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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 216 315
Rank change year-on-year -63 +99 -83
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 39 62 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.25% 0.73% 0.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.49% 5.53% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 35 33 73
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,000 -
25th Percentile £51,875 £62,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +30.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £74,375 £73,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £70,945 £68,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.19% +10.00% -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 1,567 1,122 3,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.05% 13.20% 17.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 781 2,449
10th Percentile £42,450 £32,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,670 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% +4.85% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £83,750
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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +11 31 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Buckinghamshire -1 16 £60,000 +33.33% 3
Berkshire -8 14 £37,500 -55.88% 4
Surrey -34 6 £100,000 +53.85% 2
Hampshire -35 2 £67,500 -23.16% 3
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%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (2.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.56%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (2.56%) NetSuite
3 1 (2.56%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (43.59%) Azure
2 7 (17.95%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.38%) AWS
4 4 (10.26%) SaaS
5 3 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (7.69%) iPaaS
5 3 (7.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 3 (7.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.56%) OCI
6 1 (2.56%) Salesforce Einstein
6 1 (2.56%) Serverless
6 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%) Siebel EIM
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 20 (51.28%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (30.77%) Finance
2 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.95%) Retail
4 5 (12.82%) Electronics
5 4 (10.26%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.69%) Marketing
7 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.13%) Law
7 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 11 (28.21%) Analyst
2 10 (25.64%) Architect
3 8 (20.51%) Integration Architect
4 7 (17.95%) Applications Architect
4 7 (17.95%) Applications Support
4 7 (17.95%) Applications Support Analyst
4 7 (17.95%) Developer
4 7 (17.95%) Support Analyst
5 5 (12.82%) Android Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Android Software Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Graphics Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Graphics Software Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Software Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) CRM Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) ERP Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Senior
6 3 (7.69%) Systems Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Java Developer
7 2 (5.13%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (43.59%) REST
1 17 (43.59%) SOAP
2 10 (25.64%) JSON
2 10 (25.64%) XML
3 6 (15.38%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (12.82%) DirectX
4 5 (12.82%) JWT
4 5 (12.82%) Kafka
4 5 (12.82%) OAuth
4 5 (12.82%) OAuth2
4 5 (12.82%) OpenGL
4 5 (12.82%) OpenGL ES
4 5 (12.82%) Vulkan
5 4 (10.26%) RESTful
5 4 (10.26%) XML Messaging
6 3 (7.69%) .NET
6 3 (7.69%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (7.69%) Visualforce
7 2 (5.13%) EDI
7 2 (5.13%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Onboarding
2 6 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
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
5 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.56%) AI Agents
6 1 (2.56%) FPGA
6 1 (2.56%) GNSS
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Android
2 1 (2.56%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (48.72%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (41.03%) Agile
3 15 (38.46%) DevOps
4 14 (35.90%) CRM
4 14 (35.90%) ERP
5 13 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 12 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (30.77%) Data Modelling
7 10 (25.64%) Integration Patterns
7 10 (25.64%) Project Delivery
7 10 (25.64%) Translating Business Requirements
8 9 (23.08%) Data Analysis
9 8 (20.51%) Change Management
9 8 (20.51%) CI/CD
9 8 (20.51%) Customer Experience
9 8 (20.51%) ITSM
10 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (17.95%) Service Management
11 6 (15.38%) Event-Driven
11 6 (15.38%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 18 (46.15%) SQL
2 15 (38.46%) Java
3 3 (7.69%) Apex Code
4 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.13%) Python
5 1 (2.56%) C++
5 1 (2.56%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.56%) SOQL
5 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) Degree
2 12 (30.77%) 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 10 (25.64%) 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 9 (23.08%) MuleSoft
3 6 (15.38%) Salesforce
4 3 (7.69%) Oracle
5 2 (5.13%) SAP
6 1 (2.56%) Infor
6 1 (2.56%) Siebel
6 1 (2.56%) Veracode