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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 149 231
Rank change year-on-year +7 +82 -32
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 32 35 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.56% 1.03% 0.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.93% 7.49% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 28 10 10
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £50,313 £45,625 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +41.18% -29.17%
75th Percentile £71,250 £108,125 £43,750
90th Percentile £79,875 £115,000 -
South East median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +30.00% -25.93%

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 540 467 1,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.50% 13.74% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 434 313 942
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,250 £91,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +12 16 £60,000 +33.33% 1
Berkshire -3 15 £37,500 -50.00% 3
Oxfordshire - 1 £115,000 - 1
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 (3.13%) Kinematics
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (59.38%) Azure
2 7 (21.88%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (15.63%) AWS
3 5 (15.63%) iPaaS
4 4 (12.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 4 (12.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) MQTT
1 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.13%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 22 (68.75%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 10 (31.25%) Finance
4 7 (21.88%) Retail
5 6 (18.75%) Public Sector
6 4 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (12.50%) Law
7 2 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Architect
2 10 (31.25%) Integration Architect
3 9 (28.13%) Applications Architect
4 8 (25.00%) Analyst
5 7 (21.88%) Applications Support
5 7 (21.88%) Applications Support Analyst
5 7 (21.88%) Support Analyst
6 6 (18.75%) Developer
7 4 (12.50%) Salesforce Developer
8 3 (9.38%) ERP Manager
8 3 (9.38%) Systems Manager
9 2 (6.25%) Java Developer
10 1 (3.13%) Backend Developer
10 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 1 (3.13%) Integration Analyst
10 1 (3.13%) Linux Engineer
10 1 (3.13%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
10 1 (3.13%) Robotics Software Engineer
10 1 (3.13%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (62.50%) REST
1 20 (62.50%) SOAP
2 12 (37.50%) JSON
2 12 (37.50%) XML
3 5 (15.63%) JWT
3 5 (15.63%) Kafka
3 5 (15.63%) OAuth
3 5 (15.63%) OAuth2
3 5 (15.63%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (12.50%) .NET
4 4 (12.50%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (12.50%) RESTful
4 4 (12.50%) Visualforce
4 4 (12.50%) XML Messaging
5 2 (6.25%) Java EE
5 2 (6.25%) Spring
5 2 (6.25%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (21.88%) Onboarding
3 5 (15.63%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (12.50%) Cloud Native
4 4 (12.50%) Product Ownership
5 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
6 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (6.25%) AS400
6 2 (6.25%) Life Science
6 2 (6.25%) LIMS
6 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
7 1 (3.13%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
1 1 (3.13%) Robot Operating System
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (56.25%) Agile
3 16 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 16 (50.00%) DevOps
4 15 (46.88%) ERP
5 12 (37.50%) CRM
5 12 (37.50%) Integration Patterns
6 11 (34.38%) Computer Science
6 11 (34.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (34.38%) Translating Business Requirements
7 10 (31.25%) Project Delivery
8 9 (28.13%) CI/CD
9 8 (25.00%) TDD
10 7 (21.88%) Change Management
10 7 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (21.88%) Data Analysis
10 7 (21.88%) ITSM
10 7 (21.88%) Service Management
10 7 (21.88%) Technical Analysis
10 7 (21.88%) UML
Programming Languages
1 21 (65.63%) SQL
2 18 (56.25%) Java
3 7 (21.88%) Python
4 4 (12.50%) Apex Code
4 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) Degree
2 11 (34.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (40.63%) QA
2 2 (6.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (6.25%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
1 11 (34.38%) MuleSoft
2 4 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 2 (6.25%) Agilent
3 2 (6.25%) Oracle
4 1 (3.13%) IBM
4 1 (3.13%) NVIDIA