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 June 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
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 365 448
Rank change year-on-year -69 +83 +25
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 223 170 138
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.56% 0.32%
As % of the Vendors category 1.06% 1.17% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 108 88
10th Percentile £400 £389 £448
25th Percentile £413 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -4.35% -4.96%
75th Percentile £656 £638 £630
90th Percentile £713 £694 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £41.40
25th Percentile £64.50 - £49.50
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £63.00
75th Percentile £68.50 - £76.50
90th Percentile - - £84.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 - £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 21,000 14,497 18,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.92% 47.38% 42.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,095 8,886 11,472
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,085 687 1,156
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.30 £14.72
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.19
Median % change year-on-year +35.15% +3.99% -40.35%
75th Percentile £62.00 £53.63 £59.95
90th Percentile £80.79 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.82 £23.50
% change year-on-year +42.45% -2.91% -27.24%

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 June 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 16 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 June 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 -81 171 £550 - 41
London -31 105 £575 -4.17% 28
UK excluding London -102 83 £450 -10.00% 24
Work from Home -31 65 £550 +4.76% 21
Midlands -52 21 £425 -21.30% 5
Scotland +1 18 £350 -37.78% 3
North of England -85 15 £669 +35.05% 4
West Midlands -50 14 £425 -10.53% 5
North West -41 13 £669 +27.33% 4
South East -89 10 £500 - 8
East Midlands -13 7 £459 -17.71%
South West -30 7 £488 -25.00% 2
East of England -22 6 £535 +7.00% 1
Northern Ireland +1 3 £450 -5.26% 1
Wales - 3 £373 -
Yorkshire -66 2 - -

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 (14.80%) Anypoint
2 19 (8.52%) Mule
3 16 (7.17%) Confluence
4 1 (0.45%) Camunda
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.48%) AutoCAD
2 8 (3.59%) MS Visio
2 8 (3.59%) Revit
3 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.24%) SAP CRM
3 5 (2.24%) SAP MDG
4 3 (1.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.90%) Shopify
6 1 (0.45%) iTrent
6 1 (0.45%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.45%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.45%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.45%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 62 (27.80%) Azure
2 54 (24.22%) AWS
3 50 (22.42%) Boomi
4 23 (10.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 22 (9.87%) SaaS
6 18 (8.07%) iPaaS
6 18 (8.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 15 (6.73%) GCP
8 14 (6.28%) Apigee
9 12 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.59%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 8 (3.59%) Snowflake
11 7 (3.14%) Azure API Management
11 7 (3.14%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.24%) Algolia
12 5 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (2.24%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (1.79%) Heroku
13 4 (1.79%) Kong
13 4 (1.79%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.69%) HTTP
2 4 (1.79%) LAN
2 4 (1.79%) WAN
3 2 (0.90%) Firewall
4 1 (0.45%) AMQP
4 1 (0.45%) Broadband
4 1 (0.45%) CTI
4 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.45%) Network Security
4 1 (0.45%) SMS
4 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.83%) MongoDB
2 9 (4.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (3.59%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.35%) Power BI
5 3 (1.35%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.35%) Tableau
6 2 (0.90%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.90%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.90%) KNIME
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.45%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.45%) Metadata
7 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.45%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (15.25%) Git
1 34 (15.25%) JIRA
2 11 (4.93%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.69%) GoCD
3 6 (2.69%) Gradle
4 5 (2.24%) Selenium
5 4 (1.79%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.79%) JUnit
5 4 (1.79%) Maven
5 4 (1.79%) Postman
6 3 (1.35%) JProfiler
6 3 (1.35%) Subversion
7 1 (0.45%) Hudson
General
1 82 (36.77%) Social Skills
2 38 (17.04%) Finance
3 30 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (12.56%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.38%) Retail
5 12 (5.38%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.93%) Marketing
7 9 (4.04%) Banking
8 6 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.24%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.24%) Publishing
10 4 (1.79%) Automotive
10 4 (1.79%) Billing
11 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.35%) Law
11 3 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.90%) Back Office
12 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (30.94%) Architect
2 56 (25.11%) Developer
3 26 (11.66%) Analyst
4 24 (10.76%) Lead
5 21 (9.42%) Salesforce Developer
6 20 (8.97%) Integration Architect
7 16 (7.17%) Senior
7 16 (7.17%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (6.73%) Integration Specialist
9 13 (5.83%) MuleSoft Developer
10 12 (5.38%) Java Developer
10 12 (5.38%) Salesforce Architect
11 11 (4.93%) MuleSoft Architect
11 11 (4.93%) Technical Architect
12 10 (4.48%) Technical Leader
12 10 (4.48%) Transition Analyst
13 9 (4.04%) Business Systems Analyst
13 9 (4.04%) Cloud Developer
13 9 (4.04%) Salesforce Support
13 9 (4.04%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (24.22%) Middleware
2 50 (22.42%) REST
3 41 (18.39%) JSON
4 28 (12.56%) Lightning Web Components
5 27 (12.11%) SOAP
6 25 (11.21%) XML
7 18 (8.07%) OAuth
8 15 (6.73%) OAuth2
9 13 (5.83%) Web Services
10 12 (5.38%) OpenAPI
10 12 (5.38%) Swagger
11 11 (4.93%) JSF
12 10 (4.48%) Kafka
12 10 (4.48%) React
13 9 (4.04%) JWT
13 9 (4.04%) Node.js
13 9 (4.04%) RAML
14 8 (3.59%) Spring Boot
15 7 (3.14%) RESTful
15 7 (3.14%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.31%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.73%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (4.04%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.69%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.24%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.24%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.35%) Freedom of Information Act
8 3 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.35%) TM Forum
9 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.90%) SCADA
10 1 (0.45%) Life Science
10 1 (0.45%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.45%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.45%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.24%) Windows
2 4 (1.79%) Linux
3 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (30.04%) Agile
1 67 (30.04%) CI/CD
2 54 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (23.77%) Integration Patterns
4 47 (21.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (17.94%) CRM
6 39 (17.49%) DevOps
7 34 (15.25%) ERP
7 34 (15.25%) Migration
8 33 (14.80%) API Management
8 33 (14.80%) Event-Driven
9 31 (13.90%) Microservices
10 29 (13.00%) Data Modelling
10 29 (13.00%) Scrum
11 27 (12.11%) Validation
12 24 (10.76%) Data Transformation
12 24 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (10.31%) Test Automation
14 19 (8.52%) ETL
15 17 (7.62%) AI
Programming Languages
1 32 (14.35%) SQL
2 29 (13.00%) Apex Code
3 21 (9.42%) Java
3 21 (9.42%) JavaScript
4 9 (4.04%) PL/SQL
5 7 (3.14%) Python
6 6 (2.69%) DataWeave
6 6 (2.69%) SOQL
7 4 (1.79%) C#
8 2 (0.90%) Groovy
9 1 (0.45%) Bash
9 1 (0.45%) Bicep
9 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.45%) SOSL
9 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (19.28%) Security Cleared
2 34 (15.25%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.48%) Degree
4 7 (3.14%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.35%) CISSP
8 3 (1.35%) GIAC
8 3 (1.35%) Postgraduate
8 3 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.45%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.07%) QA
2 12 (5.38%) GDPR
3 6 (2.69%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.35%) GMP
6 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.45%) DICOM
6 1 (0.45%) HL7
6 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.35%) Docker
2 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.14%) Ansible
2 3 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.90%) Grafana
3 2 (0.90%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.90%) Terraform
4 1 (0.45%) CASB
4 1 (0.45%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (36.77%) Salesforce
2 36 (16.14%) SAP
3 33 (14.80%) Oracle
4 20 (8.97%) ServiceNow
5 15 (6.73%) Microsoft
5 15 (6.73%) Workday
6 12 (5.38%) Dell
6 12 (5.38%) Informatica
7 9 (4.04%) DocuSign
8 8 (3.59%) Adobe
8 8 (3.59%) Autodesk
8 8 (3.59%) Conga
8 8 (3.59%) Talend
9 6 (2.69%) Capita
10 5 (2.24%) Kronos
11 4 (1.79%) Google
12 3 (1.35%) Databricks
12 3 (1.35%) OutSystems
12 3 (1.35%) Quadient
12 3 (1.35%) Splunk