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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 260 306
Rank change year-on-year -1 +46 -40
Contract jobs citing Middleware 474 274 228
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.03% 1.00% 0.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.82% 4.00% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 151 154
10th Percentile £413 £400 £413
25th Percentile £473 £447 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.24% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £638 £680 £700
90th Percentile £724 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 25 0
10th Percentile - £30.60 -
25th Percentile £38.25 - -
Median hourly rate £50.38 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £67.70 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.38 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -22.50% - -

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 9,824 6,855 8,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.25% 25.05% 24.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,456 4,670 5,469
10th Percentile £375 £353 £363
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.02% -5.55% -1.79%
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 271 161 177
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £27.45
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.50 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.94% -13.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.46
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -2.99%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +40 267 £578 -5.37% 279
North of England -31 74 £575 +21.05% 82
South East -43 60 £500 -6.76% 63
North West -22 37 £588 +6.82% 36
Midlands -36 31 £550 +23.04% 34
Yorkshire -20 30 £550 +20.88% 35
West Midlands -40 23 £583 +66.43% 19
South West -57 21 £563 +11.39% 29
East of England -31 16 £491 -4.15% 36
East Midlands -15 7 £525 +17.06% 14
North East -34 7 £500 +5.26% 12
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 (4.64%) WebLogic
2 21 (4.43%) WebSphere
3 9 (1.90%) CICS
4 8 (1.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 8 (1.69%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.27%) Confluence
6 5 (1.05%) JBoss
6 5 (1.05%) Mule
7 4 (0.84%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.84%) SAS
7 4 (0.84%) WordPress
8 3 (0.63%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
8 3 (0.63%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.42%) Apache
9 2 (0.42%) nginx
10 1 (0.21%) IBM Transformation Extender
10 1 (0.21%) Mule ESB
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.21%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.63%) Navisworks
3 3 (0.63%) Revit
4 2 (0.42%) 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 (6.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.69%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.48%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (1.27%) SAP GRC
7 5 (1.05%) Maximo
7 5 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.84%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.63%) BusinessWorks
9 3 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.63%) Endur
9 3 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.63%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.63%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.63%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.63%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 114 (24.05%) Azure
2 75 (15.82%) AWS
3 46 (9.70%) Boomi
4 36 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (6.54%) SaaS
6 29 (6.12%) GCP
7 26 (5.49%) iPaaS
8 24 (5.06%) GitHub
8 24 (5.06%) Power Platform
9 23 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (3.59%) Azure Service Bus
10 17 (3.59%) SuccessFactors
11 16 (3.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (3.16%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (2.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 14 (2.95%) Serverless
14 13 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (2.74%) IaaS
14 13 (2.74%) PaaS
14 13 (2.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.59%) SSL
2 13 (2.74%) Firewall
3 12 (2.53%) HTTP
4 6 (1.27%) DNS
5 5 (1.05%) Multicast
5 5 (1.05%) NAS
5 5 (1.05%) SAN
6 4 (0.84%) DHCP
6 4 (0.84%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.84%) VPN
6 4 (0.84%) WAN
7 3 (0.63%) LAN
7 3 (0.63%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.42%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.42%) MQTT
8 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.21%) Network Security
9 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.22%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.80%) Power BI
3 16 (3.38%) Oracle Database
4 14 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.95%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.90%) Tableau
7 8 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (1.48%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.27%) Metadata
9 6 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.05%) DataStage
10 5 (1.05%) Db2
10 5 (1.05%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.84%) Big Data
11 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.63%) MySQL
13 2 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 30 (6.33%) JIRA
2 22 (4.64%) Git
3 15 (3.16%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.11%) GitLab
5 9 (1.90%) Postman
6 8 (1.69%) JMeter
6 8 (1.69%) LoadRunner
6 8 (1.69%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.27%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.05%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.05%) Selenium
8 5 (1.05%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.84%) eggPlant
9 4 (0.84%) JetBrains Rider
10 3 (0.63%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.63%) Gatling
10 3 (0.63%) JUnit
10 3 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.42%) ERwin
11 2 (0.42%) IntelliJ
General
1 160 (33.76%) Finance
2 124 (26.16%) Social Skills
3 85 (17.93%) Banking
4 72 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.91%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.64%) Retail
7 21 (4.43%) Legal
8 15 (3.16%) Aerospace
9 14 (2.95%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.53%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.53%) Marketing
11 11 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.48%) Back Office
14 7 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.05%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.84%) Front Office
16 4 (0.84%) Law
16 4 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 134 (28.27%) Architect
2 60 (12.66%) Developer
3 59 (12.45%) Solutions Architect
4 39 (8.23%) Integration Architect
5 37 (7.81%) Lead
6 35 (7.38%) Senior
7 33 (6.96%) Consultant
8 25 (5.27%) Analyst
9 23 (4.85%) Technical Architect
10 20 (4.22%) Administrator
11 19 (4.01%) Salesforce Architect
12 18 (3.80%) Middleware Engineer
13 17 (3.59%) Linux Engineer
14 16 (3.38%) Integration Specialist
15 15 (3.16%) Business Analyst
16 14 (2.95%) Integration Engineer
17 13 (2.74%) Integration Manager
17 13 (2.74%) Project Manager
18 12 (2.53%) SAP Manager
19 11 (2.32%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (21.94%) REST
2 79 (16.67%) SOAP
3 58 (12.24%) XML
4 55 (11.60%) JSON
5 38 (8.02%) .NET
5 38 (8.02%) Kafka
6 31 (6.54%) OAuth
7 25 (5.27%) Web Services
8 20 (4.22%) JWT
9 18 (3.80%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (3.38%) GraphQL
10 16 (3.38%) OAuth2
11 14 (2.95%) EDI
11 14 (2.95%) SAML
12 13 (2.74%) ISPF
12 13 (2.74%) RabbitMQ
12 13 (2.74%) Swagger
13 12 (2.53%) Spring
14 11 (2.32%) OpenAPI
15 10 (2.11%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
2 29 (6.12%) Mainframe
3 28 (5.91%) Onboarding
4 26 (5.49%) Product Ownership
5 25 (5.27%) Cloud Native
5 25 (5.27%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (4.64%) Management Information System
7 21 (4.43%) Data Centre
8 17 (3.59%) Clustering
8 17 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (3.16%) Data Structures
10 12 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.11%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 8 (1.69%) IoT
13 8 (1.69%) SCADA
13 8 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.48%) CMDB
14 7 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (1.27%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 71 (14.98%) Linux
2 33 (6.96%) Windows
3 30 (6.33%) Unix
4 22 (4.64%) zOS
5 14 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (2.74%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.05%) CentOS
7 5 (1.05%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.63%) Solaris
9 2 (0.42%) AIX
9 2 (0.42%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.42%) VMS
10 1 (0.21%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.21%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (26.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 113 (23.84%) Agile
3 95 (20.04%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (18.99%) DevOps
5 88 (18.57%) CI/CD
6 86 (18.14%) Migration
7 85 (17.93%) Integration Patterns
8 78 (16.46%) ERP
9 75 (15.82%) Event-Driven
10 68 (14.35%) User Acceptance Testing
11 62 (13.08%) Enterprise Architecture
12 54 (11.39%) Data Modelling
13 52 (10.97%) Roadmaps
14 51 (10.76%) Validation
15 49 (10.34%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 47 (9.92%) CRM
17 45 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 45 (9.49%) Data Migration
17 45 (9.49%) Technical Leadership
18 44 (9.28%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 93 (19.62%) SQL
2 46 (9.70%) Python
3 45 (9.49%) Java
4 35 (7.38%) JavaScript
5 30 (6.33%) C#
6 22 (4.64%) Bash
7 18 (3.80%) Apex Code
7 18 (3.80%) PL/SQL
8 15 (3.16%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.74%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.32%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.90%) C++
12 5 (1.05%) ABAP
12 5 (1.05%) Ada
12 5 (1.05%) C
12 5 (1.05%) Perl
13 4 (0.84%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.84%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.84%) X++
14 3 (0.63%) Korn
Qualifications
1 84 (17.72%) Security Cleared
2 72 (15.19%) SC Cleared
3 34 (7.17%) Degree
4 13 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.63%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.63%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.42%) ACCA
10 2 (0.42%) CIMA
10 2 (0.42%) IIBA
10 2 (0.42%) ISEB
10 2 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.42%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.70%) QA
2 20 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.11%) GDPR
4 8 (1.69%) ISO 20022
5 7 (1.48%) PMO
6 6 (1.27%) GRC
6 6 (1.27%) SLA
7 4 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.84%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.84%) HL7
7 4 (0.84%) IEC 61508
7 4 (0.84%) SEPA
8 3 (0.63%) ISO 15022
8 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.42%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.42%) GMP
9 2 (0.42%) GxP
9 2 (0.42%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.42%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (5.49%) Docker
2 14 (2.95%) RACF
3 8 (1.69%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.84%) NFS
6 4 (0.84%) vSphere
7 2 (0.42%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.42%) IAG
7 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.42%) 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 28 (5.91%) Ansible
2 20 (4.22%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.95%) OMEGAMON
4 11 (2.32%) Grafana
5 7 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.27%) Control-M
6 6 (1.27%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (1.05%) HP ALM
7 5 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (1.05%) Podman
7 5 (1.05%) Red Hat Satellite
7 5 (1.05%) systemd
8 4 (0.84%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.84%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.63%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.63%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.42%) Avamar
10 2 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.42%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 91 (19.20%) Oracle
2 83 (17.51%) SAP
3 60 (12.66%) IBM
4 59 (12.45%) MuleSoft
5 50 (10.55%) Microsoft
6 47 (9.92%) Salesforce
7 27 (5.70%) Workday
8 25 (5.27%) ServiceNow
9 18 (3.80%) Google
10 14 (2.95%) TIBCO
11 13 (2.74%) Databricks
12 11 (2.32%) Splunk
13 9 (1.90%) Informatica
13 9 (1.90%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.90%) Solace
13 9 (1.90%) VMware
14 8 (1.69%) Dell
14 8 (1.69%) Dynatrace
14 8 (1.69%) WSO2
15 7 (1.48%) New Relic