Hybrid/Remote Middleware Developer Contract Job Trends

Middleware Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Middleware Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Middleware Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £563 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,137 11,746 18,611
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 93.44% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,003 7,436 13,127
10th Percentile £325 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 273 415
10th Percentile £13.85 £20.80 £16.98
25th Percentile £21.02 £33.93 £24.13
Median hourly rate £37.75 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% -14.00% +6.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.90 £83.62
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.91 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.39% -3.57% +71.15%

Middleware Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Middleware Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Middleware Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Middleware Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Middleware Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Middleware Developer job vacancies

Middleware Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, Middleware Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Middleware Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BPEL
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership

Middleware Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (100.00%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) BPEL
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle