Middleware Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Middleware
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Middleware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 79 121
Rank change year-on-year -21 +42 +33
Contract jobs citing Middleware 13 37 19
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.85% 2.20% 0.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.86% 9.81% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 29 12
10th Percentile £425 £356 £537
25th Percentile £431 £365 £567
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £606
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -21.65% +18.29%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £738
90th Percentile £670 £619 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £558 £600
% change year-on-year -1.43% -7.00% +1.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 337 377 505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 21.94% 22.39% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 244 330
10th Percentile £359 £356 £400
25th Percentile £419 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £467 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.07% -6.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £49.50
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £59.03
Median % change year-on-year - - +229.36%
75th Percentile - - £73.75
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -19.23%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Middleware job vacancy trend in Scotland

Middleware
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Middleware

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in Scotland

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Middleware

Middleware
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Glasgow -24 10 £463 +0.54%
Aberdeenshire - 1 £600 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £513 -
Aberdeen - 1 £600 -
Middleware
UK

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (15.38%) Apache
1 2 (15.38%) Apache Geronimo
1 2 (15.38%) Apache ServiceMix
1 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Fuse
1 2 (15.38%) Tomcat
1 2 (15.38%) WebSphere
2 1 (7.69%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Apple Pay
2 1 (7.69%) Google Pay
2 1 (7.69%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) GIS
2 2 (15.38%) MongoDB
3 1 (7.69%) MySQL
3 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Integration Specialist
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Java Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Java Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Applications Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior WordPress Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Web Services
2 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
2 2 (15.38%) Apache Axis
2 2 (15.38%) Apache Camel
2 2 (15.38%) Kafka
2 2 (15.38%) REST
2 2 (15.38%) Spring
2 2 (15.38%) Spring Boot
2 2 (15.38%) TIBCO EMS
3 1 (7.69%) .NET
3 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) CSS3
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) HTML5
3 1 (7.69%) JSON
3 1 (7.69%) JWT
3 1 (7.69%) OAuth
3 1 (7.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Data Centre
2 2 (15.38%) Distributed Applications
2 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Public Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) SCADA
3 1 (7.69%) AS400
3 1 (7.69%) FMCG
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Data Pipeline
1 6 (46.15%) System Testing
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Data Integration
4 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) Energy Management
5 2 (15.38%) Fintech
5 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (15.38%) Microservices
5 2 (15.38%) Observability
5 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 1 (7.69%) Network Design
6 1 (7.69%) OO
6 1 (7.69%) OOD
6 1 (7.69%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) PL/SQL
4 1 (7.69%) C#
4 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) PHP
4 1 (7.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 2 (15.38%) TIBCO
4 1 (7.69%) Apple
4 1 (7.69%) GoCardless
4 1 (7.69%) Google