Middleware Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Middleware
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Middleware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 166 183
Rank change year-on-year +17 +17 -10
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 22 15 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.55% 0.44% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.38% 2.01% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 12
10th Percentile £43,750 £44,010 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,131 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +12.82% +2.63%
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,750 £50,000
90th Percentile - £69,000 £56,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -11.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 345 748 848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.56% 22.10% 21.42%
Number of salaries quoted 260 443 640
10th Percentile £35,854 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,375 £85,000 £92,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Middleware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Middleware job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Middleware
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Middleware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Middleware

Middleware
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Middleware in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Middleware in the Thames Valley

Middleware
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Buckinghamshire - 13 £60,000 - 3
Berkshire -6 6 £67,500 +22.73% 9
Oxfordshire +11 3 £52,500 - 2
Middleware
South East

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (4.55%) Kinematics
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 6 (27.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 4 (18.18%) Azure
4 3 (13.64%) iPaaS
5 1 (4.55%) AWS
5 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) MQTT
1 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.55%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Bitbucket
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (27.27%) Law
2 6 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.55%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Developer
2 6 (27.27%) Salesforce Developer
3 4 (18.18%) .NET Developer
3 4 (18.18%) ASP.NET Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Applications Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Integration Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Administrator
5 2 (9.09%) DBA
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Lead
6 1 (4.55%) Lead DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) Robotics Software Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (86.36%) REST
2 15 (68.18%) SOAP
3 10 (45.45%) .NET
4 7 (31.82%) Lightning Web Components
4 7 (31.82%) Visualforce
5 4 (18.18%) .NET Framework
5 4 (18.18%) ASP.NET
5 4 (18.18%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (18.18%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (18.18%) gRPC
5 4 (18.18%) htmx
5 4 (18.18%) Kendo UI
5 4 (18.18%) Razor View Engine
5 4 (18.18%) Sass
5 4 (18.18%) SignalR
6 3 (13.64%) JSON
6 3 (13.64%) XML
7 2 (9.09%) Mongoose
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Life Science
1 3 (13.64%) LIMS
1 3 (13.64%) Operational Technology
1 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.55%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Agile
2 11 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 11 (50.00%) DevOps
3 9 (40.91%) Data Modelling
3 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (40.91%) Translating Business Requirements
4 6 (27.27%) Community of Practice
4 6 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 6 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
5 5 (22.73%) CRM
5 5 (22.73%) Data Integration
5 5 (22.73%) ERP
6 4 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (18.18%) MVC
6 4 (18.18%) Scrum
6 4 (18.18%) Unit Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Validation
7 3 (13.64%) Application Security
7 3 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
7 3 (13.64%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) Python
2 9 (40.91%) Java
3 8 (36.36%) SQL
4 7 (31.82%) Apex Code
4 7 (31.82%) JavaScript
5 4 (18.18%) C#
5 4 (18.18%) TypeScript
6 2 (9.09%) T-SQL
7 1 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Degree
2 6 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
2 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) QA
2 4 (18.18%) Accessibility
3 3 (13.64%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (13.64%) GxP
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Salesforce
2 6 (27.27%) MuleSoft
3 4 (18.18%) Telerik
4 3 (13.64%) Agilent
5 2 (9.09%) IBM
5 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.55%) NVIDIA