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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 250 329
Rank change year-on-year +12 +79 -46
Contract jobs citing Middleware 487 283 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 1.02% 0.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.76% 4.58% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 168 152
10th Percentile £425 £400 £419
25th Percentile £475 £447 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £750
90th Percentile £738 £752 £825
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 18 0
10th Percentile - £52.10 -
25th Percentile £38.25 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £63.75 £68.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile £66.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £68.00 -
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -

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 8,461 6,180 7,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.57% 22.21% 22.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,535 4,246 5,039
10th Percentile £363 £350 £359
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £641 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 152 226
10th Percentile £28.22 £31.25 £24.09
25th Percentile £45.63 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -3.08% -9.20%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £80.91 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -8.33%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +44 266 £600 - 140
North of England -25 82 £538 +8.86% 34
South East -61 51 £503 -13.06% 30
North West -23 44 £525 -4.55% 18
Midlands -27 40 £575 +28.64% 9
Yorkshire -28 31 £575 +27.88% 8
West Midlands -28 30 £590 +96.67% 7
South West -36 28 £575 +14.43% 22
East of England -19 17 £500 -4.76% 10
East Midlands -11 8 £525 +17.45% 2
North East -38 7 £500 +5.26% 8
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 27 (5.54%) WebSphere
2 21 (4.31%) WebLogic
3 11 (2.26%) CICS
3 11 (2.26%) Confluence
4 7 (1.44%) Apache
4 7 (1.44%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.23%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.03%) Apache Geronimo
6 5 (1.03%) Apache ServiceMix
6 5 (1.03%) Mule
6 5 (1.03%) Red Hat Fuse
6 5 (1.03%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (0.82%) JBoss
7 4 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.82%) SAS
7 4 (0.82%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.82%) WordPress
8 3 (0.62%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (0.62%) nginx
8 3 (0.62%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
Applications
1 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.62%) Navisworks
3 3 (0.62%) Revit
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (5.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.64%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (1.03%) Maximo
5 5 (1.03%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.82%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.62%) BusinessWorks
7 3 (0.62%) Endur
7 3 (0.62%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.62%) Shopify
7 3 (0.62%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.41%) Global One
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.41%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.41%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 120 (24.64%) Azure
2 74 (15.20%) AWS
3 39 (8.01%) Boomi
4 33 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (6.78%) SaaS
5 29 (5.95%) GCP
6 25 (5.13%) iPaaS
7 24 (4.93%) Power Platform
8 18 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (3.70%) GitHub
9 15 (3.08%) Azure Service Bus
10 14 (2.87%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (2.87%) PaaS
11 13 (2.67%) IaaS
11 13 (2.67%) Serverless
11 13 (2.67%) SuccessFactors
12 12 (2.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 11 (2.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 10 (2.05%) Entra ID
14 10 (2.05%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.70%) Firewall
1 18 (3.70%) SSL
2 11 (2.26%) HTTP
3 7 (1.44%) DNS
4 6 (1.23%) LAN
4 6 (1.23%) WAN
5 5 (1.03%) Multicast
5 5 (1.03%) NAS
5 5 (1.03%) SAN
6 4 (0.82%) DHCP
6 4 (0.82%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.82%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.82%) VPN
7 3 (0.62%) IPv4
7 3 (0.62%) IPv6
7 3 (0.62%) Network Security
8 2 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.41%) MQTT
9 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.11%) Power BI
2 16 (3.29%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.26%) Oracle Database
4 11 (2.26%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.85%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.44%) DataStage
7 7 (1.44%) Metadata
8 6 (1.23%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (1.03%) Big Data
9 5 (1.03%) Db2
9 5 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.82%) Tableau
11 3 (0.62%) MySQL
12 2 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 31 (6.37%) JIRA
2 20 (4.11%) Git
3 15 (3.08%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.26%) GitLab
5 5 (1.03%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.82%) JetBrains Rider
7 3 (0.62%) Introscope
7 3 (0.62%) JUnit
7 3 (0.62%) Postman
7 3 (0.62%) Selenium
8 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.41%) ERwin
8 2 (0.41%) Hudson
8 2 (0.41%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.21%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 165 (33.88%) Finance
2 119 (24.44%) Social Skills
3 90 (18.48%) Banking
4 67 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (6.16%) Retail
6 29 (5.95%) Public Sector
7 23 (4.72%) Legal
8 17 (3.49%) Investment Banking
9 15 (3.08%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.26%) Marketing
11 11 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.05%) Aerospace
12 10 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.44%) Back Office
13 7 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.44%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.23%) Law
14 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.03%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 162 (33.26%) Architect
2 74 (15.20%) Solutions Architect
3 54 (11.09%) Developer
4 39 (8.01%) Integration Architect
5 37 (7.60%) Lead
6 31 (6.37%) Senior
7 30 (6.16%) Technical Architect
8 29 (5.95%) Consultant
9 25 (5.13%) Analyst
10 21 (4.31%) Middleware Engineer
11 20 (4.11%) Administrator
12 17 (3.49%) Salesforce Architect
13 15 (3.08%) Business Analyst
13 15 (3.08%) Linux Engineer
13 15 (3.08%) SAP Architect
14 14 (2.87%) Integration Engineer
14 14 (2.87%) Integration Specialist
15 12 (2.46%) Payments Architect
15 12 (2.46%) Payments Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.46%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (20.33%) REST
2 66 (13.55%) SOAP
3 47 (9.65%) JSON
4 46 (9.45%) XML
5 34 (6.98%) Kafka
6 28 (5.75%) .NET
7 26 (5.34%) OAuth
8 16 (3.29%) JWT
9 15 (3.08%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (3.08%) Web Services
10 14 (2.87%) GraphQL
10 14 (2.87%) OAuth2
11 13 (2.67%) ISPF
11 13 (2.67%) RabbitMQ
12 12 (2.46%) React
13 11 (2.26%) EDI
13 11 (2.26%) SAML
13 11 (2.26%) Spring
14 9 (1.85%) Spring Boot
14 9 (1.85%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.16%) Mainframe
1 30 (6.16%) Onboarding
2 27 (5.54%) Product Ownership
3 26 (5.34%) Management Information System
4 25 (5.13%) Data Centre
5 24 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (4.72%) Cloud Native
7 21 (4.31%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (3.70%) Clustering
9 17 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (2.87%) Data Structures
11 12 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (2.46%) Public Cloud
12 10 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.85%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.85%) CMDB
13 9 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (1.64%) IoT
15 7 (1.44%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 64 (13.14%) Linux
2 30 (6.16%) Windows
3 27 (5.54%) Unix
4 23 (4.72%) zOS
5 14 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (2.67%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.03%) CentOS
7 5 (1.03%) Solaris
7 5 (1.03%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.82%) AIX
9 2 (0.41%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.41%) VMS
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (24.02%) Agile
2 106 (21.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 98 (20.12%) Integration Patterns
4 92 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (18.07%) DevOps
6 84 (17.25%) CI/CD
7 75 (15.40%) ERP
8 72 (14.78%) Migration
9 65 (13.35%) Event-Driven
10 60 (12.32%) Enterprise Architecture
10 60 (12.32%) Roadmaps
11 58 (11.91%) User Acceptance Testing
12 51 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
13 49 (10.06%) CRM
13 49 (10.06%) Data Modelling
14 48 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 47 (9.65%) Technical Leadership
16 39 (8.01%) Validation
17 38 (7.80%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 37 (7.60%) AI
Programming Languages
1 92 (18.89%) SQL
2 50 (10.27%) Java
3 38 (7.80%) Python
4 25 (5.13%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.93%) C#
6 18 (3.70%) Bash
6 18 (3.70%) PL/SQL
7 15 (3.08%) Apex Code
8 13 (2.67%) TypeScript
9 12 (2.46%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.26%) Ada
11 8 (1.64%) C++
12 6 (1.23%) Perl
12 6 (1.23%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.03%) ABAP
13 5 (1.03%) X++
14 4 (0.82%) COBOL
14 4 (0.82%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.82%) SOQL
14 4 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (13.55%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.09%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.57%) Degree
4 18 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.26%) TOGAF Certification
6 7 (1.44%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.03%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.03%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.82%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.62%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.62%) PMP
10 2 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.41%) IIBA
10 2 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.41%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.60%) QA
2 24 (4.93%) GDPR
3 21 (4.31%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.05%) Def Stans
4 10 (2.05%) IEC 61508
5 7 (1.44%) ISO 20022
6 6 (1.23%) PMO
7 5 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.03%) SLA
8 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.82%) HL7
8 4 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.62%) NIST
9 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.41%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.41%) MISRA
10 2 (0.41%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 27 (5.54%) Docker
2 14 (2.87%) RACF
3 11 (2.26%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.82%) NFS
6 4 (0.82%) vSphere
7 2 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.21%) Firmware
8 1 (0.21%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 26 (5.34%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.31%) Ansible
3 14 (2.87%) OMEGAMON
4 10 (2.05%) Grafana
5 9 (1.85%) Terraform
6 8 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.23%) ITRS Geneos
8 5 (1.03%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.03%) systemd
9 4 (0.82%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.82%) Check_MK
9 4 (0.82%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (0.82%) Podman
9 4 (0.82%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.62%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.41%) Control-M
11 2 (0.41%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (0.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 83 (17.04%) Oracle
2 75 (15.40%) SAP
3 55 (11.29%) MuleSoft
4 53 (10.88%) Microsoft
5 50 (10.27%) IBM
6 48 (9.86%) Salesforce
7 29 (5.95%) Workday
8 28 (5.75%) ServiceNow
9 17 (3.49%) Databricks
10 16 (3.29%) TIBCO
11 15 (3.08%) Google
12 12 (2.46%) VMware
13 10 (2.05%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.85%) Solace
15 8 (1.64%) Splunk
16 7 (1.44%) JD Edwards
16 7 (1.44%) Murex
17 6 (1.23%) Ariba
17 6 (1.23%) Sybase
17 6 (1.23%) webMethods