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 23 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
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 388 449
Rank change year-on-year -37 +61 +33
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 215 132 129
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.46% 0.30%
As % of the Vendors category 1.08% 0.97% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 85 88
10th Percentile £400 £434 £443
25th Percentile £413 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -2.61% -4.17%
75th Percentile £610 £650 £630
90th Percentile £713 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £520 £575
% change year-on-year -18.27% -9.57% +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 19,908 13,646 17,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.98% 47.70% 42.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,584 8,512 11,217
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £492 £500
% change year-on-year - -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,014 555 1,097
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £14.41
Median hourly rate £32.36 £25.50 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +26.91% +15.12% -47.88%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.00 £57.33
90th Percentile £75.40 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £22.50 £21.46
% change year-on-year +31.11% +4.85% -45.74%

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 23 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 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 23 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 -31 186 £500 -13.04% 35
UK excluding London -67 95 £425 -18.27% 7
London -24 90 £550 -8.33% 28
Work from Home -18 63 £525 - 14
Midlands -34 47 £423 -21.62% 1
West Midlands -31 38 £400 -15.79%
North of England -68 18 £563 +12.50% 3
North West -36 13 £513 -2.38% 2
South East -74 13 £505 +1.25% 3
East Midlands -25 9 £488 -12.56% 1
South West -36 7 £488 -25.00%
East of England -26 6 £535 +7.00%
Yorkshire -57 5 £563 +25.84%
Wales - 3 £373 -
Scotland -3 1 £626 +4.33%

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 39 (18.14%) Anypoint
2 14 (6.51%) Confluence
3 13 (6.05%) Mule
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) Camunda
4 1 (0.47%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Adobe XD
1 5 (2.33%) Sketch
2 3 (1.40%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.40%) Revit
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.33%) SAP CRM
2 5 (2.33%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.47%) iTrent
4 1 (0.47%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.47%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.47%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 64 (29.77%) Azure
2 49 (22.79%) AWS
3 44 (20.47%) Boomi
4 21 (9.77%) Apigee
4 21 (9.77%) iPaaS
5 19 (8.84%) GCP
6 14 (6.51%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.51%) SaaS
6 14 (6.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 11 (5.12%) Snowflake
8 10 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 7 (3.26%) Kong
11 6 (2.79%) Azure API Management
11 6 (2.79%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 6 (2.79%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (2.33%) Algolia
12 5 (2.33%) Figma
13 4 (1.86%) dbt
13 4 (1.86%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.26%) LAN
1 7 (3.26%) WAN
2 6 (2.79%) HTTP
3 5 (2.33%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.93%) Firewall
5 1 (0.47%) AMQP
5 1 (0.47%) Broadband
5 1 (0.47%) Network Security
5 1 (0.47%) SMS
5 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.65%) Power BI
2 8 (3.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (2.79%) KNIME
4 4 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.40%) Tableau
6 2 (0.93%) Metadata
6 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.47%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.47%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.47%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.47%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 31 (14.42%) Git
2 26 (12.09%) JIRA
3 10 (4.65%) Selenium
4 5 (2.33%) Postman
5 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.47%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.47%) ERwin
6 1 (0.47%) Hudson
General
1 71 (33.02%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.74%) Finance
3 28 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (12.56%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.12%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.72%) Retail
7 6 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.33%) Banking
8 5 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.33%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.33%) Marketing
9 4 (1.86%) Billing
9 4 (1.86%) Law
9 4 (1.86%) Publishing
10 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.93%) Automotive
11 2 (0.93%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 82 (38.14%) Architect
2 39 (18.14%) Developer
3 23 (10.70%) Lead
4 22 (10.23%) MuleSoft Architect
4 22 (10.23%) Salesforce Developer
5 20 (9.30%) Technical Architect
6 18 (8.37%) Analyst
6 18 (8.37%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (7.91%) Integration Architect
8 15 (6.98%) Integration Specialist
9 11 (5.12%) MuleSoft Developer
10 9 (4.19%) Salesforce Architect
11 8 (3.72%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.72%) Technical Leader
12 7 (3.26%) Data Analyst
12 7 (3.26%) Data Migration Engineer
12 7 (3.26%) Migration Engineer
12 7 (3.26%) Salesforce Technical Leader
12 7 (3.26%) Senior
13 6 (2.79%) Cloud Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (22.79%) Middleware
2 35 (16.28%) REST
3 28 (13.02%) JSON
4 26 (12.09%) Lightning Web Components
5 21 (9.77%) XML
6 20 (9.30%) SOAP
7 15 (6.98%) OAuth
8 14 (6.51%) OpenAPI
9 13 (6.05%) Swagger
10 11 (5.12%) React
10 11 (5.12%) RESTful
11 10 (4.65%) OAuth2
12 9 (4.19%) RAML
13 8 (3.72%) CSS
13 8 (3.72%) HTML
13 8 (3.72%) Kafka
14 7 (3.26%) JWT
14 7 (3.26%) Web Services
15 6 (2.79%) AngularJS
15 6 (2.79%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.12%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (4.19%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.26%) Cloud Native
3 7 (3.26%) Data Structures
3 7 (3.26%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.86%) IoT
5 4 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.40%) Freedom of Information Act
6 3 (1.40%) TM Forum
7 2 (0.93%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.93%) SCADA
8 1 (0.47%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.47%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.47%) Robotics
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.72%) Linux
1 8 (3.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Unix
2 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.98%) CI/CD
2 48 (22.33%) Agile
3 45 (20.93%) Integration Patterns
3 45 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (20.00%) API Management
5 38 (17.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (16.28%) ERP
7 30 (13.95%) CRM
8 29 (13.49%) Microservices
9 28 (13.02%) DevOps
9 28 (13.02%) Event-Driven
10 27 (12.56%) Validation
11 26 (12.09%) ETL
12 25 (11.63%) Data Modelling
13 23 (10.70%) Migration
14 20 (9.30%) Data Transformation
14 20 (9.30%) Test Automation
15 18 (8.37%) API Design
16 17 (7.91%) Translating Business Requirements
17 16 (7.44%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 32 (14.88%) SQL
2 27 (12.56%) Apex Code
3 23 (10.70%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.72%) Java
5 7 (3.26%) Python
6 6 (2.79%) DataWeave
7 4 (1.86%) C#
8 3 (1.40%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.93%) SOQL
10 1 (0.47%) Bash
10 1 (0.47%) Bicep
10 1 (0.47%) Groovy
10 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 29 (13.49%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.91%) Degree
4 8 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.72%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.86%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.40%) CISSP
8 3 (1.40%) GIAC
9 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.47%) CBAP
10 1 (0.47%) CSPO
10 1 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.05%) GDPR
2 12 (5.58%) QA
3 7 (3.26%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.79%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.40%) GMP
5 3 (1.40%) WCAG
6 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.47%) COBIT
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) DICOM
6 1 (0.47%) HL7
6 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Docker
1 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) CloudHub
2 1 (0.47%) Ansible
2 1 (0.47%) CASB
2 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (30.23%) Salesforce
2 31 (14.42%) SAP
3 17 (7.91%) Oracle
4 14 (6.51%) Microsoft
5 13 (6.05%) ServiceNow
6 11 (5.12%) Informatica
6 11 (5.12%) Workday
7 10 (4.65%) Dell
8 9 (4.19%) Talend
9 8 (3.72%) Adobe
10 6 (2.79%) IBM
11 5 (2.33%) Axway
11 5 (2.33%) Capita
11 5 (2.33%) Google
11 5 (2.33%) IBM Sterling
12 4 (1.86%) DocuSign
13 3 (1.40%) Kronos
13 3 (1.40%) OutSystems
13 3 (1.40%) Quadient
13 3 (1.40%) Splunk