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 16 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
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 428 486
Rank change year-on-year -1 +58 +47
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 182 100 107
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.33% 0.24%
As % of the Vendors category 1.02% 0.70% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 59 68
10th Percentile £400 £473 £475
25th Percentile £413 £531 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.42% - -
75th Percentile £578 £684 £639
90th Percentile £701 £782 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -30.61% +2.08% +9.09%

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 17,857 14,220 19,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.77% 46.35% 43.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,452 8,494 12,228
10th Percentile £300 £275 £258
25th Percentile £413 £406 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £522 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% -0.67% -1.41%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £711 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 885 404 920
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.20 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.83 £29.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.24% +7.27% -16.03%
75th Percentile £57.00 £63.75 £58.71
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.17 £27.13 £26.00
% change year-on-year -18.27% +4.33% -11.26%

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 16 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 16 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 +25 166 £475 -24.00% 35
UK excluding London -20 86 £425 -30.61% 21
London -3 80 £550 -12.00% 17
Work from Home +17 54 £548 -4.78% 17
Midlands -11 44 £400 -15.79% 3
West Midlands -11 38 £400 -13.51% 2
South East -19 16 £475 +5.56% 9
North of England -62 11 £390 -35.00% 3
South West -22 8 £425 -34.62% 2
North West -32 7 £358 -40.33%
East Midlands -16 6 £545 -12.80% 1
Yorkshire -56 4 £563 - 3
East of England - 4 £535 - 4
Scotland +5 2 £538 -10.33%
Wales -2 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 33 (18.13%) Anypoint
2 12 (6.59%) Mule
3 11 (6.04%) Confluence
4 1 (0.55%) Apache
4 1 (0.55%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (2.75%) Adobe XD
1 5 (2.75%) Sketch
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.55%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.65%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.55%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.55%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (25.82%) Azure
2 42 (23.08%) AWS
3 22 (12.09%) Boomi
4 21 (11.54%) iPaaS
5 20 (10.99%) Apigee
6 16 (8.79%) Power Platform
7 15 (8.24%) GCP
8 14 (7.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 12 (6.59%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (6.04%) SaaS
10 11 (6.04%) Snowflake
11 10 (5.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 7 (3.85%) Kong
13 6 (3.30%) GitHub
14 5 (2.75%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (2.75%) Figma
15 3 (1.65%) dbt
15 3 (1.65%) Serverless
15 3 (1.65%) SuccessFactors
16 2 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.20%) HTTPS
1 4 (2.20%) LAN
1 4 (2.20%) WAN
2 2 (1.10%) HTTP
3 1 (0.55%) Firewall
3 1 (0.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.69%) Power BI
2 8 (4.40%) KNIME
3 6 (3.30%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.65%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.10%) Tableau
6 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.55%) Metadata
6 1 (0.55%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (9.89%) Git
2 14 (7.69%) JIRA
3 11 (6.04%) Selenium
4 3 (1.65%) Postman
5 2 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.10%) Maven
6 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.55%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.55%) ERwin
6 1 (0.55%) GitLab
6 1 (0.55%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 47 (25.82%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.58%) Finance
3 28 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.40%) Marketing
7 7 (3.85%) Billing
8 5 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.20%) Retail
10 3 (1.65%) Banking
10 3 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.65%) Law
11 2 (1.10%) Automotive
11 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.55%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (35.16%) Architect
2 31 (17.03%) Developer
3 26 (14.29%) Analyst
4 23 (12.64%) Lead
5 22 (12.09%) MuleSoft Architect
6 17 (9.34%) Technical Architect
7 16 (8.79%) Business Analyst
8 15 (8.24%) Salesforce Developer
9 13 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (6.59%) Salesforce Architect
11 11 (6.04%) MuleSoft Developer
12 9 (4.95%) Data Analyst
12 9 (4.95%) Integration Specialist
12 9 (4.95%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (4.95%) Technical Business Analyst
13 8 (4.40%) Project Manager
14 7 (3.85%) Senior
15 5 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
15 5 (2.75%) Integration Developer
15 5 (2.75%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (19.23%) Middleware
2 25 (13.74%) REST
2 25 (13.74%) SOAP
3 19 (10.44%) Lightning Web Components
4 18 (9.89%) JSON
5 17 (9.34%) XML
6 15 (8.24%) OpenAPI
7 13 (7.14%) RESTful
8 12 (6.59%) OAuth
9 8 (4.40%) CSS
9 8 (4.40%) HTML
9 8 (4.40%) Swagger
10 7 (3.85%) XSD
11 6 (3.30%) AngularJS
11 6 (3.30%) JWT
11 6 (3.30%) Kafka
11 6 (3.30%) Web Services
12 5 (2.75%) Lambda Expressions
12 5 (2.75%) RAML
12 5 (2.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.79%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.30%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.20%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.20%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.65%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.65%) IoT
5 3 (1.65%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.10%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.55%) CMDB
7 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.55%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.55%) SCADA
7 1 (0.55%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.49%) Linux
2 6 (3.30%) Unix
3 4 (2.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (26.92%) Agile
2 38 (20.88%) CI/CD
3 37 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (19.78%) API Management
5 34 (18.68%) Integration Patterns
6 30 (16.48%) DevOps
7 29 (15.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (14.84%) Microservices
9 23 (12.64%) Validation
10 19 (10.44%) API Design
10 19 (10.44%) ETL
10 19 (10.44%) Roadmaps
11 18 (9.89%) ERP
11 18 (9.89%) Migration
12 17 (9.34%) Data Modelling
12 17 (9.34%) Test Automation
12 17 (9.34%) Translating Business Requirements
13 16 (8.79%) CRM
14 14 (7.69%) API Integration
14 14 (7.69%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 35 (19.23%) SQL
2 19 (10.44%) Apex Code
3 16 (8.79%) JavaScript
4 11 (6.04%) Java
5 10 (5.49%) Python
6 7 (3.85%) DataWeave
7 6 (3.30%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.65%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.10%) SOQL
10 1 (0.55%) C#
10 1 (0.55%) Groovy
10 1 (0.55%) Korn
10 1 (0.55%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.55%) X++
Qualifications
1 26 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 24 (13.19%) Degree
3 21 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.30%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.10%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.55%) CBAP
9 1 (0.55%) CSPO
9 1 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.55%) MBA
9 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.04%) QA
2 10 (5.49%) GDPR
3 7 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.20%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.65%) WCAG
6 1 (0.55%) COBIT
6 1 (0.55%) GMP
6 1 (0.55%) HL7
6 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 6 (3.30%) CloudHub
2 3 (1.65%) Ansible
3 2 (1.10%) SCCM
3 2 (1.10%) SCOrch
3 2 (1.10%) Terraform
4 1 (0.55%) SCOM
Vendors
1 54 (29.67%) Salesforce
2 11 (6.04%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.04%) SAP
3 10 (5.49%) Oracle
4 8 (4.40%) Workday
5 6 (3.30%) Google
6 5 (2.75%) Adobe
6 5 (2.75%) Dell
6 5 (2.75%) Informatica
6 5 (2.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 5 (2.75%) Talend
7 4 (2.20%) Axway
7 4 (2.20%) IBM
7 4 (2.20%) IBM Sterling
8 3 (1.65%) BMC
8 3 (1.65%) Jitterbit
8 3 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.65%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.10%) Pega
10 1 (0.55%) WSO2