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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 254 317
Rank change year-on-year +18 +63 -26
Contract jobs citing Middleware 503 296 219
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.06% 0.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.12% 4.15% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 166 136
10th Percentile £415 £400 £413
25th Percentile £473 £439 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £590
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -11.05% -1.63%
75th Percentile £630 £652 £716
90th Percentile £724 £759 £813
UK median daily rate £561 £525 £574
% change year-on-year +6.90% -8.50% -4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 31 0
10th Percentile - £33.00 -
25th Percentile - £63.50 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.15% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £65.60 - -
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 9,826 7,136 8,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.24% 25.50% 24.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,461 4,810 5,235
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £449 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £794
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 172 171
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £36.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £41.51 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £54.85 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.15% -15.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.20 £70.00 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +8.33%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +35 277 £575 -7.26% 235
North of England 0 93 £525 +10.53% 60
South East -36 62 £500 -12.66% 65
Yorkshire +6 56 £513 +8.00% 23
North West -27 31 £600 +25.92% 31
Midlands -48 29 £563 +25.84% 28
West Midlands -37 21 £575 +43.75% 15
South West -58 18 £558 +96.30% 28
East of England -41 11 £483 -5.85% 24
East Midlands -18 8 £525 +17.45% 13
North East -36 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 (5.57%) WebLogic
2 27 (5.37%) WebSphere
3 13 (2.58%) Confluence
4 11 (2.19%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.99%) CICS
5 10 (1.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 10 (1.99%) Tomcat
6 9 (1.79%) Apache
7 7 (1.39%) nginx
8 6 (1.19%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.99%) IBM Transformation Extender
9 5 (0.99%) JBoss
9 5 (0.99%) Mule
9 5 (0.99%) WebLogic Portal
10 4 (0.80%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.80%) IBM HTTP Server
10 4 (0.80%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 4 (0.80%) SAS
10 4 (0.80%) WebSphere Portal
10 4 (0.80%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.60%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.60%) Revit
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (5.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (2.19%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.59%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.39%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (1.19%) SAP GRC
6 6 (1.19%) SAP MDG
7 5 (0.99%) Maximo
7 5 (0.99%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.80%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.80%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.80%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.80%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.60%) iTrent
9 3 (0.60%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.60%) SAP HCM
9 3 (0.60%) Shopify
9 3 (0.60%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 130 (25.84%) Azure
2 82 (16.30%) AWS
3 47 (9.34%) Boomi
4 43 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (8.35%) GCP
6 33 (6.56%) SaaS
7 30 (5.96%) GitHub
8 28 (5.57%) iPaaS
9 25 (4.97%) Power Platform
10 22 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (4.17%) SuccessFactors
12 19 (3.78%) Azure Service Bus
13 17 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
14 16 (3.18%) Serverless
15 15 (2.98%) Azure Functions
15 15 (2.98%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (2.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (2.78%) Entra ID
17 13 (2.58%) IaaS
17 13 (2.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.18%) HTTP
1 16 (3.18%) SSL
2 9 (1.79%) Firewall
3 5 (0.99%) DNS
3 5 (0.99%) Multicast
3 5 (0.99%) NAS
3 5 (0.99%) SAN
4 4 (0.80%) DHCP
4 4 (0.80%) Kerberos
4 4 (0.80%) Reverse Proxy
4 4 (0.80%) VPN
5 3 (0.60%) Internet
5 3 (0.60%) WAN
6 2 (0.40%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.40%) LAN
6 2 (0.40%) MQTT
6 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.40%) X.509
7 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.78%) Oracle Database
3 16 (3.18%) Power BI
4 15 (2.98%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.79%) Tableau
8 7 (1.39%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.39%) Db2
8 7 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.19%) Metadata
10 5 (0.99%) Big Data
10 5 (0.99%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.80%) DataStage
11 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (6.16%) JIRA
2 25 (4.97%) Git
3 17 (3.38%) Postman
4 15 (2.98%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.19%) JMeter
5 11 (2.19%) LoadRunner
6 10 (1.99%) SoapUI
7 9 (1.79%) SonarQube
8 7 (1.39%) eggPlant
8 7 (1.39%) Selenium
9 6 (1.19%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.99%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.99%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.99%) GitLab
11 4 (0.80%) Gatling
11 4 (0.80%) JetBrains Rider
11 4 (0.80%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.60%) Fiddler
12 3 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.40%) JUnit
General
1 168 (33.40%) Finance
2 139 (27.63%) Social Skills
3 81 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (16.10%) Banking
4 36 (7.16%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.57%) Retail
6 21 (4.17%) Legal
7 18 (3.58%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.58%) Aerospace
9 11 (2.19%) Marketing
9 11 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.39%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.19%) Law
15 5 (0.99%) Billing
