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 11 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
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 369 454
Rank change year-on-year -61 +85 +40
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 217 158 137
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.54% 0.31%
As % of the Vendors category 1.07% 1.13% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 100 94
10th Percentile £400 £399 £450
25th Percentile £413 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -5.22% -4.96%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £713 £725 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £500 £556
% change year-on-year -15.00% -10.11% +1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £64.50 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £90.00
75th Percentile £68.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 - -

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 20,281 13,989 18,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.65% 47.63% 42.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,754 8,611 11,465
10th Percentile £313 £280 £269
25th Percentile £413 £404 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -2.72% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +4.06% -3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,038 624 1,139
10th Percentile £15.29 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.34 £14.49
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +8.51% -45.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £58.49
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.90 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.49 £22.94 £22.00
% change year-on-year +32.93% +4.26% -45.00%

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 11 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 11 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 -65 177 £513 -5.09% 40
London -25 98 £552 -8.08% 24
UK excluding London -91 87 £425 -15.00% 29
Work from Home -30 65 £500 -4.76% 25
Midlands -42 34 £425 -21.30% 6
West Midlands -40 26 £413 -13.16% 2
North of England -87 16 £513 +3.02% 6
North West -40 14 £513 -2.38% 4
South East -74 11 £505 +1.51% 5
Scotland -7 8 £350 -41.67% 7
East Midlands -23 8 £475 -14.80% 4
South West -24 7 £488 -25.00% 2
East of England -20 6 £535 +7.00% 1
Wales - 3 £373 -
Northern Ireland +2 2 £450 -5.26% 3
Yorkshire -65 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 35 (16.13%) Anypoint
2 17 (7.83%) Confluence
3 16 (7.37%) Mule
4 1 (0.46%) Camunda
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.23%) AutoCAD
1 7 (3.23%) Revit
2 5 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.30%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.30%) SAP CRM
3 5 (2.30%) SAP MDG
4 4 (1.84%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.46%) iTrent
5 1 (0.46%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.46%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.46%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.46%) Shopify
5 1 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 59 (27.19%) Azure
2 47 (21.66%) Boomi
3 46 (21.20%) AWS
4 21 (9.68%) iPaaS
5 19 (8.76%) SaaS
5 19 (8.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 18 (8.29%) Apigee
7 15 (6.91%) GCP
8 13 (5.99%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 11 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (4.61%) Power Platform
10 10 (4.61%) Snowflake
11 7 (3.23%) Kong
12 6 (2.76%) Azure API Management
12 6 (2.76%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 5 (2.30%) Algolia
13 5 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
14 4 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.84%) Heroku
14 4 (1.84%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.76%) HTTP
2 5 (2.30%) LAN
2 5 (2.30%) WAN
3 2 (0.92%) Firewall
4 1 (0.46%) AMQP
4 1 (0.46%) Broadband
4 1 (0.46%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.46%) Network Security
4 1 (0.46%) SMS
4 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 8 (3.69%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.76%) Power BI
4 5 (2.30%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.30%) KNIME
5 4 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.84%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.38%) Tableau
7 2 (0.92%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.46%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.46%) Metadata
8 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 32 (14.75%) JIRA
2 30 (13.82%) Git
3 7 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.23%) Selenium
4 5 (2.30%) Postman
5 4 (1.84%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.38%) GoCD
6 3 (1.38%) Gradle
7 1 (0.46%) Hudson
7 1 (0.46%) JProfiler
7 1 (0.46%) JUnit
7 1 (0.46%) Maven
7 1 (0.46%) Subversion
General
