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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 213 342
Rank change year-on-year -23 +129 -36
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 53 47 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.37% 0.66% 0.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.20% 3.77% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 42 23 39
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,750 £38,200
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +44.44% -33.33%
75th Percentile £77,813 £72,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £109,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £73,000 £65,684 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.14% +1.05% -3.70%

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 1,261 1,246 2,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.70% 17.52% 18.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 899 2,445
10th Percentile £40,750 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,250 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £66,254 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.88% +10.42% -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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +6 39 £60,000 -7.69% 12
Buckinghamshire +5 21 £60,000 +33.33% 1
Berkshire -6 17 £37,500 -55.88% 10
Surrey -33 6 £100,000 +53.85% 1
Hampshire -14 5 £78,750 +43.18% 5
Isle of Wight -2 2 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £115,000 - 1
West Sussex - 1 - -
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 (1.89%) Kinematics
Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (35.85%) Azure
2 8 (15.09%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (15.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 7 (13.21%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (13.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 5 (9.43%) AWS
4 5 (9.43%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.89%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) MQTT
1 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.89%) Modbus
2 1 (1.89%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.89%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.89%) Git
1 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (43.40%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (37.74%) Social Skills
3 11 (20.75%) Finance
4 10 (18.87%) Public Sector
5 8 (15.09%) Retail
6 7 (13.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (13.21%) Law
7 6 (11.32%) Electronics
8 2 (3.77%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.89%) Banking
9 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.89%) Marketing
9 1 (1.89%) Military
9 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (28.30%) Architect
2 12 (22.64%) Developer
3 9 (16.98%) Analyst
3 9 (16.98%) Applications Architect
3 9 (16.98%) Integration Architect
4 7 (13.21%) Applications Support
4 7 (13.21%) Applications Support Analyst
4 7 (13.21%) Salesforce Developer
4 7 (13.21%) Software Engineer
4 7 (13.21%) Support Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Android Engineer
5 6 (11.32%) Android Software Engineer
5 6 (11.32%) Graphics Engineer
5 6 (11.32%) Graphics Software Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Software Architect
7 3 (5.66%) .NET Developer
7 3 (5.66%) ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (5.66%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 3 (5.66%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (5.66%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (49.06%) REST
2 23 (43.40%) SOAP
3 11 (20.75%) JSON
3 11 (20.75%) XML
4 10 (18.87%) .NET
5 8 (15.09%) Lightning Web Components
5 8 (15.09%) Visualforce
6 6 (11.32%) DirectX
6 6 (11.32%) OpenGL
6 6 (11.32%) OpenGL ES
6 6 (11.32%) Vulkan
7 4 (7.55%) JWT
7 4 (7.55%) Kafka
7 4 (7.55%) OAuth
7 4 (7.55%) OAuth2
7 4 (7.55%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (5.66%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (5.66%) Razor View Engine
8 3 (5.66%) RESTful
8 3 (5.66%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (11.32%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.55%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (7.55%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.66%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.77%) AS400
5 2 (3.77%) Life Science
5 2 (3.77%) LIMS
5 2 (3.77%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.89%) FPGA
6 1 (1.89%) GNSS
6 1 (1.89%) Robotics
6 1 (1.89%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Android
2 2 (3.77%) Linux
2 2 (3.77%) Windows
3 1 (1.89%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (54.72%) Agile
2 26 (49.06%) DevOps
3 25 (47.17%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (39.62%) Computer Science
5 19 (35.85%) Data Modelling
6 16 (30.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (28.30%) CI/CD
8 14 (26.42%) ERP
8 14 (26.42%) Translating Business Requirements
9 11 (20.75%) CRM
9 11 (20.75%) Integration Patterns
9 11 (20.75%) UML
10 10 (18.87%) Project Delivery
11 8 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (15.09%) Service Management
11 8 (15.09%) TDD
12 7 (13.21%) Change Management
12 7 (13.21%) Data Analysis
12 7 (13.21%) ITSM
12 7 (13.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (37.74%) Java
1 20 (37.74%) SQL
2 11 (20.75%) Python
3 8 (15.09%) Apex Code
3 8 (15.09%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.66%) C#
4 3 (5.66%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.89%) C++
Qualifications
1 29 (54.72%) Degree
2 20 (37.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (20.75%) SC Cleared
3 11 (20.75%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (7.55%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.53%) QA
2 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.77%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 2 (3.77%) GxP
5 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Docker
2 2 (3.77%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (26.42%) MuleSoft
2 10 (18.87%) Microsoft
3 8 (15.09%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.66%) Oracle
4 3 (5.66%) Telerik
5 2 (3.77%) Agilent
5 2 (3.77%) IBM
6 1 (1.89%) EMC
6 1 (1.89%) NVIDIA
6 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow