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 25 November 2025, 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
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 412 486 458
Rank change year-on-year +74 -28 +70
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 179 86 164
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.24% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 1.05% 0.53% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 53 103
10th Percentile £380 £451 £446
25th Percentile £450 £506 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £615
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -6.50% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £700
90th Percentile £758 £794 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -16.28% -2.27% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £63.63 - -
25th Percentile £67.19 - -
Median hourly rate £76.25 £36.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +111.81% - -
75th Percentile £87.19 - -
90th Percentile £91.88 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £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 17,012 16,336 20,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.52% 44.98% 45.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,735 9,609 13,380
10th Percentile £288 £297 £256
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 870 523 672
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.49 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.48 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.18% -32.58% +73.08%
75th Percentile £42.50 £63.75 £63.91
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £27.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% -38.20% +97.78%

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 25 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MuleSoft over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for MuleSoft in the UK

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 25 November 2025. 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 +64 152 £524 -14.49% 36
UK excluding London +21 81 £450 -16.28% 31
London +38 73 £550 -15.38% 14
Work from Home +46 53 £558 +1.36% 19
South East +21 29 £463 -7.50% 14
North of England -37 24 £425 -29.17% 1
Yorkshire -19 18 £463 -26.00% 1
Midlands -29 8 £400 -20.00% 5
South West - 8 £538 - 1
Scotland +1 7 £488 -4.88% 6
North West -24 6 £391 -32.09%
West Midlands - 6 £400 - 3
East of England - 4 £525 - 3
East Midlands -14 2 - - 2
Wales +1 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 35 (19.55%) Anypoint
2 18 (10.06%) Mule
3 9 (5.03%) Confluence
4 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.12%) Apache
5 2 (1.12%) Mule ESB
5 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.56%) JBoss
6 1 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.56%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.12%) Sketch
4 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.56%) Notion
4 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (5.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.12%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.56%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.56%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.58%) Azure
2 25 (13.97%) AWS
3 21 (11.73%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (10.06%) Apigee
5 13 (7.26%) Boomi
5 13 (7.26%) GCP
6 11 (6.15%) SaaS
7 10 (5.59%) GitHub
7 10 (5.59%) Power Platform
7 10 (5.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 8 (4.47%) iPaaS
9 6 (3.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 5 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (2.79%) PaaS
11 4 (2.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (2.23%) Stackdriver
12 3 (1.68%) Kong
12 3 (1.68%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.68%) Snowflake
13 2 (1.12%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.17%) TCP/IP
2 18 (10.06%) Firewall
3 7 (3.91%) AMQP
3 7 (3.91%) DSL
4 6 (3.35%) HTTP
5 5 (2.79%) SSL
6 4 (2.23%) DHCP
6 4 (2.23%) DNS
6 4 (2.23%) LAN
6 4 (2.23%) WAN
7 2 (1.12%) VPN
8 1 (0.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.03%) Power BI
2 7 (3.91%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.23%) Apache Cassandra
4 4 (2.23%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (1.12%) KNIME
5 2 (1.12%) Tableau
6 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.56%) Metadata
6 1 (0.56%) MySQL
6 1 (0.56%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (16.76%) Git
1 30 (16.76%) Jenkins
2 20 (11.17%) Postman
3 13 (7.26%) GitLab
4 12 (6.70%) JIRA
5 5 (2.79%) Maven
5 5 (2.79%) Selenium
6 2 (1.12%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.12%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.12%) Gradle
6 2 (1.12%) TestPartner
7 1 (0.56%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.56%) Gatling
7 1 (0.56%) JUnit
7 1 (0.56%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.56%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 63 (35.20%) Social Skills
2 46 (25.70%) Finance
