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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 273 349
Rank change year-on-year +54 +76 -28
Contract jobs citing Middleware 452 209 195
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.21% 0.86% 0.52%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.78% 3.80% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 117 139
10th Percentile £380 £387 £413
25th Percentile £456 £438 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £516 £600
% change year-on-year +6.54% -13.96% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 22 3
10th Percentile - £61.25 £54.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £62.75 £58.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -
75th Percentile - £65.75 £74.38
90th Percentile £67.10 £68.68 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -

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 7,821 5,501 7,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.89% 22.62% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,259 3,772 5,366
10th Percentile £358 £363 £343
25th Percentile £420 £425 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 86 180
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.30 £20.82
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.56 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.75 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.40 £82.53 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +67 219 £600 +9.09% 37
North of England -22 76 £525 -4.55% 27
Midlands -22 64 £500 +5.26% 18
South West -22 53 £68 -87.64% 14
West Midlands -34 43 £500 - 4
North West -14 39 £469 -14.73% 8
Yorkshire -35 36 £530 +11.58% 10
South East -36 27 £503 +0.50% 46
East Midlands -16 19 £402 -12.80% 14
East of England -19 14 £492 -32.14% 11
North East - 1 £500 - 10
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 14 (3.10%) WebSphere
2 13 (2.88%) Confluence
3 11 (2.43%) Apache
3 11 (2.43%) Tomcat
4 8 (1.77%) Apache Geronimo
4 8 (1.77%) Apache ServiceMix
4 8 (1.77%) CICS
4 8 (1.77%) Red Hat Fuse
5 6 (1.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (1.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.66%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.66%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.66%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.44%) CMS
8 2 (0.44%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.44%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.44%) nginx
9 1 (0.22%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (4.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.77%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.55%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.55%) Shopify
4 6 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.88%) Bloomberg AIM
6 4 (0.88%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (0.66%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.66%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.44%) CODA-Financials
8 2 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.44%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 125 (27.65%) Azure
2 57 (12.61%) AWS
3 40 (8.85%) GCP
4 30 (6.64%) SaaS
5 18 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (3.76%) Boomi
7 16 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (3.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 13 (2.88%) Power Platform
10 12 (2.65%) OCI
11 11 (2.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 10 (2.21%) Datadog
12 10 (2.21%) Serverless
13 9 (1.99%) iPaaS
14 8 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (1.77%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (1.55%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.55%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.09%) Firewall
2 10 (2.21%) HTTP
3 8 (1.77%) LAN
3 8 (1.77%) WAN
4 7 (1.55%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.11%) Multicast
6 4 (0.88%) DNS
6 4 (0.88%) tcpdump
6 4 (0.88%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.66%) DHCP
7 3 (0.66%) IPv4
7 3 (0.66%) IPv6
8 2 (0.44%) Network Security
8 2 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.44%) SAN
8 2 (0.44%) VPN
9 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.22%) NAS
9 1 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.43%) Power BI
3 10 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.21%) DataStage
4 8 (1.77%) Oracle Database
5 7 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
7 4 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.66%) Big Data
8 3 (0.66%) Data Hub
8 3 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.66%) Metadata
8 3 (0.66%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.66%) Oracle Database 10g
8 3 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.66%) Redis
8 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (5.09%) GitLab
1 23 (5.09%) JIRA
2 18 (3.98%) Git
3 17 (3.76%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.99%) Jaeger
5 6 (1.33%) JUnit
6 5 (1.11%) Ant
6 5 (1.11%) Gatling
6 5 (1.11%) JMeter
6 5 (1.11%) Rational Rhapsody
7 4 (0.88%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.44%) Gradle
8 2 (0.44%) Hudson
8 2 (0.44%) Introscope
8 2 (0.44%) Mockito
8 2 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.44%) Postman
9 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 143 (31.64%) Finance
2 130 (28.76%) Social Skills
3 63 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (13.50%) Banking
5 36 (7.96%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.53%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (4.42%) Retail
8 17 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (3.54%) Investment Banking
10 13 (2.88%) Financial Institution
10 13 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.43%) Front Office
11 11 (2.43%) Law
11 11 (2.43%) Legal
11 11 (2.43%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.21%) Marketing
13 9 (1.99%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.11%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 159 (35.18%) Architect
2 82 (18.14%) Solutions Architect
3 41 (9.07%) Developer
4 35 (7.74%) Senior
4 35 (7.74%) Software Engineer
5 34 (7.52%) Lead
6 25 (5.53%) Analyst
6 25 (5.53%) Technical Architect
7 22 (4.87%) Integration Architect
8 21 (4.65%) C++ Software Engineer
9 18 (3.98%) Consultant
10 17 (3.76%) Java Engineer
11 16 (3.54%) Salesforce Architect
12 15 (3.32%) Support Engineer
13 14 (3.10%) Project Manager
13 14 (3.10%) SAP Architect
13 14 (3.10%) Systems Analyst
14 13 (2.88%) Integration Analyst
14 13 (2.88%) Payments Solutions Architect
14 13 (2.88%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (13.27%) REST
2 39 (8.63%) Kafka
3 36 (7.96%) SOAP
4 24 (5.31%) Lightning Web Components
5 21 (4.65%) XML
6 19 (4.20%) Qt
7 17 (3.76%) Visualforce
8 15 (3.32%) Oracle Fusion
9 13 (2.88%) .NET
9 13 (2.88%) RESTful
9 13 (2.88%) Spring Boot
10 12 (2.65%) JMS
11 11 (2.43%) FIX Protocol
12 10 (2.21%) Apache Camel
12 10 (2.21%) OpenTelemetry
12 10 (2.21%) Web Services
13 9 (1.99%) Node.js
13 9 (1.99%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (1.77%) Apache Axis
14 8 (1.77%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.74%) Management Information System
2 27 (5.97%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.87%) Data Centre
4 21 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (4.65%) Public Cloud
5 19 (4.20%) Product Ownership
6 16 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.88%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.21%) Mainframe
10 8 (1.77%) BYOD
10 8 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.77%) VSAM
11 7 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.33%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.33%) CMDB
12 6 (1.33%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 5 (1.11%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 66 (14.60%) Linux
2 33 (7.30%) Windows
3 22 (4.87%) Unix
4 14 (3.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.88%) AIX
6 11 (2.43%) Solaris
7 8 (1.77%) CentOS
8 7 (1.55%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.55%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.44%) zOS
11 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.22%) Rocky
11 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (28.10%) Agile
2 104 (23.01%) DevOps
3 87 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (18.14%) CI/CD
5 81 (17.92%) Integration Patterns
6 77 (17.04%) Microservices
7 65 (14.38%) Migration
8 64 (14.16%) Roadmaps
8 64 (14.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (14.16%) Technical Leadership
9 61 (13.50%) Software Engineering
10 57 (12.61%) ERP
11 49 (10.84%) Data Modelling
12 46 (10.18%) Validation
13 43 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 43 (9.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 39 (8.63%) Computer Science
14 39 (8.63%) Waterfall
15 38 (8.41%) Mentoring
15 38 (8.41%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 76 (16.81%) SQL
2 67 (14.82%) Java
3 39 (8.63%) Ada
3 39 (8.63%) Python
4 32 (7.08%) C++
5 24 (5.31%) Apex Code
6 19 (4.20%) PowerShell
7 18 (3.98%) JavaScript
8 17 (3.76%) PL/SQL
9 16 (3.54%) Bash
9 16 (3.54%) C#
9 16 (3.54%) Shell Script
10 13 (2.88%) C
11 9 (1.99%) Rust
11 9 (1.99%) SOQL
12 8 (1.77%) COBOL
13 7 (1.55%) MATLAB
13 7 (1.55%) Perl
14 5 (1.11%) Korn
15 3 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (15.27%) Security Cleared
2 57 (12.61%) SC Cleared
3 46 (10.18%) Degree
4 24 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.98%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.21%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.99%) PMP
9 6 (1.33%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.11%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.88%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.41%) Def Stans
1 38 (8.41%) IEC 61508
2 33 (7.30%) GDPR
3 18 (3.98%) MISRA
3 18 (3.98%) MISRA C
3 18 (3.98%) QA
4 13 (2.88%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.21%) SLA
6 9 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.55%) NIST
9 5 (1.11%) GAAP
9 5 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.88%) HL7
10 4 (0.88%) SEPA
11 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.66%) IFRS
11 3 (0.66%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.66%) PSD2
12 2 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (8.41%) Docker
2 14 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.22%) GPFS
6 1 (0.22%) Lustre
6 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (10.84%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.42%) Grafana
3 25 (5.53%) Prometheus
4 14 (3.10%) Ansible
5 9 (1.99%) Kiali
6 7 (1.55%) Check_MK
6 7 (1.55%) Podman
6 7 (1.55%) Red Hat Satellite
7 6 (1.33%) Terraform
8 5 (1.11%) ITRS Geneos
8 5 (1.11%) SCCM
9 3 (0.66%) Control-M
10 2 (0.44%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.44%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.44%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.22%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.22%) Istio
11 1 (0.22%) Puppet
11 1 (0.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 63 (13.94%) Oracle
2 62 (13.72%) Microsoft
3 47 (10.40%) SAP
4 44 (9.73%) Salesforce
5 38 (8.41%) MuleSoft
6 28 (6.19%) IBM
7 21 (4.65%) VMware
8 20 (4.42%) Splunk
8 20 (4.42%) Workday
9 17 (3.76%) Red Hat
10 15 (3.32%) Databricks
10 15 (3.32%) ServiceNow
11 12 (2.65%) AppDynamics
11 12 (2.65%) Dynatrace
11 12 (2.65%) Software AG
11 12 (2.65%) TIBCO
12 9 (1.99%) Google
13 6 (1.33%) BMC
13 6 (1.33%) Solace
14 5 (1.11%) Dell