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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 250 312
Rank change year-on-year +4 +62 -23
Contract jobs citing Middleware 516 301 225
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 1.07% 0.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.18% 4.19% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 171 138
10th Percentile £417 £400 £413
25th Percentile £467 £442 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -10.64% -2.08%
75th Percentile £627 £663 £725
90th Percentile £723 £763 £808
UK median daily rate £553 £525 £559
% change year-on-year +5.24% -6.08% -6.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 30 1
10th Percentile - £32.60 -
25th Percentile - £62.75 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £65.00 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.15% -4.41% +4.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £65.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £51.63 £65.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year -20.58% -4.41% +4.62%

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 9,971 7,176 7,930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.29% 25.51% 24.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,559 4,849 5,151
10th Percentile £381 £356 £360
25th Percentile £447 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -5.91% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 171 157
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £32.10
25th Percentile £54.37 £41.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +10.94%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.00 £73.85
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.72 £65.00
% change year-on-year +28.15% -21.97% +10.11%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +24 285 £575 -4.25% 168
North of England -5 98 £524 +10.32% 47
South East -34 63 £500 -15.97% 44
Yorkshire +11 59 £500 +5.26% 18
North West -30 33 £588 +17.50% 23
Midlands -53 29 £563 +25.84% 17
West Midlands -41 21 £575 +27.78% 8
South West -53 19 £550 +708.82% 21
East of England -35 11 £483 -5.85% 19
East Midlands -24 8 £525 +17.45% 9
North East -38 6 £490 +3.21% 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 28 (5.43%) WebLogic
1 28 (5.43%) WebSphere
2 14 (2.71%) Confluence
3 12 (2.33%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.13%) Tomcat
5 10 (1.94%) Apache
5 10 (1.94%) CICS
5 10 (1.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 8 (1.55%) nginx
7 7 (1.36%) WebSphere Application Server
8 6 (1.16%) WebLogic Portal
9 5 (0.97%) IBM HTTP Server
9 5 (0.97%) IBM Transformation Extender
9 5 (0.97%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 5 (0.97%) WebSphere Portal
10 4 (0.78%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.78%) JBoss
10 4 (0.78%) Mule
10 4 (0.78%) SAS
10 4 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.58%) Navisworks
3 3 (0.58%) Revit
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (5.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.55%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.36%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (1.36%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (1.16%) SAP GRC
6 6 (1.16%) SAP MDG
7 5 (0.97%) Maximo
7 5 (0.97%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.78%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.78%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.78%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.58%) BusinessWorks
9 3 (0.58%) Endur
9 3 (0.58%) iTrent
9 3 (0.58%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.58%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 135 (26.16%) Azure
2 86 (16.67%) AWS
3 46 (8.91%) Boomi
4 45 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (8.14%) GCP
6 32 (6.20%) SaaS
7 31 (6.01%) GitHub
8 28 (5.43%) iPaaS
9 26 (5.04%) Power Platform
10 23 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (3.68%) Azure Service Bus
11 19 (3.68%) SuccessFactors
12 18 (3.49%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (3.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 16 (3.10%) Serverless
14 15 (2.91%) Azure Functions
15 14 (2.71%) Entra ID
16 13 (2.52%) PaaS
16 13 (2.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.29%) HTTP
2 16 (3.10%) SSL
3 9 (1.74%) Firewall
4 5 (0.97%) DNS
4 5 (0.97%) Multicast
4 5 (0.97%) NAS
4 5 (0.97%) SAN
5 4 (0.78%) DHCP
5 4 (0.78%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.78%) Reverse Proxy
5 4 (0.78%) VPN
6 3 (0.58%) Internet
6 3 (0.58%) WAN
7 2 (0.39%) Bluetooth
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 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.68%) Oracle Database
3 16 (3.10%) Power BI
3 16 (3.10%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.74%) Tableau
7 7 (1.36%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.36%) Db2
7 7 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.16%) Metadata
9 5 (0.97%) Big Data
9 5 (0.97%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.78%) DataStage
10 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 32 (6.20%) JIRA
2 28 (5.43%) Git
3 18 (3.49%) Postman
4 16 (3.10%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.13%) JMeter
5 11 (2.13%) LoadRunner
6 10 (1.94%) SoapUI
7 9 (1.74%) SonarQube
8 7 (1.36%) eggPlant
8 7 (1.36%) Selenium
9 6 (1.16%) GitLab
9 6 (1.16%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.97%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.78%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.78%) Fiddler
11 4 (0.78%) Gatling
11 4 (0.78%) JetBrains Rider
11 4 (0.78%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 170 (32.95%) Finance
2 140 (27.13%) Social Skills
3 83 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (15.89%) Banking
5 38 (7.36%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.46%) Retail
7 19 (3.68%) Legal
8 18 (3.49%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.52%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.13%) Marketing
10 11 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.36%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.16%) Billing
13 6 (1.16%) Law
14 5 (0.97%) Aviation
