Middleware Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Middleware
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Middleware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Middleware 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 1.16% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £329 - -
25th Percentile £353 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 - -
75th Percentile £398 - -
90th Percentile £400 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £394 £550 -
% change year-on-year -28.41% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 104 41 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 40.15% 37.96% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 34 11
10th Percentile £334 £305 £450
25th Percentile £358 £356 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £390 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -22.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £468 £527 £554
90th Percentile £575 £626 £580
Cheshire median daily rate £428 £398 £500
% change year-on-year +7.48% -20.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £96.50 £77.50 £11.50
% change year-on-year +24.52% +573.91% -

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Middleware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Middleware job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Middleware
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Middleware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Middleware

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 1 (33.33%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) JBoss
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
1 2 (66.67%) JUnit
1 2 (66.67%) Mockito
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Salesforce Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) Lightning Web Components
1 2 (66.67%) OpenAPI
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
1 2 (66.67%) Swagger
1 2 (66.67%) Visualforce
1 2 (66.67%) YAML
2 1 (33.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) API Design
1 2 (66.67%) API Development
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Apex Code
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle