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 17 April 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
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 412 477
Rank change year-on-year -32 +65 +33
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 188 122 112
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.42% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.96% 0.88% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 81 77
10th Percentile £400 £450 £450
25th Percentile £413 £481 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £630
90th Percentile £725 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £500 £569
% change year-on-year -15.00% -12.09% +3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £90.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 19,655 13,873 18,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.72% 47.26% 42.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,586 8,729 11,642
10th Percentile £313 £290 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.92% -1.48%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £630
90th Percentile £700 £711 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 979 529 1,074
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.00 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.72 £18.51 £14.36
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +24.44% -46.84%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £56.43
90th Percentile £78.75 £78.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.50 £24.66 £21.37
% change year-on-year +7.46% +15.40% -44.49%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -37 174 £500 -15.61% 37
UK excluding London -54 91 £425 -15.00% 25
London -36 81 £550 -11.29% 16
Work from Home -7 54 £550 +4.76% 23
Midlands -38 43 £400 -28.25% 4
West Midlands -27 37 £400 -15.79% 2
South East -55 16 £500 +10.50% 8
North of England -67 16 £513 -2.38% 4
North West -33 13 £390 -29.09% 2
South West -33 7 £425 -34.62% 2
East of England - 7 £550 - 5
East Midlands -29 6 £545 -5.22% 2
Yorkshire -51 3 £563 +25.84% 1
Scotland +2 2 £538 -10.33% 1

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 (19.15%) Anypoint
2 14 (7.45%) Confluence
3 10 (5.32%) Mule
4 1 (0.53%) Apache
4 1 (0.53%) Camunda
4 1 (0.53%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.66%) Adobe XD
1 5 (2.66%) Sketch
2 2 (1.06%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.06%) Revit
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.53%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.53%) iTrent
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.53%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 52 (27.66%) Azure
2 46 (24.47%) AWS
3 31 (16.49%) Boomi
4 24 (12.77%) Apigee
5 21 (11.17%) iPaaS
6 17 (9.04%) GCP
7 15 (7.98%) Power Platform
8 12 (6.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 11 (5.85%) SaaS
10 10 (5.32%) Kong
11 9 (4.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 9 (4.79%) Snowflake
12 5 (2.66%) Figma
13 4 (2.13%) Azure API Management
13 4 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (2.13%) Salesforce Einstein
13 4 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
14 3 (1.60%) dbt
14 3 (1.60%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.26%) LAN
1 8 (4.26%) WAN
2 5 (2.66%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.60%) HTTP
4 1 (0.53%) AMQP
4 1 (0.53%) Firewall
4 1 (0.53%) SMS
4 1 (0.53%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.85%) Power BI
2 7 (3.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (3.19%) KNIME
4 3 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.60%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.60%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.06%) Metadata
5 2 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.06%) Tableau
6 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.53%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 22 (11.70%) Git
2 20 (10.64%) JIRA
3 11 (5.85%) Selenium
4 2 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.06%) Postman
5 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.53%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.53%) ERwin
5 1 (0.53%) Hudson
5 1 (0.53%) Maven
General
1 51 (27.13%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.62%) Finance
3 30 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (15.43%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.66%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.66%) Law
7 5 (2.66%) Marketing
8 4 (2.13%) Banking
8 4 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.13%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.06%) Automotive
10 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.06%) Retail
10 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 66 (35.11%) Architect
2 30 (15.96%) Developer
3 25 (13.30%) Lead
4 22 (11.70%) MuleSoft Architect
5 21 (11.17%) Analyst
5 21 (11.17%) Technical Architect
6 16 (8.51%) Salesforce Developer
7 11 (5.85%) Integration Specialist
8 10 (5.32%) Salesforce Architect
8 10 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (4.79%) Business Analyst
9 9 (4.79%) MuleSoft Developer
10 8 (4.26%) Data Engineer
11 7 (3.72%) Data Analyst
11 7 (3.72%) Data Migration Engineer
11 7 (3.72%) Migration Engineer
11 7 (3.72%) Technical Analyst
11 7 (3.72%) Technical Leader
12 6 (3.19%) Project Manager
12 6 (3.19%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (20.21%) Middleware
2 31 (16.49%) REST
3 26 (13.83%) Lightning Web Components
4 25 (13.30%) SOAP
5 19 (10.11%) JSON
6 18 (9.57%) XML
7 13 (6.91%) OAuth
8 11 (5.85%) OpenAPI
9 10 (5.32%) JWT
10 9 (4.79%) RESTful
11 8 (4.26%) CSS
11 8 (4.26%) HTML
11 8 (4.26%) Swagger
12 7 (3.72%) RAML
13 6 (3.19%) AngularJS
13 6 (3.19%) Kafka
13 6 (3.19%) React
13 6 (3.19%) Web Services
14 5 (2.66%) CSS3
14 5 (2.66%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.91%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (5.32%) Public Cloud
3 9 (4.79%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.26%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.19%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.66%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.13%) IoT
8 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.60%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.06%) Freedom of Information Act
9 2 (1.06%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.06%) SCADA
10 1 (0.53%) Life Science
10 1 (0.53%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.53%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.53%) PACS
10 1 (0.53%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.53%) Robotics
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.85%) Linux
2 8 (4.26%) Windows
3 3 (1.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 44 (23.40%) Agile
2 44 (23.40%) API Management
3 42 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (21.81%) Integration Patterns
5 33 (17.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (16.49%) ERP
6 31 (16.49%) Validation
7 29 (15.43%) Microservices
8 27 (14.36%) Data Modelling
9 25 (13.30%) DevOps
9 25 (13.30%) ETL
10 21 (11.17%) Migration
11 20 (10.64%) Translating Business Requirements
12 17 (9.04%) API Design
12 17 (9.04%) CRM
12 17 (9.04%) Data Transformation
12 17 (9.04%) Event-Driven
13 16 (8.51%) Roadmaps
14 15 (7.98%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.55%) SQL
2 26 (13.83%) Apex Code
3 16 (8.51%) JavaScript
4 8 (4.26%) Java
5 7 (3.72%) DataWeave
6 6 (3.19%) Python
7 3 (1.60%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.60%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.06%) SOQL
9 1 (0.53%) Groovy
9 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 25 (13.30%) SC Cleared
3 19 (10.11%) Degree
4 10 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.66%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.60%) CISSP
6 3 (1.60%) GIAC
7 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.53%) CBAP
8 1 (0.53%) CSPO
8 1 (0.53%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.04%) QA
2 13 (6.91%) GDPR
3 7 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.19%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.60%) GMP
5 3 (1.60%) WCAG
6 2 (1.06%) HL7
7 1 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.53%) COBIT
7 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.53%) DICOM
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.66%) CloudHub
2 2 (1.06%) Ansible
3 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.53%) SCCM
3 1 (0.53%) SCOM
3 1 (0.53%) SCOrch
3 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (28.19%) Salesforce
2 17 (9.04%) SAP
3 15 (7.98%) Oracle
4 11 (5.85%) Informatica
5 10 (5.32%) Talend
6 9 (4.79%) Microsoft
7 7 (3.72%) Adobe
7 7 (3.72%) Workday
8 6 (3.19%) IBM
9 5 (2.66%) Axway
9 5 (2.66%) Dell
9 5 (2.66%) IBM Sterling
9 5 (2.66%) ServiceNow
10 4 (2.13%) Google
11 3 (1.60%) Jitterbit
11 3 (1.60%) Pega
11 3 (1.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (1.06%) Conga
12 2 (1.06%) DocuSign
12 2 (1.06%) Sitecore