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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 262 330
Rank change year-on-year +45 +68 -46
Contract jobs citing Middleware 487 230 211
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 0.96% 0.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.05% 4.24% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 136 151
10th Percentile £400 £381 £410
25th Percentile £470 £446 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £685 £689 £719
90th Percentile £775 £771 £800
UK median daily rate £560 £524 £600
% change year-on-year +6.92% -12.71% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 24 2
10th Percentile - £61.48 £65.63
25th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £66.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -5.26% +9.62%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £74.69
90th Percentile - £68.75 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £71.25
% change year-on-year -3.70% -5.26% +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 8,051 5,428 7,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.19% 22.54% 20.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,310 3,752 5,401
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £635 £659 £675
90th Percentile £738 £790 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £536
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.94% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 106 239
10th Percentile £31.18 £31.28 £22.50
25th Percentile £52.13 £43.70 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £73.00 £68.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £81.01 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +48 233 £600 - 91
North of England -20 94 £525 +2.44% 22
Midlands -1 66 £525 +17.45% 11
North West 0 53 £525 -4.55% 8
West Midlands -19 48 £530 +19.44% 6
South West -13 45 £640 +42.22% 10
Yorkshire -29 38 £569 +18.12% 10
South East -57 38 £505 -8.18% 27
East of England -18 16 £487 -22.04% 12
East Midlands -13 15 £463 +3.47% 5
North East -27 3 £500 +3.90% 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 19 (3.90%) WebSphere
2 11 (2.26%) Tomcat
2 11 (2.26%) WebLogic
3 10 (2.05%) Apache
3 10 (2.05%) CICS
4 8 (1.64%) Apache Geronimo
4 8 (1.64%) Apache ServiceMix
4 8 (1.64%) Confluence
4 8 (1.64%) Red Hat Fuse
5 6 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (1.03%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (0.82%) SAS
8 3 (0.62%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.62%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (0.62%) JBoss
8 3 (0.62%) nginx
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.41%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.62%) Navisworks
3 3 (0.62%) Revit
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 28 (5.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.05%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (1.23%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (1.03%) Maximo
6 5 (1.03%) Oracle Cash Management
6 5 (1.03%) Oracle EBS R12
6 5 (1.03%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (1.03%) Shopify
7 4 (0.82%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.82%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.62%) Bloomberg AIM
8 3 (0.62%) Fidessa
8 3 (0.62%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.62%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.62%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.41%) Global One
9 2 (0.41%) Magento
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 117 (24.02%) Azure
2 58 (11.91%) AWS
3 32 (6.57%) GCP
3 32 (6.57%) SaaS
4 26 (5.34%) Boomi
5 23 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (4.31%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (2.46%) iPaaS
9 11 (2.26%) OCI
9 11 (2.26%) Serverless
9 11 (2.26%) SuccessFactors
10 10 (2.05%) Datadog
11 9 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (1.85%) PaaS
12 8 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (1.44%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (1.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.34%) Firewall
2 9 (1.85%) SSL
3 6 (1.23%) HTTP
4 5 (1.03%) LAN
4 5 (1.03%) WAN
5 3 (0.62%) DNS
5 3 (0.62%) IPv4
5 3 (0.62%) IPv6
5 3 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (0.62%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.41%) MQTT
6 2 (0.41%) Network Security
6 2 (0.41%) SAN
7 1 (0.21%) DHCP
7 1 (0.21%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.21%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.21%) Multicast
7 1 (0.21%) SMS
7 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (3.49%) Power BI
2 17 (3.49%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.08%) DataStage
4 11 (2.26%) Oracle Database
5 9 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.64%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.64%) Metadata
6 8 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.82%) Big Data
9 4 (0.82%) MySQL
9 4 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.62%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.62%) Tableau
11 2 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (4.93%) JIRA
2 22 (4.52%) Git
3 21 (4.31%) GitLab
4 18 (3.70%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.85%) Jaeger
6 6 (1.23%) JUnit
7 4 (0.82%) Rational Rhapsody
8 3 (0.62%) Introscope
8 3 (0.62%) Mockito
8 3 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.62%) Postman
9 2 (0.41%) Ant
9 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.41%) ERwin
9 2 (0.41%) Gradle
9 2 (0.41%) Hudson
9 2 (0.41%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
General
1 173 (35.52%) Finance
2 135 (27.72%) Social Skills
3 87 (17.86%) Banking
4 69 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (8.01%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.54%) Retail
7 22 (4.52%) Investment Banking
8 21 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (3.90%) Legal
10 15 (3.08%) Financial Institution
