The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Middleware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Middleware over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
Middleware falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Wales.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
48
88
175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales
16.38%
22.28%
27.56%
Number of daily rates quoted
34
72
135
10th Percentile
£234
£290
£313
25th Percentile
£327
£381
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£425
£450
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-5.56%
-14.29%
-
75th Percentile
£547
£531
£586
90th Percentile
£596
£594
£650
UK median daily rate
£525
£530
£550
% change year-on-year
-0.94%
-3.64%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
4
4
0
10th Percentile
£20.68
£15.38
-
25th Percentile
£21.53
£15.66
-
Median hourly rate
£25.63
£18.14
-
Median % change year-on-year
+41.26%
-
-
75th Percentile
£36.31
£21.29
-
90th Percentile
£49.03
£22.77
-
UK median hourly rate
£65.00
£46.18
£65.00
% change year-on-year
+40.75%
-28.95%
+32.65%
Middleware Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing Middleware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
Middleware Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Middleware in Wales.
Middleware Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Middleware in Wales.
Middleware Contract Job Locations in Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Middleware Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Middleware also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region with a requirement for Middleware.
Middleware Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
