Middleware Architect Contract Job Trends

Middleware Architect
UK

The median Middleware Architect daily rate in the UK is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 562 630
Rank change year-on-year -1 +68 +186
Contract jobs requiring a Middleware Architect 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.003% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.003% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £573 - -
25th Percentile £606 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.75%
75th Percentile £688 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -20.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,435 34,526 44,661
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.91% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,258 20,814 30,499
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,682 1,372 1,517
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.07 £14.77
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% -9.09% +91.30%

Middleware Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Middleware Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Middleware Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Middleware Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Middleware Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Middleware Architect job vacancies in the UK

Middleware Architect
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England -15 4 £675 -
London +16 3 £613 -
Work from Home - 2 £550 -
UK excluding London - 1 £675 -
North of England - 1 £675 -
North West - 1 £675 -

Middleware Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Middleware Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Middleware Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
2 3 (75.00%) GCP
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) CRM
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (50.00%) ERP
3 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) CODA
4 1 (25.00%) Logistics
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS

Middleware Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) GCP
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PDA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CODA