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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 267 315
Rank change year-on-year +11 +48 -36
Contract jobs citing Middleware 474 276 227
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.02% 1.00% 0.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.80% 4.00% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 155 155
10th Percentile £424 £390 £415
25th Percentile £475 £445 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £650 £673 £728
90th Percentile £735 £770 £825
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £588
% change year-on-year +9.52% -10.64% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 23 0
10th Percentile - £29.80 -
25th Percentile £38.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £67.40 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 9,871 6,904 8,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.31% 25.02% 24.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,481 4,728 5,472
10th Percentile £380 £356 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -0.90%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 162 177
10th Percentile £29.81 £31.29 £27.45
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.63 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £54.35 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.20% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.20 £71.80 £74.65
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £61.80
% change year-on-year +27.62% -15.05% -1.12%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +39 267 £590 -1.67% 191
North of England -34 72 £575 +21.05% 43
South East -46 60 £500 -9.09% 44
North West -31 37 £588 +6.82% 27
Midlands -39 33 £550 +23.04% 11
Yorkshire -24 28 £563 +23.63% 11
West Midlands -32 25 £575 +64.29% 7
South West -51 22 £563 +11.94% 18
East of England -25 16 £491 -4.15% 16
East Midlands -19 7 £525 +17.06% 4
North East -42 7 £500 +5.26% 5
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 22 (4.64%) WebSphere
2 20 (4.22%) WebLogic
3 9 (1.90%) CICS
4 8 (1.69%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (1.27%) Confluence
7 5 (1.05%) Mule
8 4 (0.84%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.84%) JBoss
8 4 (0.84%) SAS
8 4 (0.84%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.84%) WordPress
9 3 (0.63%) Apache
9 3 (0.63%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
10 2 (0.42%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.42%) nginx
10 2 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.42%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.42%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.21%) Apache ServiceMix
Applications
1 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.63%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.63%) Revit
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (6.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.90%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.69%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.48%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (1.27%) SAP GRC
7 5 (1.05%) Maximo
7 5 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.84%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.63%) Endur
9 3 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.63%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.63%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.63%) Shopify
9 3 (0.63%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.63%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 118 (24.89%) Azure
2 75 (15.82%) AWS
3 45 (9.49%) Boomi
4 37 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (6.54%) GCP
5 31 (6.54%) SaaS
6 26 (5.49%) iPaaS
7 24 (5.06%) Power Platform
8 22 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (4.22%) GitHub
10 17 (3.59%) Azure Service Bus
11 16 (3.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 16 (3.38%) SuccessFactors
12 15 (3.16%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (3.16%) Serverless
13 14 (2.95%) PaaS
13 14 (2.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 13 (2.74%) IaaS
15 12 (2.53%) Power Automate
16 11 (2.32%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.80%) SSL
2 15 (3.16%) Firewall
3 13 (2.74%) HTTP
4 7 (1.48%) DNS
5 5 (1.05%) Multicast
5 5 (1.05%) NAS
5 5 (1.05%) SAN
5 5 (1.05%) WAN
6 4 (0.84%) DHCP
6 4 (0.84%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.84%) LAN
6 4 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.84%) VPN
7 3 (0.63%) IPv4
7 3 (0.63%) IPv6
8 2 (0.42%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.42%) MQTT
8 2 (0.42%) Network Security
8 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.22%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.01%) Power BI
3 15 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.16%) Oracle Database
4 14 (2.95%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.90%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (1.69%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.69%) Tableau
8 7 (1.48%) Big Data
8 7 (1.48%) Metadata
9 6 (1.27%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.05%) DataStage
10 5 (1.05%) Db2
11 4 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.63%) MySQL
13 2 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 33 (6.96%) JIRA
2 22 (4.64%) Git
3 15 (3.16%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.32%) GitLab
5 9 (1.90%) Postman
6 7 (1.48%) JMeter
6 7 (1.48%) LoadRunner
7 6 (1.27%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.05%) Selenium
8 5 (1.05%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.84%) eggPlant
9 4 (0.84%) JetBrains Rider
10 3 (0.63%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.63%) JUnit
10 3 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.63%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.42%) ERwin
11 2 (0.42%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.42%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.42%) Introscope
General
1 158 (33.33%) Finance
2 124 (26.16%) Social Skills
3 84 (17.72%) Banking
4 77 (16.24%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.91%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.06%) Legal
6 24 (5.06%) Retail
7 14 (2.95%) Aerospace
8 13 (2.74%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.74%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.53%) Marketing
