MuleSoft Contracts

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of MuleSoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MuleSoft over the 3 months to 26 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within MuleSoft.

MuleSoft UK
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	479	531	619
Rank change year-on-year	+52	+88
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft	128	120	22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.27%	0.23%	0.039%
As % of the Vendors category	0.62%	0.50%	0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted	91	95	7
Median daily rate	£525	£525	£489
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£400	£357	£440
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£825	£580
UK excluding London median daily rate	£510	£370	-
% change year-on-year	+37.83%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Median hourly rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	-	-

MuleSoft is in the vendor products and services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all vendor product and service related skills in contract job vacancies.

Contract Vendor Product & Service Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for skills associated with vendor products and/or services	20598	23854	24877
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	43.81%	44.94%	44.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	12496	14691	14551
Median daily rate	£425	£400	£388
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.25%	+3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£250	£250	£225
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£588	£572	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£363
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted	715	814	1114
Median hourly rate	£18.70	£20.00	£18.88
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-6.50%	+5.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.25	£11.50	£11.17
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£42.50	£42.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£20.50	£18.07
% change year-on-year	-14.63%	+13.44%

MuleSoft
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing MuleSoft as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Vendors category.

Job vacancy trend for MuleSoft in the UK

MuleSoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing MuleSoft.

Contractor daily rate trend for MuleSoft in the UK

MuleSoft
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing MuleSoft over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for MuleSoft in the UK

MuleSoft
Top 30 Contract 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 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+45	128	£525	-	19
London	-38	51	£525	-8.69%	10
West Midlands	+43	35	£550	+48.64%	3
South East	+44	16	£475	+39.70%	1
Shropshire	+20	12	£543	+46.62%
Telford	+20	12	£543	+46.62%
Yorkshire	+31	11	£400	-
Birmingham	+28	9	£550	+30.95%	1
West Yorkshire	+21	9	£400	-
East of England	0	7	£510	+2.00%	1
West Sussex	-	7	£475	-
Worthing	-	7	£475	-
City of London	-10	5	£540	-6.08%	4
Buckinghamshire	-13	5	-	-
Milton Keynes	-	5	-	-
Wakefield	-	5	£400	-
North West	+22	4	£600	+70.21%	4
Leeds	+21	3	£525	+31.25%
Brighton	-	3	-	-
Cheltenham	-	3	£360	-
Basingstoke	-	3	£342	-
South West	-	3	£360	-
East Sussex	-	3	-	-
Hampshire	-	3	£342	-	1
Gloucestershire	-	3	£360	-
Essex	-	3	-	-
Manchester	+13	2	-	-	2
Sheffield	+10	2	£535	-
South Yorkshire	+6	2	£535	-
Bedfordshire	-5	2	£518	+3.50%

MuleSoft
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing MuleSoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for MuleSoft.

1	104 (50.24%)	Java
2	95 (45.89%)	Agile Software Development
3	67 (32.37%)	Spring
4	62 (29.95%)	Microservices
5	56 (27.05%)	SOA
6	54 (26.09%)	JSON
7	51 (24.64%)	SOAP
7	51 (24.64%)	DevOps
8	47 (22.71%)	Finance
9	46 (22.22%)	Linux
10	45 (21.74%)	REST
10	45 (21.74%)	Jenkins
11	43 (20.77%)	Git (software)
11	43 (20.77%)	Amazon AWS
11	43 (20.77%)	Spring Boot

12	42 (20.29%)	Anypoint
13	39 (18.84%)	XML
13	39 (18.84%)	Unix
13	39 (18.84%)	Banking
14	38 (18.36%)	Middleware
15	37 (17.87%)	Maven
15	37 (17.87%)	JIRA
15	37 (17.87%)	GitHub
16	36 (17.39%)	Mule
16	36 (17.39%)	Scrum
17	33 (15.94%)	Continuous Integration
17	33 (15.94%)	WSO2
17	33 (15.94%)	Cloud Foundry
18	32 (15.46%)	TDD
19	31 (14.98%)	API Development

MuleSoft
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	42 (20.29%)	Anypoint
2	36 (17.39%)	Mule
3	33 (15.94%)	Cloud Foundry
4	28 (13.53%)	Confluence
5	23 (11.11%)	Mule ESB
6	18 (8.70%)	Tomcat
7	16 (7.73%)	JBoss
8	12 (5.80%)	WebSphere
9	9 (4.35%)	BizTalk Server
10	7 (3.38%)	Oracle Service Bus
10	7 (3.38%)	Oracle SOA Suite
11	6 (2.90%)	AquaLogic
12	5 (2.42%)	IBM Notes
13	4 (1.93%)	CMS
14	3 (1.45%)	Apache
14	3 (1.45%)	Jetty
14	3 (1.45%)	SAS
14	3 (1.45%)	SharePoint
14	3 (1.45%)	WebSphere Application Server
15	2 (0.97%)	Alfresco

Applications
1	3 (1.45%)	Microsoft Excel
1	3 (1.45%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
1	3 (1.45%)	MS Visio
2	1 (0.48%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	5 (2.42%)	Dynamics CRM
2	2 (0.97%)	Dynamics AX
3	1 (0.48%)	Dynamics NAV
3	1 (0.48%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	1 (0.48%)	TrackWise

