Middleware Job Trends in the South East

Middleware
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Middleware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 212 323
Rank change year-on-year -56 +111 -62
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 39 60 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.26% 0.75% 0.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.65% 5.43% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 37 32 69
10th Percentile £36,250 £44,875 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £71,729 £66,934 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.16% +7.09% -3.85%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,474 1,104 3,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.81% 13.89% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 768 2,566
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Middleware job vacancy trend in the South East

Middleware
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Middleware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Middleware

Middleware
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Middleware in the South East over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Middleware in the South East

Middleware
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
Thames Valley +1 31 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Buckinghamshire +8 18 £60,000 +33.33% 2
Berkshire -15 12 £37,500 -55.88% 3
Surrey -31 6 £100,000 +53.85% 1
Hampshire -39 2 £67,500 -25.00% 6
Oxfordshire - 1 £65,000 -
Middleware
England

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.56%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (2.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 19 (48.72%) Azure
2 7 (17.95%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.38%) AWS
4 5 (12.82%) iPaaS
5 4 (10.26%) SaaS
6 3 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (7.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 3 (7.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (2.56%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.56%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.56%) Serverless
7 1 (2.56%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) HTTP
1 1 (2.56%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.56%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) GitLab
1 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.56%) JetBrains Rider
1 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 21 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 12 (30.77%) Finance
4 7 (17.95%) Retail
5 6 (15.38%) Electronics
6 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
7 3 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (7.69%) Law
7 3 (7.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Architect
2 11 (28.21%) Analyst
3 10 (25.64%) Integration Architect
4 9 (23.08%) Applications Architect
5 7 (17.95%) Applications Support
5 7 (17.95%) Applications Support Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) Developer
5 7 (17.95%) Support Analyst
6 6 (15.38%) Android Engineer
6 6 (15.38%) Android Software Engineer
6 6 (15.38%) Graphics Engineer
6 6 (15.38%) Graphics Software Engineer
6 6 (15.38%) Software Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) CRM Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) ERP Manager
7 3 (7.69%) Salesforce Developer
7 3 (7.69%) Systems Manager
7 3 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (5.13%) Java Developer
8 2 (5.13%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (48.72%) REST
1 19 (48.72%) SOAP
2 12 (30.77%) JSON
2 12 (30.77%) XML
3 6 (15.38%) DirectX
3 6 (15.38%) OpenGL
3 6 (15.38%) OpenGL ES
3 6 (15.38%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (15.38%) Vulkan
4 5 (12.82%) JWT
4 5 (12.82%) Kafka
4 5 (12.82%) OAuth
4 5 (12.82%) OAuth2
5 4 (10.26%) .NET
5 4 (10.26%) RESTful
5 4 (10.26%) XML Messaging
6 3 (7.69%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (7.69%) Visualforce
7 2 (5.13%) Spring
7 2 (5.13%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (17.95%) Onboarding
3 5 (12.82%) Cloud Native
3 5 (12.82%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (12.82%) Product Ownership
4 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (5.13%) AS400
6 1 (2.56%) FPGA
6 1 (2.56%) GNSS
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (48.72%) Agile
3 16 (41.03%) Computer Science
3 16 (41.03%) DevOps
3 16 (41.03%) ERP
4 15 (38.46%) CRM
4 15 (38.46%) Data Modelling
5 13 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
6 12 (30.77%) Integration Patterns
7 11 (28.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (25.64%) Project Delivery
9 9 (23.08%) CI/CD
10 8 (20.51%) Change Management
10 8 (20.51%) ITSM
10 8 (20.51%) TDD
11 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (17.95%) Data Analysis
11 7 (17.95%) Service Management
11 7 (17.95%) Technical Analysis
11 7 (17.95%) UML
Programming Languages
1 19 (48.72%) SQL
2 18 (46.15%) Java
3 3 (7.69%) Apex Code
3 3 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.69%) Python
4 1 (2.56%) C++
4 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (48.72%) Degree
2 15 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.77%) QA
2 3 (7.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Docker
2 1 (2.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.64%) MuleSoft
3 6 (15.38%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle
5 1 (2.56%) Infor
5 1 (2.56%) Veracode