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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 261 325
Rank change year-on-year +37 +64 -46
Contract jobs citing Middleware 490 238 223
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 0.96% 0.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.99% 4.28% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 143 155
10th Percentile £400 £390 £411
25th Percentile £470 £449 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £681 £691 £719
90th Percentile £775 £765 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £595
% change year-on-year +4.76% -11.76% +8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 20 2
10th Percentile £55.95 £64.70 £65.63
25th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £66.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.75 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -4.91% +9.62%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £74.69
90th Percentile - £68.75 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £67.75 £71.25
% change year-on-year -4.06% -4.91% +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 8,174 5,566 7,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.08% 22.54% 20.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,387 3,859 5,456
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £535
% change year-on-year +1.45% -3.27% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 110 257
10th Percentile £30.45 £32.10 £22.75
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.05 £74.70
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year +13.04% +11.11% -20.38%

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 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 16 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 16 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 +37 239 £600 - 88
North of England -18 91 £525 +5.00% 19
Midlands -10 62 £530 +18.17% 10
North West -6 52 £525 -4.55% 7
South West -10 44 £595 +19.00% 12
West Midlands -25 44 £550 +22.22% 6
South East -50 39 £505 -5.83% 22
Yorkshire -35 35 £575 +19.51% 8
East of England -16 20 £492 -21.28% 15
East Midlands -12 15 £463 +3.47% 4
North East -31 4 £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 22 (4.49%) WebSphere
2 15 (3.06%) WebLogic
3 11 (2.24%) Tomcat
4 10 (2.04%) Apache
4 10 (2.04%) CICS
5 8 (1.63%) Apache Geronimo
5 8 (1.63%) Apache ServiceMix
5 8 (1.63%) Red Hat Fuse
6 7 (1.43%) Confluence
7 5 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (1.02%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.82%) SAS
9 3 (0.61%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.61%) JBoss
9 3 (0.61%) nginx
9 3 (0.61%) WordPress
10 2 (0.41%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.41%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.61%) Navisworks
3 3 (0.61%) Revit
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (5.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.63%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.22%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.02%) Maximo
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 4 (0.82%) Shopify
6 3 (0.61%) Bloomberg AIM
6 3 (0.61%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.61%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.61%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.61%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.41%) Endur
7 2 (0.41%) Global One
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 117 (23.88%) Azure
2 58 (11.84%) AWS
3 32 (6.53%) SaaS
4 28 (5.71%) Boomi
4 28 (5.71%) GCP
5 26 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (4.69%) Power Platform
7 15 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (2.86%) iPaaS
9 13 (2.65%) Serverless
10 12 (2.45%) SuccessFactors
11 11 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.04%) OCI
13 9 (1.84%) PaaS
14 8 (1.63%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (1.43%) Azure Functions
15 7 (1.43%) Datadog
15 7 (1.43%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.69%) Firewall
2 9 (1.84%) SSL
3 6 (1.22%) HTTP
4 5 (1.02%) LAN
4 5 (1.02%) WAN
5 3 (0.61%) IPv4
5 3 (0.61%) IPv6
5 3 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (0.61%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.41%) DNS
6 2 (0.41%) MQTT
6 2 (0.41%) Network Security
6 2 (0.41%) SAN
7 1 (0.20%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.20%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.20%) Multicast
7 1 (0.20%) SMS
7 1 (0.20%) TETRA
7 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.08%) Power BI
2 18 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (3.47%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.06%) DataStage
5 10 (2.04%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.84%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.63%) Metadata
8 7 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (1.43%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.02%) Big Data
10 5 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.02%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.82%) MySQL
11 4 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.61%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.61%) Tableau
13 2 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (4.90%) Git
2 23 (4.69%) JIRA
3 20 (4.08%) GitLab
4 18 (3.67%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.22%) Jaeger
5 6 (1.22%) JUnit
6 3 (0.61%) Gradle
6 3 (0.61%) Introscope
6 3 (0.61%) Mockito
6 3 (0.61%) Postman
6 3 (0.61%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.41%) Ant
7 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
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%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 173 (35.31%) Finance
2 136 (27.76%) Social Skills
3 91 (18.57%) Banking
4 69 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.71%) Retail
7 22 (4.49%) Investment Banking
8 21 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (3.67%) Legal
10 15 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (3.06%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.86%) Aerospace
12 13 (2.65%) Financial Institution
13 12 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.43%) Back Office
14 7 (1.43%) General Ledger
14 7 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.43%) Marketing
14 7 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 166 (33.88%) Architect
2 87 (17.76%) Solutions Architect
3 39 (7.96%) Developer
4 38 (7.76%) Lead
5 36 (7.35%) Integration Architect
5 36 (7.35%) Senior
6 28 (5.71%) Consultant
7 26 (5.31%) Analyst
8 24 (4.90%) Software Engineer
9 23 (4.69%) Technical Architect
10 21 (4.29%) Administrator
11 18 (3.67%) Java Engineer
11 18 (3.67%) Payments Architect
11 18 (3.67%) Payments Solutions Architect
11 18 (3.67%) SAP Architect
12 15 (3.06%) Business Analyst
13 14 (2.86%) Project Manager
14 13 (2.65%) Linux Engineer
14 13 (2.65%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.45%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (15.71%) REST
2 45 (9.18%) SOAP
3 40 (8.16%) Kafka
4 37 (7.55%) XML
5 29 (5.92%) JSON
6 20 (4.08%) .NET
7 15 (3.06%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (3.06%) Spring Boot
8 13 (2.65%) RESTful
9 12 (2.45%) OAuth
10 11 (2.24%) Apache Camel
10 11 (2.24%) LDAP
10 11 (2.24%) Qt
10 11 (2.24%) Spring
10 11 (2.24%) Web Services
11 10 (2.04%) GraphQL
11 10 (2.04%) Node.js
11 10 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
11 10 (2.04%) React
12 9 (1.84%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.98%) Management Information System
2 32 (6.53%) Data Centre
3 26 (5.31%) Onboarding
4 20 (4.08%) Mainframe
5 19 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (3.88%) Product Ownership
6 18 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (3.67%) Public Cloud
7 17 (3.47%) Cloud Native
8 15 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (2.86%) Clustering
10 11 (2.24%) CMDB
11 10 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.84%) BYOD
12 9 (1.84%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.84%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (1.84%) VSAM
13 8 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (1.63%) IoT
13 8 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 76 (15.51%) Linux
2 26 (5.31%) Windows
3 24 (4.90%) Unix
4 18 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.45%) CentOS
5 12 (2.45%) Ubuntu
6 11 (2.24%) Solaris
6 11 (2.24%) zOS
7 10 (2.04%) AIX
8 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.20%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.20%) Rocky
10 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (26.12%) Agile
2 95 (19.39%) Integration Patterns
3 93 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (18.78%) DevOps
5 82 (16.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 78 (15.92%) CI/CD
7 76 (15.51%) Migration
8 74 (15.10%) ERP
9 66 (13.47%) Microservices
10 64 (13.06%) Roadmaps
11 62 (12.65%) Technical Leadership
12 52 (10.61%) Data Modelling
13 51 (10.41%) Enterprise Architecture
14 49 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 47 (9.59%) User Acceptance Testing
16 46 (9.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 46 (9.39%) Waterfall
17 45 (9.18%) Architectural Design
18 44 (8.98%) SDLC
19 41 (8.37%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 93 (18.98%) SQL
2 65 (13.27%) Java
3 37 (7.55%) Python
4 25 (5.10%) Ada
4 25 (5.10%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.67%) Bash
5 18 (3.67%) C#
6 17 (3.47%) Shell Script
7 16 (3.27%) PL/SQL
8 15 (3.06%) C++
9 14 (2.86%) Apex Code
10 11 (2.24%) MATLAB
10 11 (2.24%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.84%) COBOL
12 8 (1.63%) TypeScript
13 7 (1.43%) Rust
13 7 (1.43%) SOQL
14 6 (1.22%) Perl
15 4 (0.82%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.82%) X++
Qualifications
1 69 (14.08%) Security Cleared
2 55 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 45 (9.18%) Degree
4 28 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.27%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.45%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (2.24%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.43%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.22%) PMP
11 5 (1.02%) SAP Certification
12 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.41%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.41%) IIBA
13 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.92%) GDPR
2 27 (5.51%) Def Stans
2 27 (5.51%) IEC 61508
3 21 (4.29%) QA
4 17 (3.47%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.65%) SLA
6 10 (2.04%) MISRA
6 10 (2.04%) MISRA C
7 9 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.22%) ISO 20022
8 6 (1.22%) NIST
8 6 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.02%) GAAP
9 5 (1.02%) HL7
10 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.61%) IFRS
10 3 (0.61%) PMO
10 3 (0.61%) PSD2
11 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (6.12%) Docker
2 14 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.63%) RACF
4 6 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.61%) vSphere
7 2 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) GPFS
8 1 (0.20%) Lustre
8 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 34 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.51%) Ansible
3 17 (3.47%) Grafana
4 13 (2.65%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.24%) Check_MK
5 11 (2.24%) Podman
5 11 (2.24%) Red Hat Satellite
5 11 (2.24%) Terraform
6 7 (1.43%) OMEGAMON
7 6 (1.22%) Kiali
8 5 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.82%) Control-M
9 4 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.82%) systemd
10 3 (0.61%) CA Wily
10 3 (0.61%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.41%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (0.41%) SCCM
11 2 (0.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 76 (15.51%) Oracle
2 75 (15.31%) SAP
3 57 (11.63%) Microsoft
4 40 (8.16%) IBM
5 37 (7.55%) Salesforce
6 32 (6.53%) MuleSoft
6 32 (6.53%) ServiceNow
7 30 (6.12%) Workday
8 22 (4.49%) VMware
9 21 (4.29%) Databricks
10 17 (3.47%) Red Hat
11 15 (3.06%) Splunk
12 9 (1.84%) AppDynamics
12 9 (1.84%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.84%) Google
12 9 (1.84%) TIBCO
13 8 (1.63%) Dell
13 8 (1.63%) Software AG
14 6 (1.22%) Bloomberg
14 6 (1.22%) Murex