Cloud Services
1	43 (20.77%)	Amazon AWS
2	37 (17.87%)	GitHub
3	31 (14.98%)	Microsoft Azure
4	28 (13.53%)	PaaS
5	14 (6.76%)	SaaS
6	12 (5.80%)	OpenShift
7	11 (5.31%)	IaaS
8	10 (4.83%)	Heroku
9	7 (3.38%)	Boomi
10	4 (1.93%)	Dynamics 365
10	4 (1.93%)	iPaaS
11	2 (0.97%)	Amazon S3
11	2 (0.97%)	G Suite
11	2 (0.97%)	Google Cloud Platform
12	1 (0.48%)	Amazon EC2
12	1 (0.48%)	CloudBees
12	1 (0.48%)	Office 365
12	1 (0.48%)	Rackspace Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	9 (4.35%)	HTTP
2	8 (3.86%)	SMS
2	8 (3.86%)	SSL
3	4 (1.93%)	FTP
4	3 (1.45%)	AMQP
4	3 (1.45%)	HTTPS
5	1 (0.48%)	FCoE
5	1 (0.48%)	Fibre Channel
5	1 (0.48%)	Internet
5	1 (0.48%)	iSCSI
5	1 (0.48%)	LAN
5	1 (0.48%)	Multicast
5	1 (0.48%)	NAS
5	1 (0.48%)	SAN
5	1 (0.48%)	WAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	24 (11.59%)	MongoDB
2	10 (4.83%)	Redis
3	9 (4.35%)	SQL Server
4	8 (3.86%)	Data Warehouse
5	5 (2.42%)	NoSQL
6	4 (1.93%)	Relational Database
6	4 (1.93%)	SQL Server 2008
6	4 (1.93%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
6	4 (1.93%)	SQL Server Integration Services
6	4 (1.93%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	3 (1.45%)	Amazon Redshift
7	3 (1.45%)	Apache Cassandra
7	3 (1.45%)	DataStage
7	3 (1.45%)	Oracle Database
7	3 (1.45%)	RDBMS
8	2 (0.97%)	BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8	2 (0.97%)	KDB
8	2 (0.97%)	Oracle ODI
8	2 (0.97%)	Power BI
8	2 (0.97%)	SAS EBI

Development Applications
1	45 (21.74%)	Jenkins
2	43 (20.77%)	Git (software)
3	37 (17.87%)	JIRA
3	37 (17.87%)	Maven
4	29 (14.01%)	Subversion
5	16 (7.73%)	Cucumber
5	16 (7.73%)	Selenium
6	14 (6.76%)	JMeter
7	11 (5.31%)	SoapUI
8	10 (4.83%)	Bitbucket
8	10 (4.83%)	GitLab
9	9 (4.35%)	JUnit
10	8 (3.86%)	Sonatype Nexus
11	6 (2.90%)	Mockito
12	4 (1.93%)	Spock
12	4 (1.93%)	TeamCity
13	3 (1.45%)	Eclipse
13	3 (1.45%)	Gerrit
13	3 (1.45%)	JBehave
13	3 (1.45%)	TestRail

General
1	47 (22.71%)	Finance
2	39 (18.84%)	Banking
3	19 (9.18%)	Retail
4	11 (5.31%)	Investment Banking
5	10 (4.83%)	Billing
6	5 (2.42%)	Marketing
7	3 (1.45%)	Pharmaceutical
8	2 (0.97%)	Spanish Language
9	1 (0.48%)	Electronics
9	1 (0.48%)	Financial Institution
9	1 (0.48%)	Law
9	1 (0.48%)	Manufacturing
9	1 (0.48%)	Retail Banking
9	1 (0.48%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	96 (46.38%)	Developer
2	57 (27.54%)	Architect
3	25 (12.08%)	Java Developer
4	23 (11.11%)	MuleSoft Developer
5	21 (10.14%)	Integration Architect
6	19 (9.18%)	Integration Developer
7	17 (8.21%)	Platform Engineer
8	15 (7.25%)	Solutions Architect
9	14 (6.76%)	Operations Engineer
10	12 (5.80%)	Senior Developer
11	11 (5.31%)	Agile Developer
11	11 (5.31%)	Analyst
11	11 (5.31%)	DevOps Engineer
12	9 (4.35%)	Linux Developer
12	9 (4.35%)	MuleSoft Architect
12	9 (4.35%)	SOA Developer
13	6 (2.90%)	Software Developer
14	5 (2.42%)	Consultant
14	5 (2.42%)	Senior Java Developer
14	5 (2.42%)	Technical Architect

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	67 (32.37%)	Spring
2	54 (26.09%)	JSON
3	51 (24.64%)	SOAP
4	45 (21.74%)	REST
5	43 (20.77%)	Spring Boot
6	39 (18.84%)	XML
7	38 (18.36%)	Middleware
8	29 (14.01%)	RESTful
8	29 (14.01%)	XSLT
9	27 (13.04%)	Web Services
10	24 (11.59%)	Node.js
11	16 (7.73%)	JMS
12	15 (7.25%)	J2EE
12	15 (7.25%)	RAML
12	15 (7.25%)	WSDL
13	14 (6.76%)	Apache Camel
14	13 (6.28%)	HTML
14	13 (6.28%)	Java EE
15	12 (5.80%)	OAuth
16	11 (5.31%)	Spring Cloud

Miscellaneous
1	10 (4.83%)	Enterprise Software
2	8 (3.86%)	Analytical Skills
3	6 (2.90%)	Data Centre
3	6 (2.90%)	Mobile Banking
4	5 (2.42%)	User Experience
5	4 (1.93%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
5	4 (1.93%)	Social Media
6	3 (1.45%)	Computer Science
6	3 (1.45%)	Data Structures
6	3 (1.45%)	Digital Media
6	3 (1.45%)	Greenfield Project
6	3 (1.45%)	SCADA
7	2 (0.97%)	Client/Server
7	2 (0.97%)	Management Information System
8	1 (0.48%)	Cloud Native
8	1 (0.48%)	EPoS
8	1 (0.48%)	Mobile App
8	1 (0.48%)	N-Tier
8	1 (0.48%)	Online Banking
8	1 (0.48%)	Reference Data

Operating Systems
1	46 (22.22%)	Linux
2	39 (18.84%)	Unix
3	9 (4.35%)	Mac OS X
4	5 (2.42%)	Windows
5	3 (1.45%)	Android
5	3 (1.45%)	Apple iOS
5	3 (1.45%)	Mac OS
6	1 (0.48%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	1 (0.48%)	Solaris

Processes & Methodologies
1	95 (45.89%)	Agile Software Development
2	62 (29.95%)	Microservices
3	56 (27.05%)	SOA
4	51 (24.64%)	DevOps
5	36 (17.39%)	Scrum
6	33 (15.94%)	Continuous Integration
7	32 (15.46%)	TDD
8	31 (14.98%)	API Development
9	29 (14.01%)	Open Source
10	15 (7.25%)	CRM
11	14 (6.76%)	Continuous Improvement
12	13 (6.28%)	BDD
12	13 (6.28%)	Enterprise Architecture
13	12 (5.80%)	API Design
13	12 (5.80%)	API Integration
13	12 (5.80%)	Business Intelligence
14	11 (5.31%)	MVC
14	11 (5.31%)	Unit Testing
15	10 (4.83%)	E-Commerce
15	10 (4.83%)	Stakeholder Management

Programming Languages
1	104 (50.24%)	Java
2	22 (10.63%)	JavaScript
3	15 (7.25%)	SQL
4	8 (3.86%)	C#
5	7 (3.38%)	Ruby
6	6 (2.90%)	T-SQL
7	5 (2.42%)	PL/SQL
7	5 (2.42%)	Python
8	4 (1.93%)	Korn
8	4 (1.93%)	Shell Script
9	2 (0.97%)	PHP
10	1 (0.48%)	Scala

Qualifications
1	19 (9.18%)	BPSS Clearance
2	5 (2.42%)	Degree
3	4 (1.93%)	Security Cleared
4	3 (1.45%)	SC Cleared
5	1 (0.48%)	ISEB
5	1 (0.48%)	ISTQB
5	1 (0.48%)	ITIL Certification
5	1 (0.48%)	Sun Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	4 (1.93%)	QA
1	4 (1.93%)	Solvency II
2	1 (0.48%)	Data Quality
2	1 (0.48%)	HL7
2	1 (0.48%)	SLA

System Software
1	18 (8.70%)	Docker
2	1 (0.48%)	Hyper-V
2	1 (0.48%)	KVM
2	1 (0.48%)	NFS
2	1 (0.48%)	SRDF
2	1 (0.48%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	1 (0.48%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	14 (6.76%)	Ansible
2	10 (4.83%)	Kubernetes
3	9 (4.35%)	Puppet
4	6 (2.90%)	Opscode Chef
5	4 (1.93%)	CloudHub
6	2 (0.97%)	HP Quality Center
7	1 (0.48%)	Business Desktop Deployment
7	1 (0.48%)	OpenAM
7	1 (0.48%)	Packer
7	1 (0.48%)	Terraform

Vendors
1	33 (15.94%)	WSO2
2	24 (11.59%)	Apigee
3	22 (10.63%)	Oracle
3	22 (10.63%)	Splunk
4	18 (8.70%)	SAP
5	17 (8.21%)	AppDynamics
5	17 (8.21%)	IBM
5	17 (8.21%)	New Relic
6	14 (6.76%)	Microsoft
6	14 (6.76%)	Red Hat
7	12 (5.80%)	Salesforce.com
8	9 (4.35%)	TIBCO
9	8 (3.86%)	Informatica
10	7 (3.38%)	Dell
11	5 (2.42%)	Google
11	5 (2.42%)	Lotus
12	4 (1.93%)	CA
12	4 (1.93%)	SnapLogic
12	4 (1.93%)	Solace
12	4 (1.93%)	Tableau