10 11 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.48%) Back Office
13 7 (1.48%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.05%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.84%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.84%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 137 (28.90%) Architect
2 63 (13.29%) Solutions Architect
3 60 (12.66%) Developer
4 38 (8.02%) Lead
5 37 (7.81%) Integration Architect
5 37 (7.81%) Senior
6 33 (6.96%) Consultant
7 26 (5.49%) Analyst
8 23 (4.85%) Technical Architect
9 20 (4.22%) Administrator
10 19 (4.01%) Middleware Engineer
10 19 (4.01%) Salesforce Architect
11 16 (3.38%) Business Analyst
11 16 (3.38%) Integration Specialist
12 15 (3.16%) Linux Engineer
13 14 (2.95%) Integration Engineer
14 13 (2.74%) SAP Manager
15 12 (2.53%) Project Manager
16 11 (2.32%) SAP Architect
17 10 (2.11%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (22.15%) REST
2 80 (16.88%) SOAP
3 58 (12.24%) XML
4 56 (11.81%) JSON
5 38 (8.02%) .NET
5 38 (8.02%) Kafka
6 31 (6.54%) OAuth
7 25 (5.27%) Web Services
8 20 (4.22%) JWT
9 18 (3.80%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (3.38%) GraphQL
10 16 (3.38%) OAuth2
11 14 (2.95%) EDI
11 14 (2.95%) RabbitMQ
11 14 (2.95%) SAML
12 13 (2.74%) ISPF
12 13 (2.74%) Swagger
13 12 (2.53%) Spring
14 11 (2.32%) OpenAPI
15 10 (2.11%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.12%) Mainframe
1 29 (6.12%) Onboarding
2 26 (5.49%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.27%) Cloud Native
3 25 (5.27%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (5.06%) Data Centre
5 23 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (4.85%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.80%) Clustering
7 17 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (3.38%) Data Structures
9 12 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.90%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 8 (1.69%) IoT
12 7 (1.48%) CMDB
12 7 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.48%) FMCG
12 7 (1.48%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 65 (13.71%) Linux
2 29 (6.12%) Unix
3 28 (5.91%) Windows
4 22 (4.64%) zOS
5 14 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (2.74%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.05%) CentOS
7 5 (1.05%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.42%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.42%) Solaris
8 2 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.42%) VMS
9 1 (0.21%) AIX
9 1 (0.21%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (25.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 118 (24.89%) Agile
3 99 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (18.99%) DevOps
5 85 (17.93%) CI/CD
6 84 (17.72%) Migration
7 83 (17.51%) Integration Patterns
8 79 (16.67%) ERP
9 73 (15.40%) Event-Driven
10 70 (14.77%) User Acceptance Testing
11 61 (12.87%) Enterprise Architecture
12 55 (11.60%) Data Modelling
13 50 (10.55%) Roadmaps
13 50 (10.55%) Technical Leadership
14 49 (10.34%) CRM
15 48 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (10.13%) Validation
16 47 (9.92%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 46 (9.70%) Data Migration
18 44 (9.28%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 96 (20.25%) SQL
2 45 (9.49%) Java
3 40 (8.44%) Python
4 35 (7.38%) JavaScript
5 30 (6.33%) C#
6 19 (4.01%) PL/SQL
7 18 (3.80%) Apex Code
8 17 (3.59%) Bash
9 15 (3.16%) TypeScript
10 13 (2.74%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.90%) C++
12 6 (1.27%) Ada
12 6 (1.27%) Perl
12 6 (1.27%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.05%) ABAP
13 5 (1.05%) C
14 4 (0.84%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.84%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.84%) X++
15 3 (0.63%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 81 (17.09%) Security Cleared
2 69 (14.56%) SC Cleared
3 36 (7.59%) Degree
4 15 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.84%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.63%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.63%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.42%) ACCA
11 2 (0.42%) CIMA
11 2 (0.42%) ISEB
11 2 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.42%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.13%) QA
2 21 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.16%) GDPR
4 8 (1.69%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.27%) GRC
5 6 (1.27%) PMO
5 6 (1.27%) SLA
6 5 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.05%) Def Stans
6 5 (1.05%) HL7
6 5 (1.05%) IEC 61508
6 5 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.84%) SEPA
8 3 (0.63%) ISO 15022
8 3 (0.63%) NIST
9 2 (0.42%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.42%) MISRA
9 2 (0.42%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.42%) NCSC
9 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (5.91%) Docker
2 14 (2.95%) RACF
3 8 (1.69%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.84%) NFS
6 4 (0.84%) vSphere
7 2 (0.42%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.42%) IAG
7 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.21%) Firmware
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.21%) Varnish
8 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.64%) Ansible
3 14 (2.95%) OMEGAMON
4 13 (2.74%) Grafana
5 8 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.27%) Control-M
6 6 (1.27%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (1.27%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.05%) HP ALM
7 5 (1.05%) systemd
8 4 (0.84%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.84%) Check_MK
8 4 (0.84%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.84%) Podman
8 4 (0.84%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.63%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.42%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.42%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.42%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 92 (19.41%) Oracle
2 83 (17.51%) SAP
3 60 (12.66%) MuleSoft
4 57 (12.03%) IBM
5 52 (10.97%) Microsoft
6 47 (9.92%) Salesforce
7 28 (5.91%) Workday
8 25 (5.27%) ServiceNow
9 21 (4.43%) Google
10 15 (3.16%) TIBCO
11 13 (2.74%) Databricks
12 10 (2.11%) Splunk
13 9 (1.90%) Informatica
13 9 (1.90%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.90%) Solace
13 9 (1.90%) VMware
14 8 (1.69%) Dell
14 8 (1.69%) WSO2
15 7 (1.48%) Dynatrace
15 7 (1.48%) Murex