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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 197 221
Rank change year-on-year -52 +24 +53
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 35 124 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.38% 1.10% 0.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.91% 5.23% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 27 75 23
10th Percentile £37,150 - £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,000 £67,500 £77,750
90th Percentile £85,700 £100,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £65,066
% change year-on-year +11.54% -0.10% +0.10%

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 895 2,373 1,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.65% 21.01% 24.85%
Number of salaries quoted 682 1,401 1,529
10th Percentile £32,850 £36,250 £36,410
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,195 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +2.27%

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 15 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 15 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 +25 10 £52,500 +5.87% 11
Hampshire -14 10 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Buckinghamshire - 7 £47,500 - 3
Isle of Wight - 7 £73,000 -
Surrey -26 6 £65,000 +30.00% 8
Oxfordshire +24 2 £52,500 - 3
Berkshire -2 1 - - 6
Kent - 1 £85,700 - 1
West Sussex - 1 £85,700 -
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 (5.71%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Azure
1 5 (14.29%) Azure API Management
1 5 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (8.57%) Amazon EC2
2 3 (8.57%) AWS
2 3 (8.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 3 (8.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 3 (8.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (2.86%) Boomi
3 1 (2.86%) iPaaS
3 1 (2.86%) PaaS
3 1 (2.86%) SaaS
3 1 (2.86%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) MQTT
1 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.57%) Oracle Database
General
1 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (8.57%) Law
3 3 (8.57%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.86%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) Military
4 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Architect
2 14 (40.00%) Software Architect
3 7 (20.00%) Developer
4 5 (14.29%) Data Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Senior
4 5 (14.29%) Senior Data Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) .NET Developer
5 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (11.43%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 4 (11.43%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (8.57%) Junior
6 3 (8.57%) Salesforce Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Administrator
7 2 (5.71%) DBA
8 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Architect
8 1 (2.86%) Integration Manager
8 1 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Systems Integration Manager
8 1 (2.86%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (34.29%) .NET
2 10 (28.57%) REST
3 6 (17.14%) SOAP
4 4 (11.43%) .NET Framework
4 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET
4 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (11.43%) gRPC
4 4 (11.43%) htmx
4 4 (11.43%) Kendo UI
4 4 (11.43%) Razor View Engine
4 4 (11.43%) Sass
4 4 (11.43%) SignalR
5 3 (8.57%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (8.57%) Visualforce
6 2 (5.71%) Mongoose
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.86%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (2.86%) Life Science
1 1 (2.86%) LIMS
1 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) AIX
1 3 (8.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (77.14%) Agile
2 22 (62.86%) DevOps
3 17 (48.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (42.86%) Computer Science
4 15 (42.86%) Configuration Management
5 14 (40.00%) Design Patterns
5 14 (40.00%) Mentoring
5 14 (40.00%) Open Source
5 14 (40.00%) SDLC
5 14 (40.00%) UML
5 14 (40.00%) Waterfall
6 12 (34.29%) CI/CD
7 9 (25.71%) Full-Stack Development
8 6 (17.14%) B2B
9 5 (14.29%) API Management
9 5 (14.29%) Data Engineering
9 5 (14.29%) Pair Programming
9 5 (14.29%) Software Engineering
9 5 (14.29%) TDD
9 5 (14.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) SQL
2 9 (25.71%) C#
2 9 (25.71%) Python
3 8 (22.86%) Java
4 4 (11.43%) TypeScript
5 3 (8.57%) Apex Code
5 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
5 3 (8.57%) PowerShell
6 2 (5.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (54.29%) Degree
2 15 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (40.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 4 (11.43%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (2.86%) GxP
3 1 (2.86%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Netcool
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) Salesforce
3 5 (14.29%) Databricks
4 4 (11.43%) Telerik
5 3 (8.57%) IBM
5 3 (8.57%) MuleSoft
5 3 (8.57%) Oracle
5 3 (8.57%) ServiceNow
5 3 (8.57%) Snow
5 3 (8.57%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.86%) Agilent
6 1 (2.86%) EMC
6 1 (2.86%) HubSpot
6 1 (2.86%) Jitterbit