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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 414 403
Rank change year-on-year +35 -11 -72
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 242 275 280
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.55% 0.62%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.88% 2.57% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 169 149 200
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £44,875
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,603 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -5.45% +1.85%
75th Percentile £86,750 £77,500 £84,063
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £69,724
% change year-on-year +15.38% -6.77% +7.27%

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 6,238 10,701 11,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.97% 21.58% 25.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,806 6,365 9,536
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +76 109 £85,000 +13.33% 76
South East -32 39 £60,000 +9.09% 131
Midlands +30 31 £72,500 +31.82% 91
North of England +21 25 £70,932 +23.36% 111
West Midlands +21 20 £72,500 +38.10% 51
East of England +23 18 £55,000 -21.43% 73
North West +25 15 £75,000 +19.26% 58
South West +13 12 £42,500 -13.12% 60
East Midlands -5 11 £77,850 +35.39% 34
Yorkshire +6 8 £62,216 +39.90% 47
North East +4 2 £74,216 +34.94% 6
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 17 (7.02%) Kinematics
2 15 (6.20%) WebSphere
3 12 (4.96%) JBoss
4 8 (3.31%) CMS
4 8 (3.31%) SharePoint
5 6 (2.48%) Confluence
6 5 (2.07%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (1.65%) IIS
7 4 (1.65%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.24%) Headless CMS
8 3 (1.24%) Magnolia
8 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (1.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (1.24%) WebLogic
8 3 (1.24%) WordPress
9 2 (0.83%) Apache
10 1 (0.41%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.41%) WildFly
Applications
1 10 (4.13%) Maya
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (14.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (4.55%) SAP IBP
3 9 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (2.07%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (2.07%) Magento
4 5 (2.07%) SAP MDG
4 5 (2.07%) Shopify
5 4 (1.65%) NetSuite
6 3 (1.24%) SAP CX
6 3 (1.24%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.83%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.83%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.83%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.41%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.41%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 59 (24.38%) Azure
2 32 (13.22%) AWS
3 30 (12.40%) SaaS
4 13 (5.37%) GCP
4 13 (5.37%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.13%) PaaS
7 9 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (3.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 9 (3.72%) Serverless
8 8 (3.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 7 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (2.89%) Boomi
10 6 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.48%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.48%) Workato
11 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (2.07%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.07%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.07%) DNS
2 3 (1.24%) MQTT
2 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.24%) WAN
3 2 (0.83%) LAN
4 1 (0.41%) DHCP
4 1 (0.41%) Firewall
4 1 (0.41%) Modbus
4 1 (0.41%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.79%) SAP BW
3 11 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.72%) Power BI
5 5 (2.07%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.65%) Tableau
7 3 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.83%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.41%) DB2
9 1 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.41%) Metadata
9 1 (0.41%) MS Access
9 1 (0.41%) MySQL
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (6.61%) JIRA
2 10 (4.13%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.89%) GitLab
3 7 (2.89%) Postman
3 7 (2.89%) Selenium
4 6 (2.48%) JMeter
4 6 (2.48%) LoadRunner
5 5 (2.07%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (1.24%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.24%) Git
7 3 (1.24%) SoapUI
7 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.83%) Ant
8 2 (0.83%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.83%) Maven
8 2 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 93 (38.43%) Social Skills
2 91 (37.60%) Finance
3 55 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (19.01%) Banking
5 18 (7.44%) Law
6 17 (7.02%) Electronics
7 16 (6.61%) Manufacturing
8 12 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.96%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.13%) Games
9 10 (4.13%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (3.31%) Automotive
12 7 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.48%) Legal
13 6 (2.48%) Marketing
14 5 (2.07%) Back Office
