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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 253 197
Rank change year-on-year -50 -56 +21
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 37 39 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.44% 1.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.01% 3.95% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 31 28 102
10th Percentile - £44,050 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,875 £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 £75,000 £73,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,700 £94,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £63,277
% change year-on-year +3.57% +10.63% -2.75%

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 1,841 988 2,610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.71% 11.02% 20.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,484 702 1,651
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,854 £36,783
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -6.31%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 +17 29 £60,000 +11.63% 24
Berkshire +16 16 £52,500 -4.55% 17
Buckinghamshire - 12 £60,000 - 4
Surrey -29 6 £88,750 +36.54% 8
Hampshire -52 2 - - 10
Oxfordshire -31 1 £65,000 +23.81% 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) Confluence
2 2 (5.41%) JBoss
2 2 (5.41%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (5.41%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (18.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (8.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (5.41%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (2.70%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (2.70%) NetSuite
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (40.54%) Azure
2 9 (24.32%) AWS
3 4 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (10.81%) SaaS
4 3 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.41%) Boomi
5 2 (5.41%) iPaaS
5 2 (5.41%) OCI
5 2 (5.41%) Serverless
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.70%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Einstein
6 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (2.70%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) HTTP
1 1 (2.70%) LAN
1 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (5.41%) Siebel EIM
3 1 (2.70%) Power BI
3 1 (2.70%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Git
2 1 (2.70%) GitLab
2 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.70%) JetBrains Rider
2 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (40.54%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
3 11 (29.73%) Finance
4 7 (18.92%) Manufacturing
5 4 (10.81%) Retail
6 3 (8.11%) Marketing
7 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
7 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Architect
2 8 (21.62%) Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) EDI Specialist
3 7 (18.92%) SAP EDI Specialist
3 7 (18.92%) SAP Support
3 7 (18.92%) Support Specialist
4 6 (16.22%) Developer
4 6 (16.22%) Integration Architect
5 5 (13.51%) Applications Architect
5 5 (13.51%) Senior
6 3 (8.11%) Applications Support
6 3 (8.11%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) CRM Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) ERP Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (8.11%) Support Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Systems Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (35.14%) REST
1 13 (35.14%) SOAP
2 8 (21.62%) JSON
2 8 (21.62%) RabbitMQ
2 8 (21.62%) XML
3 7 (18.92%) EDI
3 7 (18.92%) Kafka
3 7 (18.92%) SAP XI
4 5 (13.51%) JWT
4 5 (13.51%) OAuth
4 5 (13.51%) OAuth2
5 4 (10.81%) RESTful
5 4 (10.81%) XML Messaging
6 2 (5.41%) Jakarta EE
6 2 (5.41%) Spring
6 2 (5.41%) Spring MVC
7 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (2.70%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (2.70%) Visualforce
7 1 (2.70%) XHR
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Onboarding
2 5 (13.51%) Cloud Native
2 5 (13.51%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (13.51%) Product Ownership
3 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (8.11%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (5.41%) AS400
5 2 (5.41%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.70%) AI Agents
6 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
6 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Linux
2 2 (5.41%) Unix
2 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Agile
1 16 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (37.84%) CRM
3 13 (35.14%) ERP
4 12 (32.43%) DevOps
5 10 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (27.03%) Data Analysis
6 9 (24.32%) Data Modelling
6 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (21.62%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (21.62%) Event-Driven
7 8 (21.62%) Integration Patterns
7 8 (21.62%) Translating Business Requirements
8 7 (18.92%) CI/CD
8 7 (18.92%) Microservices
8 7 (18.92%) Order to Cash
8 7 (18.92%) Project Delivery
9 5 (13.51%) API Design
9 5 (13.51%) Computer Science
9 5 (13.51%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) SQL
2 11 (29.73%) Java
3 2 (5.41%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.70%) Apex Code
4 1 (2.70%) C++
4 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.70%) SOQL
4 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) Degree
2 5 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.70%) HND
4 1 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.62%) QA
2 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) SAP
3 6 (16.22%) MuleSoft
4 5 (13.51%) Oracle
4 5 (13.51%) Salesforce
5 2 (5.41%) Siebel
5 2 (5.41%) VMware
6 1 (2.70%) Atlassian
6 1 (2.70%) Axway
6 1 (2.70%) Databricks
6 1 (2.70%) Infor
6 1 (2.70%) SnapLogic
6 1 (2.70%) Sparx
6 1 (2.70%) Veracode
6 1 (2.70%) Workday