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 18 June 2026, 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
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 366 449
Rank change year-on-year -59 +83 +37
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 222 170 138
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.57% 0.31%
As % of the Vendors category 1.08% 1.20% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 110 90
10th Percentile £400 £390 £449
25th Percentile £413 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -4.56%
75th Percentile £650 £636 £629
90th Percentile £713 £694 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £446 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.75% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £41.40
25th Percentile £64.50 - £49.50
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £63.00
75th Percentile £68.50 - £76.50
90th Percentile - - £84.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 - £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 20,549 14,166 18,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.77% 47.59% 42.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,890 8,715 11,489
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £401 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,053 653 1,156
10th Percentile £15.37 £14.87 £12.19
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.30 £14.50
Median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £23.90
Median % change year-on-year +35.11% +5.23% -44.90%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.95 £58.90
90th Percentile £80.04 £69.47 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £23.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +39.13% +2.22% -43.75%

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 18 June 2026.

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
Top 16 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 18 June 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
England -86 177 £531 -1.62% 46
London -5 103 £564 -3.68% 25
UK excluding London -102 86 £446 -10.75% 35
Work from Home -30 65 £545 +3.81% 23
Midlands -37 28 £425 -21.30% 7
West Midlands -38 20 £425 -10.53% 6
North of England -81 17 £569 +14.32% 8
North West -32 15 £569 +3.41% 7
Scotland -1 12 £350 -41.67% 6
South East -80 10 £503 +0.50% 8
East Midlands -18 8 £475 -14.80% 1
South West -24 7 £488 -25.00% 2
East of England -23 6 £535 +7.00% 3
Northern Ireland 0 3 £450 -5.26% 2
Wales - 3 £373 -
Yorkshire -75 2 - -

