Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 18 October 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Middleware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Middleware over the 6 months to 18 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Middleware
England > London
6 months to
18 Oct 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 316 303 352
Rank change year-on-year -13 +49 -28
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 569 175 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.13% 0.90% 0.86%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.39% 1.99% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 349 132 325
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.90%
75th Percentile £90,000 £84,063 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £99,875 £99,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +17.39% -8.00%

Middleware is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 23,841 8,800 21,393
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in London 47.37% 45.45% 39.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13,515 7,626 17,990
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £40,875
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,450 £113,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Middleware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in London

Middleware
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Middleware in London.

Salary trend for Middleware in London

Middleware
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Middleware in London over the 6 months to 18 October 2021.

Salary histogram for Middleware in London

Middleware
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the London region over the 6 months to 18 October 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
Central London -35 64 £80,000 +6.67% 18
West London -41 47 £65,000 -18.75% 2
East London +2 26 £35,000 -54.84% 8
South London -19 15 £75,000 +39.53% 1
North London - 1 - -
Middleware
England

For the 6 months to 18 October 2021, IT jobs citing Middleware also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region with a requirement for Middleware.

1 324 (56.94%) Agile Software Development
2 243 (42.71%) Java
3 178 (31.28%) REST
4 160 (28.12%) Finance
5 155 (27.24%) Linux
6 152 (26.71%) Problem-Solving
7 146 (25.66%) Azure
8 143 (25.13%) Python
9 139 (24.43%) JavaScript
10 132 (23.20%) Microservices
11 131 (23.02%) Software Engineering
12 130 (22.85%) Spring
13 117 (20.56%) SQL
14 114 (20.04%) AWS
15 113 (19.86%) Node.js
16 112 (19.68%) Analytics
17 106 (18.63%) TDD
17 106 (18.63%) Oracle
18 104 (18.28%) Social Skills
19 103 (18.10%) DevOps
20 101 (17.75%) Docker
21 98 (17.22%) Banking
22 84 (14.76%) Web Services
23 79 (13.88%) Microsoft
24 78 (13.71%) Continuous Integration
25 75 (13.18%) JSON
25 75 (13.18%) Computer Science
25 75 (13.18%) Scrum
26 74 (13.01%) HTML
26 74 (13.01%) C++

Middleware
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (4.75%) Confluence
2 23 (4.04%) Tomcat
2 23 (4.04%) WebSphere
3 19 (3.34%) WebLogic
4 17 (2.99%) Apache
5 14 (2.46%) Oracle Coherence
6 12 (2.11%) Apache Pulsar
6 12 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (1.93%) Anypoint
7 11 (1.93%) CMS
7 11 (1.93%) Mule
7 11 (1.93%) Mule ESB
7 11 (1.93%) SharePoint
8 10 (1.76%) nginx
9 9 (1.58%) Apache Spark
9 9 (1.58%) Cloud Foundry
9 9 (1.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (1.41%) Red Hat Fuse
11 7 (1.23%) IIS
12 5 (0.88%) JBoss
Applications
1 23 (4.04%) MS Visio
2 15 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 54 (9.49%) Distributed Ledger
2 37 (6.50%) R3 Corda
3 5 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.88%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 5 (0.88%) RMDS
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.35%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.35%) SAP EM
4 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.35%) Sentinel
5 1 (0.18%) Findur
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.18%) Shopify
5 1 (0.18%) StreamServe
5 1 (0.18%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 146 (25.66%) Azure
2 114 (20.04%) AWS
3 63 (11.07%) Serverless
4 46 (8.08%) GitHub
5 34 (5.98%) GCP
6 33 (5.80%) SaaS
7 23 (4.04%) PaaS
8 20 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (2.81%) Power Platform
10 14 (2.46%) AWS Data Pipeline
11 12 (2.11%) Amazon Cognito
11 12 (2.11%) Amazon Kinesis
11 12 (2.11%) Azure Event Grid
11 12 (2.11%) IaaS
12 11 (1.93%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (1.76%) Slack
14 9 (1.58%) Azure Functions
15 8 (1.41%) BlazeMeter
15 8 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (1.23%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 69 (12.13%) HTTP
2 49 (8.61%) Broadband
3 44 (7.73%) TCP/IP
4 42 (7.38%) Firewall
5 34 (5.98%) Bluetooth
5 34 (5.98%) DVB
6 24 (4.22%) Cisco ASA
7 20 (3.51%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 20 (3.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 17 (2.99%) FTP
9 12 (2.11%) HTTPS
10 7 (1.23%) SSL
11 6 (1.05%) DNS
11 6 (1.05%) Network Security
12 2 (0.35%) DHCP
12 2 (0.35%) Internet
12 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.35%) WAN
12 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.07%) NoSQL
1 63 (11.07%) Relational Database
2 55 (9.67%) SQL Server
3 48 (8.44%) MongoDB
4 44 (7.73%) Big Data
4 44 (7.73%) PostgreSQL
5 43 (7.56%) Blockchain
6 36 (6.33%) Oracle Database
7 32 (5.62%) RDBMS
8 15 (2.64%) Amazon DynamoDB
8 15 (2.64%) Power BI
9 14 (2.46%) MySQL
10 13 (2.28%) Redis
11 12 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (1.93%) Crystal Reports
13 10 (1.76%) Data Lake
13 10 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (1.76%) MariaDB
13 10 (1.76%) Oracle Database 11g
14 9 (1.58%) MarkLogic
Development Applications
1 74 (13.01%) Jenkins
2 63 (11.07%) Git (software)
3 58 (10.19%) JIRA
4 49 (8.61%) JUnit
5 42 (7.38%) Maven
6 34 (5.98%) GNU Toolchain
7 31 (5.45%) Bitbucket
8 28 (4.92%) IntelliJ
9 26 (4.57%) TeamCity
10 22 (3.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 20 (3.51%) Selenium
11 20 (3.51%) webpack
12 17 (2.99%) GitLab
12 17 (2.99%) Jasmine
12 17 (2.99%) Mockito
13 16 (2.81%) Protractor
13 16 (2.81%) Sonatype Nexus
14 15 (2.64%) SonarQube
15 14 (2.46%) Cucumber
15 14 (2.46%) Gradle
General
1 160 (28.12%) Finance
2 104 (18.28%) Social Skills
3 98 (17.22%) Banking
4 50 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (5.27%) Investment Banking
6 24 (4.22%) Front Office
7 22 (3.87%) Marketing
8 10 (1.76%) Retail
9 9 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (1.58%) Private Banking
10 8 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.41%) Games
11 7 (1.23%) Back Office
11 7 (1.23%) Law
12 5 (0.88%) Automotive
12 5 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.88%) Legal
12 5 (0.88%) Publishing
13 2 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 219 (38.49%) Developer
2 89 (15.64%) Software Engineer
3 80 (14.06%) Java Developer
4 72 (12.65%) Architect
5 44 (7.73%) Senior Developer
6 43 (7.56%) C++ Developer
7 38 (6.68%) Software Developer
8 32 (5.62%) Senior Software Engineer
9 31 (5.45%) C++ Software Developer
9 31 (5.45%) Security Specialist
9 31 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
10 29 (5.10%) Information Security Specialist
10 29 (5.10%) Information Specialist
11 28 (4.92%) Analyst
12 26 (4.57%) Senior C++ Developer
