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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 205 219
Rank change year-on-year -28 +14 +44
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 39 121 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.42% 1.05% 0.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.47% 4.97% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 29 71 23
10th Percentile £40,450 - £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - +7.86%
75th Percentile £73,000 £67,500 £77,750
90th Percentile £86,560 £100,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £72,750 £64,138 £65,283
% change year-on-year +13.43% -1.75% +0.44%

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 873 2,434 1,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.33% 21.22% 24.29%
Number of salaries quoted 687 1,439 1,467
10th Percentile £33,900 £36,250 £36,690
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +0.75%

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 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
Thames Valley +16 13 £52,500 +5.87% 10
Hampshire -8 12 £72,850 +32.45% 5
Buckinghamshire - 8 £53,750 - 2
Isle of Wight - 7 £73,000 - 4
Surrey -15 5 £65,000 +30.00% 7
Berkshire +9 3 £67,500 +36.12% 4
Oxfordshire +30 2 £52,500 - 5
West Sussex - 1 £85,700 - 1
Kent - 1 £85,700 - 3
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) Azure
1 5 (12.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 4 (10.26%) AWS
2 4 (10.26%) Azure API Management
2 4 (10.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 4 (10.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 3 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.56%) Boomi
4 1 (2.56%) iPaaS
4 1 (2.56%) PaaS
4 1 (2.56%) SaaS
4 1 (2.56%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) MQTT
1 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.69%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.26%) Law
3 4 (10.26%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.13%) Finance
4 2 (5.13%) Military
5 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Banking
5 1 (2.56%) Marketing
5 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.56%) Retail
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Architect
2 14 (35.90%) Software Architect
3 8 (20.51%) Developer
4 4 (10.26%) .NET Developer
4 4 (10.26%) ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Data Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Full-Stack Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Salesforce Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Senior
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.69%) Junior
6 2 (5.13%) Administrator
6 2 (5.13%) DBA
6 2 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Analyst
7 1 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Integration Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Systems Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (30.77%) .NET
1 12 (30.77%) REST
2 8 (20.51%) SOAP
3 5 (12.82%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (12.82%) Visualforce
4 4 (10.26%) .NET Framework
4 4 (10.26%) ASP.NET
4 4 (10.26%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (10.26%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (10.26%) gRPC
4 4 (10.26%) htmx
4 4 (10.26%) Kendo UI
4 4 (10.26%) Razor View Engine
4 4 (10.26%) Sass
4 4 (10.26%) SignalR
5 2 (5.13%) Mongoose
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.56%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (2.56%) Life Science
1 1 (2.56%) LIMS
1 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
1 1 (2.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) AIX
1 3 (7.69%) Unix
2 1 (2.56%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (71.79%) Agile
2 24 (61.54%) DevOps
3 18 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (41.03%) Configuration Management
5 15 (38.46%) Computer Science
5 15 (38.46%) Open Source
6 14 (35.90%) Design Patterns
6 14 (35.90%) Mentoring
6 14 (35.90%) SDLC
6 14 (35.90%) UML
6 14 (35.90%) Waterfall
7 13 (33.33%) CI/CD
8 8 (20.51%) Full-Stack Development
9 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (12.82%) B2B
10 5 (12.82%) Data Modelling
11 4 (10.26%) ERP
11 4 (10.26%) Pair Programming
11 4 (10.26%) Scrum
11 4 (10.26%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.21%) SQL
2 10 (25.64%) Python
3 8 (20.51%) C#
3 8 (20.51%) Java
4 5 (12.82%) Apex Code
4 5 (12.82%) JavaScript
5 4 (10.26%) TypeScript
6 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
7 2 (5.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (51.28%) Degree
2 15 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (35.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (35.90%) Chartered Engineer
4 9 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (35.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 4 (10.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) GxP
3 1 (2.56%) QA
3 1 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Netcool
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Salesforce
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.26%) Databricks
3 4 (10.26%) IBM
3 4 (10.26%) MuleSoft
3 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
3 4 (10.26%) Telerik
4 3 (7.69%) Oracle
4 3 (7.69%) Snow
4 3 (7.69%) SolarWinds
5 2 (5.13%) EMC
6 1 (2.56%) Agilent
6 1 (2.56%) HubSpot
6 1 (2.56%) Jitterbit