15 3 (1.24%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.83%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 103 (42.56%) Architect
2 47 (19.42%) Lead
3 40 (16.53%) Senior
4 37 (15.29%) Solutions Architect
5 31 (12.81%) Developer
6 25 (10.33%) Senior Architect
7 19 (7.85%) Integration Architect
8 17 (7.02%) Technical Architect
9 16 (6.61%) Robotics Engineer
9 16 (6.61%) SAP Architect
9 16 (6.61%) Software Architect
10 14 (5.79%) Technical Leader
11 12 (4.96%) SAP Developer
12 11 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
12 11 (4.55%) Cloud Solutions Architect
12 11 (4.55%) Integration Specialist
12 11 (4.55%) IT Architect
13 10 (4.13%) Enterprise Architect
13 10 (4.13%) Integration Developer
14 9 (3.72%) SAP Functional Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (25.21%) REST
2 46 (19.01%) SOAP
3 27 (11.16%) .NET
4 13 (5.37%) JMS
5 12 (4.96%) BAPI
5 12 (4.96%) IBM Integration Bus
5 12 (4.96%) Kafka
5 12 (4.96%) OAuth
5 12 (4.96%) SAML
5 12 (4.96%) Spring
6 11 (4.55%) GraphQL
6 11 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
6 11 (4.55%) Visualforce
7 10 (4.13%) Hibernate
8 9 (3.72%) JSON
9 6 (2.48%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (2.07%) ASP.NET
10 5 (2.07%) RESTful
11 4 (1.65%) Web Services
11 4 (1.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.74%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (7.02%) Algorithms
2 17 (7.02%) Robotics
3 15 (6.20%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.13%) DataPower
6 8 (3.31%) PMI
6 8 (3.31%) Reinsurance
7 5 (2.07%) Augmented Reality
7 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.65%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.24%) Life Science
9 3 (1.24%) LIMS
9 3 (1.24%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.83%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.41%) Hackathon
11 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.02%) Linux
2 10 (4.13%) Unix
2 10 (4.13%) Windows
3 7 (2.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.07%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.65%) AIX
5 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.41%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (43.39%) Agile
2 91 (37.60%) DevOps
3 56 (23.14%) Microservices
4 53 (21.90%) Roadmaps
5 49 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (17.77%) CI/CD
8 42 (17.36%) Computer Science
8 42 (17.36%) ERP
9 41 (16.94%) Software Engineering
10 40 (16.53%) Mentoring
11 35 (14.46%) Technical Leadership
12 33 (13.64%) Project Management
13 29 (11.98%) Event-Driven
13 29 (11.98%) Waterfall
14 27 (11.16%) Migration
14 27 (11.16%) Project Delivery
15 26 (10.74%) SDLC
15 26 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
15 26 (10.74%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.36%) SQL
2 34 (14.05%) Python
3 27 (11.16%) C#
4 26 (10.74%) Java
5 19 (7.85%) C++
5 19 (7.85%) JavaScript
6 16 (6.61%) C
7 12 (4.96%) PowerShell
8 11 (4.55%) Apex Code
9 10 (4.13%) Bash
10 7 (2.89%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.07%) ABAP
11 5 (2.07%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.83%) Groovy
12 2 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.83%) SOQL
12 2 (0.83%) SOSL
13 1 (0.41%) PHP
13 1 (0.41%) VB
13 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 59 (24.38%) Degree
2 39 (16.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (8.26%) Master's Degree
4 19 (7.85%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.85%) Security Cleared
5 16 (6.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (6.61%) Chartered Engineer
6 8 (3.31%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.07%) SAP Certification
8 3 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.83%) CCNA
9 2 (0.83%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.41%) CCNP
10 1 (0.41%) CISA
10 1 (0.41%) CISSP
10 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.41%) FFIEC
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 9 (3.72%) QA
3 8 (3.31%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.48%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.48%) GDPR
4 6 (2.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (1.24%) GxP
6 2 (0.83%) IFRS
7 1 (0.41%) COBIT
7 1 (0.41%) DICOM
7 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.41%) HL7
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.65%) Docker
2 4 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (2.89%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.48%) Ansible
2 6 (2.48%) Puppet
3 4 (1.65%) Control-M
3 4 (1.65%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.24%) HP Fortify
4 3 (1.24%) Netcool
5 2 (0.83%) Grafana
5 2 (0.83%) Podman
5 2 (0.83%) Terraform
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 39 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 38 (15.70%) SAP
3 25 (10.33%) Salesforce
4 23 (9.50%) MuleSoft
5 22 (9.09%) IBM
6 19 (7.85%) Oracle
7 16 (6.61%) Ariba
8 12 (4.96%) Software AG
9 11 (4.55%) ServiceNow
10 8 (3.31%) Concur
11 6 (2.48%) HubSpot
12 5 (2.07%) ConnectWise
12 5 (2.07%) Red Hat
12 5 (2.07%) Sage
12 5 (2.07%) WooCommerce
13 4 (1.65%) Atlassian
13 4 (1.65%) Telerik
13 4 (1.65%) VMware
14 3 (1.24%) Agilent
14 3 (1.24%) SolarWinds