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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 200 230
Rank change year-on-year -39 +30 +28
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 37 105 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.35% 1.12% 0.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.87% 4.96% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 22 56 18
10th Percentile £28,900 - £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,088 £68,750 £59,375
90th Percentile £85,700 £101,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +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 957 2,117 1,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.12% 22.63% 22.07%
Number of salaries quoted 760 1,233 1,373
10th Percentile £34,975 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £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 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,755 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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 December 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 26 December 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 +20 18 £60,000 +9.09% 43
Hampshire -11 12 £60,000 - 11
Buckinghamshire - 9 £60,000 - 11
Berkshire +1 6 £67,500 +22.73% 24
Isle of Wight - 4 - - 3
Oxfordshire +15 3 £52,500 - 8
West Sussex - 2 £85,700 - 5
Kent - 1 £85,700 - 7
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 (2.70%) Kinematics
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 5 (13.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 4 (10.81%) AWS
4 3 (8.11%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (8.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Azure
5 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.70%) Boomi
5 1 (2.70%) iPaaS
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) MQTT
1 3 (8.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.70%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.11%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.70%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.70%) Git
1 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.51%) Law
4 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.11%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.70%) Banking
5 1 (2.70%) Finance
5 1 (2.70%) Marketing
5 1 (2.70%) Military
5 1 (2.70%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Architect
1 12 (32.43%) Software Architect
2 9 (24.32%) Developer
3 5 (13.51%) Salesforce Developer
4 4 (10.81%) .NET Developer
4 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (8.11%) Junior
6 2 (5.41%) Administrator
6 2 (5.41%) DBA
6 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Integration Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Lead
7 1 (2.70%) Lead DevOps
7 1 (2.70%) Robotics Software Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Systems Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (40.54%) REST
2 11 (29.73%) SOAP
3 9 (24.32%) .NET
4 6 (16.22%) Lightning Web Components
4 6 (16.22%) Visualforce
5 4 (10.81%) .NET Framework
5 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET
5 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (10.81%) gRPC
5 4 (10.81%) htmx
5 4 (10.81%) Kendo UI
5 4 (10.81%) Razor View Engine
5 4 (10.81%) Sass
5 4 (10.81%) SignalR
6 2 (5.41%) Mongoose
7 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Life Science
1 3 (8.11%) LIMS
1 3 (8.11%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.70%) Robotics
2 1 (2.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) AIX
1 3 (8.11%) Unix
2 2 (5.41%) Linux
2 2 (5.41%) Windows
3 1 (2.70%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (59.46%) Agile
1 22 (59.46%) DevOps
2 16 (43.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (40.54%) Computer Science
4 14 (37.84%) Open Source
5 13 (35.14%) Configuration Management
6 12 (32.43%) Design Patterns
6 12 (32.43%) Mentoring
6 12 (32.43%) SDLC
6 12 (32.43%) UML
6 12 (32.43%) Waterfall
7 10 (27.03%) CI/CD
8 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (16.22%) Data Modelling
10 5 (13.51%) Community of Practice
10 5 (13.51%) Data Integration
10 5 (13.51%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (13.51%) Technology Strategy
10 5 (13.51%) Translating Business Requirements
10 5 (13.51%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.03%) Python
2 9 (24.32%) SQL
3 6 (16.22%) Apex Code
3 6 (16.22%) JavaScript
4 5 (13.51%) Java
5 4 (10.81%) C#
5 4 (10.81%) TypeScript
6 3 (8.11%) PowerShell
7 2 (5.41%) T-SQL
8 1 (2.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 21 (56.76%) Degree
2 15 (40.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (32.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (32.43%) Chartered Engineer
4 9 (24.32%) SC Cleared
4 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
5 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (32.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 4 (10.81%) Accessibility
2 4 (10.81%) QA
3 3 (8.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (8.11%) GxP
4 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Netcool
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Salesforce
2 5 (13.51%) IBM
2 5 (13.51%) MuleSoft
3 4 (10.81%) Oracle
3 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
3 4 (10.81%) Telerik
4 3 (8.11%) Agilent
4 3 (8.11%) Snow
4 3 (8.11%) SolarWinds
5 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.70%) EMC
6 1 (2.70%) HubSpot
6 1 (2.70%) Jitterbit
6 1 (2.70%) NVIDIA