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 31 May 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
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 370 438
Rank change year-on-year -62 +68 +66
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 218 153 134
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.53% 0.31%
As % of the Vendors category 1.08% 1.10% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 97 92
10th Percentile £400 £423 £450
25th Percentile £413 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £713 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -15.00% -13.04% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £64.50 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £90.00
75th Percentile £68.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 - -

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 20,109 13,901 18,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.93% 47.75% 42.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,663 8,623 11,336
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £405 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £489 £500
% change year-on-year +1.02% -2.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,040 593 1,120
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.11
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.04 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.81% +15.73% -47.67%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £76.52 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £22.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +31.11% +4.65% -45.64%

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 31 May 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 14 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 31 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
England -48 191 £513 -6.82% 22
London -24 99 £569 -5.13% 11
UK excluding London -82 90 £425 -15.00% 17
Work from Home -32 63 £535 +1.90% 10
Midlands -19 46 £423 -21.76% 5
West Midlands -27 38 £400 -15.79% 4
North of England -82 17 £538 +7.50% 5
North West -40 14 £513 -2.38% 4
South East -69 11 £505 +1.00% 2
East Midlands -20 8 £475 -14.80% 1
South West -34 7 £488 -25.00% 1
East of England -27 6 £535 +7.00%
Yorkshire -66 3 £563 +18.42%
Wales - 3 £373 -

