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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 270 339
Rank change year-on-year +54 +69 -56
Contract jobs citing Middleware 468 217 209
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 0.90% 0.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.03% 4.04% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 121 146
10th Percentile £397 £375 £413
25th Percentile £463 £425 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +3.23%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £717
90th Percentile £788 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £503 £600
% change year-on-year +9.45% -16.25% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 30 2
10th Percentile - £61.25 £65.63
25th Percentile £61.25 - £66.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year - -8.77% +9.62%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £74.69
90th Percentile - £68.08 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £71.25
% change year-on-year - -8.77% +9.62%

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 7,761 5,375 7,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.25% 22.29% 20.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,143 3,720 5,298
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 99 226
10th Percentile £32.50 £33.25 £22.12
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.02
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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 +62 222 £600 +9.09% 48
North of England -24 86 £525 +2.44% 17
Midlands -8 65 £500 +11.48% 11
North West -6 49 £475 -13.64% 6
West Midlands -23 49 £538 +19.44% 8
South West -28 46 £640 +28.00% 7
South East -31 39 £503 -26.91% 23
Yorkshire -30 36 £538 +16.09% 7
East of England -19 16 £487 -22.04% 3
East Midlands -19 13 £463 +3.47% 3
North East -19 1 £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 17 (3.63%) WebSphere
2 11 (2.35%) Tomcat
3 10 (2.14%) Apache
3 10 (2.14%) Confluence
4 9 (1.92%) CICS
5 8 (1.71%) Apache Geronimo
5 8 (1.71%) Apache ServiceMix
5 8 (1.71%) Red Hat Fuse
6 7 (1.50%) WebLogic
7 6 (1.28%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (1.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.64%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.64%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.64%) JBoss
9 3 (0.64%) nginx
10 2 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.21%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.21%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.64%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.64%) Revit
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 26 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.35%) Oracle Receivables
3 8 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.50%) Oracle General Ledger
4 7 (1.50%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.50%) Shopify
5 6 (1.28%) Oracle Cash Management
6 5 (1.07%) Maximo
7 4 (0.85%) Bloomberg AIM
7 4 (0.85%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.85%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.85%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.85%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.64%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.64%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.64%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.43%) Global One
9 2 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 121 (25.85%) Azure
2 56 (11.97%) AWS
3 34 (7.26%) SaaS
4 33 (7.05%) GCP
5 24 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (3.85%) Boomi
7 17 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (3.42%) Power Platform
9 13 (2.78%) OCI
10 11 (2.35%) Serverless
11 10 (2.14%) Datadog
11 10 (2.14%) SuccessFactors
12 9 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.92%) iPaaS
12 9 (1.92%) PaaS
13 8 (1.71%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (1.71%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.50%) Entra ID
15 6 (1.28%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.34%) Firewall
2 8 (1.71%) LAN
2 8 (1.71%) WAN
3 7 (1.50%) HTTP
4 4 (0.85%) DNS
5 3 (0.64%) IPv4
5 3 (0.64%) IPv6
5 3 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (0.64%) SSL
5 3 (0.64%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.43%) DHCP
6 2 (0.43%) Network Security
6 2 (0.43%) SAN
7 1 (0.21%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.21%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.21%) MQTT
7 1 (0.21%) Multicast
7 1 (0.21%) SMS
7 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.99%) DataStage
3 13 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.78%) Power BI
4 10 (2.14%) Oracle Database
5 9 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (1.71%) Metadata
7 7 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.28%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.07%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (0.85%) MySQL
10 4 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.64%) Big Data
11 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.64%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.64%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.64%) Tableau
12 2 (0.43%) Ataccama
Development Applications
1 27 (5.77%) JIRA
2 21 (4.49%) Git
2 21 (4.49%) GitLab
3 18 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.92%) Jaeger
5 7 (1.50%) JUnit
6 5 (1.07%) Rational Rhapsody
7 4 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.64%) Ant
8 3 (0.64%) Introscope
8 3 (0.64%) Mockito
8 3 (0.64%) Postman
9 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.43%) ERwin
9 2 (0.43%) Gradle
9 2 (0.43%) Hudson
9 2 (0.43%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.43%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 169 (36.11%) Finance
2 125 (26.71%) Social Skills
3 76 (16.24%) Banking
4 66 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.77%) Retail
7 22 (4.70%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (4.70%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.42%) Legal
