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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 259 307
Rank change year-on-year +3 +48 -28
Contract jobs citing Middleware 470 281 229
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.01% 0.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.77% 4.04% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 157 156
10th Percentile £425 £393 £416
25th Percentile £475 £447 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £606
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -13.40% +1.04%
75th Percentile £650 £673 £726
90th Percentile £725 £768 £825
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £589
% change year-on-year +9.52% -10.83% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 24 0
10th Percentile - £30.20 -
25th Percentile £38.25 £64.06 -
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 9,852 6,959 8,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.27% 25.04% 24.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,462 4,762 5,492
10th Percentile £380 £356 £363
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -0.09%
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 270 163 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.32 £27.38
25th Percentile £50.88 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.49 £54.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.97% -13.60% -
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.10 £71.60 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +27.62% -14.77% +0.57%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +41 263 £590 -1.71% 106
North of England -36 73 £575 +21.05% 26
South East -43 60 £500 -9.09% 41
North West -35 37 £588 +6.82% 17
Midlands -43 33 £550 +23.04% 7
Yorkshire -33 29 £556 +22.25% 7
West Midlands -29 25 £575 +64.29% 4
South West -47 22 £563 +11.39% 12
East of England -30 16 £491 -4.15% 4
East Midlands -21 7 £525 +17.06% 3
North East -42 7 £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 21 (4.47%) WebSphere
2 20 (4.26%) WebLogic
3 9 (1.91%) CICS
4 8 (1.70%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (1.28%) Confluence
7 5 (1.06%) Mule
8 4 (0.85%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.85%) JBoss
8 4 (0.85%) SAS
8 4 (0.85%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.85%) WordPress
9 3 (0.64%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
10 2 (0.43%) Apache
10 2 (0.43%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.43%) nginx
10 2 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.64%) Navisworks
3 3 (0.64%) Revit
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (6.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.91%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.70%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (1.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (1.28%) SAP GRC
7 5 (1.06%) Maximo
7 5 (1.06%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.85%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.64%) BusinessWorks
9 3 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.64%) Endur
9 3 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.64%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.64%) Shopify
9 3 (0.64%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.64%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 114 (24.26%) Azure
2 72 (15.32%) AWS
3 45 (9.57%) Boomi
4 36 (7.66%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (6.81%) SaaS
6 28 (5.96%) GCP
7 26 (5.53%) iPaaS
8 24 (5.11%) Power Platform
9 22 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (4.47%) GitHub
11 17 (3.62%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (3.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 16 (3.40%) SuccessFactors
13 15 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (3.19%) Serverless
14 14 (2.98%) PaaS
14 14 (2.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 13 (2.77%) IaaS
16 12 (2.55%) Power Automate
17 11 (2.34%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.83%) SSL
2 15 (3.19%) Firewall
3 13 (2.77%) HTTP
4 7 (1.49%) DNS
5 5 (1.06%) Multicast
5 5 (1.06%) NAS
5 5 (1.06%) SAN
5 5 (1.06%) WAN
6 4 (0.85%) DHCP
6 4 (0.85%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.85%) LAN
6 4 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.85%) VPN
7 2 (0.43%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.43%) MQTT
7 2 (0.43%) Network Security
7 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.04%) Power BI
3 15 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.19%) Oracle Database
4 14 (2.98%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (1.70%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.70%) Tableau
8 7 (1.49%) Metadata
9 6 (1.28%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.06%) DataStage
10 5 (1.06%) Db2
11 4 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.85%) Big Data
11 4 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.64%) MySQL
13 2 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 31 (6.60%) JIRA
2 22 (4.68%) Git
3 15 (3.19%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.34%) GitLab
5 9 (1.91%) Postman
6 7 (1.49%) JMeter
6 7 (1.49%) LoadRunner
7 6 (1.28%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.06%) Selenium
8 5 (1.06%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.85%) eggPlant
9 4 (0.85%) JetBrains Rider
9 4 (0.85%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.64%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.64%) JUnit
10 3 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.43%) ERwin
11 2 (0.43%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.43%) Hudson
11 2 (0.43%) Introscope
General
1 157 (33.40%) Finance
2 120 (25.53%) Social Skills
3 84 (17.87%) Banking
4 74 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (6.17%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.89%) Retail
7 21 (4.47%) Legal
8 14 (2.98%) Aerospace
8 14 (2.98%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.77%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.55%) Marketing
11 11 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.49%) Back Office
