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 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 401 455 443
Rank change year-on-year +54 -12 +99
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 167 104 211
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.27% 0.43%
As % of the Vendors category 1.07% 0.61% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 61 146
10th Percentile £365 £438 £446
25th Percentile £449 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £630
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -8.73% +9.57%
75th Percentile £628 £675 £700
90th Percentile £710 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
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 15,579 17,006 21,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.28% 44.16% 44.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,565 10,199 14,188
10th Percentile £275 £281 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.40% - +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 796 678 648
10th Percentile £14.72 £14.26 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.45 £15.62 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -31.66% +83.61%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.28 £30.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.07% -29.41% +112.50%

MuleSoft
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MuleSoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MuleSoft 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 September 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 18 September 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 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
England +66 138 £513 -10.87% 46
UK excluding London +34 78 £500 -4.76% 29
London +33 60 £550 -8.33% 26
Work from Home +35 39 £550 - 23
South East +52 36 £463 -7.50% 12
North of England -8 23 £481 -18.13% 9
Yorkshire 0 18 £449 -28.24% 5
Midlands -15 7 £358 -28.40% 3
Scotland 0 6 £525 +2.44% 1
West Midlands -6 6 £525 +6.06% 1
North West -24 5 £550 - 3
South West +26 3 - - 3
East of England +6 2 £500 -13.04% 1
Wales +5 1 £625 -
East Midlands -4 1 £358 -23.63% 2

MuleSoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 37 (22.16%) Anypoint
2 19 (11.38%) Mule
3 7 (4.19%) Confluence
4 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.40%) Mule ESB
5 2 (1.20%) Apache
5 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.60%) CMS
6 1 (0.60%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.60%) JBoss
6 1 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.60%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.20%) Sketch
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.60%) Notion
4 1 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (7.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.20%) Magento
2 2 (1.20%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle Retail
2 2 (1.20%) SAP CX
2 2 (1.20%) Shopify
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.60%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 45 (26.95%) Azure
2 21 (12.57%) AWS
3 18 (10.78%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (9.58%) GCP
5 14 (8.38%) Apigee
6 12 (7.19%) Boomi
7 7 (4.19%) SaaS
8 6 (3.59%) GitHub
8 6 (3.59%) iPaaS
8 6 (3.59%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.99%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 5 (2.99%) PaaS
9 5 (2.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 5 (2.99%) Stackdriver
9 5 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (2.40%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 4 (2.40%) Serverless
11 3 (1.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 2 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.98%) TCP/IP
2 17 (10.18%) Firewall
3 9 (5.39%) LAN
3 9 (5.39%) WAN
4 7 (4.19%) AMQP
4 7 (4.19%) DSL
5 5 (2.99%) HTTP
5 5 (2.99%) SSL
6 4 (2.40%) DHCP
6 4 (2.40%) DNS
7 1 (0.60%) VPN
7 1 (0.60%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (3.59%) Power BI
2 4 (2.40%) Apache Cassandra
2 4 (2.40%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.20%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.20%) Tableau
4 1 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.60%) MySQL
4 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (19.16%) Jenkins
2 25 (14.97%) Git
3 19 (11.38%) Postman
4 15 (8.98%) GitLab
5 11 (6.59%) JIRA
6 5 (2.99%) Maven
7 4 (2.40%) Selenium
8 3 (1.80%) Gradle
9 2 (1.20%) Cypress.io
9 2 (1.20%) TestPartner
10 1 (0.60%) Appium
10 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.60%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.60%) Gatling
10 1 (0.60%) JUnit
10 1 (0.60%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.60%) WebDriver
General
1 65 (38.92%) Social Skills
2 44 (26.35%) Finance
3 30 (17.96%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.38%) Banking
5 13 (7.78%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.59%) Billing
6 6 (3.59%) Retail
7 4 (2.40%) Marketing
8 3 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.80%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.80%) Law
8 3 (1.80%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.20%) Military
10 1 (0.60%) Automotive
10 1 (0.60%) Aviation
10 1 (0.60%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.60%) Front Office
10 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (25.15%) Architect
2 39 (23.35%) Developer
3 22 (13.17%) Senior
4 19 (11.38%) Lead
5 17 (10.18%) Analyst
5 17 (10.18%) MuleSoft Developer
5 17 (10.18%) Technical Architect
6 11 (6.59%) Technical Engineer
7 10 (5.99%) Business Analyst
7 10 (5.99%) Senior Technical Engineer
7 10 (5.99%) Windows Engineer
8 9 (5.39%) Consultant
9 8 (4.79%) Salesforce Developer
10 7 (4.19%) Integration Architect
10 7 (4.19%) Integration Consultant
10 7 (4.19%) Salesforce Architect
11 6 (3.59%) Integration Analyst
11 6 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.99%) MuleSoft Architect
12 5 (2.99%) Senior Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (19.76%) REST
2 30 (17.96%) SOAP
3 28 (16.77%) Middleware
4 22 (13.17%) Kafka
5 18 (10.78%) OAuth
6 16 (9.58%) XML
7 15 (8.98%) RAML
7 15 (8.98%) RESTful
8 13 (7.78%) OAuth2
9 11 (6.59%) JSON
9 11 (6.59%) Lightning Web Components
10 10 (5.99%) JWT
10 10 (5.99%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (4.79%) Apache Camel
11 8 (4.79%) Swagger
11 8 (4.79%) Web Services
12 7 (4.19%) ActiveMQ
12 7 (4.19%) AngularJS
12 7 (4.19%) OpenAPI
13 6 (3.59%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.98%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.79%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (3.59%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.59%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.59%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.40%) Clustering
5 4 (2.40%) NHS
5 4 (2.40%) SCADA
6 3 (1.80%) IVR
7 2 (1.20%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.60%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.60%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.77%) Linux
2 22 (13.17%) Windows
3 9 (5.39%) Unix
4 6 (3.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.80%) AIX
5 3 (1.80%) CentOS
5 3 (1.80%) Solaris
5 3 (1.80%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 3 (1.80%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.60%) SUSE
6 1 (0.60%) VMS
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (35.93%) Agile
2 55 (32.93%) DevOps
3 36 (21.56%) CI/CD
4 32 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (16.77%) API Management
6 25 (14.97%) Translating Business Requirements
7 22 (13.17%) Microservices
8 21 (12.57%) API Design
8 21 (12.57%) Migration
8 21 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (11.38%) Scrum
10 17 (10.18%) Integration Patterns
11 16 (9.58%) Data Management
12 15 (8.98%) Configuration Management
13 14 (8.38%) Architectural Patterns
14 13 (7.78%) API Development
14 13 (7.78%) Event-Driven
15 12 (7.19%) Infrastructure Automation
15 12 (7.19%) Test Automation
16 11 (6.59%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 28 (16.77%) Python
2 25 (14.97%) Java
3 12 (7.19%) DataWeave
3 12 (7.19%) SQL
4 11 (6.59%) Apex Code
5 6 (3.59%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.99%) Bash
6 5 (2.99%) C#
7 4 (2.40%) Perl
7 4 (2.40%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.20%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.60%) COBOL
9 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.60%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 22 (13.17%) Security Cleared
2 14 (8.38%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.99%) Degree
4 4 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.20%) OCP
6 2 (1.20%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.99%) QA
2 4 (2.40%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.40%) GDPR
2 4 (2.40%) SLA
3 3 (1.80%) WCAG
4 2 (1.20%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.20%) HL7
4 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.20%) Section 508
5 1 (0.60%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (10.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (7.78%) Docker
3 6 (3.59%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.59%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 2 (1.20%) vSphere
5 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (17.96%) Ansible
2 20 (11.98%) Puppet
3 14 (8.38%) Kubernetes
3 14 (8.38%) Terraform
4 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Clustering
5 7 (4.19%) CloudHub
5 7 (4.19%) SCCM
6 3 (1.80%) Istio
7 2 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.60%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 45 (26.95%) Salesforce
2 30 (17.96%) Microsoft
3 22 (13.17%) SAP
3 22 (13.17%) VMware
4 17 (10.18%) Oracle
5 14 (8.38%) Google
6 9 (5.39%) Dell
7 7 (4.19%) Splunk
8 4 (2.40%) Anaplan
8 4 (2.40%) Broadcom
8 4 (2.40%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.40%) F5
8 4 (2.40%) Globalscape
8 4 (2.40%) Hyperion
8 4 (2.40%) Infoblox
8 4 (2.40%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.40%) Workday
9 3 (1.80%) Virgin Media
10 2 (1.20%) Jitterbit
10 2 (1.20%) SnapLogic