Middleware Job Trends in England

Middleware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Middleware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 380 554
Rank change year-on-year -78 +174 -269
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 266 300 291
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.69% 0.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.89% 3.74% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 204 174 255
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,945 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,938 £80,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,375 £115,000
UK median annual salary £70,959 £65,684 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.03% +1.05% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Middleware falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,215 8,030 17,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.53% 18.50% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7,066 5,438 13,580
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.60%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Middleware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Middleware job vacancy trend in England

Middleware
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Middleware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Middleware

Middleware
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Middleware in England over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Middleware in England

Middleware
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the England region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -26 95 £80,000 -15.79% 52
North of England +1 64 £73,500 +10.75% 15
North West +2 47 £73,500 +10.75% 6
South East -52 39 £60,000 -7.69% 20
Midlands -56 18 £60,000 - 12
South West -47 17 £55,000 -30.82% 12
East of England -21 15 £67,500 +22.73% 10
West Midlands -36 14 £50,000 -18.37% 5
Yorkshire -33 9 £85,000 +13.33% 2
North East - 8 £63,750 - 7
East Midlands -35 4 £62,500 +13.64% 7
Middleware
UK

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 22 (8.27%) Confluence
2 15 (5.64%) IIS
3 13 (4.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (4.14%) WebLogic
4 11 (4.14%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.88%) CMS
6 4 (1.50%) Apache
7 3 (1.13%) WordPress
8 2 (0.75%) CICS
8 2 (0.75%) JBoss
8 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.38%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.38%) SAS
9 1 (0.38%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.38%) WildFly
Applications
1 19 (7.14%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.13%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.75%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 31 (11.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (4.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (3.38%) SAP Travel Management
4 8 (3.01%) SAP SD
5 7 (2.63%) SAP GTS
6 5 (1.88%) Magento
6 5 (1.88%) SAP ERP
6 5 (1.88%) SAP MDG
7 4 (1.50%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (1.50%) NetSuite
7 4 (1.50%) Shopify
8 2 (0.75%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.75%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.75%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.75%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.75%) Summit
9 1 (0.38%) Infor SunSystems
9 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.38%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.38%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 104 (39.10%) Azure
2 55 (20.68%) AWS
3 36 (13.53%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (10.90%) Power Platform
5 26 (9.77%) Boomi
5 26 (9.77%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (9.40%) GCP
7 20 (7.52%) GitHub
8 19 (7.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 18 (6.77%) Lucidchart
9 18 (6.77%) SaaS
9 18 (6.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 15 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (3.01%) Entra ID
11 8 (3.01%) Power Automate
11 8 (3.01%) Serverless
12 7 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.63%) iPaaS
12 7 (2.63%) PowerApps
13 6 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.26%) Firewall
1 14 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 13 (4.89%) VPN
3 10 (3.76%) DNS
4 8 (3.01%) DHCP
5 3 (1.13%) CHAP
5 3 (1.13%) CTI
5 3 (1.13%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.13%) VoIP
6 2 (0.75%) VLAN
7 1 (0.38%) HTTP
7 1 (0.38%) IPsec
7 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.38%) LAN
7 1 (0.38%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.38%) SSL
7 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.15%) SQL Server
2 24 (9.02%) Power BI
3 17 (6.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (5.64%) Db2
6 10 (3.76%) DTS
7 8 (3.01%) MySQL
7 8 (3.01%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.26%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.50%) SAP BW
10 4 (1.50%) SAP HANA
11 3 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.75%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.75%) Hazelcast
12 2 (0.75%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.75%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (13.53%) JIRA
2 26 (9.77%) Git
3 9 (3.38%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.26%) GitLab
5 3 (1.13%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.75%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.75%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.75%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.38%) JetBrains Rider
7 1 (0.38%) JMeter
7 1 (0.38%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.38%) Subversion
7 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 107 (40.23%) Social Skills
2 87 (32.71%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (28.95%) Finance
4 39 (14.66%) Retail
5 22 (8.27%) Marketing
6 20 (7.52%) Manufacturing
7 19 (7.14%) Public Sector
8 17 (6.39%) Banking
9 16 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (3.01%) Aerospace
14 7 (2.63%) Billing
14 7 (2.63%) Electronics
14 7 (2.63%) Law
15 4 (1.50%) Advertising
15 4 (1.50%) Automotive
15 4 (1.50%) Back Office
15 4 (1.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 85 (31.95%) Architect
2 58 (21.80%) Developer
3 45 (16.92%) Senior
4 35 (13.16%) Solutions Architect
5 29 (10.90%) Analyst
6 24 (9.02%) Senior Developer
7 18 (6.77%) Consultant
7 18 (6.77%) Salesforce Developer
8 17 (6.39%) Lead
9 14 (5.26%) Integration Architect
10 13 (4.89%) Applications Support
10 13 (4.89%) Support Analyst
10 13 (4.89%) Technical Architect
10 13 (4.89%) Technical Leader
11 12 (4.51%) Applications Support Analyst
11 12 (4.51%) Software Engineer
11 12 (4.51%) Support Engineer
12 11 (4.14%) Business Analyst
12 11 (4.14%) Lead Architect
13 10 (3.76%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (30.83%) REST
2 61 (22.93%) SOAP
3 36 (13.53%) JSON
4 30 (11.28%) XML
5 23 (8.65%) Lightning Web Components
6 22 (8.27%) .NET
7 19 (7.14%) Kafka
7 19 (7.14%) Node.js
7 19 (7.14%) Spring
8 18 (6.77%) EDI
8 18 (6.77%) Visualforce
9 14 (5.26%) Spring Boot
10 13 (4.89%) CSS
10 13 (4.89%) OAuth
11 12 (4.51%) HTML
12 10 (3.76%) OAuth2
12 10 (3.76%) React
12 10 (3.76%) RESTful
13 9 (3.38%) JWT
13 9 (3.38%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.40%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (6.39%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (6.39%) Product Ownership
3 15 (5.64%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.64%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.89%) Enterprise Cloud
5 13 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (4.51%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.76%) EPoS
7 10 (3.76%) iSeries
8 9 (3.38%) PKI
9 7 (2.63%) Data Structures
10 6 (2.26%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.88%) Blog
12 4 (1.50%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.50%) Smartcard
13 3 (1.13%) Blockchain
13 3 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (1.13%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.52%) Windows
2 19 (7.14%) Linux
3 12 (4.51%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.88%) Android
4 5 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.50%) Unix
6 3 (1.13%) AIX
7 2 (0.75%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.75%) CentOS
7 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.75%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (38.35%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (31.58%) DevOps
3 78 (29.32%) Agile
4 72 (27.07%) ERP
5 70 (26.32%) CI/CD
6 52 (19.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 51 (19.17%) Data Modelling
8 50 (18.80%) Roadmaps
9 48 (18.05%) CRM
10 47 (17.67%) Translating Business Requirements
11 44 (16.54%) Microservices
12 42 (15.79%) Integration Patterns
13 39 (14.66%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (13.91%) Computer Science
14 37 (13.91%) Mentoring
15 35 (13.16%) Event-Driven
16 34 (12.78%) Change Management
17 33 (12.41%) Migration
18 32 (12.03%) Containerisation
19 28 (10.53%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 74 (27.82%) SQL
2 46 (17.29%) Java
3 30 (11.28%) JavaScript
3 30 (11.28%) Python
4 22 (8.27%) Apex Code
5 15 (5.64%) PowerShell
6 11 (4.14%) C++
7 10 (3.76%) RPG
7 10 (3.76%) SOQL
8 9 (3.38%) Bash
8 9 (3.38%) C#
8 9 (3.38%) SOSL
8 9 (3.38%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.63%) PHP
10 5 (1.88%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.50%) C
11 4 (1.50%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.13%) Go
12 3 (1.13%) Rust
13 2 (0.75%) Perl
Qualifications
1 50 (18.80%) Degree
2 30 (11.28%) Computer Science Degree
2 30 (11.28%) Security Cleared
3 21 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.38%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.63%) CISSP
6 6 (2.26%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.88%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.88%) CISM
7 5 (1.88%) SAP Certification
8 4 (1.50%) CGEIT
8 4 (1.50%) CISA
8 4 (1.50%) FFIEC
8 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.50%) SANS
9 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.75%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.02%) QA
2 17 (6.39%) TickIT
3 16 (6.02%) Data Quality
3 16 (6.02%) GDPR
4 6 (2.26%) PMO
5 5 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.88%) NIST
6 4 (1.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.50%) COBIT
7 3 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.75%) Automotive SPICE
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (6.02%) Docker
2 11 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.76%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.26%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.75%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.38%) Firmware
7 1 (0.38%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (6.39%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.14%) Terraform
3 3 (1.13%) Ansible
3 3 (1.13%) Grafana
3 3 (1.13%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.75%) Control-M
4 2 (0.75%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.38%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (27.44%) Microsoft
2 42 (15.79%) SAP
3 40 (15.04%) Salesforce
4 28 (10.53%) MuleSoft
5 23 (8.65%) Oracle
6 11 (4.14%) IBM
6 11 (4.14%) VMware
7 9 (3.38%) ServiceNow
8 8 (3.01%) JD Edwards
9 7 (2.63%) Databricks
10 6 (2.26%) Infor
11 5 (1.88%) Sage
11 5 (1.88%) Splunk
12 4 (1.50%) Citrix
12 4 (1.50%) ConnectWise
12 4 (1.50%) Epicor
12 4 (1.50%) IFS
12 4 (1.50%) WooCommerce
13 3 (1.13%) Cisco
13 3 (1.13%) Red Hat