97%) Solace
6 22 (6.67%) VMware
7 20 (6.06%) Red Hat
8 18 (5.45%) Dynatrace
9 17 (5.15%) IBM
10 10 (3.03%) Google
10 10 (3.03%) HP
10 10 (3.03%) TIBCO
11 9 (2.73%) F5
12 8 (2.42%) Citrix
13 6 (1.82%) Splunk
14 5 (1.52%) Axway
14 5 (1.52%) Databricks
14 5 (1.52%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.52%) Workday