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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 245 308
Rank change year-on-year -3 +63 -37
Contract jobs citing Middleware 498 287 234
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 1.05% 0.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.06% 4.11% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 156 155
10th Percentile £419 £401 £415
25th Percentile £463 £447 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £694 £700
90th Percentile £722 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £560 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +6.67% -8.70% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 30 0
10th Percentile - £32.60 -
25th Percentile - £62.75 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.15% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £68.00 - -
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 9,845 6,989 8,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.27% 25.49% 24.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,472 4,751 5,384
10th Percentile £380 £354 £363
25th Percentile £442 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.79%
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 276 168 180
10th Percentile £29.54 £31.50 £27.68
25th Percentile £53.90 £42.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £62.93
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -12.60% +0.68%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £61.60
% change year-on-year +19.60% -11.77% +2.67%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 +48 280 £575 -7.26% 286
North of England -18 87 £525 +10.53% 72
South East -42 60 £500 -12.66% 64
Yorkshire -18 44 £514 +12.86% 27
North West -29 36 £588 +6.82% 36
Midlands -43 30 £550 +22.63% 26
West Midlands -40 21 £583 +66.43% 15
South West -52 19 £575 +14.43% 30
East of England -35 15 £483 -5.85% 30
East Midlands -16 8 £525 +16.67% 10
North East -31 7 £500 +5.26% 10
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 25 (5.02%) WebLogic
1 25 (5.02%) WebSphere
2 9 (1.81%) CICS
2 9 (1.81%) Confluence
2 9 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.00%) Apache
4 5 (1.00%) JBoss
4 5 (1.00%) Mule
4 5 (1.00%) nginx
4 5 (1.00%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (0.80%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.80%) IBM Transformation Extender
5 4 (0.80%) SAS
5 4 (0.80%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.80%) WordPress
6 3 (0.60%) IBM HTTP Server
6 3 (0.60%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
6 3 (0.60%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (0.60%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.60%) Navisworks
3 3 (0.60%) Revit
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (6.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.01%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.61%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.41%) Maximo
5 7 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (1.20%) SAP GRC
7 5 (1.00%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (1.00%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.80%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.80%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.60%) BusinessWorks
9 3 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.60%) Endur
9 3 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.60%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.60%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.60%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 124 (24.90%) Azure
2 82 (16.47%) AWS
3 48 (9.64%) Boomi
4 40 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (7.83%) GCP
6 31 (6.22%) SaaS
7 28 (5.62%) GitHub
8 27 (5.42%) iPaaS
9 25 (5.02%) Power Platform
10 22 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (3.61%) SuccessFactors
12 17 (3.41%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (3.41%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (3.21%) Serverless
14 15 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (3.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 14 (2.81%) Azure Functions
16 13 (2.61%) IaaS
16 13 (2.61%) Power Automate
16 13 (2.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.41%) SSL
2 15 (3.01%) HTTP
3 13 (2.61%) Firewall
4 6 (1.20%) DNS
5 5 (1.00%) Multicast
5 5 (1.00%) NAS
5 5 (1.00%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (1.00%) SAN
6 4 (0.80%) DHCP
6 4 (0.80%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.80%) VPN
7 3 (0.60%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.60%) WAN
8 2 (0.40%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.40%) Internet
8 2 (0.40%) LAN
8 2 (0.40%) MQTT
8 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.02%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.61%) Power BI
3 16 (3.21%) Oracle Database
4 15 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.01%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (2.01%) Tableau
6 8 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.41%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.41%) Metadata
8 6 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.00%) Big Data
9 5 (1.00%) DataStage
9 5 (1.00%) Db2
9 5 (1.00%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.60%) MySQL
11 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 33 (6.63%) JIRA
2 28 (5.62%) Git
3 17 (3.41%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.61%) Postman
5 10 (2.01%) GitLab
5 10 (2.01%) JMeter
5 10 (2.01%) LoadRunner
6 8 (1.61%) SonarQube
7 7 (1.41%) SoapUI
8 6 (1.20%) eggPlant
8 6 (1.20%) Selenium
8 6 (1.20%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.00%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.80%) Gatling
10 4 (0.80%) JetBrains Rider
11 3 (0.60%) JUnit
11 3 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.40%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.40%) TestRail
General
1 166 (33.33%) Finance
2 129 (25.90%) Social Skills
3 84 (16.87%) Banking
4 77 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.62%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.62%) Retail
7 21 (4.22%) Legal
8 15 (3.01%) Aerospace
8 15 (3.01%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.41%) Marketing
10 11 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.01%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.20%) Back Office
