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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 255 318
Rank change year-on-year +27 +63 -29
Contract jobs citing Middleware 493 278 223
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 1.01% 0.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.87% 4.55% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 168 159
10th Percentile £425 £386 £413
25th Percentile £475 £446 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.20% +2.08%
75th Percentile £650 £694 £750
90th Percentile £743 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 0
10th Percentile £38.25 - -
25th Percentile £49.75 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £68.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £66.80 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £68.00 -
% change year-on-year -4.41% - -

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 8,394 6,108 7,364
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.72% 22.21% 21.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,501 4,214 5,117
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £810
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 142 232
10th Percentile £29.35 £31.25 £24.02
25th Percentile £50.56 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.03 £79.87 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 +59 266 £600 - 70
North of England -27 90 £525 +7.69% 23
North West -19 53 £525 -4.55% 17
South East -59 45 £505 -12.63% 21
Midlands -32 43 £550 +23.04% 7
West Midlands -34 32 £583 +94.17% 4
Yorkshire -31 30 £576 +27.98% 2
South West -33 29 £575 +15.00% 19
East of England -20 17 £500 -25.93% 10
East Midlands -12 9 £550 +23.04% 3
North East -42 7 £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 29 (5.88%) WebSphere
2 21 (4.26%) WebLogic
3 16 (3.25%) CICS
4 11 (2.23%) Confluence
5 9 (1.83%) Apache
5 9 (1.83%) Tomcat
6 7 (1.42%) Apache Geronimo
6 7 (1.42%) Apache ServiceMix
6 7 (1.42%) Red Hat Fuse
7 6 (1.22%) Anypoint
8 5 (1.01%) Mule
8 5 (1.01%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (0.81%) JBoss
9 4 (0.81%) SAS
9 4 (0.81%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.81%) WordPress
10 3 (0.61%) IBM HTTP Server
10 3 (0.61%) nginx
10 3 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.61%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
Applications
1 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.61%) Navisworks
3 3 (0.61%) Revit
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (6.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.42%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (1.22%) NetSuite
6 5 (1.01%) Maximo
6 5 (1.01%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.81%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.61%) BusinessWorks
8 3 (0.61%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.61%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.61%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.61%) Shopify
8 3 (0.61%) Temenos T24
9 2 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
9 2 (0.41%) Front Arena
9 2 (0.41%) Magento
9 2 (0.41%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 112 (22.72%) Azure
2 71 (14.40%) AWS
3 36 (7.30%) Boomi
4 32 (6.49%) SaaS
5 29 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (5.27%) GCP
7 23 (4.67%) iPaaS
7 23 (4.67%) Power Platform
8 19 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (3.25%) GitHub
10 14 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (2.64%) PaaS
11 13 (2.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 13 (2.64%) Serverless
11 13 (2.64%) SuccessFactors
12 12 (2.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 11 (2.23%) Azure Service Bus
14 10 (2.03%) Entra ID
14 10 (2.03%) IaaS
15 8 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.26%) Firewall
2 18 (3.65%) SSL
3 9 (1.83%) HTTP
4 7 (1.42%) DNS
5 5 (1.01%) Multicast
6 4 (0.81%) DHCP
6 4 (0.81%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.81%) LAN
6 4 (0.81%) NAS
6 4 (0.81%) SAN
6 4 (0.81%) VPN
6 4 (0.81%) WAN
7 3 (0.61%) IPv4
7 3 (0.61%) IPv6
7 3 (0.61%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.41%) MQTT
8 2 (0.41%) Network Security
9 1 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.20%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.06%) Power BI
2 15 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (3.04%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.64%) DataStage
4 11 (2.23%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.03%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.83%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.42%) Metadata
7 7 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (1.01%) Big Data
9 5 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.81%) Db2
10 4 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.81%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.61%) MySQL
11 3 (0.61%) Tableau
12 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 29 (5.88%) JIRA
2 18 (3.65%) Git
3 13 (2.64%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.23%) GitLab
5 4 (0.81%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (0.81%) JUnit
5 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.61%) Introscope
7 2 (0.41%) Ant
7 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.41%) ERwin
7 2 (0.41%) Hudson
7 2 (0.41%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.41%) Maven
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.41%) Postman
7 2 (0.41%) Selenium
7 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) Crucible
8 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
General
1 170 (34.48%) Finance
2 127 (25.76%) Social Skills
3 91 (18.46%) Banking
4 61 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.69%) Public Sector
6 30 (6.09%) Retail
7 22 (4.46%) Legal
8 20 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (3.65%) Investment Banking
10 16 (3.25%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.83%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.83%) Marketing
12 9 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.42%) Back Office
13 7 (1.42%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.42%) Law
14 6 (1.22%) Front Office
14 6 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 165 (33.47%) Architect
2 77 (15.62%) Solutions Architect
3 52 (10.55%) Developer
4 38 (7.71%) Integration Architect
5 37 (7.51%) Lead
6 32 (6.49%) Consultant
7 31 (6.29%) Technical Architect
8 29 (5.88%) Senior
9 24 (4.87%) Analyst
10 21 (4.26%) Middleware Engineer
11 20 (4.06%) Administrator
12 17 (3.45%) Salesforce Architect
13 16 (3.25%) Business Analyst
13 16 (3.25%) SAP Architect
14 14 (2.84%) Integration Specialist
14 14 (2.84%) Linux Engineer
15 13 (2.64%) Payments Architect
15 13 (2.64%) Payments Solutions Architect
16 12 (2.43%) Integration Engineer
17 11 (2.23%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (19.68%) REST
2 67 (13.59%) SOAP
3 43 (8.72%) JSON
4 42 (8.52%) XML
5 30 (6.09%) Kafka
6 24 (4.87%) .NET
6 24 (4.87%) OAuth
7 16 (3.25%) Lightning Web Components
7 16 (3.25%) Web Services
8 14 (2.84%) JWT
8 14 (2.84%) OAuth2
9 13 (2.64%) ISPF
10 12 (2.43%) GraphQL
10 12 (2.43%) React
11 11 (2.23%) RabbitMQ
11 11 (2.23%) Spring
12 10 (2.03%) EDI
13 9 (1.83%) SAML
13 9 (1.83%) Spring Boot
14 8 (1.62%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.30%) Mainframe
2 31 (6.29%) Data Centre
3 30 (6.09%) Onboarding
4 27 (5.48%) Management Information System
4 27 (5.48%) Product Ownership
5 24 (4.87%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (4.26%) Cloud Native
7 19 (3.85%) Clustering
8 18 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (2.64%) Data Structures
10 13 (2.64%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (2.03%) AI Agents
12 10 (2.03%) Legacy Applications
13 9 (1.83%) BYOD
13 9 (1.83%) CMDB
13 9 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.83%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 64 (12.98%) Linux
2 33 (6.69%) Unix
3 27 (5.48%) Windows
4 23 (4.67%) zOS
5 14 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (2.64%) Ubuntu
7 11 (2.23%) Solaris
8 10 (2.03%) AIX
9 5 (1.01%) CentOS
10 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.41%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.41%) VMS
11 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (23.94%) Agile
2 101 (20.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 96 (19.47%) Integration Patterns
4 89 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (17.65%) DevOps
6 81 (16.43%) CI/CD
7 77 (15.62%) ERP
7 77 (15.62%) Migration
8 66 (13.39%) Roadmaps
9 62 (12.58%) Event-Driven
10 61 (12.37%) User Acceptance Testing
11 58 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
12 52 (10.55%) CRM
13 50 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (9.94%) Data Modelling
14 49 (9.94%) Technical Leadership
15 46 (9.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 40 (8.11%) Microservices
17 38 (7.71%) Data Migration
18 37 (7.51%) AI
Programming Languages
1 90 (18.26%) SQL
2 51 (10.34%) Java
3 36 (7.30%) Python
4 24 (4.87%) JavaScript
5 21 (4.26%) C#
6 17 (3.45%) Bash
6 17 (3.45%) PL/SQL
7 16 (3.25%) Apex Code
8 12 (2.43%) Shell Script
8 12 (2.43%) TypeScript
9 11 (2.23%) Ada
10 9 (1.83%) COBOL
11 6 (1.22%) ABAP
11 6 (1.22%) C++
11 6 (1.22%) Perl
11 6 (1.22%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.01%) X++
13 4 (0.81%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.81%) SOQL
13 4 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 50 (10.14%) SC Cleared
3 30 (6.09%) Degree
4 18 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.23%) TOGAF Certification
6 8 (1.62%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.22%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.81%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.81%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.61%) PMP
10 3 (0.61%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.41%) IIBA
11 2 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.20%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.10%) QA
2 28 (5.68%) GDPR
3 20 (4.06%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.03%) Def Stans
4 10 (2.03%) IEC 61508
5 7 (1.42%) ISO 20022
6 6 (1.22%) PMO
7 5 (1.01%) SLA
8 4 (0.81%) HL7
8 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.61%) NIST
9 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.41%) MISRA
10 2 (0.41%) MISRA C
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 24 (4.87%) Docker
2 14 (2.84%) RACF
3 11 (2.23%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.81%) NFS
6 4 (0.81%) vSphere
7 2 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 24 (4.87%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.26%) Ansible
3 13 (2.64%) OMEGAMON
4 9 (1.83%) Grafana
4 9 (1.83%) Terraform
5 7 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.22%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (1.01%) systemd
8 4 (0.81%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.81%) Check_MK
8 4 (0.81%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.81%) Podman
8 4 (0.81%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.61%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.41%) Control-M
10 2 (0.41%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 82 (16.63%) Oracle
2 77 (15.62%) SAP
3 53 (10.75%) Microsoft
4 52 (10.55%) IBM
4 52 (10.55%) MuleSoft
5 50 (10.14%) Salesforce
6 30 (6.09%) Workday
7 29 (5.88%) ServiceNow
8 19 (3.85%) Databricks
9 16 (3.25%) TIBCO
10 15 (3.04%) VMware
11 14 (2.84%) Google
12 10 (2.03%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.83%) Solace
14 8 (1.62%) Splunk
15 7 (1.42%) JD Edwards
15 7 (1.42%) Murex
16 6 (1.22%) Ariba
16 6 (1.22%) Bloomberg
16 6 (1.22%) Sybase