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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 269 346
Rank change year-on-year +55 +77 -55
Contract jobs citing Middleware 480 216 206
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.17% 0.89% 0.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.06% 4.00% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 123 145
10th Percentile £400 £375 £411
25th Percentile £463 £422 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £713
90th Percentile £788 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £555 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +11.00% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 27 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 - £68.30 £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 7,923 5,403 7,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.31% 22.27% 20.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,250 3,743 5,303
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 £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 98 229
10th Percentile £31.18 £32.35 £22.35
25th Percentile £51.81 £50.27 £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 £66.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.58 £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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +65 229 £600 +9.09% 53
North of England -10 89 £525 +5.00% 13
Midlands -21 65 £500 +11.48% 8
North West -4 49 £475 -13.64% 3
West Midlands -29 48 £525 +16.67% 6
South West -32 45 £640 +28.00% 5
South East -48 40 £503 -13.06% 20
Yorkshire -33 37 £549 +18.52% 8
East of England -21 16 £487 -22.04% 2
East Midlands -15 14 £463 +3.47% 2
North East -19 3 £500 +5.26% 2
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 18 (3.75%) WebSphere
2 11 (2.29%) Tomcat
3 10 (2.08%) Apache
3 10 (2.08%) CICS
3 10 (2.08%) Confluence
4 9 (1.88%) WebLogic
5 8 (1.67%) Apache Geronimo
5 8 (1.67%) Apache ServiceMix
5 8 (1.67%) Red Hat Fuse
6 7 (1.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (1.25%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.63%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.63%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.63%) JBoss
9 3 (0.63%) nginx
10 2 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.42%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.21%) Camunda
11 1 (0.21%) Mule
Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.63%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.63%) Revit
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 28 (5.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.29%) Oracle Receivables
3 10 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (1.46%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (1.46%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (1.46%) Shopify
6 6 (1.25%) Oracle Cash Management
7 5 (1.04%) Maximo
8 4 (0.83%) Bloomberg AIM
8 4 (0.83%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.83%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.83%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 3 (0.63%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.63%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
10 2 (0.42%) Front Arena
10 2 (0.42%) Global One
10 2 (0.42%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 124 (25.83%) Azure
2 58 (12.08%) AWS
3 34 (7.08%) SaaS
4 33 (6.88%) GCP
5 24 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (4.17%) Boomi
7 18 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (3.54%) Power Platform
9 13 (2.71%) OCI
10 11 (2.29%) Serverless
11 10 (2.08%) Datadog
11 10 (2.08%) iPaaS
12 9 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.88%) PaaS
12 9 (1.88%) SuccessFactors
13 8 (1.67%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (1.67%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.46%) Entra ID
15 6 (1.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.21%) Firewall
2 8 (1.67%) HTTP
2 8 (1.67%) LAN
2 8 (1.67%) WAN
3 4 (0.83%) DNS
3 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.63%) IPv4
4 3 (0.63%) IPv6
4 3 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (0.63%) SSL
5 2 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.42%) DHCP
5 2 (0.42%) Network Security
5 2 (0.42%) SAN
6 1 (0.21%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.21%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.21%) Multicast
6 1 (0.21%) SMS
6 1 (0.21%) TETRA
6 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.13%) DataStage
3 14 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.71%) Power BI
5 12 (2.50%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (1.67%) Metadata
7 8 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.25%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.04%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (0.83%) MySQL
10 4 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.63%) Big Data
11 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.63%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.63%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.63%) Tableau
12 2 (0.42%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 27 (5.63%) JIRA
2 21 (4.38%) Git
2 21 (4.38%) GitLab
3 18 (3.75%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.88%) Jaeger
5 7 (1.46%) JUnit
6 5 (1.04%) Rational Rhapsody
7 4 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.63%) Ant
8 3 (0.63%) Introscope
8 3 (0.63%) Mockito
8 3 (0.63%) Postman
9 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.42%) ERwin
9 2 (0.42%) Gradle
9 2 (0.42%) Hudson
9 2 (0.42%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.42%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 175 (36.46%) Finance
2 129 (26.88%) Social Skills
3 79 (16.46%) Banking
4 69 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.63%) Retail
7 22 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (4.58%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.33%) Legal