15 5 (0.99%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.99%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.80%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 124 (24.65%) Architect
2 64 (12.72%) Developer
3 53 (10.54%) Lead
4 49 (9.74%) Solutions Architect
5 37 (7.36%) Consultant
6 36 (7.16%) Integration Architect
6 36 (7.16%) Senior
7 23 (4.57%) Analyst
8 21 (4.17%) Integration Engineer
8 21 (4.17%) Technical Architect
9 19 (3.78%) Automation Engineer
9 19 (3.78%) Linux Engineer
10 17 (3.38%) Administrator
10 17 (3.38%) Middleware Engineer
11 16 (3.18%) Salesforce Architect
12 15 (2.98%) Integration Specialist
13 13 (2.58%) Business Analyst
13 13 (2.58%) Functional Consultant
14 11 (2.19%) Integration Manager
14 11 (2.19%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (22.27%) REST
2 81 (16.10%) SOAP
3 63 (12.52%) XML
4 61 (12.13%) JSON
5 41 (8.15%) .NET
5 41 (8.15%) Kafka
6 40 (7.95%) OAuth
7 31 (6.16%) Web Services
8 26 (5.17%) JWT
9 24 (4.77%) OAuth2
10 19 (3.78%) SAML
10 19 (3.78%) Swagger
11 17 (3.38%) GraphQL
11 17 (3.38%) Lightning Web Components
12 16 (3.18%) EDI
12 16 (3.18%) OpenAPI
13 15 (2.98%) Terraform
14 13 (2.58%) Node.js
14 13 (2.58%) RabbitMQ
14 13 (2.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.95%) Enterprise Software
2 36 (7.16%) Mainframe
3 33 (6.56%) Onboarding
4 32 (6.36%) Cloud Native
4 32 (6.36%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (4.57%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.78%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.38%) Clustering
7 17 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.98%) Data Centre
8 15 (2.98%) Data Structures
9 11 (2.19%) Legacy Applications
10 10 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.99%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.79%) Replication
11 9 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 8 (1.59%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.39%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 77 (15.31%) Linux
2 39 (7.75%) Windows
3 31 (6.16%) Unix
4 25 (4.97%) zOS
5 13 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.58%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.19%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.80%) CentOS
8 3 (0.60%) VMS
9 2 (0.40%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.40%) Solaris
9 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.20%) AIX
10 1 (0.20%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (28.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 120 (23.86%) Agile
3 111 (22.07%) CI/CD
4 106 (21.07%) DevOps
5 101 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
6 89 (17.69%) Event-Driven
7 86 (17.10%) Migration
8 83 (16.50%) ERP
8 83 (16.50%) Integration Patterns
9 68 (13.52%) Enterprise Architecture
10 67 (13.32%) Roadmaps
11 66 (13.12%) User Acceptance Testing
12 63 (12.52%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 61 (12.13%) Test Automation
13 61 (12.13%) Validation
14 58 (11.53%) Data Modelling
15 53 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
16 51 (10.14%) Technical Leadership
17 47 (9.34%) Data Migration
17 47 (9.34%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 92 (18.29%) SQL
2 57 (11.33%) Python
3 49 (9.74%) JavaScript
4 43 (8.55%) Java
5 33 (6.56%) C#
6 29 (5.77%) Bash
7 19 (3.78%) PowerShell
8 17 (3.38%) Apex Code
8 17 (3.38%) TypeScript
9 16 (3.18%) PL/SQL
10 13 (2.58%) Shell Script
11 11 (2.19%) C++
12 6 (1.19%) ABAP
13 5 (0.99%) C
14 4 (0.80%) Ada
14 4 (0.80%) Go
14 4 (0.80%) Korn
14 4 (0.80%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.60%) Rust
15 3 (0.60%) X++
Qualifications
1 98 (19.48%) Security Cleared
2 84 (16.70%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.15%) Degree
4 19 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
6 8 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.19%) CISSP
8 5 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.99%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.80%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.60%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.40%) ACCA
11 2 (0.40%) CIMA
11 2 (0.40%) ISEB
11 2 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.40%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.34%) QA
2 23 (4.57%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.79%) GDPR
4 8 (1.59%) ISO 20022
5 7 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.19%) GRC
6 6 (1.19%) PMO
7 5 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.80%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.80%) HL7
8 4 (0.80%) SEPA
8 4 (0.80%) SLA
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%) NCSC
10 2 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (6.36%) Docker
2 14 (2.78%) RACF
3 9 (1.79%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.80%) NFS
5 4 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.80%) vSphere
6 3 (0.60%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.40%) IAG
7 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) KVM
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (6.76%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.37%) Ansible
3 15 (2.98%) Grafana
4 14 (2.78%) OMEGAMON
5 7 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.39%) Tivoli
5 7 (1.39%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 6 (1.19%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (0.99%) Control-M
8 4 (0.80%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.80%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.80%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.80%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.80%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.80%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.80%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.80%) systemd
9 3 (0.60%) Podman
10 2 (0.40%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.40%) Netcool
Vendors
1 100 (19.88%) Oracle
2 92 (18.29%) SAP
3 80 (15.90%) IBM
4 57 (11.33%) MuleSoft
5 55 (10.93%) Microsoft
6 44 (8.75%) Salesforce
7 30 (5.96%) ServiceNow
8 29 (5.77%) Workday
9 27 (5.37%) Google
10 15 (2.98%) Splunk
10 15 (2.98%) TIBCO
11 14 (2.78%) Databricks
11 14 (2.78%) Dynatrace
12 10 (1.99%) Informatica
13 9 (1.79%) Dell
13 9 (1.79%) Solace
13 9 (1.79%) WSO2
14 8 (1.59%) Ariba
15 7 (1.39%) JD Edwards
15 7 (1.39%) New Relic