Middleware Contracts in England

Middleware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Middleware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Middleware over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 339 291
Rank change year-on-year +62 -48 +8
Contract jobs citing Middleware 214 211 436
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.88% 0.57% 0.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.94% 2.81% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 147 303
10th Percentile £375 £413 £366
25th Percentile £425 £484 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.13% +0.26%
75th Percentile £688 £716 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £823
UK median daily rate £503 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -16.25% +4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 2 5
10th Percentile £61.25 £65.63 £47.00
25th Percentile - £66.56 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £71.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% +9.62% +18.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £74.69 -
90th Percentile £68.08 £74.88 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £71.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -8.77% +9.62% +18.18%

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 5,426 7,501 11,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.32% 20.39% 23.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,762 5,331 8,394
10th Percentile £365 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -0.88%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -1.69% -2.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 226 138
10th Percentile £33.25 £22.12 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £50.35
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% +30.65%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.95 £75.00 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% +30.65%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Middleware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in England

Middleware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Middleware in England.

Daily rate trend for Middleware in England

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in England

Middleware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Middleware in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 9 May 2025. 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 +5 83 £550 -12.00% 106
South West +72 44 £500 -28.57% 29
North of England +33 33 £525 -14.63% 31
North West +21 20 £550 -10.57% 19
Midlands +18 19 £449 -0.33% 22
West Midlands +22 15 £450 - 11
South East +46 14 £634 +49.24% 69
Yorkshire +20 12 £475 -7.05% 10
East of England +30 6 £625 +7.67% 17
East Midlands +9 4 £447 +7.07% 9
North East -3 1 £475 -26.92% 2
Middleware
UK

Middleware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.80%) JBoss
1 6 (2.80%) NetWeaver
1 6 (2.80%) WebSphere
2 5 (2.34%) CICS
2 5 (2.34%) IIS
3 4 (1.87%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.40%) Anypoint
4 3 (1.40%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.40%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.93%) Apache
5 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.93%) CMS
5 2 (0.93%) Confluence
5 2 (0.93%) MQSeries
5 2 (0.93%) nginx
5 2 (0.93%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.47%) Camunda
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.40%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.47%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 18 (8.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.34%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.40%) Magento
3 3 (1.40%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (1.40%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.93%) SAP CX
4 2 (0.93%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.93%) Shopify
5 1 (0.47%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.47%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.16%) Azure
2 24 (11.21%) AWS
3 12 (5.61%) GCP
4 11 (5.14%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.21%) Azure API Management
5 9 (4.21%) Boomi
5 9 (4.21%) SuccessFactors
6 8 (3.74%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (3.27%) PowerApps
7 7 (3.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 7 (3.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 6 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.80%) GitHub
8 6 (2.80%) OpenShift
9 5 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (2.34%) Azure Functions
9 5 (2.34%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.34%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.14%) HTTP
2 9 (4.21%) LAN
2 9 (4.21%) SSL
2 9 (4.21%) WAN
3 8 (3.74%) NAS
3 8 (3.74%) SAN
4 4 (1.87%) DNS
4 4 (1.87%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.93%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.93%) NetScaler
5 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.47%) Converged Networks
6 1 (0.47%) CTI
6 1 (0.47%) Network Security
6 1 (0.47%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.07%) Oracle Database
2 7 (3.27%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.80%) MS Access
3 6 (2.80%) Oracle Database 10g
3 6 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.34%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.87%) KDB
5 4 (1.87%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.87%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.40%) Big Data
6 3 (1.40%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.40%) DB2
6 3 (1.40%) Oracle Database 11g
6 3 (1.40%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.40%) Tableau
7 2 (0.93%) IMS/DB
7 2 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (5.14%) JIRA
2 9 (4.21%) Git
3 8 (3.74%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.34%) Ant
4 5 (2.34%) GitLab
4 5 (2.34%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (1.87%) QARun
5 4 (1.87%) WinRunner
6 3 (1.40%) JUnit
6 3 (1.40%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.40%) Toad
7 2 (0.93%) ESLint
7 2 (0.93%) Mocha
7 2 (0.93%) Postman
7 2 (0.93%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.93%) Subversion
8 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.47%) Gerrit
8 1 (0.47%) Hudson
8 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 66 (30.84%) Finance
1 66 (30.84%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (11.21%) Banking
4 14 (6.54%) Retail
5 8 (3.74%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.27%) Marketing
6 7 (3.27%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (2.80%) Front Office
7 6 (2.80%) Law
8 5 (2.34%) Billing
8 5 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.87%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.87%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.87%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.87%) Legal
9 4 (1.87%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (28.50%) Architect
2 41 (19.16%) Developer
3 23 (10.75%) Consultant
3 23 (10.75%) Solutions Architect
4 20 (9.35%) Software Engineer
5 19 (8.88%) Senior
6 14 (6.54%) Lead
7 12 (5.61%) Integration Developer
7 12 (5.61%) Support Engineer
8 11 (5.14%) Analyst
9 10 (4.67%) Azure Architect
9 10 (4.67%) Java Developer
9 10 (4.67%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (4.67%) Oracle Consultant
9 10 (4.67%) Product Engineer
9 10 (4.67%) Products Support Engineer
9 10 (4.67%) SAP Architect
9 10 (4.67%) Software Support Engineer
10 9 (4.21%) C++ Software Engineer
10 9 (4.21%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (13.08%) REST
2 26 (12.15%) SOAP
3 20 (9.35%) Web Services
4 16 (7.48%) Kafka
5 15 (7.01%) HTML
5 15 (7.01%) XML
6 14 (6.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (6.54%) Qt
7 10 (4.67%) EDI
7 10 (4.67%) SAP PI
8 8 (3.74%) .NET
8 8 (3.74%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.74%) CSS
9 7 (3.27%) JDBC
9 7 (3.27%) Lightning Web Components
9 7 (3.27%) React
9 7 (3.27%) RESTful
9 7 (3.27%) XSLT
10 6 (2.80%) IDoc
10 6 (2.80%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 10 (4.67%) Public Cloud
2 8 (3.74%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.27%) Clustering
3 7 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (3.27%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (2.80%) Mainframe
5 5 (2.34%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.34%) Equities
5 5 (2.34%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (2.34%) SCADA
5 5 (2.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (2.34%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.87%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.87%) IBM Mainframe
6 4 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 46 (21.50%) Linux
2 29 (13.55%) Windows
3 28 (13.08%) Unix
4 12 (5.61%) Ubuntu
5 6 (2.80%) AIX
5 6 (2.80%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.40%) Solaris
7 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.47%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.23%) Agile
2 51 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (18.69%) Software Engineering
4 28 (13.08%) Migration
5 27 (12.62%) DevOps
6 23 (10.75%) CI/CD
7 20 (9.35%) Scrum
8 19 (8.88%) Microservices
9 18 (8.41%) System Integration Testing
10 17 (7.94%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (7.48%) Analytics
11 16 (7.48%) Computer Science
11 16 (7.48%) SDLC
12 15 (7.01%) API Management
12 15 (7.01%) Performance Tuning
12 15 (7.01%) TOGAF
13 14 (6.54%) ERP
13 14 (6.54%) User Acceptance Testing
13 14 (6.54%) Waterfall
14 13 (6.07%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 43 (20.09%) SQL
2 40 (18.69%) Java
3 36 (16.82%) Ada
4 28 (13.08%) C++
4 28 (13.08%) JavaScript
5 22 (10.28%) Shell Script
6 16 (7.48%) Python
7 14 (6.54%) C
7 14 (6.54%) PL/SQL
8 12 (5.61%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.27%) Apex Code
9 7 (3.27%) C#
9 7 (3.27%) Perl
10 6 (2.80%) ABAP
10 6 (2.80%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.87%) Korn
12 3 (1.40%) Bash
13 2 (0.93%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.93%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.93%) REXX
Qualifications
1 39 (18.22%) Security Cleared
2 29 (13.55%) SC Cleared
3 22 (10.28%) Degree
4 12 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.80%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.80%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (1.87%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.87%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.93%) IBM Certification
7 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.93%) PMP
7 2 (0.93%) Tableau Certification
8 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.21%) Def Stans
1 24 (11.21%) IEC 61508
2 16 (7.48%) QA
3 14 (6.54%) MISRA
3 14 (6.54%) MISRA C
4 5 (2.34%) GDPR
5 3 (1.40%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.40%) SEPA
6 2 (0.93%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 15 (7.01%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.74%) Docker
3 6 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.87%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 4 (1.87%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.87%) vSphere
6 1 (0.47%) NFS
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.47%) Samba
Systems Management
1 17 (7.94%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.74%) Ansible
3 6 (2.80%) Grafana
4 5 (2.34%) HP ALM
4 5 (2.34%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.34%) vRealize
5 4 (1.87%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.93%) MOM
6 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.47%) Argo
7 1 (0.47%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.47%) Podman
7 1 (0.47%) Puppet
7 1 (0.47%) Terraform
7 1 (0.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.47%) VxRail
7 1 (0.47%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 41 (19.16%) Oracle
2 31 (14.49%) SAP
3 27 (12.62%) Microsoft
4 26 (12.15%) MuleSoft
5 24 (11.21%) IBM
6 18 (8.41%) Salesforce
7 12 (5.61%) Red Hat
8 7 (3.27%) Databricks
8 7 (3.27%) HP
9 6 (2.80%) Citrix
10 5 (2.34%) Dell
10 5 (2.34%) Google
10 5 (2.34%) Splunk
10 5 (2.34%) VMware
11 4 (1.87%) Adobe
11 4 (1.87%) Confluent
11 4 (1.87%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.87%) TIBCO
11 4 (1.87%) webMethods
12 3 (1.40%) Concur