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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 255 334
Rank change year-on-year +33 +79 -49
Contract jobs citing Middleware 511 264 228
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 1.01% 0.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.12% 4.50% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 156 162
10th Percentile £401 £381 £413
25th Percentile £475 £446 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £694 £719
90th Percentile £775 £775 £811
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £590
% change year-on-year +9.52% -11.02% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 1
10th Percentile £47.10 £64.70 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.75 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -3.21% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - £68.75 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £67.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year -4.06% -3.21% +7.69%

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 8,347 5,872 7,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.01% 22.50% 21.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,508 4,046 5,542
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 126 264
10th Percentile £30.30 £30.50 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.44 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.63 £58.15
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% -0.90% -10.54%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.42 £80.51 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 £600 - 66
North of England -18 96 £525 +5.00% 23
Midlands -21 55 £550 +22.22% 8
North West -11 53 £525 -4.55% 13
South West -14 39 £595 +19.00% 14
Yorkshire -29 39 £588 +22.11% 6
West Midlands -36 37 £583 +25.95% 1
South East -60 35 £530 -3.64% 25
East of England -15 20 £487 -15.26% 6
East Midlands -3 15 £463 +3.47% 7
North East -36 4 £500 +5.26% 4
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 (5.48%) WebSphere
2 18 (3.52%) WebLogic
3 14 (2.74%) CICS
4 10 (1.96%) Apache
4 10 (1.96%) Confluence
4 10 (1.96%) Tomcat
5 8 (1.57%) Apache Geronimo
5 8 (1.57%) Apache ServiceMix
5 8 (1.57%) Red Hat Fuse
6 5 (0.98%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (0.78%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.78%) JBoss
7 4 (0.78%) SAS
7 4 (0.78%) WordPress
8 3 (0.59%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (0.59%) Mule
8 3 (0.59%) nginx
8 3 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.59%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.59%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.59%) Revit
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (6.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.76%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.17%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.98%) Maximo
5 5 (0.98%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.59%) Bloomberg AIM
7 3 (0.59%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.59%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.59%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.59%) SAP SD
7 3 (0.59%) Shopify
7 3 (0.59%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.39%) Endur
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.39%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 109 (21.33%) Azure
2 61 (11.94%) AWS
3 31 (6.07%) Boomi
3 31 (6.07%) SaaS
4 28 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (4.89%) GCP
6 21 (4.11%) Power Platform
7 17 (3.33%) iPaaS
8 15 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.54%) Serverless
10 12 (2.35%) SuccessFactors
11 11 (2.15%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (2.15%) PaaS
12 9 (1.76%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.76%) GitHub
12 9 (1.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 8 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (1.57%) OCI
13 8 (1.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 7 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.11%) Firewall
2 15 (2.94%) SSL
3 6 (1.17%) HTTP
4 4 (0.78%) DNS
4 4 (0.78%) LAN
4 4 (0.78%) Multicast
4 4 (0.78%) WAN
5 3 (0.59%) IPv4
5 3 (0.59%) IPv6
5 3 (0.59%) NAS
5 3 (0.59%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (0.59%) SAN
5 3 (0.59%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.59%) VPN
6 2 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.39%) DHCP
6 2 (0.39%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.39%) MQTT
6 2 (0.39%) Network Security
7 1 (0.20%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.52%) Power BI
2 16 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.74%) SQL Server
4 13 (2.54%) DataStage
5 11 (2.15%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.76%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.57%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.37%) Metadata
9 6 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.98%) Big Data
10 5 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.98%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.78%) MySQL
11 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.59%) Tableau
13 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.39%) Redis
13 2 (0.39%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (5.09%) JIRA
2 21 (4.11%) Git
3 17 (3.33%) GitLab
4 15 (2.94%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.17%) JUnit
6 3 (0.59%) Introscope
6 3 (0.59%) Jaeger
6 3 (0.59%) Mockito
7 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.39%) ERwin
7 2 (0.39%) Hudson
7 2 (0.39%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.39%) JetBrains Rider
7 2 (0.39%) Maven
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.39%) Postman
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 181 (35.42%) Finance
2 134 (26.22%) Social Skills
3 97 (18.98%) Banking
4 69 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (7.83%) Public Sector
6 32 (6.26%) Retail