3 34 (18.99%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.15%) Banking
6 8 (4.47%) Billing
6 8 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.35%) Marketing
8 4 (2.23%) Retail
9 3 (1.68%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.68%) Law
9 3 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.12%) Automotive
11 1 (0.56%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.56%) Front Office
11 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.56%) Military
11 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (23.46%) Architect
2 39 (21.79%) Developer
3 25 (13.97%) Analyst
4 24 (13.41%) Lead
5 23 (12.85%) Senior
6 16 (8.94%) Business Analyst
7 13 (7.26%) Salesforce Developer
8 11 (6.15%) MuleSoft Developer
8 11 (6.15%) Technical Engineer
9 10 (5.59%) Salesforce Architect
9 10 (5.59%) Senior Technical Engineer
9 10 (5.59%) Technical Architect
9 10 (5.59%) Windows Engineer
10 9 (5.03%) Integration Architect
10 9 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.91%) Integration Analyst
12 6 (3.35%) Technical Analyst
12 6 (3.35%) Technical Business Analyst
13 5 (2.79%) Project Manager
13 5 (2.79%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (20.67%) REST
2 34 (18.99%) SOAP
3 31 (17.32%) Middleware
4 19 (10.61%) XML
5 18 (10.06%) OAuth
6 17 (9.50%) Lightning Web Components
7 16 (8.94%) Kafka
8 14 (7.82%) JSON
8 14 (7.82%) RESTful
9 12 (6.70%) OAuth2
9 12 (6.70%) OpenAPI
10 11 (6.15%) JWT
11 10 (5.59%) RAML
12 9 (5.03%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (4.47%) Apache Camel
14 7 (3.91%) ActiveMQ
15 6 (3.35%) AngularJS
15 6 (3.35%) Swagger
16 5 (2.79%) FHIR
16 5 (2.79%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.85%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.79%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.79%) SCADA
6 4 (2.23%) Clustering
6 4 (2.23%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.23%) NHS
7 3 (1.68%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) IVR
9 1 (0.56%) CMDB
9 1 (0.56%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.56%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.56%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 23 (12.85%) Linux
2 17 (9.50%) Windows
3 14 (7.82%) Unix
4 6 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.68%) AIX
5 3 (1.68%) CentOS
5 3 (1.68%) Solaris
5 3 (1.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 3 (1.68%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.56%) SUSE
6 1 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (39.11%) Agile
2 59 (32.96%) DevOps
3 45 (25.14%) CI/CD
4 37 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (16.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (16.20%) Integration Patterns
7 25 (13.97%) Translating Business Requirements
8 24 (13.41%) Microservices
8 24 (13.41%) Migration
9 23 (12.85%) Scrum
10 21 (11.73%) API Design
11 20 (11.17%) API Management
12 17 (9.50%) Data Management
13 16 (8.94%) Event-Driven
13 16 (8.94%) Validation
14 15 (8.38%) Configuration Management
14 15 (8.38%) Data Modelling
14 15 (8.38%) Roadmaps
15 14 (7.82%) Test Automation
16 13 (7.26%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 35 (19.55%) Python
2 27 (15.08%) Java
3 23 (12.85%) SQL
4 17 (9.50%) Apex Code
5 14 (7.82%) DataWeave
6 9 (5.03%) JavaScript
6 9 (5.03%) Shell Script
7 5 (2.79%) Bash
8 4 (2.23%) Perl
9 3 (1.68%) SOQL
10 2 (1.12%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.56%) C#
11 1 (0.56%) Korn
11 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.56%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (16.20%) Security Cleared
2 20 (11.17%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.82%) Degree
4 7 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.50%) QA
2 8 (4.47%) GDPR
3 4 (2.23%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.23%) SLA
4 3 (1.68%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.68%) HL7
4 3 (1.68%) WCAG
5 2 (1.12%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.12%) Section 508
6 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (9.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (6.15%) Docker
3 6 (3.35%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 2 (1.12%) vSphere
5 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (17.32%) Ansible
2 19 (10.61%) Puppet
3 14 (7.82%) Terraform
4 12 (6.70%) Kubernetes
5 10 (5.59%) Microsoft Clustering
6 9 (5.03%) SCCM
7 8 (4.47%) CloudHub
8 2 (1.12%) Istio
8 2 (1.12%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.56%) SCOM
9 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 53 (29.61%) Salesforce
2 27 (15.08%) Microsoft
3 22 (12.29%) VMware
4 21 (11.73%) SAP
5 18 (10.06%) Oracle
6 10 (5.59%) Google
7 8 (4.47%) Workday
8 7 (3.91%) Dell
9 5 (2.79%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.79%) Splunk
10 4 (2.23%) Anaplan
10 4 (2.23%) Broadcom
10 4 (2.23%) F5
10 4 (2.23%) Globalscape
10 4 (2.23%) Hyperion
10 4 (2.23%) Infoblox
10 4 (2.23%) Informatica
10 4 (2.23%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.68%) BMC
11 3 (1.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud