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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 249 324
Rank change year-on-year +10 +75 -48
Contract jobs citing Middleware 488 276 211
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 1.00% 0.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.77% 4.54% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 160 149
10th Percentile £425 £400 £422
25th Percentile £475 £447 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £694 £750
90th Percentile £729 £764 £825
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 21 0
10th Percentile - £29.00 -
25th Percentile £38.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £66.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 8,457 6,078 7,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.49% 22.01% 22.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,528 4,153 5,023
10th Percentile £366 £350 £359
25th Percentile £431 £411 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% -6.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 158 216
10th Percentile £28.58 £31.25 £24.09
25th Percentile £45.94 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -6.15% -2.33%
75th Percentile £73.11 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.03 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.45% -0.23% -8.33%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 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
London +51 263 £590 -1.67% 40
North of England -36 82 £538 +8.86% 17
South East -61 55 £500 -13.49% 19
North West -24 42 £525 -12.13% 4
Midlands -30 41 £575 +28.64% 5
Yorkshire -28 33 £575 +26.37% 6
West Midlands -25 29 £575 +91.67% 4
South West -37 28 £575 +14.43% 9
East of England -25 16 £491 -4.15% 4
East Midlands -19 10 £575 +28.64% 1
North East -35 7 £500 +5.26% 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 (5.12%) WebSphere
2 21 (4.30%) WebLogic
3 11 (2.25%) CICS
4 9 (1.84%) Confluence
5 7 (1.43%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.23%) Apache
6 6 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (1.23%) Tomcat
7 5 (1.02%) Mule
7 5 (1.02%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.82%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.82%) Apache Geronimo
8 4 (0.82%) Apache ServiceMix
8 4 (0.82%) JBoss
8 4 (0.82%) Red Hat Fuse
8 4 (0.82%) SAS
8 4 (0.82%) WordPress
9 3 (0.61%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.61%) nginx
9 3 (0.61%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
Applications
1 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.61%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.61%) Revit
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (6.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.64%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.43%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.43%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.82%) Maximo
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.82%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.61%) BusinessWorks
6 3 (0.61%) Endur
6 3 (0.61%) SAP GRC
6 3 (0.61%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.61%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.61%) Shopify
6 3 (0.61%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.41%) Finacle
7 2 (0.41%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 119 (24.39%) Azure
2 72 (14.75%) AWS
3 41 (8.40%) Boomi
4 36 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (6.35%) SaaS
6 30 (6.15%) GCP
7 24 (4.92%) iPaaS
8 23 (4.71%) Power Platform
9 19 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (3.89%) GitHub
10 15 (3.07%) Azure Service Bus
10 15 (3.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 14 (2.87%) Azure Logic Apps
11 14 (2.87%) PaaS
11 14 (2.87%) SuccessFactors
12 13 (2.66%) IaaS
12 13 (2.66%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 12 (2.46%) Serverless
14 11 (2.25%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.69%) SSL
2 17 (3.48%) Firewall
3 11 (2.25%) HTTP
4 7 (1.43%) DNS
5 6 (1.23%) LAN
5 6 (1.23%) WAN
6 5 (1.02%) Multicast
6 5 (1.02%) NAS
6 5 (1.02%) SAN
7 4 (0.82%) DHCP
7 4 (0.82%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.82%) VPN
8 3 (0.61%) IPv4
8 3 (0.61%) IPv6
9 2 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.41%) MQTT
9 2 (0.41%) Network Security
10 1 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.89%) Power BI
2 16 (3.28%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.66%) Oracle Database
5 12 (2.46%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.64%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.64%) Tableau
7 7 (1.43%) Big Data
7 7 (1.43%) DataStage
7 7 (1.43%) Metadata
8 6 (1.23%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (1.02%) Db2
9 5 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.61%) MySQL
12 2 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 32 (6.56%) JIRA
2 20 (4.10%) Git
3 16 (3.28%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.25%) GitLab
5 7 (1.43%) Postman
6 6 (1.23%) JMeter
6 6 (1.23%) LoadRunner
7 5 (1.02%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.82%) eggPlant
8 4 (0.82%) JetBrains Rider
8 4 (0.82%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.61%) Introscope
9 3 (0.61%) JUnit
9 3 (0.61%) Selenium
9 3 (0.61%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.41%) ERwin
10 2 (0.41%) Gatling
10 2 (0.41%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.41%) TestRail
General
1 163 (33.40%) Finance
2 122 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 89 (18.24%) Banking
4 69 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.74%) Retail
6 27 (5.53%) Public Sector
7 24 (4.92%) Legal
8 16 (3.28%) Investment Banking
9 14 (2.87%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (2.46%) Aerospace
11 12 (2.46%) Marketing
12 11 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.43%) Back Office
15 7 (1.43%) Financial Institution