7 22 (4.31%) Legal
8 21 (4.11%) Investment Banking
9 17 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.94%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.96%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.96%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.57%) Marketing
14 8 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.37%) Back Office
15 7 (1.37%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.17%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 163 (31.90%) Architect
2 81 (15.85%) Solutions Architect
3 43 (8.41%) Developer
4 40 (7.83%) Lead
5 34 (6.65%) Integration Architect
6 31 (6.07%) Consultant
7 29 (5.68%) Senior
8 27 (5.28%) Technical Architect
9 25 (4.89%) Analyst
10 24 (4.70%) Administrator
11 19 (3.72%) Middleware Engineer
11 19 (3.72%) SAP Architect
11 19 (3.72%) Software Engineer
12 16 (3.13%) Business Analyst
12 16 (3.13%) Java Engineer
13 15 (2.94%) Payments Architect
13 15 (2.94%) Payments Solutions Architect
14 14 (2.74%) Integration Specialist
14 14 (2.74%) Linux Engineer
14 14 (2.74%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (16.24%) REST
2 54 (10.57%) SOAP
3 36 (7.05%) XML
4 35 (6.85%) JSON
5 33 (6.46%) Kafka
6 19 (3.72%) .NET
7 17 (3.33%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (2.94%) OAuth
9 13 (2.54%) ISPF
10 12 (2.35%) Spring Boot
11 11 (2.15%) Apache Camel
11 11 (2.15%) OAuth2
11 11 (2.15%) React
11 11 (2.15%) RESTful
11 11 (2.15%) Spring
11 11 (2.15%) Web Services
12 10 (1.96%) LDAP
12 10 (1.96%) Node.js
13 9 (1.76%) JMS
13 9 (1.76%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.24%) Management Information System
2 33 (6.46%) Data Centre
3 32 (6.26%) Mainframe
4 31 (6.07%) Onboarding
5 22 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (4.31%) Product Ownership
6 20 (3.91%) Clustering
7 18 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (3.33%) Public Cloud
9 15 (2.94%) Cloud Native
10 12 (2.35%) Data Structures
10 12 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (2.15%) CMDB
11 11 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (2.15%) Legacy Applications
12 10 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.76%) BYOD
13 9 (1.76%) VSAM
14 8 (1.57%) IoT
14 8 (1.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 72 (14.09%) Linux
2 29 (5.68%) Unix
3 26 (5.09%) Windows
4 21 (4.11%) zOS
5 17 (3.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (2.74%) Ubuntu
7 11 (2.15%) Solaris
8 10 (1.96%) AIX
9 9 (1.76%) CentOS
10 3 (0.59%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.39%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.39%) VMS
11 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.20%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (24.85%) Agile
2 101 (19.77%) Integration Patterns
3 94 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (17.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 87 (17.03%) DevOps
6 82 (16.05%) Migration
7 74 (14.48%) CI/CD
7 74 (14.48%) ERP
8 66 (12.92%) Roadmaps
9 59 (11.55%) Technical Leadership
10 58 (11.35%) User Acceptance Testing
11 55 (10.76%) Enterprise Architecture
12 53 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 52 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 52 (10.18%) Data Modelling
13 52 (10.18%) Microservices
14 47 (9.20%) CRM
14 47 (9.20%) Event-Driven
15 45 (8.81%) Validation
16 42 (8.22%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 95 (18.59%) SQL
2 63 (12.33%) Java
3 33 (6.46%) Python
4 24 (4.70%) JavaScript
5 22 (4.31%) Ada
6 16 (3.13%) Apex Code
6 16 (3.13%) Bash
6 16 (3.13%) C#
7 15 (2.94%) PL/SQL
7 15 (2.94%) Shell Script
8 11 (2.15%) C++
9 9 (1.76%) COBOL
9 9 (1.76%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.57%) MATLAB
11 7 (1.37%) SOQL
12 6 (1.17%) Perl
12 6 (1.17%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.98%) ABAP
14 4 (0.78%) Rust
14 4 (0.78%) X++
Qualifications
1 65 (12.72%) Security Cleared
2 51 (9.98%) SC Cleared
3 38 (7.44%) Degree
4 23 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.15%) Master's Degree
5 11 (2.15%) TOGAF Certification
6 10 (1.96%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.98%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.98%) SAP Certification
9 4 (0.78%) PMP
10 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.39%) IIBA
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.68%) GDPR
2 28 (5.48%) QA
3 22 (4.31%) Def Stans
3 22 (4.31%) IEC 61508
4 17 (3.33%) Data Quality
5 11 (2.15%) SLA
6 8 (1.57%) ISO 20022
7 7 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.37%) MISRA
7 7 (1.37%) MISRA C
8 5 (0.98%) HL7
9 4 (0.78%) NIST
9 4 (0.78%) PMO
9 4 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.39%) SEPA
System Software
1 23 (4.50%) Docker
2 14 (2.74%) RACF
3 13 (2.54%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.78%) vSphere
7 2 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.39%) NFS
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) GPFS
8 1 (0.20%) Lustre
8 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 26 (5.09%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.89%) Ansible
3 13 (2.54%) OMEGAMON
4 11 (2.15%) Grafana
4 11 (2.15%) Terraform
5 8 (1.57%) Check_MK
5 8 (1.57%) Podman
5 8 (1.57%) Red Hat Satellite
6 6 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.98%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (0.98%) systemd
8 4 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.59%) CA Wily
9 3 (0.59%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.59%) Kiali
10 2 (0.39%) Avamar
10 2 (0.39%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 85 (16.63%) SAP
2 80 (15.66%) Oracle
3 54 (10.57%) Microsoft
4 49 (9.59%) IBM
5 44 (8.61%) Salesforce
6 42 (8.22%) MuleSoft
7 34 (6.65%) ServiceNow
8 29 (5.68%) Workday
9 19 (3.72%) Databricks
9 19 (3.72%) VMware
10 14 (2.74%) Red Hat
11 11 (2.15%) Google
11 11 (2.15%) TIBCO
12 8 (1.57%) Solace
12 8 (1.57%) Splunk
13 7 (1.37%) Bloomberg
13 7 (1.37%) Dell
13 7 (1.37%) JD Edwards
13 7 (1.37%) Murex
14 6 (1.17%) IFS