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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 282 336
Rank change year-on-year +59 +54 -40
Contract jobs citing Middleware 481 208 210
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 0.87% 0.58%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.02% 3.90% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 121 150
10th Percentile £400 £375 £412
25th Percentile £463 £436 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +2.13%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £709
90th Percentile £779 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 22 2
10th Percentile - £61.33 £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 7,994 5,328 7,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.25% 22.36% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,285 3,689 5,337
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% -1.26%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £792 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 94 234
10th Percentile £30.66 £27.97 £22.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £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 £70.00 £68.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.25 £74.48
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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +54 227 £600 +9.09% 59
North of England -18 92 £525 +5.00% 13
Midlands -23 66 £500 +11.11% 8
North West -7 50 £500 -9.09% 6
West Midlands -29 48 £525 +13.51% 6
South West -16 46 £640 +28.00% 7
Yorkshire -36 39 £560 +20.95% 7
South East -50 39 £503 -13.06% 21
East of England -21 16 £487 -22.04% 3
East Midlands -19 15 £463 +3.47% 2
North East -24 3 £500 +5.26%
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 (3.74%) WebSphere
2 11 (2.29%) Confluence
2 11 (2.29%) Tomcat
3 10 (2.08%) Apache
3 10 (2.08%) CICS
4 9 (1.87%) WebLogic
5 8 (1.66%) Apache Geronimo
5 8 (1.66%) Apache ServiceMix
5 8 (1.66%) Red Hat Fuse
6 7 (1.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (1.25%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.83%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.62%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.62%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.62%) JBoss
9 3 (0.62%) nginx
10 2 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.42%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.21%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.21%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.83%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.62%) Navisworks
3 3 (0.62%) Revit
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 28 (5.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (2.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 8 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.46%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.46%) Shopify
5 6 (1.25%) Oracle Cash Management
5 6 (1.25%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (1.04%) Maximo
6 5 (1.04%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.83%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.83%) 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 (0.42%) Global One
9 2 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 123 (25.57%) Azure
2 59 (12.27%) AWS
3 35 (7.28%) SaaS
4 33 (6.86%) GCP
5 24 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (4.57%) Boomi
7 17 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (3.33%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.29%) OCI
9 11 (2.29%) Serverless
9 11 (2.29%) SuccessFactors
10 10 (2.08%) Datadog
10 10 (2.08%) iPaaS
11 9 (1.87%) PaaS
12 8 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (1.66%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (1.66%) OpenShift
13 7 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (1.46%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.41%) Firewall
2 8 (1.66%) HTTP
3 7 (1.46%) LAN
3 7 (1.46%) WAN
4 3 (0.62%) DNS
4 3 (0.62%) IPv4
4 3 (0.62%) IPv6
4 3 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (0.62%) SSL
4 3 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.42%) Network Security
5 2 (0.42%) SAN
6 1 (0.21%) DHCP
6 1 (0.21%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.21%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.21%) MQTT
6 1 (0.21%) Multicast
6 1 (0.21%) SMS
6 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.12%) DataStage
3 14 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.70%) Power BI
5 12 (2.49%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (1.66%) Metadata
7 8 (1.66%) 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%) Big Data
10 4 (0.83%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.83%) MySQL
10 4 (0.83%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.62%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.62%) Tableau
12 2 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (5.82%) JIRA
2 22 (4.57%) Git
3 21 (4.37%) GitLab
4 18 (3.74%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.87%) Jaeger
6 7 (1.46%) JUnit
7 5 (1.04%) Rational Rhapsody
8 4 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.62%) Ant
9 3 (0.62%) Introscope
9 3 (0.62%) Mockito
9 3 (0.62%) Postman
10 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.42%) ERwin
10 2 (0.42%) Gradle
10 2 (0.42%) Hudson
10 2 (0.42%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.42%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 173 (35.97%) Finance
2 130 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 82 (17.05%) Banking
4 70 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.82%) Retail
7 22 (4.57%) Investment Banking
8 21 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (3.12%) Legal
9 15 (3.12%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.91%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.70%) Aerospace
12 10 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.87%) General Ledger
13 9 (1.87%) Law
14 8 (1.66%) Back Office
14 8 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.25%) Front Office
15 6 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 171 (35.55%) Architect
2 96 (19.96%) Solutions Architect
3 39 (8.11%) Developer
4 33 (6.86%) Integration Architect
5 32 (6.65%) Lead
5 32 (6.65%) Senior
6 28 (5.82%) Software Engineer
7 24 (4.99%) Analyst
8 21 (4.37%) Consultant
9 20 (4.16%) Technical Architect
10 19 (3.95%) Project Manager
11 18 (3.74%) Payments Architect
11 18 (3.74%) Payments Solutions Architect
12 17 (3.53%) Java Engineer
12 17 (3.53%) SAP Architect
13 15 (3.12%) Administrator
14 13 (2.70%) C++ Software Engineer
15 12 (2.49%) Integration Analyst
15 12 (2.49%) Integration Engineer
15 12 (2.49%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (13.93%) REST
2 42 (8.73%) Kafka
3 39 (8.11%) SOAP
4 32 (6.65%) XML
5 22 (4.57%) JSON
6 17 (3.53%) Spring Boot
7 14 (2.91%) Lightning Web Components
7 14 (2.91%) Oracle Fusion
8 13 (2.70%) .NET
8 13 (2.70%) Qt
8 13 (2.70%) RESTful
9 11 (2.29%) LDAP
9 11 (2.29%) Web Services
10 10 (2.08%) Apache Camel
10 10 (2.08%) OpenTelemetry
11 9 (1.87%) Node.js
11 9 (1.87%) OAuth
11 9 (1.87%) Spring
11 9 (1.87%) Visualforce
12 8 (1.66%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.56%) Management Information System
2 33 (6.86%) Data Centre
3 22 (4.57%) Cloud Native
4 21 (4.37%) Onboarding
5 20 (4.16%) Public Cloud
6 18 (3.74%) Product Ownership
7 17 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (2.91%) Mainframe
11 12 (2.49%) CMDB
12 9 (1.87%) BYOD
12 9 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.87%) VSAM
13 8 (1.66%) Clustering
13 8 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.46%) Data Structures
14 7 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.46%) IoT
15 6 (1.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 66 (13.72%) Linux
2 28 (5.82%) Windows
3 22 (4.57%) Unix
4 18 (3.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.49%) AIX
5 12 (2.49%) CentOS
6 11 (2.29%) Solaris
7 5 (1.04%) zOS
8 4 (0.83%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.21%) Rocky
11 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (26.61%) Agile
2 102 (21.21%) DevOps
3 91 (18.92%) Integration Patterns
3 91 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (16.01%) Microservices
4 77 (16.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (15.59%) Migration
6 74 (15.38%) CI/CD
7 69 (14.35%) ERP
8 63 (13.10%) Technical Leadership
9 61 (12.68%) Roadmaps
10 51 (10.60%) Data Modelling
11 48 (9.98%) Software Engineering
11 48 (9.98%) Validation
12 47 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (9.77%) Waterfall
13 46 (9.56%) SDLC
14 44 (9.15%) Architectural Design
14 44 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 43 (8.94%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 90 (18.71%) SQL
2 69 (14.35%) Java
3 37 (7.69%) Python
4 27 (5.61%) Ada
5 22 (4.57%) JavaScript
6 21 (4.37%) PL/SQL
7 17 (3.53%) C++
7 17 (3.53%) Shell Script
8 16 (3.33%) Bash
9 14 (2.91%) C#
10 13 (2.70%) Apex Code
10 13 (2.70%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.29%) MATLAB
12 9 (1.87%) COBOL
12 9 (1.87%) Rust
13 8 (1.66%) Perl
14 6 (1.25%) C
14 6 (1.25%) SOQL
14 6 (1.25%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (14.14%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.23%) SC Cleared
3 52 (10.81%) Degree
4 26 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.74%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.29%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
7 10 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.08%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.87%) PMP
9 6 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.04%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.42%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.42%) IIBA
11 2 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.44%) Def Stans
1 31 (6.44%) IEC 61508
2 30 (6.24%) GDPR
3 20 (4.16%) QA
4 17 (3.53%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.91%) SLA
6 12 (2.49%) MISRA
6 12 (2.49%) MISRA C
7 9 (1.87%) 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 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.62%) IFRS
10 3 (0.62%) PSD2
10 3 (0.62%) SEPA
11 2 (0.42%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.42%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 32 (6.65%) Docker
2 16 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.42%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.42%) RACF
5 2 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.21%) GPFS
6 1 (0.21%) Lustre
6 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 43 (8.94%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.78%) Grafana
3 21 (4.37%) Ansible
4 20 (4.16%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.29%) Check_MK
5 11 (2.29%) Podman
5 11 (2.29%) Red Hat Satellite
6 10 (2.08%) Terraform
7 9 (1.87%) Kiali
8 4 (0.83%) Control-M
8 4 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.62%) CA Wily
9 3 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.62%) SCCM
10 2 (0.42%) Avamar
10 2 (0.42%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.42%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.21%) MOM
Vendors
1 76 (15.80%) Oracle
2 68 (14.14%) SAP
3 62 (12.89%) Microsoft
4 36 (7.48%) IBM
4 36 (7.48%) MuleSoft
5 34 (7.07%) Salesforce
6 31 (6.44%) ServiceNow
7 26 (5.41%) Workday
8 23 (4.78%) VMware
9 21 (4.37%) Databricks
10 20 (4.16%) Splunk
11 17 (3.53%) Red Hat
12 12 (2.49%) AppDynamics
12 12 (2.49%) Dynatrace
13 11 (2.29%) Software AG
14 9 (1.87%) Google
15 8 (1.66%) Dell
15 8 (1.66%) TIBCO
16 6 (1.25%) IFS
17 5 (1.04%) Ariba