14 5 (0.97%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 125 (24.22%) Architect
2 68 (13.18%) Developer
3 53 (10.27%) Lead
4 49 (9.50%) Solutions Architect
5 44 (8.53%) Senior
6 36 (6.98%) Integration Architect
7 35 (6.78%) Consultant
8 25 (4.84%) Analyst
9 22 (4.26%) Integration Engineer
9 22 (4.26%) Technical Architect
10 19 (3.68%) Automation Engineer
10 19 (3.68%) Linux Engineer
11 17 (3.29%) Middleware Engineer
12 16 (3.10%) Administrator
12 16 (3.10%) Salesforce Architect
13 15 (2.91%) Business Analyst
13 15 (2.91%) Integration Specialist
14 12 (2.33%) Project Manager
15 11 (2.13%) Functional Consultant
15 11 (2.13%) Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (22.09%) REST
2 81 (15.70%) SOAP
3 61 (11.82%) XML
4 59 (11.43%) JSON
5 43 (8.33%) .NET
6 42 (8.14%) Kafka
7 40 (7.75%) OAuth
8 30 (5.81%) Web Services
9 26 (5.04%) JWT
10 24 (4.65%) OAuth2
11 20 (3.88%) Swagger
12 19 (3.68%) SAML
13 18 (3.49%) Lightning Web Components
14 17 (3.29%) GraphQL
15 16 (3.10%) EDI
15 16 (3.10%) OpenAPI
15 16 (3.10%) Terraform
16 15 (2.91%) RESTful
17 14 (2.71%) RabbitMQ
18 13 (2.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.95%) Enterprise Software
2 37 (7.17%) Mainframe
3 35 (6.78%) Onboarding
4 32 (6.20%) Cloud Native
4 32 (6.20%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (4.65%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.68%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (3.29%) Data Structures
9 16 (3.10%) Clustering
10 15 (2.91%) Data Centre
11 11 (2.13%) Legacy Applications
12 10 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.94%) Low-Code
13 9 (1.74%) Replication
13 9 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 8 (1.55%) AI Agents
15 7 (1.36%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 80 (15.50%) Linux
2 39 (7.56%) Windows
3 31 (6.01%) Unix
4 24 (4.65%) zOS
5 15 (2.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (2.52%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.16%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.78%) CentOS
9 3 (0.58%) VMS
10 2 (0.39%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.39%) Solaris
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.19%) AIX
11 1 (0.19%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (27.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 121 (23.45%) Agile
3 118 (22.87%) CI/CD
4 109 (21.12%) DevOps
5 104 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
6 92 (17.83%) Event-Driven
7 89 (17.25%) Migration
8 84 (16.28%) ERP
9 83 (16.09%) Integration Patterns
10 69 (13.37%) User Acceptance Testing
11 68 (13.18%) Enterprise Architecture
11 68 (13.18%) Roadmaps
12 64 (12.40%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 63 (12.21%) Test Automation
14 62 (12.02%) Data Modelling
14 62 (12.02%) Validation
15 56 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 51 (9.88%) Technical Leadership
17 49 (9.50%) System Integration Testing
18 48 (9.30%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 94 (18.22%) SQL
2 61 (11.82%) Python
3 50 (9.69%) JavaScript
4 43 (8.33%) Java
5 35 (6.78%) C#
6 29 (5.62%) Bash
7 19 (3.68%) PowerShell
8 18 (3.49%) Apex Code
9 17 (3.29%) TypeScript
10 15 (2.91%) PL/SQL
11 13 (2.52%) Shell Script
12 11 (2.13%) C++
13 6 (1.16%) ABAP
14 5 (0.97%) C
15 4 (0.78%) Ada
15 4 (0.78%) Go
15 4 (0.78%) Korn
15 4 (0.78%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.58%) SOQL
16 3 (0.58%) X++
Qualifications
1 105 (20.35%) Security Cleared
2 91 (17.64%) SC Cleared
3 40 (7.75%) Degree
4 19 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.94%) TOGAF Certification
6 9 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.16%) CISSP
9 5 (0.97%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.97%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.78%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.39%) ACCA
12 2 (0.39%) CIMA
12 2 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.39%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (9.69%) QA
2 24 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.74%) GDPR
4 8 (1.55%) ISO 20022
5 7 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.16%) GRC
6 6 (1.16%) PMO
7 5 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.78%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.78%) SEPA
8 4 (0.78%) SLA
8 4 (0.78%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.58%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.58%) HL7
9 3 (0.58%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.58%) ISO 15022
9 3 (0.58%) MISRA
9 3 (0.58%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.39%) NCSC
10 2 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 34 (6.59%) Docker
2 14 (2.71%) RACF
3 9 (1.74%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.78%) NFS
6 4 (0.78%) vSphere
7 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.58%) KVM
8 2 (0.39%) IAG
8 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.43%) Ansible
3 16 (3.10%) Grafana
4 14 (2.71%) OMEGAMON
5 7 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.36%) Tivoli
5 7 (1.36%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 6 (1.16%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (0.97%) Control-M
8 4 (0.78%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.78%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.78%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.78%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.78%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.78%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.78%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.78%) systemd
9 3 (0.58%) Podman
10 2 (0.39%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.39%) Netcool
Vendors
1 100 (19.38%) Oracle
2 92 (17.83%) SAP
3 83 (16.09%) IBM
4 58 (11.24%) MuleSoft
5 57 (11.05%) Microsoft
6 47 (9.11%) Salesforce
7 30 (5.81%) ServiceNow
8 28 (5.43%) Workday
9 27 (5.23%) Google
10 17 (3.29%) TIBCO
11 15 (2.91%) Splunk
12 14 (2.71%) Databricks
12 14 (2.71%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.94%) Informatica
13 10 (1.94%) Solace
13 10 (1.94%) WSO2
14 7 (1.36%) Dell
14 7 (1.36%) JD Edwards
14 7 (1.36%) New Relic
14 7 (1.36%) Sybase