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 30 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
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 477 466
Rank change year-on-year +61 -11 +58
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 168 84 162
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.23% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.99% 0.51% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 51 101
10th Percentile £378 £450 £446
25th Percentile £450 £503 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £618
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -2.83% +2.92%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £700
90th Percentile £727 £797 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% -4.26%
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 17,009 16,387 20,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.45% 45.19% 45.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,762 9,666 13,267
10th Percentile £288 £300 £255
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.59%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 854 520 668
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.50 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £19.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -32.58% +73.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £64.55
90th Percentile £74.11 £75.00 £76.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.43 £44.50
% change year-on-year -19.78% -38.37% +97.78%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +43 140 £525 -12.50% 26
London +41 72 £550 -15.38% 12
UK excluding London +26 72 £450 -14.29% 24
Work from Home +41 50 £565 +2.73% 18
South East +16 27 £450 -10.00% 8
North of England -45 16 £421 -31.35% 2
Yorkshire -26 10 £488 -22.00% 2
Midlands -23 9 £450 -10.00% 3
Scotland +8 8 £525 +2.44% 6
South West - 8 £538 - 1
North West -24 6 £391 -34.92%
West Midlands - 6 £400 - 2
East Midlands -17 3 £500 +6.67% 1
East of England - 3 £550 - 3
Wales 0 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 (19.64%) Anypoint
2 16 (9.52%) Mule
3 9 (5.36%) Confluence
4 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.79%) Apache
6 2 (1.19%) Mule ESB
6 2 (1.19%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.60%) JBoss
7 1 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.60%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.19%) Sketch
4 1 (0.60%) Chatbot
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 10 (5.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.19%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.60%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.60%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (27.98%) Azure
2 28 (16.67%) AWS
3 20 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (10.12%) Apigee
5 15 (8.93%) GCP
6 12 (7.14%) Boomi
7 11 (6.55%) SaaS
8 10 (5.95%) GitHub
8 10 (5.95%) Power Platform
8 10 (5.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 8 (4.76%) iPaaS
10 6 (3.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 5 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.98%) PaaS
12 4 (2.38%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (1.79%) Kong
13 3 (1.79%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.79%) Serverless
13 3 (1.79%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.55%) TCP/IP
2 9 (5.36%) Firewall
3 7 (4.17%) AMQP
3 7 (4.17%) DSL
4 6 (3.57%) HTTP
5 5 (2.98%) SSL
6 4 (2.38%) DHCP
6 4 (2.38%) DNS
7 3 (1.79%) LAN
7 3 (1.79%) WAN
8 2 (1.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.36%) Power BI
2 8 (4.76%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.38%) Apache Cassandra
4 4 (2.38%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (1.79%) Tableau
6 2 (1.19%) KNIME
7 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.60%) Metadata
7 1 (0.60%) MySQL
7 1 (0.60%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (13.69%) Git
2 20 (11.90%) Jenkins
3 12 (7.14%) JIRA
4 11 (6.55%) GitLab
4 11 (6.55%) Postman
5 5 (2.98%) Selenium
6 4 (2.38%) Maven
7 2 (1.19%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.19%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.19%) TestPartner
8 1 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.60%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.60%) ERwin
8 1 (0.60%) Gatling
8 1 (0.60%) Gradle
8 1 (0.60%) JUnit
8 1 (0.60%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.60%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 59 (35.12%) Social Skills
2 36 (21.43%) Finance
3 30 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.55%) Banking
6 8 (4.76%) Billing
6 8 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.17%) Marketing
8 3 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.79%) Law
8 3 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.79%) Retail
9 2 (1.19%) Automotive
9 2 (1.19%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.60%) Front Office
10 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.60%) Military
10 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (25.00%) Architect
2 39 (23.21%) Developer
3 25 (14.88%) Analyst
3 25 (14.88%) Lead
4 16 (9.52%) Business Analyst
5 15 (8.93%) Senior
6 14 (8.33%) Salesforce Developer
7 12 (7.14%) MuleSoft Developer
8 11 (6.55%) Salesforce Architect
9 9 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (4.76%) Integration Architect
10 8 (4.76%) Technical Architect
11 7 (4.17%) Integration Analyst
12 6 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (3.57%) Project Manager
12 6 (3.57%) Senior Technical Engineer
12 6 (3.57%) Technical Analyst
12 6 (3.57%) Technical Business Analyst
12 6 (3.57%) Technical Engineer
13 5 (2.98%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (20.83%) REST
2 32 (19.05%) SOAP
3 28 (16.67%) Middleware
4 19 (11.31%) XML
5 18 (10.71%) Lightning Web Components
6 17 (10.12%) OAuth
7 15 (8.93%) Kafka
8 14 (8.33%) JSON
8 14 (8.33%) RESTful
9 13 (7.74%) OpenAPI
10 12 (7.14%) OAuth2
11 10 (5.95%) JWT
11 10 (5.95%) RAML
12 9 (5.36%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (4.76%) Apache Camel
14 7 (4.17%) ActiveMQ
15 6 (3.57%) AngularJS
15 6 (3.57%) Swagger
15 6 (3.57%) XSD
16 5 (2.98%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.98%) SCADA
5 4 (2.38%) Clustering
5 4 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.38%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.38%) NHS
5 4 (2.38%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.79%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.79%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.19%) IoT
8 1 (0.60%) CMDB
8 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.60%) IVR
8 1 (0.60%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.52%) Linux
2 11 (6.55%) Unix
3 8 (4.76%) Windows
4 2 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.60%) CentOS
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.60%) SUSE
5 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (37.50%) Agile
2 48 (28.57%) DevOps
3 41 (24.40%) CI/CD
4 37 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (17.86%) Integration Patterns
6 29 (17.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (13.69%) Microservices
7 23 (13.69%) Scrum
8 22 (13.10%) Migration
9 21 (12.50%) API Design
10 17 (10.12%) API Management
10 17 (10.12%) Data Modelling
10 17 (10.12%) Roadmaps
11 16 (9.52%) Event-Driven
11 16 (9.52%) Validation
12 14 (8.33%) ERP
12 14 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
13 13 (7.74%) ETL
13 13 (7.74%) Test Automation
13 13 (7.74%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.07%) Java
2 26 (15.48%) Python
3 23 (13.69%) SQL
4 18 (10.71%) Apex Code
5 13 (7.74%) DataWeave
6 10 (5.95%) Shell Script
7 9 (5.36%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.98%) Bash
9 4 (2.38%) Perl
10 3 (1.79%) SOQL
11 2 (1.19%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.60%) C#
12 1 (0.60%) Korn
12 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.60%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (17.26%) Security Cleared
2 20 (11.90%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.33%) Degree
4 7 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.60%) MBA
6 1 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.12%) QA
2 7 (4.17%) GDPR
3 4 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.38%) SLA
4 3 (1.79%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.79%) HL7
4 3 (1.79%) WCAG
5 2 (1.19%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.19%) Section 508
6 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (5.95%) Docker
2 7 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.79%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 21 (12.50%) Ansible
2 13 (7.74%) Terraform
3 11 (6.55%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.36%) Puppet
5 7 (4.17%) CloudHub
6 5 (2.98%) SCCM
7 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (1.19%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.60%) Istio
9 1 (0.60%) SCOM
Vendors
1 54 (32.14%) Salesforce
2 21 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.50%) SAP
3 18 (10.71%) Oracle
4 12 (7.14%) Google
5 11 (6.55%) VMware
6 8 (4.76%) Workday
7 6 (3.57%) Dell
8 5 (2.98%) Informatica
8 5 (2.98%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.38%) Anaplan
9 4 (2.38%) Broadcom
9 4 (2.38%) F5
9 4 (2.38%) Globalscape
9 4 (2.38%) Hyperion
9 4 (2.38%) Infoblox
9 4 (2.38%) Splunk
10 3 (1.79%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (1.79%) Talend