16 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.02%) General Ledger
17 5 (1.02%) Law
Job Titles
1 154 (31.56%) Architect
2 71 (14.55%) Solutions Architect
3 57 (11.68%) Developer
4 38 (7.79%) Lead
5 36 (7.38%) Integration Architect
6 33 (6.76%) Senior
7 30 (6.15%) Consultant
8 28 (5.74%) Technical Architect
9 24 (4.92%) Analyst
10 21 (4.30%) Middleware Engineer
11 20 (4.10%) Administrator
12 19 (3.89%) Salesforce Architect
13 15 (3.07%) Business Analyst
13 15 (3.07%) Integration Specialist
13 15 (3.07%) Linux Engineer
13 15 (3.07%) SAP Architect
14 13 (2.66%) Integration Engineer
15 12 (2.46%) Project Manager
15 12 (2.46%) Software Engineer
16 11 (2.25%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (21.31%) REST
2 74 (15.16%) SOAP
3 52 (10.66%) XML
4 51 (10.45%) JSON
5 36 (7.38%) Kafka
6 32 (6.56%) .NET
7 29 (5.94%) OAuth
8 20 (4.10%) Web Services
9 18 (3.69%) JWT
10 17 (3.48%) Lightning Web Components
11 15 (3.07%) OAuth2
12 14 (2.87%) GraphQL
13 13 (2.66%) ISPF
13 13 (2.66%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (2.66%) SAML
14 12 (2.46%) EDI
15 11 (2.25%) Spring
16 10 (2.05%) React
16 10 (2.05%) Swagger
17 9 (1.84%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.56%) Mainframe
2 29 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 27 (5.53%) Product Ownership
4 26 (5.33%) Data Centre
5 24 (4.92%) Management Information System
6 23 (4.71%) Cloud Native
6 23 (4.71%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (3.89%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (3.69%) Clustering
9 17 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (3.07%) Data Structures
11 12 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (2.46%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.84%) CMDB
12 9 (1.84%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.64%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.64%) IoT
14 7 (1.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 67 (13.73%) Linux
2 30 (6.15%) Unix
3 29 (5.94%) Windows
4 23 (4.71%) zOS
5 14 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (2.66%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.02%) CentOS
7 5 (1.02%) Solaris
7 5 (1.02%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.82%) AIX
9 2 (0.41%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.41%) VMS
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (24.18%) Agile
2 110 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 93 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (18.65%) Integration Patterns
5 86 (17.62%) DevOps
6 85 (17.42%) CI/CD
7 78 (15.98%) Migration
8 75 (15.37%) ERP
9 65 (13.32%) Event-Driven
10 63 (12.91%) User Acceptance Testing
11 60 (12.30%) Enterprise Architecture
12 55 (11.27%) Roadmaps
13 50 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (10.25%) CRM
13 50 (10.25%) Data Modelling
13 50 (10.25%) Technical Leadership
14 47 (9.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 41 (8.40%) Data Migration
16 40 (8.20%) Translating Business Requirements
16 40 (8.20%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 95 (19.47%) SQL
2 50 (10.25%) Java
3 41 (8.40%) Python
4 32 (6.56%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.92%) C#
6 18 (3.69%) PL/SQL
7 17 (3.48%) Apex Code
7 17 (3.48%) Bash
8 12 (2.46%) Shell Script
8 12 (2.46%) TypeScript
9 11 (2.25%) Ada
10 8 (1.64%) C++
11 6 (1.23%) ABAP
11 6 (1.23%) Perl
11 6 (1.23%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.02%) X++
13 4 (0.82%) C
13 4 (0.82%) COBOL
13 4 (0.82%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (14.34%) Security Cleared
2 58 (11.89%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.56%) Degree
4 15 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (0.82%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.82%) Azure Certification
6 4 (0.82%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.61%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.61%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.41%) ACCA
8 2 (0.41%) CIMA
8 2 (0.41%) ISEB
8 2 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.20%) QA
2 20 (4.10%) GDPR
3 19 (3.89%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.05%) Def Stans
4 10 (2.05%) IEC 61508
5 6 (1.23%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.23%) PMO
6 5 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.02%) SLA
7 3 (0.61%) GRC
7 3 (0.61%) HL7
7 3 (0.61%) NIST
7 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.41%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.41%) MISRA
8 2 (0.41%) MISRA C
8 2 (0.41%) NCSC
8 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (5.53%) Docker
2 14 (2.87%) RACF
3 11 (2.25%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.82%) NFS
6 4 (0.82%) vSphere
7 2 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) IAG
8 1 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 25 (5.12%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.10%) Ansible
3 14 (2.87%) OMEGAMON
4 12 (2.46%) Grafana
5 8 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.64%) Terraform
6 6 (1.23%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (1.02%) Control-M
7 5 (1.02%) HP ALM
7 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.02%) systemd
8 4 (0.82%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.82%) Check_MK
8 4 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.82%) Podman
8 4 (0.82%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.61%) CA Wily
9 3 (0.61%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.41%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 89 (18.24%) Oracle
2 84 (17.21%) SAP
3 55 (11.27%) IBM
3 55 (11.27%) MuleSoft
4 53 (10.86%) Microsoft
5 50 (10.25%) Salesforce
6 28 (5.74%) ServiceNow
6 28 (5.74%) Workday
7 17 (3.48%) Databricks
7 17 (3.48%) Google
8 16 (3.28%) TIBCO
9 12 (2.46%) VMware
10 10 (2.05%) Red Hat
11 9 (1.84%) Solace
11 9 (1.84%) Splunk
12 7 (1.43%) Ariba
12 7 (1.43%) Dell
12 7 (1.43%) Informatica
12 7 (1.43%) JD Edwards
12 7 (1.43%) Murex