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 5 February 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
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 428 496
Rank change year-on-year +3 +68 +15
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 173 99 102
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.32% 0.23%
As % of the Vendors category 0.97% 0.69% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 60 64
10th Percentile £400 £463 £475
25th Percentile £413 £513 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £620 £600
Median % change year-on-year -25.08% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £575 £688 £648
90th Percentile £650 £798 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £613 £588
% change year-on-year -30.61% +4.26% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 17,782 14,379 19,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 45.42% 46.17% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,440 8,539 12,289
10th Percentile £300 £275 £253
25th Percentile £410 £408 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -2.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £633
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 848 422 916
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £12.93
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £15.63
Median hourly rate £23.83 £28.60 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.70% -4.67% +4.53%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.25 £59.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.09 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £26.42 £26.66
% change year-on-year -16.72% -0.91% +3.41%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 +8 158 £454 -27.36% 38
UK excluding London -4 83 £425 -30.61% 23
London -10 75 £550 -12.00% 17
Work from Home +22 51 £535 -0.47% 19
Midlands -15 43 £400 -13.51% 2
West Midlands -5 38 £400 -13.51% 1
South East -16 16 £475 +5.56% 8
North of England -61 11 £390 -35.00% 2
South West -15 7 £425 -34.62% 2
North West -29 7 £358 -40.33% 1
East Midlands - 5 £545 - 1
Yorkshire -54 4 £563 - 1
East of England - 3 £550 - 8
Scotland +12 2 £538 -6.43% 1
Wales +3 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 32 (18.50%) Anypoint
2 11 (6.36%) Confluence
2 11 (6.36%) Mule
3 1 (0.58%) Apache
3 1 (0.58%) Mule ESB
3 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.58%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Adobe XD
1 5 (2.89%) Sketch
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.73%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.16%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.58%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.58%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.58%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 45 (26.01%) Azure
2 40 (23.12%) AWS
3 21 (12.14%) Apigee
4 20 (11.56%) iPaaS
5 17 (9.83%) Boomi
6 16 (9.25%) Power Platform
7 15 (8.67%) GCP
8 13 (7.51%) SaaS
9 12 (6.94%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (6.36%) Snowflake
11 10 (5.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 7 (4.05%) GitHub
12 7 (4.05%) Kong
12 7 (4.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 5 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (2.89%) Figma
14 4 (2.31%) PaaS
15 3 (1.73%) dbt
15 3 (1.73%) Serverless
15 3 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.31%) HTTPS
1 4 (2.31%) LAN
1 4 (2.31%) WAN
2 1 (0.58%) Firewall
2 1 (0.58%) HTTP
2 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.09%) Power BI
2 8 (4.62%) KNIME
3 7 (4.05%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.16%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.16%) Tableau
5 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.58%) Metadata
5 1 (0.58%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (10.40%) Git
2 14 (8.09%) JIRA
3 11 (6.36%) Selenium
4 3 (1.73%) Postman
5 2 (1.16%) GitLab
5 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.16%) Maven
6 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.58%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.58%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.58%) ERwin
6 1 (0.58%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 47 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.76%) Finance
3 28 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (13.87%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (4.62%) Marketing
6 7 (4.05%) Billing
7 5 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Retail
9 3 (1.73%) Banking
9 3 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.73%) Law
10 2 (1.16%) Automotive
10 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.58%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (34.10%) Architect
2 31 (17.92%) Developer
3 26 (15.03%) Analyst
4 22 (12.72%) MuleSoft Architect
5 20 (11.56%) Lead
6 17 (9.83%) Technical Architect
7 16 (9.25%) Business Analyst
8 14 (8.09%) Salesforce Developer
9 12 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (6.36%) MuleSoft Developer
11 10 (5.78%) Salesforce Architect
12 9 (5.20%) Data Analyst
12 9 (5.20%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (5.20%) Technical Business Analyst
13 8 (4.62%) Integration Specialist
14 7 (4.05%) Project Manager
15 6 (3.47%) Senior
16 5 (2.89%) Cloud Engineer
16 5 (2.89%) Cloud Native Engineer
16 5 (2.89%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (17.34%) Middleware
2 22 (12.72%) REST
2 22 (12.72%) SOAP
3 17 (9.83%) JSON
4 16 (9.25%) XML
5 15 (8.67%) Lightning Web Components
5 15 (8.67%) OpenAPI
6 13 (7.51%) RESTful
7 12 (6.94%) OAuth
8 8 (4.62%) Swagger
9 7 (4.05%) CSS
9 7 (4.05%) HTML
9 7 (4.05%) XSD
10 6 (3.47%) AngularJS
10 6 (3.47%) JWT
10 6 (3.47%) Web Services
11 5 (2.89%) CSS3
11 5 (2.89%) Kafka
11 5 (2.89%) Lambda Expressions
11 5 (2.89%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.83%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.47%) Public Cloud
3 5 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.31%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.31%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.73%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.73%) IoT
5 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.58%) CMDB
7 1 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.58%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.58%) SCADA
7 1 (0.58%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.78%) Linux
2 6 (3.47%) Unix
3 4 (2.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (28.90%) Agile
2 38 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (21.39%) CI/CD
4 34 (19.65%) API Management
5 31 (17.92%) DevOps
6 30 (17.34%) Integration Patterns
7 27 (15.61%) Microservices
8 26 (15.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (10.98%) Validation
10 18 (10.40%) API Design
10 18 (10.40%) ETL
10 18 (10.40%) Roadmaps
11 17 (9.83%) Test Automation
12 16 (9.25%) Data Modelling
12 16 (9.25%) ERP
12 16 (9.25%) Migration
13 15 (8.67%) Translating Business Requirements
14 14 (8.09%) API Development
14 14 (8.09%) API Integration
14 14 (8.09%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.65%) SQL
2 15 (8.67%) Apex Code
3 13 (7.51%) JavaScript
4 12 (6.94%) Python
5 10 (5.78%) Java
6 8 (4.62%) Shell Script
7 6 (3.47%) DataWeave
8 2 (1.16%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.16%) SOQL
9 1 (0.58%) C#
9 1 (0.58%) Korn
9 1 (0.58%) X++
Qualifications
1 24 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 23 (13.29%) Degree
3 20 (11.56%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.47%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.58%) CBAP
8 1 (0.58%) CSPO
8 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.58%) MBA
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.36%) QA
2 7 (4.05%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.05%) GDPR
3 4 (2.31%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.73%) WCAG
5 1 (0.58%) COBIT
5 1 (0.58%) HL7
5 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.47%) CloudHub
2 4 (2.31%) Ansible
3 3 (1.73%) Terraform
4 2 (1.16%) SCCM
4 2 (1.16%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.58%) SCOM
Vendors
1 49 (28.32%) Salesforce
2 13 (7.51%) SAP
3 11 (6.36%) Oracle
4 10 (5.78%) Microsoft
5 8 (4.62%) Workday
6 7 (4.05%) Google
7 5 (2.89%) Adobe
7 5 (2.89%) Dell
7 5 (2.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 4 (2.31%) Axway
8 4 (2.31%) IBM
8 4 (2.31%) IBM Sterling
8 4 (2.31%) Informatica
8 4 (2.31%) Talend
9 3 (1.73%) Anaplan
9 3 (1.73%) BMC
9 3 (1.73%) Hyperion
9 3 (1.73%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.73%) Sitecore
10 2 (1.16%) Pega