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 40 (18.35%) Anypoint
2 14 (6.42%) Confluence
2 14 (6.42%) Mule
3 1 (0.46%) Camunda
3 1 (0.46%) Mule ESB
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.29%) Adobe XD
1 5 (2.29%) Sketch
2 4 (1.83%) AutoCAD
2 4 (1.83%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.29%) SAP CRM
3 5 (2.29%) SAP MDG
4 3 (1.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.46%) iTrent
5 1 (0.46%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.46%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.46%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.46%) Shopify
5 1 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 63 (28.90%) Azure
2 48 (22.02%) Boomi
3 46 (21.10%) AWS
4 24 (11.01%) iPaaS
5 21 (9.63%) Apigee
6 17 (7.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 16 (7.34%) GCP
7 16 (7.34%) SaaS
8 12 (5.50%) Power Platform
9 11 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (5.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 11 (5.05%) Snowflake
10 7 (3.21%) Kong
11 6 (2.75%) Azure API Management
11 6 (2.75%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 6 (2.75%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (2.29%) Algolia
12 5 (2.29%) Figma
13 4 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.83%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.75%) HTTP
2 5 (2.29%) HTTPS
2 5 (2.29%) LAN
2 5 (2.29%) WAN
3 2 (0.92%) Firewall
4 1 (0.46%) AMQP
4 1 (0.46%) Broadband
4 1 (0.46%) Network Security
4 1 (0.46%) SMS
4 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 8 (3.67%) Power BI
3 6 (2.75%) KNIME
4 4 (1.83%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.92%) Tableau
7 1 (0.46%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.46%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.46%) Metadata
7 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 31 (14.22%) Git
2 27 (12.39%) JIRA
3 10 (4.59%) Selenium
4 5 (2.29%) Postman
5 2 (0.92%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.46%) Hudson
General
1 73 (33.49%) Social Skills
2 37 (16.97%) Finance
3 27 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (12.39%) Public Sector
4 11 (5.05%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.13%) Retail
6 8 (3.67%) Marketing
7 6 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.29%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.83%) Banking
9 4 (1.83%) Billing
9 4 (1.83%) Law
9 4 (1.83%) Publishing
10 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.92%) Automotive
11 2 (0.92%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 80 (36.70%) Architect
2 40 (18.35%) Developer
3 27 (12.39%) Lead
4 23 (10.55%) MuleSoft Architect
5 22 (10.09%) Salesforce Developer
6 20 (9.17%) Technical Architect
7 19 (8.72%) Integration Architect
8 18 (8.26%) Analyst
9 17 (7.80%) Integration Specialist
9 17 (7.80%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (5.05%) MuleSoft Developer
11 10 (4.59%) Technical Leader
12 8 (3.67%) Data Engineer
12 8 (3.67%) Salesforce Architect
13 7 (3.21%) Cloud Developer
13 7 (3.21%) Data Migration Engineer
13 7 (3.21%) Migration Engineer
13 7 (3.21%) Salesforce Technical Leader
13 7 (3.21%) Senior
14 6 (2.75%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (22.48%) Middleware
2 37 (16.97%) REST
3 30 (13.76%) JSON
4 27 (12.39%) Lightning Web Components
5 22 (10.09%) XML
6 21 (9.63%) SOAP
7 16 (7.34%) OAuth
8 13 (5.96%) OpenAPI
8 13 (5.96%) Swagger
9 11 (5.05%) OAuth2
9 11 (5.05%) React
9 11 (5.05%) RESTful
10 10 (4.59%) RAML
11 9 (4.13%) Kafka
12 8 (3.67%) CSS
12 8 (3.67%) HTML
13 7 (3.21%) JWT
13 7 (3.21%) Web Services
14 6 (2.75%) AngularJS
14 6 (2.75%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.05%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (3.67%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.21%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.75%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.75%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.29%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.38%) Freedom of Information Act
7 3 (1.38%) TM Forum
8 2 (0.92%) IoT
8 2 (0.92%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.92%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.92%) SCADA
9 1 (0.46%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.46%) Robotics
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.75%) Windows
2 5 (2.29%) Linux
3 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.06%) CI/CD
2 50 (22.94%) Agile
3 46 (21.10%) Integration Patterns
4 45 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (19.72%) API Management
6 40 (18.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 35 (16.06%) ERP
8 31 (14.22%) CRM
9 30 (13.76%) Microservices
10 29 (13.30%) DevOps
10 29 (13.30%) Event-Driven
11 28 (12.84%) Validation
12 25 (11.47%) ETL
13 23 (10.55%) Data Modelling
14 22 (10.09%) Migration
15 21 (9.63%) Data Transformation
16 20 (9.17%) Test Automation
17 18 (8.26%) API Design
17 18 (8.26%) Translating Business Requirements
18 16 (7.34%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 32 (14.68%) SQL
2 28 (12.84%) Apex Code
3 23 (10.55%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.21%) Java
5 6 (2.75%) DataWeave
5 6 (2.75%) Python
6 4 (1.83%) C#
6 4 (1.83%) SOQL
7 3 (1.38%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.46%) Bash
8 1 (0.46%) Bicep
8 1 (0.46%) Groovy
8 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (16.51%) Security Cleared
2 30 (13.76%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.80%) Degree
4 8 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.67%) Master's Degree
5 7 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.29%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.83%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.38%) CISSP
8 3 (1.38%) GIAC
9 2 (0.92%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.46%) CBAP
10 1 (0.46%) CSPO
10 1 (0.46%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.96%) QA
2 12 (5.50%) GDPR
3 6 (2.75%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.75%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.38%) GMP
4 3 (1.38%) WCAG
5 1 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.46%) COBIT
5 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.46%) DICOM
5 1 (0.46%) HL7
5 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.46%) Docker
1 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.92%) CloudHub
2 1 (0.46%) Ansible
2 1 (0.46%) CASB
2 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 66 (30.28%) Salesforce
2 34 (15.60%) SAP
3 19 (8.72%) Oracle
4 14 (6.42%) ServiceNow
5 13 (5.96%) Microsoft
5 13 (5.96%) Workday
6 11 (5.05%) Dell
6 11 (5.05%) Informatica
7 9 (4.13%) Adobe
8 8 (3.67%) Talend
9 6 (2.75%) Capita
9 6 (2.75%) IBM
10 5 (2.29%) Axway
10 5 (2.29%) DocuSign
10 5 (2.29%) IBM Sterling
11 4 (1.83%) Autodesk
11 4 (1.83%) Conga
11 4 (1.83%) Kronos
12 3 (1.38%) OutSystems
12 3 (1.38%) Quadient