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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 255 313
Rank change year-on-year +13 +58 -25
Contract jobs citing Middleware 509 291 221
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.04% 0.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.15% 4.06% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 163 141
10th Percentile £413 £400 £413
25th Percentile £473 £447 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £590
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -11.02% -1.67%
75th Percentile £630 £680 £725
90th Percentile £725 £773 £825
UK median daily rate £563 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +7.14% -8.70% -2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 32 0
10th Percentile - £33.00 -
25th Percentile - £64.25 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.15% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £65.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -41.15% - -

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 9,885 7,166 8,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.24% 25.60% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,507 4,847 5,303
10th Percentile £381 £356 £363
25th Percentile £447 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -5.45% -0.68%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 172 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.29 £35.50
25th Percentile £54.53 £42.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.83 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.69% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.50 £70.00 £74.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.93
% change year-on-year +20.37% -14.19% +4.88%

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 2 October 2026.

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 2 October 2026.

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 2 October 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
London +37 277 £575 -5.78% 253
North of England -10 93 £525 +10.53% 78
South East -38 61 £500 -12.66% 61
Yorkshire +6 53 £514 +9.49% 32
North West -30 34 £588 +17.50% 39
Midlands -48 31 £575 +28.64% 33
West Midlands -31 23 £575 +43.75% 18
South West -50 22 £558 +11.50% 27
East of England -30 13 £483 -5.85% 28
East Midlands -18 8 £525 +17.45% 15
North East -39 6 £490 +3.21% 8
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 27 (5.30%) WebLogic
2 26 (5.11%) WebSphere
3 14 (2.75%) Confluence
4 11 (2.16%) CICS
5 10 (1.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 10 (1.96%) SharePoint
6 9 (1.77%) Tomcat
7 8 (1.57%) Apache
8 6 (1.18%) nginx
9 5 (0.98%) IBM Transformation Extender
9 5 (0.98%) JBoss
9 5 (0.98%) Mule
9 5 (0.98%) WebSphere Application Server
10 4 (0.79%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.79%) SAS
10 4 (0.79%) WebLogic Portal
10 4 (0.79%) WordPress
11 3 (0.59%) IBM HTTP Server
11 3 (0.59%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
11 3 (0.59%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.59%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.59%) Revit
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (6.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.57%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.38%) Maximo
5 7 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (1.18%) SAP GRC
6 6 (1.18%) SAP MDG
7 5 (0.98%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.79%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.79%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.79%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.79%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.59%) BusinessWorks
9 3 (0.59%) iTrent
9 3 (0.59%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.59%) SAP HCM
9 3 (0.59%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 126 (24.75%) Azure
2 83 (16.31%) AWS
3 48 (9.43%) Boomi
4 41 (8.06%) GCP
5 39 (7.66%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (6.29%) SaaS
7 29 (5.70%) GitHub
8 28 (5.50%) iPaaS
9 22 (4.32%) Power Platform
10 21 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (3.93%) SuccessFactors
12 17 (3.34%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (3.34%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (2.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 15 (2.95%) Serverless
15 13 (2.55%) Azure Functions
15 13 (2.55%) IaaS
16 12 (2.36%) Entra ID
16 12 (2.36%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.14%) SSL
2 15 (2.95%) HTTP
3 10 (1.96%) Firewall
4 5 (0.98%) DNS
4 5 (0.98%) Multicast
4 5 (0.98%) NAS
4 5 (0.98%) SAN
5 4 (0.79%) DHCP
5 4 (0.79%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.79%) Reverse Proxy
5 4 (0.79%) VPN
6 3 (0.59%) WAN
7 2 (0.39%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.39%) Internet
7 2 (0.39%) LAN
7 2 (0.39%) MQTT
7 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.39%) X.509
8 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.34%) Oracle Database
3 15 (2.95%) Power BI
3 15 (2.95%) Relational Database
4 13 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.77%) Tableau
7 7 (1.38%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.38%) Db2
8 6 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.98%) Big Data
9 5 (0.98%) DataStage
9 5 (0.98%) Metadata
9 5 (0.98%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.39%) MySQL
11 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (6.48%) JIRA
2 25 (4.91%) Git
3 17 (3.34%) Postman
4 15 (2.95%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.16%) JMeter
5 11 (2.16%) LoadRunner
6 10 (1.96%) SoapUI
7 9 (1.77%) SonarQube
8 7 (1.38%) eggPlant
8 7 (1.38%) Selenium
9 6 (1.18%) GitLab
9 6 (1.18%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.98%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.98%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.79%) Gatling
11 4 (0.79%) JetBrains Rider
11 4 (0.79%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.59%) Fiddler
12 3 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.39%) JUnit
General
1 171 (33.60%) Finance
2 136 (26.72%) Social Skills
3 84 (16.50%) Banking
4 78 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.48%) Public Sector
6 24 (4.72%) Retail
7 21 (4.13%) Legal
8 19 (3.73%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.55%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.16%) Marketing
10 11 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.57%) Investment Banking
12 8 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.18%) Law
14 5 (0.98%) Back Office
14 5 (0.98%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.98%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.79%) Billing
Job Titles
1 128 (25.15%) Architect
2 64 (12.57%) Developer
3 54 (10.61%) Solutions Architect
4 51 (10.02%) Lead
5 39 (7.66%) Integration Architect
6 37 (7.27%) Consultant
7 33 (6.48%) Senior
8 25 (4.91%) Analyst
9 22 (4.32%) Technical Architect
10 20 (3.93%) Integration Engineer
11 19 (3.73%) Automation Engineer
11 19 (3.73%) Linux Engineer
12 17 (3.34%) Administrator
12 17 (3.34%) Middleware Engineer
12 17 (3.34%) Salesforce Architect
13 15 (2.95%) Business Analyst
14 14 (2.75%) Integration Specialist
15 13 (2.55%) Functional Consultant
15 13 (2.55%) Integration Manager
16 11 (2.16%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (21.61%) REST
2 81 (15.91%) SOAP
3 65 (12.77%) XML
4 62 (12.18%) JSON
5 43 (8.45%) Kafka
6 40 (7.86%) .NET
6 40 (7.86%) OAuth
7 31 (6.09%) Web Services
8 26 (5.11%) JWT
9 24 (4.72%) OAuth2
10 19 (3.73%) GraphQL
10 19 (3.73%) SAML
10 19 (3.73%) Swagger
11 17 (3.34%) EDI
11 17 (3.34%) Lightning Web Components
12 16 (3.14%) OpenAPI
13 15 (2.95%) RESTful
14 13 (2.55%) ISPF
14 13 (2.55%) RabbitMQ
14 13 (2.55%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.66%) Enterprise Software
2 36 (7.07%) Mainframe
2 36 (7.07%) Onboarding
3 31 (6.09%) Cloud Native
4 30 (5.89%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (4.72%) Product Ownership
6 18 (3.54%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.34%) Clustering
7 17 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (3.14%) Data Centre
9 13 (2.55%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
10 10 (1.96%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 8 (1.57%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.57%) IoT
12 8 (1.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 78 (15.32%) Linux
2 39 (7.66%) Windows
3 32 (6.29%) Unix
4 25 (4.91%) zOS
5 13 (2.55%) Ubuntu
6 12 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.18%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.79%) CentOS
9 3 (0.59%) Solaris
9 3 (0.59%) VMS
10 2 (0.39%) AIX
10 2 (0.39%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.20%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 120 (23.58%) Agile
3 107 (21.02%) CI/CD
4 100 (19.65%) DevOps
5 99 (19.45%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (17.88%) Event-Driven
7 87 (17.09%) Migration
8 84 (16.50%) ERP
9 83 (16.31%) Integration Patterns
10 68 (13.36%) User Acceptance Testing
11 66 (12.97%) Enterprise Architecture
12 64 (12.57%) Roadmaps
13 63 (12.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 63 (12.38%) Validation
14 59 (11.59%) Test Automation
15 54 (10.61%) Data Modelling
16 53 (10.41%) Technical Leadership
17 52 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
18 48 (9.43%) Data Migration
19 47 (9.23%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 93 (18.27%) SQL
2 58 (11.39%) Python
3 46 (9.04%) Java
3 46 (9.04%) JavaScript
4 32 (6.29%) C#
5 29 (5.70%) Bash
6 19 (3.73%) PowerShell
7 17 (3.34%) Apex Code
7 17 (3.34%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.95%) PL/SQL
9 13 (2.55%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.16%) C++
11 6 (1.18%) ABAP
12 5 (0.98%) C
13 4 (0.79%) Ada
13 4 (0.79%) COBOL
13 4 (0.79%) Go
13 4 (0.79%) Korn
13 4 (0.79%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.59%) X++
Qualifications
1 96 (18.86%) Security Cleared
2 82 (16.11%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.06%) Degree
4 19 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (0.98%) CISSP
7 5 (0.98%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.98%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.79%) SAP Certification
9 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.59%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.39%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.39%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.84%) QA
2 22 (4.32%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.77%) GDPR
4 8 (1.57%) ISO 20022
5 7 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.18%) GRC
6 6 (1.18%) PMO
7 5 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.98%) HL7
8 4 (0.79%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.79%) SEPA
8 4 (0.79%) SLA
8 4 (0.79%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.59%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.59%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.59%) ISO 15022
9 3 (0.59%) MISRA
9 3 (0.59%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.39%) GMP
10 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (6.29%) Docker
2 14 (2.75%) RACF
3 9 (1.77%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.79%) NFS
5 4 (0.79%) vSphere
6 3 (0.59%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.39%) IAG
7 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.30%) Ansible
3 14 (2.75%) OMEGAMON
4 13 (2.55%) Grafana
5 7 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.38%) Tivoli
5 7 (1.38%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 6 (1.18%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (0.98%) Control-M
7 5 (0.98%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.79%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.79%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.79%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.79%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.79%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.79%) systemd
9 3 (0.59%) Podman
10 2 (0.39%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.39%) Netcool
Vendors
1 98 (19.25%) Oracle
2 90 (17.68%) SAP
3 80 (15.72%) IBM
4 57 (11.20%) MuleSoft
5 51 (10.02%) Microsoft
6 43 (8.45%) Salesforce
7 31 (6.09%) ServiceNow
8 28 (5.50%) Workday
9 27 (5.30%) Google
10 15 (2.95%) Splunk
10 15 (2.95%) TIBCO
11 14 (2.75%) Databricks
12 12 (2.36%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.96%) Informatica
14 9 (1.77%) Dell
14 9 (1.77%) Solace
14 9 (1.77%) WSO2
15 8 (1.57%) Ariba
15 8 (1.57%) VMware
16 7 (1.38%) JD Edwards