Middleware Contract Job Trends in Reading

Middleware
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Middleware skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 91 89
Rank change year-on-year +29 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Middleware 5 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.86% 0.090% 0.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.65% 0.43% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £348 - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.00%
75th Percentile £591 - £700
90th Percentile £776 - £701
Berkshire median daily rate £463 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +12.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 137 235 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 23.62% 21.25% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 168 127
10th Percentile £350 £382 £350
25th Percentile £407 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £602 £638 £669
90th Percentile £650 £675 £706
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £23.08
25th Percentile - - £32.43
Median hourly rate - £61.60 £48.27
Median % change year-on-year - +27.63% -36.28%
75th Percentile - - £63.85
90th Percentile - £69.56 £73.06
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £56.06
% change year-on-year -47.55% +9.88% -18.31%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in Reading

Middleware
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Middleware

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in Reading over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in Reading

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Middleware

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (20.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (20.00%) Gunicorn
1 1 (20.00%) nginx
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Spatial
1 1 (20.00%) Smallworld
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
1 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (20.00%) Redis
1 1 (20.00%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Django Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (20.00%) GIS Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Developer
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) Bootstrap
2 1 (20.00%) Django
2 1 (20.00%) jQuery
2 1 (20.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (20.00%) PostGIS
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
2 1 (20.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Kanban
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Server Management
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Storage Management
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) Magik
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) ESRI
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow