Middleware Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Middleware
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Middleware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 330 530
Rank change year-on-year -113 +200 -148
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 138 166 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.62% 0.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.80% 3.53% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 112 100 125
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,332 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,250 £68,114 £68,750
90th Percentile £93,738 £75,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £73,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.31% - -3.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,931 4,706 13,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.79% 17.69% 20.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,804 3,639 10,252
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,660 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,175
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Middleware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Middleware job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Middleware
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Middleware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Middleware

Middleware
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Middleware in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Middleware in the UK excluding London

Middleware
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
South East -34 50 £60,000 -7.69% 33
North of England -47 48 £73,500 +10.75% 19
North West -23 29 £73,500 +10.75% 10
Midlands -58 19 £72,500 +31.82% 13
South West -37 16 £42,500 -13.12% 10
Yorkshire -58 13 £70,932 +35.11% 6
West Midlands -56 12 £75,000 +42.86% 10
East Midlands -50 7 £70,000 +21.74% 3
North East - 6 £69,250 - 3
East of England -38 4 £62,500 +13.64% 3
Scotland -40 1 £85,700 +37.12% 8
Middleware
UK

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.45%) CICS
3 2 (1.45%) Confluence
3 2 (1.45%) JBoss
3 2 (1.45%) Kinematics
3 2 (1.45%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.72%) PegaRULES
4 1 (0.72%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (10.87%) Dynamics CRM
1 15 (10.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (7.25%) Magento
3 9 (6.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (6.52%) Shopify
4 5 (3.62%) SAP GTS
4 5 (3.62%) SAP SD
4 5 (3.62%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 39 (28.26%) Azure
2 24 (17.39%) Dynamics 365
3 21 (15.22%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (13.04%) Boomi
5 17 (12.32%) Power Platform
6 12 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (7.97%) GitHub
8 10 (7.25%) AWS
8 10 (7.25%) iPaaS
9 9 (6.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 8 (5.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 6 (4.35%) PaaS
11 6 (4.35%) Power Automate
12 5 (3.62%) GCP
12 5 (3.62%) IaaS
12 5 (3.62%) PowerApps
13 4 (2.90%) Entra ID
13 4 (2.90%) Serverless
14 2 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.90%) WAN
2 3 (2.17%) LAN
3 2 (1.45%) DHCP
3 2 (1.45%) DNS
3 2 (1.45%) Firewall
3 2 (1.45%) MQTT
3 2 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.72%) Modbus
4 1 (0.72%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.72%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.87%) Power BI
2 14 (10.14%) SQL Server
3 11 (7.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.17%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.17%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.45%) DB2
5 2 (1.45%) Hazelcast
5 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.72%) Metadata
6 1 (0.72%) MySQL
6 1 (0.72%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (15.94%) JIRA
2 5 (3.62%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.90%) Git
4 2 (1.45%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.45%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.45%) IntelliJ
4 2 (1.45%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.72%) GitLab
5 1 (0.72%) JMeter
5 1 (0.72%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.72%) Selenium
General
1 46 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 38 (27.54%) Social Skills
3 27 (19.57%) Finance
3 27 (19.57%) Retail
4 14 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.97%) Marketing
6 9 (6.52%) Back Office
7 8 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.80%) Law
8 7 (5.07%) Electronics
9 6 (4.35%) Aerospace
10 5 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.62%) Legal
11 4 (2.90%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.45%) Billing
12 2 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.72%) Banking
13 1 (0.72%) Military
13 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (29.71%) Architect
2 31 (22.46%) Developer
3 25 (18.12%) Analyst
4 22 (15.94%) Senior
5 14 (10.14%) Support Analyst
6 12 (8.70%) Lead
6 12 (8.70%) Software Engineer
7 10 (7.25%) Applications Support
7 10 (7.25%) Applications Support Analyst
7 10 (7.25%) Technical Architect
8 9 (6.52%) Senior Developer
8 9 (6.52%) Software Architect
9 8 (5.80%) Applications Architect
9 8 (5.80%) Business Analyst
9 8 (5.80%) Salesforce Developer
9 8 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (5.07%) Consultant
10 7 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (5.07%) Integration Architect
10 7 (5.07%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (40.58%) REST
2 46 (33.33%) SOAP
3 22 (15.94%) JSON
3 22 (15.94%) XML
4 16 (11.59%) .NET
5 10 (7.25%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (6.52%) EDI
6 9 (6.52%) Visualforce
7 6 (4.35%) DirectX
7 6 (4.35%) OpenGL
7 6 (4.35%) OpenGL ES
7 6 (4.35%) Vulkan
8 5 (3.62%) ASP.NET
8 5 (3.62%) JMS
8 5 (3.62%) Kafka
8 5 (3.62%) OAuth
8 5 (3.62%) RESTful
8 5 (3.62%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (3.62%) SAP TM
9 4 (2.90%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (7.25%) Enterprise Cloud
3 9 (6.52%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.62%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.62%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.45%) AS400
6 2 (1.45%) DataPower
6 2 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.45%) Life Science
6 2 (1.45%) LIMS
6 2 (1.45%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.45%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.45%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.45%) Robotics
7 1 (0.72%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.72%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.07%) Linux
2 6 (4.35%) Android
3 5 (3.62%) Windows
4 2 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.72%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (42.03%) Agile
2 50 (36.23%) DevOps
3 47 (34.06%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (31.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (29.71%) ERP
6 36 (26.09%) CRM
7 29 (21.01%) Mentoring
8 28 (20.29%) CI/CD
8 28 (20.29%) Translating Business Requirements
9 26 (18.84%) Computer Science
10 24 (17.39%) Data Modelling
11 23 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
12 22 (15.94%) API Integration
13 21 (15.22%) Waterfall
14 17 (12.32%) Change Management
14 17 (12.32%) Migration
14 17 (12.32%) Service Management
15 16 (11.59%) ITSM
15 16 (11.59%) UML
15 16 (11.59%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (30.43%) SQL
2 24 (17.39%) Java
3 19 (13.77%) Python
4 13 (9.42%) JavaScript
5 10 (7.25%) Apex Code
6 9 (6.52%) T-SQL
7 7 (5.07%) C#
7 7 (5.07%) C++
8 5 (3.62%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.90%) Bash
10 3 (2.17%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.45%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.72%) C
12 1 (0.72%) VB
12 1 (0.72%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.72%) VB6
Qualifications
1 38 (27.54%) Degree
2 25 (18.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (9.42%) Security Cleared
4 11 (7.97%) SC Cleared
5 9 (6.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (6.52%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.17%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.17%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.45%) CCNA
8 1 (0.72%) CCNP
8 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.72%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.72%) PMP
8 1 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.14%) QA
1 14 (10.14%) TickIT
2 9 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 5 (3.62%) PMO
4 4 (2.90%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.90%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.17%) GDPR
6 2 (1.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (1.45%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (2.90%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.90%) Docker
2 2 (1.45%) Firmware
2 2 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.72%) Ansible
3 1 (0.72%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (26.81%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.59%) MuleSoft
2 16 (11.59%) SAP
3 11 (7.97%) Salesforce
3 11 (7.97%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.52%) ConnectWise
4 9 (6.52%) WooCommerce
5 6 (4.35%) IBM
5 6 (4.35%) Oracle
6 4 (2.90%) Telerik
7 2 (1.45%) Agilent
7 2 (1.45%) Cisco
7 2 (1.45%) Pega
8 1 (0.72%) Databricks
8 1 (0.72%) EMC
8 1 (0.72%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.72%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.72%) Software AG
8 1 (0.72%) Starlink
8 1 (0.72%) webMethods