15 5 (1.06%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.85%) Front Office
16 4 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 135 (28.72%) Architect
2 60 (12.77%) Developer
2 60 (12.77%) Solutions Architect
3 38 (8.09%) Integration Architect
4 37 (7.87%) Lead
5 36 (7.66%) Senior
6 33 (7.02%) Consultant
7 26 (5.53%) Analyst
8 23 (4.89%) Technical Architect
9 20 (4.26%) Administrator
10 19 (4.04%) Middleware Engineer
10 19 (4.04%) Salesforce Architect
11 16 (3.40%) Business Analyst
11 16 (3.40%) Integration Specialist
12 15 (3.19%) Linux Engineer
13 14 (2.98%) Integration Engineer
14 12 (2.55%) Project Manager
14 12 (2.55%) SAP Manager
15 11 (2.34%) SAP Architect
16 10 (2.13%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (22.34%) REST
2 80 (17.02%) SOAP
3 58 (12.34%) XML
4 56 (11.91%) JSON
5 38 (8.09%) .NET
5 38 (8.09%) Kafka
6 31 (6.60%) OAuth
7 25 (5.32%) Web Services
8 20 (4.26%) JWT
9 18 (3.83%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (3.40%) GraphQL
10 16 (3.40%) OAuth2
11 14 (2.98%) EDI
11 14 (2.98%) RabbitMQ
11 14 (2.98%) SAML
12 13 (2.77%) ISPF
12 13 (2.77%) Swagger
13 12 (2.55%) Spring
14 11 (2.34%) OpenAPI
15 10 (2.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.17%) Mainframe
1 29 (6.17%) Onboarding
2 26 (5.53%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.32%) Cloud Native
3 25 (5.32%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (4.89%) Management Information System
6 21 (4.47%) Data Centre
7 18 (3.83%) Clustering
8 17 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (3.40%) Data Structures
10 12 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.91%) Legacy Applications
11 9 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.91%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 8 (1.70%) IoT
12 8 (1.70%) SCADA
13 7 (1.49%) CMDB
13 7 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (1.28%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 66 (14.04%) Linux
2 30 (6.38%) Windows
3 29 (6.17%) Unix
4 22 (4.68%) zOS
5 14 (2.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (2.77%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.06%) CentOS
7 5 (1.06%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.43%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.43%) Solaris
8 2 (0.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.43%) 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 (25.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 117 (24.89%) Agile
3 97 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (19.15%) DevOps
5 84 (17.87%) Integration Patterns
6 83 (17.66%) CI/CD
6 83 (17.66%) Migration
7 79 (16.81%) ERP
8 74 (15.74%) Event-Driven
9 69 (14.68%) User Acceptance Testing
10 61 (12.98%) Enterprise Architecture
11 55 (11.70%) Data Modelling
12 51 (10.85%) Roadmaps
13 49 (10.43%) Validation
14 48 (10.21%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 46 (9.79%) CRM
15 46 (9.79%) Technical Leadership
16 45 (9.57%) Data Migration
17 44 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (9.36%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 95 (20.21%) SQL
2 44 (9.36%) Java
3 41 (8.72%) Python
4 35 (7.45%) JavaScript
5 30 (6.38%) C#
6 19 (4.04%) PL/SQL
7 18 (3.83%) Apex Code
7 18 (3.83%) Bash
8 15 (3.19%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.77%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.91%) C++
11 7 (1.49%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.28%) Ada
12 6 (1.28%) Perl
13 5 (1.06%) ABAP
13 5 (1.06%) C
14 4 (0.85%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.85%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.85%) X++
15 3 (0.64%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 79 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 67 (14.26%) SC Cleared
3 34 (7.23%) Degree
4 13 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.64%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.64%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.43%) ACCA
10 2 (0.43%) CIMA
10 2 (0.43%) IIBA
10 2 (0.43%) ISEB
10 2 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.43%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.00%) QA
2 20 (4.26%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.34%) GDPR
4 8 (1.70%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.28%) GRC
5 6 (1.28%) PMO
5 6 (1.28%) SLA
6 5 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.06%) Def Stans
6 5 (1.06%) HL7
6 5 (1.06%) IEC 61508
7 4 (0.85%) SEPA
8 3 (0.64%) ISO 15022
8 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.43%) GMP
9 2 (0.43%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.43%) MISRA
9 2 (0.43%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (5.32%) Docker
2 14 (2.98%) RACF
3 8 (1.70%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.85%) NFS
6 4 (0.85%) vSphere
7 2 (0.43%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.43%) IAG
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.43%) 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 (4.89%) Ansible
2 20 (4.26%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.98%) OMEGAMON
4 10 (2.13%) Grafana
5 8 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.28%) Control-M
6 6 (1.28%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (1.06%) HP ALM
7 5 (1.06%) systemd
8 4 (0.85%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.85%) Check_MK
8 4 (0.85%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.85%) Podman
8 4 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.64%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.43%) Avamar
10 2 (0.43%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.43%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 91 (19.36%) Oracle
2 82 (17.45%) SAP
3 60 (12.77%) MuleSoft
4 57 (12.13%) IBM
5 50 (10.64%) Microsoft
6 47 (10.00%) Salesforce
7 27 (5.74%) Workday
8 25 (5.32%) ServiceNow
9 18 (3.83%) Google
10 14 (2.98%) TIBCO
11 12 (2.55%) Databricks
12 10 (2.13%) Splunk
13 9 (1.91%) Informatica
13 9 (1.91%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.91%) Solace
13 9 (1.91%) VMware
14 8 (1.70%) Dell
14 8 (1.70%) WSO2
15 7 (1.49%) Dynatrace
15 7 (1.49%) JD Edwards