15 5 (1.00%) General Ledger
15 5 (1.00%) Law
16 4 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 132 (26.51%) Architect
2 65 (13.05%) Developer
3 59 (11.85%) Solutions Architect
4 41 (8.23%) Integration Architect
4 41 (8.23%) Lead
5 35 (7.03%) Consultant
5 35 (7.03%) Senior
6 25 (5.02%) Analyst
7 21 (4.22%) Technical Architect
8 20 (4.02%) Administrator
9 18 (3.61%) Linux Engineer
9 18 (3.61%) Middleware Engineer
10 17 (3.41%) Salesforce Architect
11 16 (3.21%) Business Analyst
11 16 (3.21%) Integration Specialist
12 15 (3.01%) Automation Engineer
12 15 (3.01%) Integration Engineer
13 13 (2.61%) Functional Consultant
13 13 (2.61%) Integration Manager
14 12 (2.41%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (21.69%) REST
2 80 (16.06%) SOAP
3 59 (11.85%) XML
4 57 (11.45%) JSON
5 42 (8.43%) Kafka
6 40 (8.03%) .NET
7 39 (7.83%) OAuth
8 27 (5.42%) Web Services
9 26 (5.22%) JWT
10 23 (4.62%) OAuth2
11 20 (4.02%) GraphQL
12 19 (3.82%) SAML
13 17 (3.41%) Lightning Web Components
13 17 (3.41%) Swagger
14 15 (3.01%) EDI
14 15 (3.01%) OpenAPI
14 15 (3.01%) RESTful
15 14 (2.81%) RabbitMQ
15 14 (2.81%) React
15 14 (2.81%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.43%) Cloud Native
1 32 (6.43%) Enterprise Software
1 32 (6.43%) Onboarding
2 31 (6.22%) Mainframe
3 30 (6.02%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (4.82%) Product Ownership
5 21 (4.22%) Data Centre
5 21 (4.22%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.41%) Clustering
6 17 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.81%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.01%) Legacy Applications
9 10 (2.01%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 8 (1.61%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.61%) CMDB
11 8 (1.61%) IoT
12 7 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.86%) Linux
2 36 (7.23%) Windows
3 30 (6.02%) Unix
4 22 (4.42%) zOS
5 15 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (2.61%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.20%) CentOS
7 6 (1.20%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.60%) Solaris
9 2 (0.40%) AIX
9 2 (0.40%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.40%) VMS
9 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.20%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (26.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 120 (24.10%) Agile
3 102 (20.48%) CI/CD
4 100 (20.08%) DevOps
5 97 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (17.47%) Migration
7 86 (17.27%) Event-Driven
8 85 (17.07%) Integration Patterns
9 82 (16.47%) ERP
10 66 (13.25%) Enterprise Architecture
11 64 (12.85%) User Acceptance Testing
12 62 (12.45%) Roadmaps
13 59 (11.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 56 (11.24%) Validation
15 54 (10.84%) Data Modelling
15 54 (10.84%) Test Automation
16 47 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 47 (9.44%) CRM
17 46 (9.24%) Technical Leadership
18 45 (9.04%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 96 (19.28%) SQL
2 55 (11.04%) Python
3 47 (9.44%) Java
4 41 (8.23%) JavaScript
5 32 (6.43%) C#
6 24 (4.82%) Bash
7 18 (3.61%) PL/SQL
8 17 (3.41%) Apex Code
8 17 (3.41%) TypeScript
9 14 (2.81%) Shell Script
10 13 (2.61%) PowerShell
11 10 (2.01%) C++
12 5 (1.00%) ABAP
12 5 (1.00%) C
13 4 (0.80%) Ada
13 4 (0.80%) Go
13 4 (0.80%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.80%) Perl
13 4 (0.80%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.80%) X++
Qualifications
1 90 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 77 (15.46%) SC Cleared
3 42 (8.43%) Degree
4 18 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (1.00%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.80%) CISSP
10 3 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.60%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.60%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.40%) ACCA
11 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.40%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.40%) IIBA
11 2 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.40%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.84%) QA
2 21 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.01%) GDPR
4 8 (1.61%) ISO 20022
4 8 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.41%) PMO
6 6 (1.20%) GRC
6 6 (1.20%) SLA
7 5 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.00%) HL7
8 4 (0.80%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.80%) SEPA
8 4 (0.80%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.60%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.60%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.60%) ISO 15022
9 3 (0.60%) MISRA
9 3 (0.60%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.40%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (6.22%) Docker
2 14 (2.81%) RACF
3 8 (1.61%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.80%) NFS
6 4 (0.80%) vSphere
7 3 (0.60%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.40%) IAG
8 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.20%) Firmware
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.20%) Varnish
9 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (6.22%) Ansible
2 29 (5.82%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.81%) OMEGAMON
4 13 (2.61%) Grafana
5 7 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.20%) Control-M
6 6 (1.20%) Red Hat Satellite
7 5 (1.00%) HP ALM
7 5 (1.00%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (1.00%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (1.00%) Podman
7 5 (1.00%) systemd
7 5 (1.00%) Tivoli
8 4 (0.80%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.80%) Check_MK
8 4 (0.80%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.80%) Tivoli Monitoring
9 3 (0.60%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.60%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.40%) Avamar
Vendors
1 93 (18.67%) Oracle
2 85 (17.07%) SAP
3 75 (15.06%) IBM
4 58 (11.65%) MuleSoft
5 52 (10.44%) Microsoft
6 45 (9.04%) Salesforce
7 31 (6.22%) ServiceNow
8 26 (5.22%) Google
8 26 (5.22%) Workday
9 15 (3.01%) Splunk
9 15 (3.01%) TIBCO
10 14 (2.81%) Databricks
11 10 (2.01%) Dell
11 10 (2.01%) Dynatrace
11 10 (2.01%) Informatica
11 10 (2.01%) VMware
12 9 (1.81%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.81%) Solace
12 9 (1.81%) WSO2
13 7 (1.41%) New Relic