13 22 (3.87%) Lead Developer
13 22 (3.87%) Security Operations Specialist
14 20 (3.51%) Senior Software Developer
15 17 (2.99%) MuleSoft Developer
16 15 (2.64%) Angular Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (31.28%) REST
2 130 (22.85%) Spring
3 113 (19.86%) Node.js
4 84 (14.76%) Web Services
5 75 (13.18%) JSON
6 74 (13.01%) HTML
6 74 (13.01%) Kafka
7 65 (11.42%) HTML5
8 51 (8.96%) React
8 51 (8.96%) XML
9 50 (8.79%) AngularJS
10 48 (8.44%) Spring Boot
11 43 (7.56%) Hibernate
12 40 (7.03%) GraphQL
13 37 (6.50%) RESTful
14 36 (6.33%) Apache Camel
15 34 (5.98%) WebKit
16 32 (5.62%) SOAP
17 28 (4.92%) XSLT
18 26 (4.57%) JavaBeans
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.25%) Enterprise Software
2 48 (8.44%) STB
3 34 (5.98%) Digital TV
3 34 (5.98%) MPEG
3 34 (5.98%) Social Media
4 33 (5.80%) Cyberthreat
5 31 (5.45%) Management Information System
6 30 (5.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 19 (3.34%) Video\Live Streaming
8 17 (2.99%) Fixed Income
9 15 (2.64%) Algorithms
9 15 (2.64%) Embedded Systems
9 15 (2.64%) User Experience
10 14 (2.46%) Client/Server
10 14 (2.46%) Hedge funds
10 14 (2.46%) Mainframe
11 13 (2.28%) Clustering
11 13 (2.28%) Derivative
11 13 (2.28%) Virtual Team
12 12 (2.11%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 155 (27.24%) Linux
2 71 (12.48%) Windows
3 47 (8.26%) Unix
4 14 (2.46%) Android
4 14 (2.46%) Apple iOS
5 13 (2.28%) AIX
6 7 (1.23%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.05%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (56.94%) Agile Software Development
2 152 (26.71%) Problem-Solving
3 132 (23.20%) Microservices
4 131 (23.02%) Software Engineering
5 112 (19.68%) Analytics
6 106 (18.63%) TDD
7 103 (18.10%) DevOps
8 78 (13.71%) Continuous Integration
9 75 (13.18%) Computer Science
9 75 (13.18%) Scrum
10 74 (13.01%) Open Source
11 68 (11.95%) Fintech
12 67 (11.78%) Test Automation
13 59 (10.37%) SOA
14 54 (9.49%) SDLC
15 50 (8.79%) BDD
15 50 (8.79%) Coaching
16 48 (8.44%) Full Stack Development
17 47 (8.26%) Information Security
18 45 (7.91%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 243 (42.71%) Java
2 143 (25.13%) Python
3 139 (24.43%) JavaScript
4 117 (20.56%) SQL
5 74 (13.01%) C++
6 62 (10.90%) Bash Shell
7 60 (10.54%) Kotlin
8 46 (8.08%) C
9 38 (6.68%) TypeScript
10 33 (5.80%) Java 8
11 32 (5.62%) Shell Script
12 27 (4.75%) C#
13 17 (2.99%) Go
13 17 (2.99%) PowerShell
14 15 (2.64%) Groovy
15 12 (2.11%) Rust
16 9 (1.58%) PL/SQL
17 7 (1.23%) Apex Code
17 7 (1.23%) SOQL
17 7 (1.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (10.54%) Degree
2 41 (7.21%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.15%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.23%) Master's Degree
6 5 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.53%) PMP
8 2 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.35%) RHCA
8 2 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.18%) CISSP
9 1 (0.18%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.80%) QA
2 28 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (4.75%) COBIT
3 27 (4.75%) PCI DSS
4 16 (2.81%) PMO
5 7 (1.23%) GRC
6 5 (0.88%) GDPR
7 3 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.35%) GLP
8 2 (0.35%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.35%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.35%) MiFID
8 2 (0.35%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.18%) SEPA
9 1 (0.18%) SSAE 16
System Software
1 101 (17.75%) Docker
2 9 (1.58%) Oracle RAC
3 5 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 68 (11.95%) Kubernetes
2 58 (10.19%) Terraform
3 22 (3.87%) Ansible
4 9 (1.58%) Data Guard
4 9 (1.58%) Grafana
4 9 (1.58%) ITRS Geneos
4 9 (1.58%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.41%) HP Quality Center
5 8 (1.41%) Istio
6 7 (1.23%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.53%) Consul
7 3 (0.53%) Kibana
7 3 (0.53%) logstash
8 2 (0.35%) Ambari
8 2 (0.35%) Hadoop YARN
8 2 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.35%) SCCM
9 1 (0.18%) Automic
9 1 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 106 (18.63%) Oracle
2 79 (13.88%) Microsoft
3 36 (6.33%) ServiceNow
4 35 (6.15%) Spotify
4 35 (6.15%) YouTube
5 34 (5.98%) MuleSoft
6 29 (5.10%) Cisco
7 25 (4.39%) IBM
8 24 (4.22%) Zscaler
9 23 (4.04%) CheckPoint
10 22 (3.87%) Solace
11 21 (3.69%) F5
12 20 (3.51%) Apple
13 17 (2.99%) Murex
14 16 (2.81%) Bloomberg
15 12 (2.11%) Cognizant
15 12 (2.11%) Red Hat
15 12 (2.11%) TIBCO
16 11 (1.93%) SAP
17 9 (1.58%) Samsung