Mule Contract Job Trends in London

Mule
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Mule skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 360 389
Rank change year-on-year -7 +29 +100
Contract jobs citing Mule 5 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% 0.021% 0.033%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.34% 0.18% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £491 - -
25th Percentile £504 £506 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -28.57%
75th Percentile £637 £559 £525
90th Percentile £704 £584 £556
England median daily rate £319 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -37.76% +2.50% -18.37%

All Application Platform Skills
London

Mule falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,489 1,643 1,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.38% 11.73% 10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,031 1,037 1,386
10th Percentile £325 £308 £263
25th Percentile £415 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £738 £810 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 29
10th Percentile - £17.54 £17.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.84 £21.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -8.46% +15.56%
75th Percentile £43.00 £39.73 £32.50
90th Percentile £69.36 £52.83 £50.77
England median hourly rate £27.21 £42.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -35.98% +73.47% +38.26%

Mule
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Mule job vacancy trend in London

Mule
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Mule.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Mule

Mule
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mule in London over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Mule in London

Mule
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 Mule within the London region over the 6 months to 18 January 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
Central London 0 1 - -
Mule
England

Mule
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 5 (100.00%) Anypoint
2 2 (40.00%) Mule ESB
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) iPaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Postman
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) MuleSoft Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) JSON
1 4 (80.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) RAML
2 2 (40.00%) RESTful
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) API Management
2 3 (60.00%) API Development
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) API Design
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Webhook
4 1 (20.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) DataWeave
2 2 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) MuleSoft
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft