Middleware Contracts in London

Middleware
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 253 246
Rank change year-on-year -20 -7 +13
Contract jobs citing Middleware 81 140 276
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.65% 0.78% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.48% 3.13% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 97 191
10th Percentile £394 £458 £463
25th Percentile £417 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +1.63%
75th Percentile £686 £725 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £835
England median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +60.04%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,272 4,472 7,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.06% 25.06% 27.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,300 3,356 5,509
10th Percentile £385 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £460 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £725 £700 £730
90th Percentile £838 £825 £813
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 25 40
10th Percentile £33.25 £16.25 £30.68
25th Percentile £36.06 £23.80 £37.84
Median hourly rate £52.50 £36.84 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.51% -44.18% +35.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £68.80 £76.63
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in London

Middleware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Middleware in London

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in London

Middleware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Middleware in London

Middleware
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Central London +6 14 £630 -6.67% 5
South London +8 4 - - 3
East London +9 1 £415 -25.86% 5
North London - 1 - -
Middleware
England

Middleware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (4.94%) JBoss
2 3 (3.70%) Anypoint
2 3 (3.70%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.47%) CICS
3 2 (2.47%) MQSeries
3 2 (2.47%) nginx
3 2 (2.47%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (1.23%) Apache
4 1 (1.23%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.23%) CMS
4 1 (1.23%) Confluence
4 1 (1.23%) Headless CMS
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.23%) NetWeaver
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.47%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.70%) Magento
2 3 (3.70%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle 11i
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle Retail
3 2 (2.47%) SAP CX
3 2 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.47%) Shopify
4 1 (1.23%) Finacle
4 1 (1.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.23%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (1.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (29.63%) Azure
2 11 (13.58%) AWS
3 8 (9.88%) Azure API Management
3 8 (9.88%) Boomi
4 7 (8.64%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (8.64%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.17%) Azure Functions
5 5 (6.17%) PowerApps
5 5 (6.17%) Serverless
6 4 (4.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.94%) GCP
6 4 (4.94%) GitHub
6 4 (4.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 3 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (3.70%) Power Automate
7 3 (3.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (2.47%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 2 (2.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.94%) HTTP
2 2 (2.47%) HTTPS
2 2 (2.47%) SSL
3 1 (1.23%) LAN
3 1 (1.23%) Network Security
3 1 (1.23%) SWIFTNet
3 1 (1.23%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.17%) Oracle Database
2 4 (4.94%) MS Access
3 3 (3.70%) Big Data
3 3 (3.70%) DB2
3 3 (3.70%) KDB
3 3 (3.70%) RDBMS
3 3 (3.70%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.47%) IMS/DB
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle Database 10g
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.47%) Redis
5 1 (1.23%) Data Mart
5 1 (1.23%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.23%) MySQL
5 1 (1.23%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.23%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.17%) JIRA
2 4 (4.94%) Ant
2 4 (4.94%) QARun
2 4 (4.94%) WinRunner
3 3 (3.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.47%) ESLint
4 2 (2.47%) Git
4 2 (2.47%) JUnit
4 2 (2.47%) Mocha
4 2 (2.47%) SoapUI
4 2 (2.47%) SonarQube
4 2 (2.47%) Subversion
4 2 (2.47%) Toad
5 1 (1.23%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket Server
5 1 (1.23%) GitLab
5 1 (1.23%) Maven
5 1 (1.23%) Postman
5 1 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (41.98%) Finance
2 29 (35.80%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.52%) Banking
4 10 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.11%) Retail
