Middleware Jobs in Scotland

Middleware
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Middleware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Middleware over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 222 171
Rank change year-on-year +82 -51 +18
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 26 44 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.85% 0.64% 1.03%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.42% 2.07% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 22
10th Percentile - £50,975 £52,272
25th Percentile £37,574 £61,813 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,750 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -12.55% +10.46% -3.60%
75th Percentile £68,750 £93,750 £83,679
90th Percentile - £97,500 £116,251
UK median annual salary £73,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.31% - +8.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 480 2,122 1,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.68% 30.83% 27.74%
Number of salaries quoted 200 662 630
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,566 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £77,671
90th Percentile £98,875 £80,000 £89,852
UK median annual salary £66,295 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.49% -11.11% +4.65%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in Scotland

Middleware
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Middleware in Scotland

Middleware
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Middleware in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Middleware in Scotland

Middleware
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Edinburgh +35 16 £57,500 -23.33% 14
Aberdeenshire - 4 £62,500 -
Moray - 2 £40,101 -
Glasgow +112 1 £65,000 - 14
Fife - 1 £40,101 - 3
East Ayrshire - 1 £40,101 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £40,101 -
Middleware
UK

Middleware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) AWS
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) GCP
2 5 (19.23%) IaaS
2 5 (19.23%) PaaS
3 4 (15.38%) GitHub
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) BGP
1 3 (11.54%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (11.54%) NX-OS
1 3 (11.54%) OSPF
1 3 (11.54%) Software-Defined Networking
1 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
1 3 (11.54%) VXLAN
2 1 (3.85%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) Network Security
2 1 (3.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Eclipse
1 5 (19.23%) Eclipse RCP
2 1 (3.85%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Snyk
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Software Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Junior
2 5 (19.23%) Junior Software Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Auditor
3 4 (15.38%) Developer
3 4 (15.38%) Java Developer
3 4 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Robotics Software Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Security Auditor
3 4 (15.38%) Senior
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Auditor
4 3 (11.54%) Data Centre Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Data Network Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Lead
6 1 (3.85%) Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Firewall Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Project Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) CSS
1 6 (23.08%) HTML
2 5 (19.23%) JSP
3 4 (15.38%) REST
3 4 (15.38%) WebSockets
4 1 (3.85%) .NET
4 1 (3.85%) Blazor
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (3.85%) RESTful
4 1 (3.85%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (3.85%) Vue
4 1 (3.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Public Cloud
2 4 (15.38%) Algorithms
2 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 4 (15.38%) Data Structures
2 4 (15.38%) Robotics
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.85%) Clustering
3 1 (3.85%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Linux
2 5 (19.23%) Windows
3 4 (15.38%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (3.85%) Solaris
4 1 (3.85%) Unix
4 1 (3.85%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Continuous Integration
2 11 (42.31%) DevOps
3 10 (38.46%) Software Engineering
4 9 (34.62%) CI/CD
4 9 (34.62%) OO
4 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (34.62%) Unit Testing
5 6 (23.08%) Agile
5 6 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
5 6 (23.08%) SDLC
6 5 (19.23%) Analytics
6 5 (19.23%) Business Analytics
6 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (19.23%) Coaching
6 5 (19.23%) ETL
6 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (19.23%) Mathematics
6 5 (19.23%) OOD
6 5 (19.23%) UML
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) C++
1 9 (34.62%) Java
1 9 (34.62%) Python
2 6 (23.08%) SQL
3 5 (19.23%) Ada
3 5 (19.23%) C#
3 5 (19.23%) Rust
4 4 (15.38%) C
4 4 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Degree
2 5 (19.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (15.38%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.85%) CISA
4 1 (3.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (11.54%) Ansible
3 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Cisco
2 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle
2 1 (3.85%) Red Hat