9 15 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (3.13%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.92%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.71%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.29%) Law
13 10 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.88%) General Ledger
15 8 (1.67%) Back Office
15 8 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.46%) Billing
16 7 (1.46%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 171 (35.63%) Architect
2 96 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 40 (8.33%) Developer
4 33 (6.88%) Integration Architect
5 32 (6.67%) Lead
5 32 (6.67%) Senior
6 29 (6.04%) Software Engineer
7 26 (5.42%) Analyst
8 21 (4.38%) Consultant
8 21 (4.38%) Technical Architect
9 18 (3.75%) Payments Architect
9 18 (3.75%) Payments Solutions Architect
10 17 (3.54%) Java Engineer
10 17 (3.54%) Project Manager
10 17 (3.54%) SAP Architect
11 15 (3.13%) Administrator
12 14 (2.92%) C++ Software Engineer
12 14 (2.92%) Integration Analyst
13 13 (2.71%) Java Software Engineer
14 12 (2.50%) Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (14.17%) REST
2 42 (8.75%) Kafka
3 40 (8.33%) SOAP
4 29 (6.04%) XML
5 19 (3.96%) JSON
6 17 (3.54%) Spring Boot
7 16 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
8 14 (2.92%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (2.71%) .NET
9 13 (2.71%) Qt
9 13 (2.71%) RESTful
10 12 (2.50%) Web Services
11 11 (2.29%) LDAP
12 10 (2.08%) Apache Camel
12 10 (2.08%) OpenTelemetry
13 9 (1.88%) OAuth
13 9 (1.88%) Spring
13 9 (1.88%) Visualforce
14 8 (1.67%) Apache Axis
14 8 (1.67%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.58%) Management Information System
2 31 (6.46%) Data Centre
3 21 (4.38%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.38%) Public Cloud
4 19 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (3.96%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.75%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.92%) Mainframe
8 11 (2.29%) CMDB
9 9 (1.88%) BYOD
9 9 (1.88%) VSAM
10 8 (1.67%) Clustering
10 8 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.46%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.46%) IoT
11 7 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 66 (13.75%) Linux
2 28 (5.83%) Windows
3 22 (4.58%) Unix
4 18 (3.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.50%) AIX
5 12 (2.50%) CentOS
6 11 (2.29%) Solaris
7 5 (1.04%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.04%) zOS
8 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.21%) Rocky
10 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (26.25%) Agile
2 103 (21.46%) DevOps
3 90 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (18.54%) Integration Patterns
5 78 (16.25%) Microservices
6 73 (15.21%) CI/CD
6 73 (15.21%) Migration
6 73 (15.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 67 (13.96%) ERP
8 63 (13.13%) Technical Leadership
9 60 (12.50%) Roadmaps
10 51 (10.63%) Data Modelling
11 49 (10.21%) Software Engineering
12 47 (9.79%) Validation
12 47 (9.79%) Waterfall
13 46 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
14 45 (9.38%) SDLC
15 44 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 43 (8.96%) Architectural Design
17 42 (8.75%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 93 (19.38%) SQL
2 70 (14.58%) Java
3 37 (7.71%) Python
4 27 (5.63%) Ada
5 21 (4.38%) JavaScript
5 21 (4.38%) PL/SQL
6 18 (3.75%) C++
7 17 (3.54%) Shell Script
8 15 (3.13%) Bash
8 15 (3.13%) C#
9 13 (2.71%) Apex Code
10 12 (2.50%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.29%) MATLAB
12 9 (1.88%) COBOL
12 9 (1.88%) Rust
13 8 (1.67%) Perl
14 6 (1.25%) C
14 6 (1.25%) SOQL
14 6 (1.25%) TypeScript
15 5 (1.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (13.96%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.25%) SC Cleared
3 52 (10.83%) Degree
4 26 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.75%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.08%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.08%) PMI Certification
7 10 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
8 9 (1.88%) PMP
9 6 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.04%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.42%) IIBA
12 2 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.46%) Def Stans
1 31 (6.46%) IEC 61508
2 30 (6.25%) GDPR
3 19 (3.96%) QA
4 17 (3.54%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.92%) SLA
6 12 (2.50%) MISRA
6 12 (2.50%) MISRA C
7 9 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.25%) NIST
8 6 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.04%) GAAP
9 5 (1.04%) HL7
9 5 (1.04%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.63%) IFRS
10 3 (0.63%) PSD2
10 3 (0.63%) SEPA
11 2 (0.42%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 32 (6.67%) Docker
2 17 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.42%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.42%) RACF
7 1 (0.21%) GPFS
7 1 (0.21%) Lustre
7 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 43 (8.96%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.00%) Grafana
3 20 (4.17%) Ansible
3 20 (4.17%) Prometheus
4 11 (2.29%) Check_MK
4 11 (2.29%) Podman
4 11 (2.29%) Red Hat Satellite
5 9 (1.88%) Kiali
6 8 (1.67%) Terraform
7 4 (0.83%) Control-M
7 4 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.63%) CA Wily
8 3 (0.63%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.63%) SCCM
9 2 (0.42%) Avamar
9 2 (0.42%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.42%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.21%) MOM
Vendors
1 78 (16.25%) Oracle
2 64 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 63 (13.13%) SAP
4 36 (7.50%) IBM
5 35 (7.29%) Salesforce
6 34 (7.08%) MuleSoft
7 30 (6.25%) ServiceNow
8 24 (5.00%) VMware
9 23 (4.79%) Workday
10 21 (4.38%) Databricks
10 21 (4.38%) Splunk
11 17 (3.54%) Red Hat
12 13 (2.71%) AppDynamics
13 12 (2.50%) Dynatrace
14 11 (2.29%) Software AG
15 9 (1.88%) Google
16 8 (1.67%) Dell
16 8 (1.67%) TIBCO
17 6 (1.25%) IFS
18 4 (0.83%) Netlify