MuleSoft Contract Job Trends

MuleSoft
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of MuleSoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MuleSoft over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within MuleSoft, Inc.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 460 445
Rank change year-on-year +70 -15 +79
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 179 93 189
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.26% 0.40%
As % of the Vendors category 1.09% 0.57% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 56 122
10th Percentile £380 £450 £446
25th Percentile £450 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £568 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.49% -9.20% +4.17%
75th Percentile £616 £688 £697
90th Percentile £750 £759 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £63.63 - -
25th Percentile £67.19 - -
Median hourly rate £76.25 £36.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +111.81% - -
75th Percentile £87.19 - -
90th Percentile £91.88 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £36.00 -

All Vendors
UK

MuleSoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,436 16,298 21,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.59% 44.89% 45.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,261 9,589 13,613
10th Percentile £281 £297 £260
25th Percentile £404 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £721 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 840 510 667
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.54
25th Percentile £17.96 £17.00 £19.88
Median hourly rate £25.11 £32.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -21.53% -27.11% +75.60%
75th Percentile £40.65 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.68 £71.25 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £29.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -22.41% -32.16% +97.55%

MuleSoft
Job Vacancy Trend

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

MuleSoft job vacancy trend in the UK

MuleSoft
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MuleSoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MuleSoft

MuleSoft
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MuleSoft over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MuleSoft in the UK

MuleSoft
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MuleSoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MuleSoft

MuleSoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MuleSoft over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for MuleSoft in the UK

MuleSoft
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MuleSoft within the UK over the 6 months to 4 November 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 +44 149 £523 -10.30% 142
UK excluding London +21 76 £500 -4.76% 89
London +28 73 £550 -15.38% 88
Work from Home +29 51 £575 +4.55% 50
South East +30 29 £475 -5.00% 59
North of England -37 21 £475 -24.00% 8
Yorkshire -16 18 £463 -26.00% 6
Midlands -21 8 £400 -20.00% 6
South West +10 7 £650 +23.81% 4
Scotland +4 6 £525 +2.44% 4
West Midlands - 6 £400 - 1
East of England - 4 £500 - 8
North West -31 3 £550 -6.38% 2
East Midlands -14 2 - - 3
Wales +1 1 £625 -

MuleSoft
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:

Application Platforms
1 33 (18.44%) Anypoint
2 17 (9.50%) Mule
3 9 (5.03%) Confluence
4 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.12%) Apache
5 2 (1.12%) Mule ESB
5 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.56%) JBoss
6 1 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.56%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.12%) Sketch
4 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.56%) Notion
4 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (5.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.68%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.56%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.58%) Azure
2 21 (11.73%) AWS
3 20 (11.17%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (8.94%) Apigee
5 14 (7.82%) GCP
6 12 (6.70%) Boomi
7 10 (5.59%) GitHub
7 10 (5.59%) SaaS
7 10 (5.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 8 (4.47%) iPaaS
8 8 (4.47%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 5 (2.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 5 (2.79%) PaaS
10 5 (2.79%) Stackdriver
11 4 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.68%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 3 (1.68%) Serverless
12 3 (1.68%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.17%) TCP/IP
2 17 (9.50%) Firewall
3 7 (3.91%) AMQP
3 7 (3.91%) DSL
4 5 (2.79%) HTTP
4 5 (2.79%) SSL
5 4 (2.23%) DHCP
5 4 (2.23%) DNS
5 4 (2.23%) LAN
5 4 (2.23%) WAN
6 1 (0.56%) VPN
6 1 (0.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.91%) Power BI
2 6 (3.35%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.23%) Apache Cassandra
4 4 (2.23%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (1.12%) KNIME
5 2 (1.12%) Tableau
6 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.56%) MySQL
6 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (16.76%) Jenkins
2 28 (15.64%) Git
3 19 (10.61%) Postman
4 15 (8.38%) GitLab
5 12 (6.70%) JIRA
6 6 (3.35%) Selenium
7 5 (2.79%) Maven
8 3 (1.68%) Gradle
9 2 (1.12%) Cypress.io
9 2 (1.12%) TestPartner
10 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.56%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.56%) Gatling
10 1 (0.56%) JUnit
10 1 (0.56%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.56%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (37.43%) Social Skills
2 42 (23.46%) Finance
3 30 (16.76%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.59%) Banking
6 8 (4.47%) Billing
7 6 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.35%) Marketing
8 4 (2.23%) Retail
9 3 (1.68%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.12%) Law
10 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Automotive
11 1 (0.56%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.56%) Front Office
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.56%) Military
11 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (24.02%) Architect
2 38 (21.23%) Developer
3 24 (13.41%) Lead
4 23 (12.85%) Senior
5 22 (12.29%) Analyst
6 13 (7.26%) Salesforce Architect
7 12 (6.70%) Business Analyst
7 12 (6.70%) Salesforce Developer
7 12 (6.70%) Technical Architect
8 11 (6.15%) Technical Engineer
9 10 (5.59%) MuleSoft Developer
9 10 (5.59%) Senior Technical Engineer
9 10 (5.59%) Windows Engineer
10 9 (5.03%) Integration Architect
10 9 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.91%) Integration Analyst
12 6 (3.35%) Salesforce Solution Architect
13 5 (2.79%) MuleSoft Architect
13 5 (2.79%) Senior Architect
13 5 (2.79%) Senior Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (18.99%) REST
2 32 (17.88%) SOAP
3 30 (16.76%) Middleware
4 18 (10.06%) Kafka
5 16 (8.94%) Lightning Web Components
6 15 (8.38%) OAuth
7 14 (7.82%) RESTful
8 13 (7.26%) XML
9 12 (6.70%) OAuth2
10 9 (5.03%) JWT
10 9 (5.03%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (4.47%) Apache Camel
11 8 (4.47%) JSON
11 8 (4.47%) OpenAPI
11 8 (4.47%) RAML
12 7 (3.91%) ActiveMQ
13 6 (3.35%) AngularJS
13 6 (3.35%) GraphQL
13 6 (3.35%) Web Services
14 5 (2.79%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.73%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.35%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.79%) SCADA
6 4 (2.23%) Clustering
6 4 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.23%) NHS
7 3 (1.68%) IVR
7 3 (1.68%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.56%) CMDB
9 1 (0.56%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.56%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.56%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.56%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 22 (12.29%) Linux
2 17 (9.50%) Windows
3 13 (7.26%) Unix
4 6 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.68%) AIX
5 3 (1.68%) CentOS
5 3 (1.68%) Solaris
5 3 (1.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 3 (1.68%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.56%) SUSE
6 1 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (37.43%) Agile
2 55 (30.73%) DevOps
3 41 (22.91%) CI/CD
4 37 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (15.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (14.53%) Integration Patterns
7 25 (13.97%) Translating Business Requirements
8 23 (12.85%) Migration
8 23 (12.85%) Scrum
9 21 (11.73%) Microservices
10 20 (11.17%) API Design
11 17 (9.50%) Data Management
12 15 (8.38%) Configuration Management
12 15 (8.38%) Event-Driven
12 15 (8.38%) Test Automation
13 14 (7.82%) API Management
13 14 (7.82%) Roadmaps
14 13 (7.26%) Design Patterns
15 12 (6.70%) Data Modelling
15 12 (6.70%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.88%) Python
2 27 (15.08%) Java
3 17 (9.50%) SQL
4 16 (8.94%) Apex Code
5 13 (7.26%) DataWeave
6 8 (4.47%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.47%) Shell Script
7 5 (2.79%) Bash
8 4 (2.23%) Perl
9 2 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.12%) SOQL
10 1 (0.56%) C#
10 1 (0.56%) Korn
10 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.56%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (16.20%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.03%) Degree
4 4 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.82%) QA
2 6 (3.35%) GDPR
3 4 (2.23%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.23%) SLA
4 3 (1.68%) HL7
4 3 (1.68%) WCAG
5 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.12%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.12%) Section 508
6 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (9.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (6.70%) Docker
3 6 (3.35%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 2 (1.12%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.12%) vSphere
5 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (18.44%) Ansible
2 20 (11.17%) Puppet
3 16 (8.94%) Terraform
4 13 (7.26%) Kubernetes
5 10 (5.59%) Microsoft Clustering
6 9 (5.03%) SCCM
7 8 (4.47%) CloudHub
8 3 (1.68%) Istio
9 2 (1.12%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.56%) SCOM
10 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 54 (30.17%) Salesforce
2 26 (14.53%) Microsoft
3 22 (12.29%) VMware
4 21 (11.73%) SAP
5 17 (9.50%) Oracle
6 12 (6.70%) Google
7 8 (4.47%) Dell
8 7 (3.91%) Workday
9 6 (3.35%) Splunk
10 4 (2.23%) Anaplan
10 4 (2.23%) Broadcom
10 4 (2.23%) F5
10 4 (2.23%) Globalscape
10 4 (2.23%) Hyperion
10 4 (2.23%) Infoblox
10 4 (2.23%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.68%) BMC
11 3 (1.68%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (1.68%) Virgin Media