10 15 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (3.08%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.67%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.64%) Back Office
13 8 (1.64%) General Ledger
13 8 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.23%) Front Office
15 6 (1.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 165 (33.88%) Architect
2 87 (17.86%) Solutions Architect
3 37 (7.60%) Lead
4 35 (7.19%) Developer
4 35 (7.19%) Senior
5 33 (6.78%) Integration Architect
6 26 (5.34%) Consultant
6 26 (5.34%) Software Engineer
7 24 (4.93%) Analyst
8 23 (4.72%) Technical Architect
9 21 (4.31%) Administrator
10 18 (3.70%) Java Engineer
10 18 (3.70%) Payments Architect
10 18 (3.70%) Payments Solutions Architect
10 18 (3.70%) SAP Architect
11 15 (3.08%) Project Manager
12 13 (2.67%) Business Analyst
13 12 (2.46%) Integration Engineer
13 12 (2.46%) Java Software Engineer
13 12 (2.46%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (14.78%) REST
2 41 (8.42%) Kafka
3 40 (8.21%) SOAP
4 33 (6.78%) XML
5 25 (5.13%) JSON
6 16 (3.29%) .NET
6 16 (3.29%) Spring Boot
7 14 (2.87%) Lightning Web Components
8 13 (2.67%) RESTful
8 13 (2.67%) Web Services
9 12 (2.46%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (2.46%) Qt
10 11 (2.26%) Apache Camel
10 11 (2.26%) LDAP
11 10 (2.05%) OAuth
11 10 (2.05%) OpenTelemetry
12 9 (1.85%) Node.js
12 9 (1.85%) React
12 9 (1.85%) Spring
13 8 (1.64%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.24%) Management Information System
2 33 (6.78%) Data Centre
3 26 (5.34%) Onboarding
4 20 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (4.11%) Mainframe
5 19 (3.90%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (3.49%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.49%) Public Cloud
7 14 (2.87%) Clustering
8 12 (2.46%) CMDB
9 10 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.85%) BYOD
10 9 (1.85%) IoT
10 9 (1.85%) VSAM
11 8 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.44%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 71 (14.58%) Linux
2 26 (5.34%) Windows
3 21 (4.31%) Unix
4 19 (3.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.46%) CentOS
6 11 (2.26%) Solaris
6 11 (2.26%) zOS
7 10 (2.05%) AIX
8 8 (1.64%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.82%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.21%) Rocky
12 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (26.08%) Agile
2 94 (19.30%) DevOps
3 93 (19.10%) Integration Patterns
3 93 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (16.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 77 (15.81%) CI/CD
6 74 (15.20%) Migration
7 70 (14.37%) ERP
8 69 (14.17%) Microservices
9 64 (13.14%) Technical Leadership
10 63 (12.94%) Roadmaps
11 51 (10.47%) Data Modelling
12 49 (10.06%) Waterfall
13 48 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (9.86%) User Acceptance Testing
14 46 (9.45%) Enterprise Architecture
15 45 (9.24%) Architectural Design
15 45 (9.24%) SDLC
15 45 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 43 (8.83%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 89 (18.28%) SQL
2 68 (13.96%) Java
3 38 (7.80%) Python
4 26 (5.34%) Ada
5 23 (4.72%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.90%) Bash
7 18 (3.70%) PL/SQL
8 16 (3.29%) C#
8 16 (3.29%) C++
8 16 (3.29%) Shell Script
9 14 (2.87%) PowerShell
10 13 (2.67%) Apex Code
11 11 (2.26%) MATLAB
12 9 (1.85%) COBOL
12 9 (1.85%) Rust
13 8 (1.64%) TypeScript
14 6 (1.23%) Perl
14 6 (1.23%) SOQL
15 5 (1.03%) C
16 4 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (14.78%) Security Cleared
2 58 (11.91%) SC Cleared
3 46 (9.45%) Degree
4 25 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.49%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.26%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.26%) TOGAF Certification
7 10 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.64%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.44%) PMP
10 6 (1.23%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.03%) SAP Certification
12 3 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.41%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.41%) IIBA
14 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.95%) Def Stans
1 29 (5.95%) GDPR
1 29 (5.95%) IEC 61508
2 19 (3.90%) QA
3 17 (3.49%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.67%) SLA
5 11 (2.26%) MISRA
5 11 (2.26%) MISRA C
6 9 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.23%) ISO 20022
7 6 (1.23%) NIST
7 6 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.03%) GAAP
8 5 (1.03%) HL7
9 3 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.62%) IFRS
9 3 (0.62%) PSD2
10 2 (0.41%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (7.19%) Docker
2 16 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.64%) RACF
4 7 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.21%) GPFS
7 1 (0.21%) Lustre
7 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Varnish
7 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.93%) Ansible
3 23 (4.72%) Grafana
4 19 (3.90%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.26%) Check_MK
5 11 (2.26%) Podman
5 11 (2.26%) Red Hat Satellite
6 10 (2.05%) Terraform
7 9 (1.85%) Kiali
8 7 (1.44%) OMEGAMON
9 5 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.82%) Control-M
10 4 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.62%) CA Wily
11 3 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.62%) SCCM
12 2 (0.41%) Avamar
12 2 (0.41%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
12 2 (0.41%) systemd
Vendors
1 76 (15.61%) Oracle
2 72 (14.78%) SAP
3 59 (12.11%) Microsoft
4 40 (8.21%) IBM
5 35 (7.19%) Salesforce
6 33 (6.78%) MuleSoft
7 31 (6.37%) ServiceNow
8 27 (5.54%) Workday
9 23 (4.72%) VMware
10 21 (4.31%) Databricks
10 21 (4.31%) Splunk
11 17 (3.49%) Red Hat
12 12 (2.46%) AppDynamics
12 12 (2.46%) Dynatrace
13 9 (1.85%) Software AG
14 8 (1.64%) Dell
14 8 (1.64%) TIBCO
15 7 (1.44%) Google
16 6 (1.23%) IFS
17 5 (1.03%) Bloomberg