9 15 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (2.99%) Financial Institution
10 14 (2.99%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.78%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.35%) Law
13 10 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.71%) Back Office
14 8 (1.71%) General Ledger
14 8 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.50%) Front Office
16 6 (1.28%) Billing
Job Titles
1 167 (35.68%) Architect
2 94 (20.09%) Solutions Architect
3 38 (8.12%) Developer
4 32 (6.84%) Integration Architect
5 31 (6.62%) Senior
6 30 (6.41%) Lead
6 30 (6.41%) Software Engineer
7 25 (5.34%) Analyst
8 22 (4.70%) Consultant
9 20 (4.27%) Technical Architect
10 18 (3.85%) Payments Architect
10 18 (3.85%) Payments Solutions Architect
11 17 (3.63%) Java Engineer
12 16 (3.42%) Project Manager
12 16 (3.42%) SAP Architect
13 15 (3.21%) C++ Software Engineer
14 14 (2.99%) Administrator
14 14 (2.99%) Integration Analyst
15 13 (2.78%) Java Software Engineer
16 12 (2.56%) Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (14.10%) REST
2 41 (8.76%) Kafka
3 40 (8.55%) SOAP
4 26 (5.56%) XML
5 18 (3.85%) JSON
6 17 (3.63%) Spring Boot
7 16 (3.42%) Oracle Fusion
8 14 (2.99%) Lightning Web Components
8 14 (2.99%) Qt
9 13 (2.78%) RESTful
10 12 (2.56%) .NET
10 12 (2.56%) Web Services
11 11 (2.35%) LDAP
12 10 (2.14%) Apache Camel
12 10 (2.14%) OpenTelemetry
13 9 (1.92%) OAuth
13 9 (1.92%) Spring
13 9 (1.92%) Visualforce
14 8 (1.71%) Apache Axis
14 8 (1.71%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.83%) Management Information System
2 31 (6.62%) Data Centre
3 21 (4.49%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.49%) Public Cloud
4 20 (4.27%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (4.06%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.85%) Product Ownership
7 16 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (2.78%) Mainframe
10 11 (2.35%) CMDB
11 9 (1.92%) BYOD
11 9 (1.92%) VSAM
12 8 (1.71%) Clustering
12 8 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.50%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (1.28%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (13.68%) Linux
2 29 (6.20%) Windows
3 19 (4.06%) Unix
4 18 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.56%) AIX
5 12 (2.56%) CentOS
6 11 (2.35%) Solaris
7 5 (1.07%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.85%) zOS
9 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.43%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.21%) Rocky
11 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (26.71%) Agile
2 103 (22.01%) DevOps
3 88 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (18.16%) Integration Patterns
5 78 (16.67%) Microservices
6 74 (15.81%) CI/CD
7 72 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 68 (14.53%) Migration
9 66 (14.10%) ERP
10 62 (13.25%) Technical Leadership
11 58 (12.39%) Roadmaps
12 50 (10.68%) Software Engineering
13 49 (10.47%) Data Modelling
14 46 (9.83%) Validation
14 46 (9.83%) Waterfall
15 45 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
15 45 (9.62%) SDLC
16 43 (9.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 42 (8.97%) Architectural Design
18 41 (8.76%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 91 (19.44%) SQL
2 69 (14.74%) Java
3 38 (8.12%) Python
4 28 (5.98%) Ada
5 20 (4.27%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.27%) PL/SQL
6 19 (4.06%) C++
7 17 (3.63%) Shell Script
8 15 (3.21%) Bash
9 14 (2.99%) C#
10 13 (2.78%) Apex Code
10 13 (2.78%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.35%) MATLAB
12 9 (1.92%) COBOL
12 9 (1.92%) Rust
13 8 (1.71%) Perl
14 6 (1.28%) C
14 6 (1.28%) SOQL
14 6 (1.28%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (13.68%) Security Cleared
2 51 (10.90%) Degree
2 51 (10.90%) SC Cleared
3 26 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (3.85%) Master's Degree
5 12 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.14%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.14%) TOGAF Certification
7 9 (1.92%) PMP
8 6 (1.28%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.07%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.43%) IIBA
11 2 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.84%) Def Stans
1 32 (6.84%) IEC 61508
2 31 (6.62%) GDPR
3 19 (4.06%) QA
4 16 (3.42%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.99%) SLA
6 13 (2.78%) MISRA
6 13 (2.78%) MISRA C
7 10 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.50%) NIST
8 7 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.07%) GAAP
9 5 (1.07%) HL7
10 3 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.64%) IFRS
10 3 (0.64%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.64%) PSD2
11 2 (0.43%) Basel III
11 2 (0.43%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.43%) SEPA
System Software
1 32 (6.84%) Docker
2 17 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.43%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.21%) GPFS
7 1 (0.21%) Lustre
7 1 (0.21%) RACF
7 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 43 (9.19%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.13%) Grafana
3 20 (4.27%) Ansible
3 20 (4.27%) Prometheus
4 11 (2.35%) Check_MK
4 11 (2.35%) Podman
4 11 (2.35%) Red Hat Satellite
5 9 (1.92%) Kiali
6 8 (1.71%) Terraform
7 4 (0.85%) Control-M
7 4 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.64%) CA Wily
8 3 (0.64%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.64%) SCCM
9 2 (0.43%) Avamar
9 2 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.43%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.21%) MOM
10 1 (0.21%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 74 (15.81%) Oracle
2 61 (13.03%) Microsoft
3 60 (12.82%) SAP
4 35 (7.48%) IBM
5 34 (7.26%) Salesforce
6 32 (6.84%) MuleSoft
7 30 (6.41%) ServiceNow
8 24 (5.13%) VMware
9 21 (4.49%) Splunk
10 20 (4.27%) Workday
11 19 (4.06%) Databricks
12 17 (3.63%) Red Hat
13 13 (2.78%) AppDynamics
14 12 (2.56%) Dynatrace
15 11 (2.35%) Software AG
16 9 (1.92%) Google
17 8 (1.71%) Dell
17 8 (1.71%) TIBCO
18 5 (1.07%) IFS
19 4 (0.85%) Netlify