Middleware Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Middleware
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Middleware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 73 89
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +32
Contract jobs citing Middleware 9 10 18
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.85% 0.87% 1.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.39% 4.48% 4.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 10
10th Percentile £420 - £488
25th Percentile £446 £413 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -9.09% -16.98%
75th Percentile £671 £638 £659
90th Percentile £713 £728 £703
North West median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +54.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £61.63
25th Percentile - - £62.19
Median hourly rate - - £63.75
75th Percentile - - £64.69
90th Percentile - - £64.88
North West median hourly rate £27.00 - £63.75
% change year-on-year - - -9.25%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 205 223 399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 19.34% 19.37% 23.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 139 331
10th Percentile £320 £345 £363
25th Percentile £397 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -4.88% -3.30%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £625 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £447 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -0.67% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - £63.20 £60.50
25th Percentile - £64.25 £64.06
Median hourly rate £70.00 £69.50 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% +1.09% -2.48%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £77.81
90th Percentile - £74.20 £79.88
North West median hourly rate £51.00 £56.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year -9.88% +22.54% -38.43%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Middleware job vacancy trend in Manchester

Middleware
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Middleware

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in Manchester over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in Manchester

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Middleware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Middleware

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (33.33%) WebSphere
2 1 (11.11%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
1 5 (55.56%) GCP
2 3 (33.33%) IaaS
2 3 (33.33%) PaaS
2 3 (33.33%) SaaS
3 2 (22.22%) AWS
3 2 (22.22%) npm
4 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) VLAN
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Redis
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Cypress.io
1 2 (22.22%) GitLab
General
1 3 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Backend Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) AWS Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Architect
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (11.11%) ERP Architect
4 1 (11.11%) GCP Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Middleware Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Platform Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Express.js
1 2 (22.22%) Jest
1 2 (22.22%) Node.js
1 2 (22.22%) Nunjucks
1 2 (22.22%) REST
1 2 (22.22%) SAP PI
1 2 (22.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Private Cloud
2 2 (22.22%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (11.11%) Clustering
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (11.11%) IBM XIV
3 1 (11.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Unix
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
1 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 3 (33.33%) Containerisation
1 3 (33.33%) Microservices
1 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 3 (33.33%) Scrum
1 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (11.11%) Security Hardening
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
1 2 (22.22%) WCAG
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Citrix
1 4 (44.44%) IBM
1 4 (44.44%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) F5
2 3 (33.33%) HP
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) SAP
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft