Middleware Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Middleware
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets requiring Middleware skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Middleware 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 4.11% - 2.73%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.04% - 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £520
25th Percentile - - £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 - £560
75th Percentile £596 - £643
90th Percentile £703 - £692
East London median daily rate £416 £415 £560
% change year-on-year +0.20% -25.86% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 23 11 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 31.51% 20.00% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 11
10th Percentile £416 £250 £436
25th Percentile £432 £411 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £585 £540
Median % change year-on-year -23.16% +8.33% -11.84%
75th Percentile £609 £638 £660
90th Percentile £674 - £750
East London median daily rate £450 £556 £540
% change year-on-year -19.19% +3.01% +8.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

Middleware job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

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Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Middleware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Middleware

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Daily Rate Histogram in Tower Hamlets

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in Tower Hamlets over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in Tower Hamlets

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Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Canary Wharf - 3 £416 - 1
Middleware
East London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JUnit
1 2 (66.67%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Salesforce Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) EDI
1 2 (66.67%) IBM Integration Bus
1 2 (66.67%) Kafka
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
1 2 (66.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) AIX
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) API Integration
1 2 (66.67%) API Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Control
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) ArchiMate
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Korn
1 2 (66.67%) Perl
1 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SEPA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce