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 1 December 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
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 414 475 458
Rank change year-on-year +61 -17 +58
Contract jobs citing MuleSoft 166 84 161
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.23% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.98% 0.52% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 51 100
10th Percentile £378 £450 £446
25th Percentile £450 £503 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £616
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -2.64% +2.71%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £700
90th Percentile £727 £797 £753
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% -4.26%
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 16,927 16,264 20,664
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.37% 45.20% 45.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,732 9,595 13,185
10th Percentile £288 £294 £256
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.87%
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 847 515 670
10th Percentile £15.29 £15.55 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £19.59 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -32.58% +73.08%
75th Percentile £43.23 £63.15 £64.24
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.35 £44.50
% change year-on-year -19.56% -38.54% +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 1 December 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 1 December 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 1 December 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 +47 138 £525 -12.50% 26
UK excluding London 0 72 £450 -14.29% 25
London +41 70 £550 -15.38% 11
Work from Home +31 48 £565 +2.73% 16
South East +15 27 £450 -10.00% 8
North of England -40 16 £421 -31.35% 2
Yorkshire -33 10 £488 -22.00% 2
Midlands -28 9 £450 -10.00% 3
Scotland +6 8 £525 +2.44% 6
South West - 8 £538 - 2
North West -23 6 £391 -34.92%
West Midlands - 6 £400 - 2
East Midlands -11 3 £500 +6.67% 1
East of England - 3 £550 - 3
Wales -3 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 (19.88%) Anypoint
2 16 (9.64%) Mule
3 9 (5.42%) Confluence
4 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.20%) Apache
5 2 (1.20%) Mule ESB
5 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.60%) JBoss
6 1 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.60%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.60%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.60%) Notion
3 1 (0.60%) Sketch
3 1 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (6.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.20%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.60%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.60%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (28.31%) Azure
2 28 (16.87%) AWS
3 20 (12.05%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (10.24%) Apigee
5 13 (7.83%) GCP
6 12 (7.23%) Boomi
7 11 (6.63%) SaaS
8 10 (6.02%) GitHub
8 10 (6.02%) Power Platform
8 10 (6.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 8 (4.82%) iPaaS
10 6 (3.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 5 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (3.01%) PaaS
12 4 (2.41%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (1.81%) Kong
13 3 (1.81%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.81%) Serverless
13 3 (1.81%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.63%) TCP/IP
2 9 (5.42%) Firewall
3 7 (4.22%) AMQP
3 7 (4.22%) DSL
4 6 (3.61%) HTTP
5 5 (3.01%) SSL
6 4 (2.41%) DHCP
6 4 (2.41%) DNS
7 3 (1.81%) LAN
7 3 (1.81%) WAN
8 2 (1.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.42%) Power BI
2 8 (4.82%) NoSQL
3 5 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.41%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (1.81%) Tableau
6 2 (1.20%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (1.20%) KNIME
7 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.60%) Metadata
7 1 (0.60%) MySQL
7 1 (0.60%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (13.86%) Git
2 20 (12.05%) Jenkins
3 12 (7.23%) JIRA
4 11 (6.63%) GitLab
4 11 (6.63%) Postman
5 5 (3.01%) Selenium
6 4 (2.41%) Maven
7 2 (1.20%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.20%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.20%) TestPartner
8 1 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.60%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.60%) ERwin
8 1 (0.60%) Gatling
8 1 (0.60%) Gradle
8 1 (0.60%) JUnit
8 1 (0.60%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.60%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 58 (34.94%) Social Skills
2 36 (21.69%) Finance
3 30 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (12.65%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.63%) Banking
6 8 (4.82%) Billing
6 8 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.22%) Marketing
8 3 (1.81%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.81%) Law
8 3 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.81%) Retail
9 2 (1.20%) Automotive
9 2 (1.20%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.60%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.60%) Front Office
10 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.60%) Military
10 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (24.70%) Architect
2 39 (23.49%) Developer
3 25 (15.06%) Analyst
4 24 (14.46%) Lead
5 16 (9.64%) Business Analyst
6 14 (8.43%) Salesforce Developer
6 14 (8.43%) Senior
7 12 (7.23%) MuleSoft Developer
8 11 (6.63%) Salesforce Architect
9 9 (5.42%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (4.82%) Integration Architect
11 7 (4.22%) Integration Analyst
11 7 (4.22%) Technical Architect
12 6 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (3.61%) Project Manager
12 6 (3.61%) Senior Technical Engineer
12 6 (3.61%) Technical Analyst
12 6 (3.61%) Technical Business Analyst
12 6 (3.61%) Technical Engineer
13 5 (3.01%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (20.48%) REST
2 32 (19.28%) SOAP
3 27 (16.27%) Middleware
4 19 (11.45%) XML
5 18 (10.84%) Lightning Web Components
6 17 (10.24%) OAuth
7 14 (8.43%) JSON
7 14 (8.43%) RESTful
8 13 (7.83%) Kafka
8 13 (7.83%) OpenAPI
9 12 (7.23%) OAuth2
10 10 (6.02%) JWT
10 10 (6.02%) RAML
11 9 (5.42%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (4.82%) Apache Camel
13 7 (4.22%) ActiveMQ
14 6 (3.61%) AngularJS
14 6 (3.61%) Swagger
14 6 (3.61%) XSD
15 5 (3.01%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.46%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.82%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.22%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.01%) SCADA
5 4 (2.41%) Clustering
5 4 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.41%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.41%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.81%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.81%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.81%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.20%) IoT
7 2 (1.20%) NHS
8 1 (0.60%) CMDB
8 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.60%) IVR
8 1 (0.60%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.64%) Linux
2 11 (6.63%) Unix
3 8 (4.82%) Windows
4 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.60%) CentOS
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.60%) SUSE
5 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (37.95%) Agile
2 48 (28.92%) DevOps
3 41 (24.70%) CI/CD
4 37 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (18.07%) Integration Patterns
6 29 (17.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (13.86%) Scrum
8 22 (13.25%) Microservices
8 22 (13.25%) Migration
9 21 (12.65%) API Design
10 17 (10.24%) API Management
10 17 (10.24%) Roadmaps
11 16 (9.64%) Data Modelling
11 16 (9.64%) Validation
12 14 (8.43%) ERP
12 14 (8.43%) Event-Driven
12 14 (8.43%) Translating Business Requirements
13 13 (7.83%) Test Automation
13 13 (7.83%) User Stories
14 12 (7.23%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.27%) Java
2 26 (15.66%) Python
3 23 (13.86%) SQL
4 18 (10.84%) Apex Code
5 13 (7.83%) DataWeave
6 10 (6.02%) Shell Script
7 9 (5.42%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.01%) Bash
9 4 (2.41%) Perl
10 3 (1.81%) SOQL
11 2 (1.20%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.60%) C#
12 1 (0.60%) Korn
12 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.60%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (17.47%) Security Cleared
2 20 (12.05%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.43%) Degree
4 7 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.60%) MBA
6 1 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.24%) QA
2 6 (3.61%) GDPR
3 4 (2.41%) SLA
4 3 (1.81%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.81%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.20%) HL7
5 2 (1.20%) WCAG
6 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.60%) Section 508
System Software
1 10 (6.02%) Docker
2 7 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.81%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 21 (12.65%) Ansible
2 13 (7.83%) Terraform
3 11 (6.63%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.42%) Puppet
5 7 (4.22%) CloudHub
6 5 (3.01%) SCCM
7 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (1.20%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.60%) Istio
9 1 (0.60%) SCOM
Vendors
1 54 (32.53%) Salesforce
2 21 (12.65%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.65%) SAP
3 18 (10.84%) Oracle
4 11 (6.63%) VMware
5 10 (6.02%) Google
6 8 (4.82%) Workday
7 6 (3.61%) Dell
8 5 (3.01%) Informatica
8 5 (3.01%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.41%) Anaplan
9 4 (2.41%) Broadcom
9 4 (2.41%) F5
9 4 (2.41%) Globalscape
9 4 (2.41%) Hyperion
9 4 (2.41%) Infoblox
9 4 (2.41%) Splunk
10 3 (1.81%) BMC
10 3 (1.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (1.81%) Talend