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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 233 278
Rank change year-on-year -46 +45 -48
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 32 60 79
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.70% 0.52%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.00% 5.44% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 28 30 77
10th Percentile £36,250 £53,750 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £62,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +53.33% -33.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £83,650 £55,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £115,000 £61,500
England median annual salary £70,466 £67,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year +4.39% +5.88% -1.92%

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 1,602 1,102 2,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.98% 12.82% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,371 757 2,171
10th Percentile £42,500 £33,900 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £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 24 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 24 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 -2 28 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Berkshire +4 14 £52,500 -38.24% 1
Buckinghamshire +2 13 £60,000 +33.33% 2
Surrey -38 3 £100,000 +53.85% 6
Hampshire -43 1 - - 2
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 (3.13%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (3.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (9.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.13%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (3.13%) NetSuite
2 1 (3.13%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) AWS
2 6 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (12.50%) SaaS
4 3 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (6.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (6.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon S3
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (3.13%) iPaaS
6 1 (3.13%) OCI
6 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Einstein
6 1 (3.13%) Serverless
6 1 (3.13%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.13%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.13%) Siebel EIM
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Git
1 1 (3.13%) GitLab
1 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.13%) JetBrains Rider
1 1 (3.13%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 17 (53.13%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Finance
3 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
4 6 (18.75%) Retail
5 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
5 3 (9.38%) Marketing
5 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.25%) Electronics
7 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Analyst
2 8 (25.00%) Architect
3 6 (18.75%) Applications Support
3 6 (18.75%) Applications Support Analyst
3 6 (18.75%) Developer
3 6 (18.75%) Integration Architect
3 6 (18.75%) Support Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) Applications Architect
5 3 (9.38%) CRM Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) EDI Specialist
5 3 (9.38%) ERP Manager
5 3 (9.38%) SAP EDI Specialist
5 3 (9.38%) SAP Support
5 3 (9.38%) Support Specialist
5 3 (9.38%) Systems Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Android Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Graphics Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Graphics Software Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (43.75%) REST
1 14 (43.75%) SOAP
2 8 (25.00%) JSON
2 8 (25.00%) XML
3 6 (18.75%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (15.63%) JWT
4 5 (15.63%) Kafka
4 5 (15.63%) OAuth
4 5 (15.63%) OAuth2
5 4 (12.50%) RESTful
5 4 (12.50%) XML Messaging
6 3 (9.38%) EDI
6 3 (9.38%) SAP XI
7 2 (6.25%) DirectX
7 2 (6.25%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (6.25%) OpenGL
7 2 (6.25%) OpenGL ES
7 2 (6.25%) Spring
7 2 (6.25%) Spring MVC
7 2 (6.25%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Onboarding
2 5 (15.63%) Cloud Native
2 5 (15.63%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (15.63%) Product Ownership
3 4 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (6.25%) AS400
5 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (3.13%) AI Agents
6 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Android
2 1 (3.13%) Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (40.63%) DevOps
3 12 (37.50%) Agile
3 12 (37.50%) CRM
3 12 (37.50%) ERP
4 11 (34.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (28.13%) Data Analysis
5 9 (28.13%) Data Modelling
5 9 (28.13%) Project Delivery
6 8 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
7 7 (21.88%) Change Management
7 7 (21.88%) CI/CD
7 7 (21.88%) Computer Science
7 7 (21.88%) Customer Experience
7 7 (21.88%) ITSM
7 7 (21.88%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (18.75%) Event-Driven
8 6 (18.75%) Service Management
9 5 (15.63%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 15 (46.88%) SQL
2 12 (37.50%) Java
3 2 (6.25%) Apex Code
4 1 (3.13%) C++
4 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.13%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.13%) Python
4 1 (3.13%) SOQL
4 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) QA
2 3 (9.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) MuleSoft
3 5 (15.63%) Salesforce
4 3 (9.38%) Oracle
4 3 (9.38%) SAP
5 1 (3.13%) Infor
5 1 (3.13%) Siebel
5 1 (3.13%) Veracode