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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 53 68
Rank change year-on-year +9 +15 +2
Contract jobs citing Middleware 6 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 1.69% 0.74% 1.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.45% 4.00% 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £501 £550 £581
25th Percentile £501 £588 £627
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £700 £672
Median % change year-on-year -27.86% +4.17% +22.18%
75th Percentile £521 £750 £674
90th Percentile £529 - £688
South East median daily rate £536 £591 £450
% change year-on-year -9.19% +31.22% -21.74%
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 93 100 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 26.27% 18.42% 16.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 73 95
10th Percentile - - £232
25th Percentile £204 £203 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £619 £609
90th Percentile £582 £636 £700
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £62.00 £49.34
25th Percentile £72.50 £68.75 £53.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £80.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £76.53
90th Percentile - - £76.92
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -18.83% +2.67% -4.00%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Middleware 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 18 September 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 +3 6 £505 -27.86%
Middleware
South East

Middleware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) LAN
1 4 (66.67%) WAN
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
1 1 (16.67%) Blazor
1 1 (16.67%) OAuth
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
1 1 (16.67%) WebAssembly
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) API Management
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) TOGAF
2 4 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 3 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
5 1 (16.67%) DevOps
5 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) MuleSoft
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) SAP