1 70 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.59%) Finance
3 26 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (11.52%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.07%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.61%) Marketing
6 10 (4.61%) Retail
7 6 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.30%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.84%) Banking
9 4 (1.84%) Billing
9 4 (1.84%) Publishing
10 3 (1.38%) Automotive
10 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Law
10 3 (1.38%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.92%) Back Office
11 2 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (34.56%) Architect
2 45 (20.74%) Developer
3 25 (11.52%) Analyst
4 24 (11.06%) Lead
5 21 (9.68%) Salesforce Developer
6 20 (9.22%) MuleSoft Architect
7 19 (8.76%) Integration Architect
8 17 (7.83%) Technical Architect
9 16 (7.37%) Integration Specialist
10 15 (6.91%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (5.07%) MuleSoft Developer
12 10 (4.61%) Technical Leader
13 9 (4.15%) Senior
14 8 (3.69%) Cloud Developer
14 8 (3.69%) Data Engineer
14 8 (3.69%) Release Manager
14 8 (3.69%) Salesforce Architect
14 8 (3.69%) Salesforce Support
15 7 (3.23%) CAD Support
15 7 (3.23%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (21.66%) Middleware
2 40 (18.43%) REST
3 36 (16.59%) JSON
4 25 (11.52%) Lightning Web Components
5 23 (10.60%) XML
6 20 (9.22%) SOAP
7 16 (7.37%) OAuth
8 13 (5.99%) OpenAPI
8 13 (5.99%) Swagger
9 11 (5.07%) OAuth2
10 9 (4.15%) Kafka
10 9 (4.15%) RAML
10 9 (4.15%) Web Services
11 7 (3.23%) JWT
11 7 (3.23%) React
12 6 (2.76%) BAPI
12 6 (2.76%) Node.js
12 6 (2.76%) OpenID
12 6 (2.76%) RESTful
13 5 (2.30%) JSF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (4.61%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (3.23%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.76%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.76%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.30%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.38%) Freedom of Information Act
7 3 (1.38%) TM Forum
8 2 (0.92%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.92%) SCADA
9 1 (0.46%) Life Science
9 1 (0.46%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.46%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.46%) Robotics
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.76%) Windows
2 5 (2.30%) Linux
3 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.73%) CI/CD
2 54 (24.88%) Agile
3 45 (20.74%) Integration Patterns
3 45 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (20.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 40 (18.43%) API Management
5 35 (16.13%) CRM
6 34 (15.67%) DevOps
6 34 (15.67%) ERP
7 32 (14.75%) Microservices
8 29 (13.36%) Event-Driven
8 29 (13.36%) Migration
9 27 (12.44%) Validation
10 24 (11.06%) Data Modelling
11 23 (10.60%) ETL
12 21 (9.68%) Data Transformation
13 20 (9.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (9.22%) Test Automation
14 19 (8.76%) Scrum
15 17 (7.83%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.21%) SQL
2 26 (11.98%) Apex Code
3 18 (8.29%) JavaScript
4 11 (5.07%) Java
5 6 (2.76%) DataWeave
5 6 (2.76%) PL/SQL
5 6 (2.76%) Python
5 6 (2.76%) SOQL
6 4 (1.84%) C#
7 1 (0.46%) Bash
7 1 (0.46%) Bicep
7 1 (0.46%) Groovy
7 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.46%) SOSL
7 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (17.97%) Security Cleared
2 31 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.99%) Degree
4 9 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.30%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.38%) CISSP
9 3 (1.38%) GIAC
10 2 (0.92%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.46%) CBAP
11 1 (0.46%) CSPO
11 1 (0.46%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.37%) QA
2 11 (5.07%) GDPR
3 6 (2.76%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.38%) GMP
5 2 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.46%) COBIT
6 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.46%) DICOM
6 1 (0.46%) HL7
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (0.92%) Docker
2 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.84%) Ansible
2 2 (0.92%) Grafana
2 2 (0.92%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.92%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.46%) CASB
3 1 (0.46%) CloudHub
3 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (33.18%) Salesforce
2 34 (15.67%) SAP
3 26 (11.98%) Oracle
4 17 (7.83%) ServiceNow
5 13 (5.99%) Microsoft
6 12 (5.53%) Workday
7 11 (5.07%) Dell
7 11 (5.07%) Informatica
8 8 (3.69%) DocuSign
8 8 (3.69%) Talend
9 7 (3.23%) Adobe
9 7 (3.23%) Autodesk
9 7 (3.23%) Conga
10 6 (2.76%) Capita
11 4 (1.84%) Kronos
12 3 (1.38%) Databricks
12 3 (1.38%) OutSystems
12 3 (1.38%) Quadient
12 3 (1.38%) Splunk
13 2 (0.92%) Pega