Middleware Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Middleware
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Middleware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 51 63
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 0
Contract jobs citing Middleware 4 4 16
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 1.14% 0.84% 2.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.35% 5.71% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 11
10th Percentile £503 £550 £555
25th Percentile £505 £588 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £700 £575
Median % change year-on-year -26.61% +21.74% +15.00%
75th Percentile £527 £750 £672
90th Percentile £531 - £675
South East median daily rate £595 £570 £520
% change year-on-year +4.39% +9.62% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £63.50
25th Percentile - - £65.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - £76.50
South East median hourly rate - - £70.00

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 92 70 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 26.29% 14.74% 18.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 49 104
10th Percentile - - £281
25th Percentile £204 £203 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £525
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -38.10% -5.62%
75th Percentile £550 £513 £575
90th Percentile £600 £596 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £73.01 - £51.53
25th Percentile £73.76 £57.50 £60.50
Median hourly rate £79.41 £60.00 £75.77
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -20.81% +68.37%
75th Percentile £86.94 £62.50 £76.53
90th Percentile £88.83 - £76.82
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £58.59
% change year-on-year -20.00% +6.67% -9.86%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Middleware job vacancy trend in Surrey

Middleware
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Middleware

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Middleware

Middleware
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
Guildford -1 4 £514 -26.61% 4
Middleware
South East

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (25.00%) Blazor
1 1 (25.00%) OAuth
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
1 1 (25.00%) WebAssembly
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) API Management
1 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (75.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) MuleSoft
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (25.00%) SAP