Middleware Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Middleware
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Middleware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Middleware 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.19% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.84% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 119 23 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 22.12% 16.20% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 17 3
10th Percentile £411 £434 £360
25th Percentile £448 £435 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +31.25% -32.77%
75th Percentile £513 £567 £425
90th Percentile £638 £570 £440
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -4.76% +13.51% -15.91%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Middleware job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Middleware
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Middleware

Middleware
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Telford - 1 £465 - 2
Middleware
West Midlands

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 1 (100.00%) Tuxedo
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fujitsu