6 6 (7.41%) Front Office
6 6 (7.41%) Marketing
7 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.70%) Financial Institution
8 3 (3.70%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.47%) Billing
9 2 (2.47%) Law
9 2 (2.47%) Police
9 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.23%) German Language
10 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.23%) Legal
10 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (27.16%) Developer
2 21 (25.93%) Architect
3 11 (13.58%) Consultant
3 11 (13.58%) Senior
4 8 (9.88%) Lead
4 8 (9.88%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (8.64%) Azure Architect
6 6 (7.41%) Analyst
6 6 (7.41%) Data Architect
6 6 (7.41%) Java Developer
6 6 (7.41%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (7.41%) Payroll Consultant
7 5 (6.17%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
8 4 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (4.94%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.94%) Senior Java Developer
8 4 (4.94%) Senior Test Analyst
8 4 (4.94%) Test Analyst
8 4 (4.94%) UAT Analyst
8 4 (4.94%) UAT Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (22.22%) SOAP
2 15 (18.52%) REST
3 12 (14.81%) Web Services
4 10 (12.35%) XML
5 8 (9.88%) Kafka
6 7 (8.64%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (7.41%) .NET
7 6 (7.41%) HTML
8 5 (6.17%) AngularJS
8 5 (6.17%) EDI
8 5 (6.17%) RESTful
9 4 (4.94%) CSS
9 4 (4.94%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (4.94%) React
10 3 (3.70%) IBM Integration Bus
10 3 (3.70%) JDBC
10 3 (3.70%) Node.js
10 3 (3.70%) SAP PI
10 3 (3.70%) Swing
10 3 (3.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (7.41%) Data Structures
3 5 (6.17%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.94%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (3.70%) Distributed Applications
5 3 (3.70%) Distributed Architecture
5 3 (3.70%) Equities
5 3 (3.70%) Fixed Income
5 3 (3.70%) Mainframe
6 2 (2.47%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.47%) AS400
6 2 (2.47%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.47%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.23%) Clustering
7 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.28%) Unix
2 10 (12.35%) Windows
3 8 (9.88%) Linux
4 3 (3.70%) AIX
5 1 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.40%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (24.69%) Agile
3 19 (23.46%) DevOps
4 14 (17.28%) CI/CD
5 12 (14.81%) Microservices
5 12 (14.81%) Migration
6 11 (13.58%) User Acceptance Testing
7 10 (12.35%) ERP
8 8 (9.88%) API Management
8 8 (9.88%) Computer Science
8 8 (9.88%) High Availability
8 8 (9.88%) Performance Management
9 7 (8.64%) Data Migration
9 7 (8.64%) SDLC
9 7 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (8.64%) System Integration Testing
10 6 (7.41%) API Integration
10 6 (7.41%) CRM
10 6 (7.41%) Logistics
10 6 (7.41%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (30.86%) SQL
2 13 (16.05%) Java
3 10 (12.35%) JavaScript
4 9 (11.11%) PL/SQL
5 8 (9.88%) Python
6 5 (6.17%) Shell Script
6 5 (6.17%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.94%) Apex Code
7 4 (4.94%) C#
7 4 (4.94%) Perl
8 3 (3.70%) Korn
9 2 (2.47%) Bash
9 2 (2.47%) REXX
9 2 (2.47%) RPG
10 1 (1.23%) ABAP
10 1 (1.23%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (1.23%) Bicep
10 1 (1.23%) C
10 1 (1.23%) R
10 1 (1.23%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 11 (13.58%) Degree
1 11 (13.58%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.70%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.47%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.47%) PMP
6 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.23%) IBM Certification
6 1 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.41%) QA
2 4 (4.94%) GDPR
3 3 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.47%) ISO 20022
4 2 (2.47%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.47%) SEPA
5 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (6.17%) Docker
2 3 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.47%) Ansible
2 2 (2.47%) MOM
3 1 (1.23%) Argo
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.23%) Podman
3 1 (1.23%) Puppet
3 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.23%) Terraform
3 1 (1.23%) vRealize
3 1 (1.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (25.93%) Oracle
2 13 (16.05%) IBM
2 13 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.05%) MuleSoft
3 12 (14.81%) Salesforce
4 5 (6.17%) SAP
5 4 (4.94%) Citrix
6 3 (3.70%) Adobe
6 3 (3.70%) Databricks
6 3 (3.70%) Dell
6 3 (3.70%) Google
6 3 (3.70%) TIBCO
6 3 (3.70%) webMethods
7 2 (2.47%) Ab Initio
7 2 (2.47%) NCR
7 2 (2.47%) OpenAI
7 2 (2.47%) Perforce
7 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.47%) Sybase
7 2 (2.47%) VeriFone