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 36 (16.22%) Anypoint
2 19 (8.56%) Mule
3 15 (6.76%) Confluence
4 1 (0.45%) Camunda
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 8 (3.60%) AutoCAD
1 8 (3.60%) Revit
2 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.25%) SAP CRM
3 5 (2.25%) SAP MDG
4 4 (1.80%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.45%) iTrent
5 1 (0.45%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.45%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.45%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.45%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.45%) Shopify
5 1 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 59 (26.58%) Azure
2 49 (22.07%) AWS
2 49 (22.07%) Boomi
3 22 (9.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 20 (9.01%) iPaaS
4 20 (9.01%) SaaS
5 17 (7.66%) Apigee
6 15 (6.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 14 (6.31%) GCP
8 11 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.05%) Power Platform
9 9 (4.05%) Snowflake
10 7 (3.15%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 6 (2.70%) Azure API Management
11 6 (2.70%) Kong
12 5 (2.25%) Algolia
12 5 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (2.25%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (1.80%) Heroku
13 4 (1.80%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.70%) HTTP
2 5 (2.25%) LAN
2 5 (2.25%) WAN
3 2 (0.90%) Firewall
4 1 (0.45%) AMQP
4 1 (0.45%) Broadband
4 1 (0.45%) CTI
4 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.45%) Network Security
4 1 (0.45%) SMS
4 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.50%) MongoDB
2 9 (4.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (2.70%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.25%) Power BI
5 4 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.80%) KNIME
6 3 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.35%) Tableau
7 2 (0.90%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.90%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.45%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.45%) Metadata
8 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 33 (14.86%) Git
2 31 (13.96%) JIRA
3 8 (3.60%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.15%) Selenium
5 4 (1.80%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.80%) GoCD
5 4 (1.80%) Gradle
5 4 (1.80%) Postman
6 2 (0.90%) JProfiler
6 2 (0.90%) JUnit
6 2 (0.90%) Maven
6 2 (0.90%) Subversion
7 1 (0.45%) Hudson
General
1 75 (33.78%) Social Skills
2 38 (17.12%) Finance
3 28 (12.61%) Public Sector
4 27 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.95%) Marketing
5 11 (4.95%) Retail
5 11 (4.95%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.70%) Banking
7 5 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.25%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.80%) Billing
8 4 (1.80%) Publishing
9 3 (1.35%) Automotive
9 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.35%) Law
9 3 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.90%) Back Office
10 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (32.43%) Architect
2 53 (23.87%) Developer
3 25 (11.26%) Analyst
4 23 (10.36%) Lead
4 23 (10.36%) Salesforce Developer
5 20 (9.01%) Integration Architect
6 16 (7.21%) Integration Specialist
6 16 (7.21%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (6.76%) MuleSoft Architect
8 13 (5.86%) MuleSoft Developer
8 13 (5.86%) Technical Architect
9 11 (4.95%) Senior
10 10 (4.50%) Salesforce Architect
10 10 (4.50%) Technical Leader
11 9 (4.05%) Cloud Developer
11 9 (4.05%) Java Developer
11 9 (4.05%) Salesforce Support
12 8 (3.60%) Applications Support
12 8 (3.60%) Applications Support Analyst
12 8 (3.60%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (22.97%) Middleware
2 46 (20.72%) REST
3 41 (18.47%) JSON
4 28 (12.61%) Lightning Web Components
5 27 (12.16%) XML
6 25 (11.26%) SOAP
7 18 (8.11%) OAuth
8 14 (6.31%) OAuth2
9 13 (5.86%) OpenAPI
9 13 (5.86%) Swagger
10 11 (4.95%) Web Services
11 10 (4.50%) JWT
11 10 (4.50%) Kafka
12 9 (4.05%) RAML
13 8 (3.60%) JSF
13 8 (3.60%) React
14 7 (3.15%) Node.js
15 6 (2.70%) BAPI
15 6 (2.70%) OpenID
15 6 (2.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.21%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.86%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.15%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.70%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.25%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.35%) Freedom of Information Act
8 3 (1.35%) TM Forum
9 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.90%) SCADA
10 1 (0.45%) IoT
10 1 (0.45%) Life Science
10 1 (0.45%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.45%) Robotics
10 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.70%) Windows
2 5 (2.25%) Linux
3 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (30.18%) CI/CD
2 60 (27.03%) Agile
3 52 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (22.97%) Integration Patterns
5 48 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 39 (17.57%) DevOps
7 38 (17.12%) API Management
8 37 (16.67%) CRM
9 33 (14.86%) ERP
10 32 (14.41%) Microservices
10 32 (14.41%) Migration
11 29 (13.06%) Event-Driven
12 28 (12.61%) Validation
13 26 (11.71%) Data Modelling
14 24 (10.81%) Data Transformation
15 22 (9.91%) ETL
15 22 (9.91%) Test Automation
16 21 (9.46%) Scrum
17 20 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 18 (8.11%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 33 (14.86%) SQL
2 29 (13.06%) Apex Code
3 20 (9.01%) JavaScript
4 17 (7.66%) Java
5 7 (3.15%) PL/SQL
5 7 (3.15%) Python
6 6 (2.70%) DataWeave
6 6 (2.70%) SOQL
7 4 (1.80%) C#
8 2 (0.90%) Groovy
9 1 (0.45%) Bash
9 1 (0.45%) Bicep
9 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.45%) SOSL
9 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (19.82%) Security Cleared
2 35 (15.77%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.41%) Degree
4 9 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.15%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.25%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.80%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.35%) CISSP
8 3 (1.35%) GIAC
8 3 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.66%) QA
2 11 (4.95%) GDPR
3 6 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.35%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.35%) GMP
5 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.45%) DICOM
5 1 (0.45%) HL7
5 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (0.90%) Docker
2 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.25%) Ansible
2 2 (0.90%) Grafana
2 2 (0.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.90%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.45%) CASB
3 1 (0.45%) CloudHub
3 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 80 (36.04%) Salesforce
2 35 (15.77%) SAP
3 28 (12.61%) Oracle
4 18 (8.11%) ServiceNow
5 14 (6.31%) Workday
6 13 (5.86%) Microsoft
7 12 (5.41%) Dell
8 11 (4.95%) Informatica
9 9 (4.05%) DocuSign
10 8 (3.60%) Adobe
10 8 (3.60%) Autodesk
10 8 (3.60%) Conga
10 8 (3.60%) Talend
11 6 (2.70%) Capita
12 5 (2.25%) Kronos
13 3 (1.35%) Databricks
13 3 (1.35%) Google
13 3 (1.35%) OutSystems
13 3 (1.35%) Quadient
13 3 (1.35%) Splunk