Middleware Contracts in the South West

Middleware
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Middleware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Middleware over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 149 139
Rank change year-on-year +79 -10 -1
Contract jobs citing Middleware 41 8 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.44% 0.25% 0.77%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.04% 1.86% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 17
10th Percentile £380 £570 £463
25th Percentile £389 £622 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £763 £540
Median % change year-on-year -34.43% +41.20% +5.47%
75th Percentile £713 £769 £638
90th Percentile £743 - £675
England median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 0 4
10th Percentile £61.25 - £44.00
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile £68.00 - -
90th Percentile £68.23 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +60.04%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 292 429 561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.40% 13.41% 15.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 286 445
10th Percentile £355 £313 £387
25th Percentile £445 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £625
90th Percentile £725 £703 £700
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 50 18
10th Percentile £61.25 £43.75 £49.25
25th Percentile £64.38 £45.00 £50.66
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.72% -4.78% -9.52%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.33 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £85.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Middleware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in the South West

Middleware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Middleware in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Middleware in the South West

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in the South West

Middleware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Middleware in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Middleware in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol +51 36 £450 -28.71% 23
Dorset +3 4 £535 -29.84% 2
Wiltshire - 1 £725 -
Middleware
England

Middleware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (2.44%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) AWS
2 1 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) LAN
1 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (12.20%) Finance
2 4 (9.76%) Aerospace
3 3 (7.32%) Law
4 2 (4.88%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Aviation
5 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (48.78%) Software Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) C++ Software Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Java Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Product Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Products Support Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Software Support Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Support Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Java Software Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Linux Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Linux Support
4 7 (17.07%) Linux Support Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Java Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Architect
7 2 (4.88%) C++ Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Database Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Migration Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Oracle Consultant
8 1 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (29.27%) Qt
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (4.88%) CSS
3 2 (4.88%) CSS3
3 2 (4.88%) HTML
3 2 (4.88%) HTML5
3 2 (4.88%) Jest
3 2 (4.88%) React
3 2 (4.88%) Redux
4 1 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (2.44%) Java EE
4 1 (2.44%) Kafka
4 1 (2.44%) OpenTracing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.44%) Algorithms
1 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (36.59%) Linux
2 11 (26.83%) Ubuntu
3 2 (4.88%) AIX
3 2 (4.88%) Unix
3 2 (4.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (82.93%) Software Engineering
2 3 (7.32%) Microservices
3 2 (4.88%) Agile
3 2 (4.88%) CI/CD
3 2 (4.88%) Database Migration
3 2 (4.88%) Database Security
3 2 (4.88%) Design Patterns
3 2 (4.88%) E-business
3 2 (4.88%) IT Strategy
3 2 (4.88%) Migration
3 2 (4.88%) Project Management
3 2 (4.88%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (4.88%) Service Design
3 2 (4.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (4.88%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (4.88%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (2.44%) API Management
4 1 (2.44%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (2.44%) Business Strategy
4 1 (2.44%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 33 (80.49%) Ada
2 24 (58.54%) C++
3 13 (31.71%) Java
4 11 (26.83%) C
4 11 (26.83%) JavaScript
4 11 (26.83%) Shell Script
5 3 (7.32%) SQL
6 1 (2.44%) Fortran
6 1 (2.44%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) Security Cleared
2 13 (31.71%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.44%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (53.66%) Def Stans
1 22 (53.66%) IEC 61508
2 12 (29.27%) MISRA
2 12 (29.27%) MISRA C
3 2 (4.88%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Ansible
1 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.44%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 11 (26.83%) Red Hat
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) Databricks
3 1 (2.44%) Google
3 1 (2.44%) Intel
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.44%) Twitter