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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 263 321
Rank change year-on-year +20 +58 -36
Contract jobs citing Middleware 512 289 219
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 1.03% 0.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.18% 4.04% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 162 139
10th Percentile £413 £400 £413
25th Percentile £466 £447 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £591
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -11.09% -1.58%
75th Percentile £630 £684 £725
90th Percentile £725 £774 £825
UK median daily rate £560 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +6.67% -8.70% -1.08%
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 9,886 7,159 8,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.24% 25.62% 24.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,508 4,850 5,253
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £447 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -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 263 171 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.61 £35.50
25th Percentile £53.43 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £76.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £62.50
% change year-on-year +19.60% -13.04% +4.17%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +45 281 £575 -7.26% 191
North of England -12 93 £525 +10.53% 64
South East -35 60 £500 -12.66% 46
Yorkshire -1 53 £514 +9.49% 26
North West -28 34 £588 +17.50% 31
Midlands -43 32 £563 +25.84% 29
West Midlands -29 23 £575 +43.75% 16
South West -50 22 £558 +11.50% 25
East of England -31 13 £483 -5.85% 24
East Midlands -19 8 £525 +17.45% 13
North East -34 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 28 (5.47%) WebLogic
2 26 (5.08%) WebSphere
3 14 (2.73%) Confluence
4 11 (2.15%) CICS
5 10 (1.95%) Apache
5 10 (1.95%) SharePoint
6 9 (1.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 9 (1.76%) Tomcat
7 7 (1.37%) nginx
8 5 (0.98%) IBM Transformation Extender
8 5 (0.98%) JBoss
8 5 (0.98%) Mule
8 5 (0.98%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (0.78%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.78%) SAS
9 4 (0.78%) WebLogic Portal
9 4 (0.78%) WordPress
10 3 (0.59%) IIS
10 3 (0.59%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 3 (0.59%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.59%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.59%) Revit
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 (6.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (2.15%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.56%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.37%) Maximo
5 7 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (1.37%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (1.17%) SAP GRC
6 6 (1.17%) SAP MDG
7 5 (0.98%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.78%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.59%) iTrent
9 3 (0.59%) SAP HCM
9 3 (0.59%) Shopify
9 3 (0.59%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.59%) Temenos T24
9 3 (0.59%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 126 (24.61%) Azure
2 83 (16.21%) AWS
3 48 (9.38%) Boomi
4 41 (8.01%) GCP
5 39 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (6.25%) SaaS
7 29 (5.66%) GitHub
8 28 (5.47%) iPaaS
9 22 (4.30%) Power Platform
10 21 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (3.91%) SuccessFactors
12 17 (3.32%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (3.32%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (2.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 15 (2.93%) Serverless
15 13 (2.54%) Azure Functions
15 13 (2.54%) IaaS
16 12 (2.34%) Entra ID
16 12 (2.34%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.13%) SSL
2 15 (2.93%) HTTP
3 10 (1.95%) Firewall
4 5 (0.98%) DNS
4 5 (0.98%) Multicast
4 5 (0.98%) NAS
4 5 (0.98%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (0.98%) SAN
5 4 (0.78%) DHCP
5 4 (0.78%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.78%) 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%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.71%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.32%) Oracle Database
3 15 (2.93%) Power BI
4 14 (2.73%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.95%) Tableau
8 7 (1.37%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.37%) Db2
9 6 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.98%) Big Data
10 5 (0.98%) DataStage
10 5 (0.98%) Metadata
10 5 (0.98%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.59%) MySQL
12 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 34 (6.64%) JIRA
2 25 (4.88%) Git
3 17 (3.32%) Postman
4 15 (2.93%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.15%) JMeter
5 11 (2.15%) LoadRunner
6 10 (1.95%) SoapUI
7 9 (1.76%) SonarQube
8 7 (1.37%) eggPlant
8 7 (1.37%) Selenium
9 6 (1.17%) GitLab
9 6 (1.17%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.98%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.98%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.78%) Gatling
11 4 (0.78%) JetBrains Rider
11 4 (0.78%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.59%) Fiddler
12 3 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.39%) JUnit
General
1 173 (33.79%) Finance
2 136 (26.56%) Social Skills
3 87 (16.99%) Banking
4 78 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 24 (4.69%) Retail
7 21 (4.10%) Legal
8 17 (3.32%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.54%) Aerospace
10 12 (2.34%) Marketing
11 11 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.76%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.17%) Back Office
15 6 (1.17%) Law
16 5 (0.98%) General Ledger
16 5 (0.98%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.78%) Billing
Job Titles
1 128 (25.00%) Architect
2 65 (12.70%) Developer
3 54 (10.55%) Solutions Architect
4 51 (9.96%) Lead
5 39 (7.62%) Integration Architect
6 36 (7.03%) Consultant
7 34 (6.64%) Senior
8 26 (5.08%) Analyst
9 22 (4.30%) Technical Architect
10 20 (3.91%) Integration Engineer
11 19 (3.71%) Automation Engineer
11 19 (3.71%) Linux Engineer
12 17 (3.32%) Administrator
12 17 (3.32%) Middleware Engineer
12 17 (3.32%) Salesforce Architect
13 16 (3.13%) Business Analyst
14 14 (2.73%) Integration Specialist
15 13 (2.54%) Functional Consultant
15 13 (2.54%) Integration Manager
16 11 (2.15%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (21.68%) REST
2 83 (16.21%) SOAP
3 65 (12.70%) XML
4 62 (12.11%) JSON
5 43 (8.40%) Kafka
6 40 (7.81%) OAuth
7 39 (7.62%) .NET
8 31 (6.05%) Web Services
9 26 (5.08%) JWT
10 24 (4.69%) OAuth2
11 20 (3.91%) GraphQL
12 19 (3.71%) SAML
12 19 (3.71%) Swagger
13 17 (3.32%) EDI
13 17 (3.32%) Lightning Web Components
14 16 (3.13%) OpenAPI
15 15 (2.93%) RESTful
16 13 (2.54%) Node.js
16 13 (2.54%) RabbitMQ
16 13 (2.54%) React
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.42%) Enterprise Software
2 36 (7.03%) Mainframe
3 35 (6.84%) Onboarding
4 31 (6.05%) Cloud Native
5 30 (5.86%) Distributed Systems
6 25 (4.88%) Product Ownership
7 18 (3.52%) Data Centre
7 18 (3.52%) Management Information System
8 17 (3.32%) Clustering
8 17 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.34%) Data Structures
10 11 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.95%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.95%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 8 (1.56%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.56%) IoT
13 8 (1.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 79 (15.43%) Linux
2 40 (7.81%) Windows
3 32 (6.25%) Unix
4 25 (4.88%) zOS
5 13 (2.54%) Ubuntu
6 12 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.17%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.78%) 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
1 139 (27.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 120 (23.44%) Agile
3 109 (21.29%) CI/CD
4 101 (19.73%) DevOps
5 99 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (17.77%) Event-Driven
7 88 (17.19%) Migration
8 84 (16.41%) Integration Patterns
9 82 (16.02%) ERP
10 70 (13.67%) User Acceptance Testing
11 66 (12.89%) Enterprise Architecture
12 65 (12.70%) Roadmaps
13 63 (12.30%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 63 (12.30%) Validation
14 59 (11.52%) Test Automation
15 54 (10.55%) Data Modelling
16 52 (10.16%) Technical Leadership
17 51 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
18 47 (9.18%) CRM
18 47 (9.18%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 95 (18.55%) SQL
2 58 (11.33%) Python
3 47 (9.18%) Java
4 46 (8.98%) JavaScript
5 31 (6.05%) C#
6 29 (5.66%) Bash
7 19 (3.71%) PowerShell
8 17 (3.32%) Apex Code
8 17 (3.32%) TypeScript
9 16 (3.13%) PL/SQL
10 13 (2.54%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.95%) C++
12 6 (1.17%) ABAP
13 5 (0.98%) C
14 4 (0.78%) Ada
14 4 (0.78%) COBOL
14 4 (0.78%) Go
14 4 (0.78%) Korn
14 4 (0.78%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.59%) Rust
Qualifications
1 95 (18.55%) Security Cleared
2 82 (16.02%) SC Cleared
3 42 (8.20%) Degree
4 19 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (0.98%) CISSP
7 5 (0.98%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.78%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.78%) SAP Certification
9 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.59%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.39%) ACCA
10 2 (0.39%) CIMA
10 2 (0.39%) ISEB
10 2 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.39%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.79%) QA
2 21 (4.10%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.76%) GDPR
4 8 (1.56%) ISO 20022
5 7 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.37%) PMO
6 6 (1.17%) GRC
7 5 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.98%) HL7
8 4 (0.78%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.78%) SEPA
8 4 (0.78%) SLA
8 4 (0.78%) 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%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (6.45%) Docker
2 14 (2.73%) RACF
3 9 (1.76%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.78%) NFS
5 4 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.78%) vSphere
6 3 (0.59%) Hyper-V
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%) Varnish
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.27%) Ansible
3 14 (2.73%) OMEGAMON
4 13 (2.54%) Grafana
5 7 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.37%) Tivoli
5 7 (1.37%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 6 (1.17%) Control-M
6 6 (1.17%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (0.98%) HP ALM
7 5 (0.98%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (0.98%) systemd
8 4 (0.78%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.78%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.78%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.78%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.78%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.59%) Podman
10 2 (0.39%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.39%) Netcool
Vendors
1 98 (19.14%) Oracle
2 89 (17.38%) SAP
3 80 (15.63%) IBM
4 57 (11.13%) MuleSoft
5 52 (10.16%) Microsoft
6 43 (8.40%) Salesforce
7 33 (6.45%) ServiceNow
8 28 (5.47%) Workday
9 27 (5.27%) Google
10 15 (2.93%) Splunk
10 15 (2.93%) TIBCO
11 14 (2.73%) Databricks
12 12 (2.34%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.95%) Dell
13 10 (1.95%) Informatica
14 9 (1.76%) Solace
14 9 (1.76%) WSO2
15 8 (1.56%) Ariba
15 8 (1.56%) VMware
16 7 (1.37%) JD Edwards