Middleware Contracts in England

Middleware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Middleware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Middleware over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 334 283
Rank change year-on-year +82 -51 +31
Contract jobs citing Middleware 260 226 419
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.01% 0.61% 0.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.48% 2.85% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 160 307
10th Percentile £378 £412 £350
25th Percentile £447 £479 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £694 £719 £700
90th Percentile £775 £814 £805
UK median daily rate £525 £582 £550
% change year-on-year -9.79% +5.82% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 11
10th Percentile £64.70 - £61.25
25th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £67.75 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £68.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £67.75 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.21% +7.69% +18.18%

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 5,799 7,942 10,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.44% 21.28% 22.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,003 5,534 7,924
10th Percentile £356 £350 £385
25th Percentile £413 £434 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £800 £798
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 263 138
10th Percentile £30.55 £23.80 £30.53
25th Percentile £49.06 £43.00 £50.31
Median hourly rate £58.88 £58.30 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -10.31% +22.64%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.71 £74.49 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Middleware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in England

Middleware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Middleware in England.

Daily rate trend for Middleware in England

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in England

Middleware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Middleware in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 July 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 +9 113 £600 -4.00% 367
North of England +30 40 £500 -18.70% 143
South East +78 35 £550 - 189
South West +49 27 £500 -14.89% 102
North West +19 22 £550 -10.57% 85
Yorkshire +10 16 £482 -5.77% 52
Midlands +9 15 £450 - 95
East of England +23 12 £575 -0.95% 103
West Midlands +12 11 £463 +2.78% 58
East Midlands +4 4 £447 +44.19% 37
North East -1 2 £481 -18.09% 6
Middleware
UK

Middleware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (6.54%) WebSphere
2 8 (3.08%) JBoss
2 8 (3.08%) WebLogic
3 5 (1.92%) CICS
3 5 (1.92%) NetWeaver
4 4 (1.54%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.54%) Apache
4 4 (1.54%) Confluence
4 4 (1.54%) IIS
4 4 (1.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (1.54%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.15%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.15%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (1.15%) Smallworld
5 3 (1.15%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.77%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.38%) SAS
7 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (1.54%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (7.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.31%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.92%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.15%) Magento
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.77%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.77%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.77%) Shopify
6 1 (0.38%) Maximo
6 1 (0.38%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.38%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 64 (24.62%) Azure
2 27 (10.38%) AWS
3 18 (6.92%) GCP
4 16 (6.15%) OpenShift
5 12 (4.62%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.62%) SaaS
6 11 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (3.46%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (3.46%) Azure API Management
7 9 (3.46%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (3.46%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 8 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.08%) Boomi
8 8 (3.08%) GitHub
8 8 (3.08%) Serverless
9 7 (2.69%) IaaS
9 7 (2.69%) PaaS
9 7 (2.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 7 (2.69%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.62%) LAN
1 12 (4.62%) SAN
1 12 (4.62%) WAN
2 11 (4.23%) HTTP
3 8 (3.08%) NAS
4 7 (2.69%) SSL
5 6 (2.31%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.54%) DNS
6 4 (1.54%) HTTPS
6 4 (1.54%) Multicast
7 2 (0.77%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.38%) Converged Networks
8 1 (0.38%) CTI
8 1 (0.38%) FTP
8 1 (0.38%) Network Security
8 1 (0.38%) SWIFTNet
8 1 (0.38%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.23%) Oracle Database
2 9 (3.46%) NoSQL
2 9 (3.46%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.69%) MS Access
4 6 (2.31%) KDB
4 6 (2.31%) Oracle Database 10g
5 5 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.54%) GIS
6 4 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.15%) DB2
7 3 (1.15%) Oracle Database 11g
7 3 (1.15%) Power BI
7 3 (1.15%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.15%) Spatial Data
7 3 (1.15%) Tableau
8 2 (0.77%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 20 (7.69%) JIRA
2 19 (7.31%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.62%) Git
4 6 (2.31%) Ant
5 5 (1.92%) GitLab
6 4 (1.54%) GCC
6 4 (1.54%) GDB
6 4 (1.54%) QARun
6 4 (1.54%) WinRunner
7 3 (1.15%) JUnit
7 3 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (1.15%) Postman
7 3 (1.15%) SoapUI
7 3 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (1.15%) Toad
8 2 (0.77%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.77%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.77%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.77%) Maven
8 2 (0.77%) TestPartner
General
1 84 (32.31%) Finance
2 80 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 36 (13.85%) Banking
4 27 (10.38%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.77%) Front Office
6 14 (5.38%) Retail
7 12 (4.62%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.69%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.31%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.31%) Law
10 6 (2.31%) Marketing
11 5 (1.92%) Billing
11 5 (1.92%) International Banking
12 4 (1.54%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.54%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.15%) Police
Job Titles
1 77 (29.62%) Architect
2 59 (22.69%) Developer
3 30 (11.54%) Senior
4 25 (9.62%) Consultant
4 25 (9.62%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (6.92%) Technical Architect
6 17 (6.54%) Lead
7 12 (4.62%) Analyst
7 12 (4.62%) Integration Developer
7 12 (4.62%) Linux Engineer
7 12 (4.62%) Support Engineer
8 10 (3.85%) Product Engineer
8 10 (3.85%) Products Support Engineer
8 10 (3.85%) Software Support Engineer
9 9 (3.46%) Azure Architect
9 9 (3.46%) Java Developer
9 9 (3.46%) Software Engineer
9 9 (3.46%) Test Analyst
10 8 (3.08%) Linux Support
10 8 (3.08%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.31%) REST
1 32 (12.31%) SOAP
2 28 (10.77%) Web Services
3 19 (7.31%) Kafka
4 17 (6.54%) XML
5 16 (6.15%) HTML
6 15 (5.77%) .NET
7 14 (5.38%) Oracle Fusion
8 12 (4.62%) React
8 12 (4.62%) RESTful
9 11 (4.23%) EDI
9 11 (4.23%) FIX Protocol
9 11 (4.23%) SAP PI
10 9 (3.46%) Lightning Web Components
10 9 (3.46%) Node.js
11 8 (3.08%) AngularJS
11 8 (3.08%) Qt
12 7 (2.69%) Spring
12 7 (2.69%) XSLT
13 6 (2.31%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 16 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.38%) Private Cloud
4 10 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 10 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.46%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (3.08%) Clustering
6 8 (3.08%) Fixed Income
6 8 (3.08%) Public Cloud
6 8 (3.08%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.69%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.69%) Derivative
7 7 (2.69%) Distributed Architecture
7 7 (2.69%) SCADA
8 6 (2.31%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.31%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.54%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 70 (26.92%) Linux
2 44 (16.92%) Windows
3 39 (15.00%) Unix
4 16 (6.15%) Ubuntu
5 9 (3.46%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.54%) AIX
7 4 (1.54%) CentOS
8 3 (1.15%) Solaris
9 2 (0.77%) VMS
10 1 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (31.15%) Agile
2 58 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (15.38%) DevOps
4 36 (13.85%) CI/CD
4 36 (13.85%) Migration
4 36 (13.85%) Scrum
5 31 (11.92%) Software Engineering
6 27 (10.38%) High Availability
7 25 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (9.23%) Computer Science
8 24 (9.23%) Microservices
9 23 (8.85%) API Management
10 21 (8.08%) Waterfall
11 20 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
12 19 (7.31%) SDLC
12 19 (7.31%) System Integration Testing
13 18 (6.92%) TOGAF
14 17 (6.54%) Business Strategy
14 17 (6.54%) Enterprise Architecture
14 17 (6.54%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 57 (21.92%) SQL
2 55 (21.15%) Java
3 38 (14.62%) C++
4 34 (13.08%) Python
5 33 (12.69%) JavaScript
6 23 (8.85%) Shell Script
7 22 (8.46%) Ada
7 22 (8.46%) C#
8 19 (7.31%) C
9 18 (6.92%) PowerShell
10 15 (5.77%) PL/SQL
11 9 (3.46%) Apex Code
12 6 (2.31%) ABAP
12 6 (2.31%) Bash
12 6 (2.31%) Korn
12 6 (2.31%) Perl
12 6 (2.31%) PHP
12 6 (2.31%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.15%) ActionScript
13 3 (1.15%) Magik
Qualifications
1 41 (15.77%) Security Cleared
2 31 (11.92%) Degree
3 30 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.54%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (1.15%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.77%) IBM Certification
7 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.77%) SAP Certification
7 2 (0.77%) Tableau Certification
8 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.77%) QA
2 10 (3.85%) Def Stans
2 10 (3.85%) IEC 61508
3 9 (3.46%) GDPR
4 7 (2.69%) MISRA
4 7 (2.69%) MISRA C
5 3 (1.15%) GAAP
5 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.15%) SEPA
6 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.77%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.77%) HL7
6 2 (0.77%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.38%) IFRS
7 1 (0.38%) MiFID
System Software
1 18 (6.92%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.46%) vSphere
3 8 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.31%) Docker
4 6 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.54%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 4 (1.54%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.38%) NFS
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.38%) Samba
6 1 (0.38%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (10.38%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.54%) Ansible
3 6 (2.31%) Grafana
3 6 (2.31%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.92%) HP ALM
4 5 (1.92%) vCenter Server
4 5 (1.92%) vRealize
5 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.15%) Podman
6 2 (0.77%) Control-M
6 2 (0.77%) Puppet
6 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.77%) Terraform
7 1 (0.38%) Argo
7 1 (0.38%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.38%) TADDM
7 1 (0.38%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.38%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.38%) VxRail
Vendors
1 50 (19.23%) Oracle
2 34 (13.08%) SAP
3 33 (12.69%) MuleSoft
4 30 (11.54%) Microsoft
5 29 (11.15%) IBM
6 23 (8.85%) Salesforce
7 20 (7.69%) Red Hat
8 13 (5.00%) VMware
9 11 (4.23%) Citrix
10 9 (3.46%) HP
11 8 (3.08%) Google
11 8 (3.08%) ServiceNow
12 7 (2.69%) Dynatrace
13 6 (2.31%) Databricks
14 5 (1.92%) F5
14 5 (1.92%) Splunk
14 5 (1.92%) webMethods
15 4 (1.54%) Adobe
15 4 (1.54%) Dell
15 4 (1.54%) TIBCO