Middleware
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Middleware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Middleware over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 406 454
Rank change year-on-year -157 +48 -7
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 353 805 1,230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.77% 0.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.68% 2.54% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 255 408 662
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £41,325
25th Percentile £54,410 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £92,000 £84,292 £83,750
90th Percentile £119,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £64,029 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.29% +16.42% +4.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Middleware is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Middleware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Middleware.

Salary trend for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Middleware over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England -149 296 £65,000 -3.70% 79
UK excluding London -150 204 £60,000 -6.29% 37
Work from Home -104 138 £65,000 +8.33% 36
London -27 129 £82,500 +15.79% 37
South East -21 47 £45,000 -33.33% 16
Scotland -53 44 £66,500 -12.12%
South West -24 33 £60,000 +0.80% 6
North of England -40 33 £62,500 - 8
Midlands -17 24 £60,000 -11.11% 4
West Midlands +10 23 £60,000 -11.11% 3
East of England -13 22 £65,000 +10.64% 3
Yorkshire +52 19 £60,000 -6.29% 4
North West -34 13 £65,500 +10.04% 1
Wales +4 1 £67,500 +52.12% 1
North East -7 1 £37,500 - 3
East Midlands -23 1 - - 1

Middleware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (1.98%) WebSphere
2 6 (1.70%) Confluence
3 5 (1.42%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (1.42%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.85%) MQSeries
4 3 (0.85%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (0.57%) CMS
5 2 (0.57%) GlassFish
5 2 (0.57%) JBoss
5 2 (0.57%) JCAPS
5 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.57%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.57%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (2.83%) Simulink
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Magento
1 3 (0.85%) Maximo
2 2 (0.57%) Adaptiv
2 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.57%) SAP SD
2 2 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.28%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.28%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 94 (26.63%) AWS
2 92 (26.06%) Azure
3 47 (13.31%) SaaS
4 43 (12.18%) PaaS
5 37 (10.48%) IaaS
6 17 (4.82%) Serverless
7 16 (4.53%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (4.25%) OpenShift
9 14 (3.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (3.97%) Amazon EKS
9 14 (3.97%) GCP
10 13 (3.68%) AWS CloudTrail
10 13 (3.68%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
10 13 (3.68%) Azure AKS
10 13 (3.68%) GitHub
11 12 (3.40%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.27%) Power Platform
13 7 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.53%) Firewall
2 12 (3.40%) Network Security
3 5 (1.42%) DHCP
3 5 (1.42%) DNS
3 5 (1.42%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.42%) VPN
4 3 (0.85%) HTTP
4 3 (0.85%) LAN
5 2 (0.57%) 5G
5 2 (0.57%) FTP
5 2 (0.57%) LTE
5 2 (0.57%) MPLS
5 2 (0.57%) WAN
5 2 (0.57%) Wireless
6 1 (0.28%) AMQP
6 1 (0.28%) SAN
6 1 (0.28%) SSL
6 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.05%) SQL Server
2 29 (8.22%) NoSQL
3 15 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (3.97%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (3.68%) Amazon Aurora
6 8 (2.27%) CockroachDB
6 8 (2.27%) MySQL
7 7 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.70%) Power BI
9 5 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.42%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.42%) Redis
10 3 (0.85%) DB2
10 3 (0.85%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.85%) Tableau
11 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.57%) Metadata
12 1 (0.28%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 31 (8.78%) Git
2 25 (7.08%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.12%) JIRA
4 10 (2.83%) Maven
4 10 (2.83%) Vagrant
5 9 (2.55%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (2.27%) Jaeger
7 6 (1.70%) JUnit
8 4 (1.13%) Ant
8 4 (1.13%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.13%) Subversion
9 3 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.57%) GCC
10 2 (0.57%) GDB
10 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.28%) Gradle
11 1 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
General
1 124 (35.13%) Finance
2 104 (29.46%) Social Skills
3 46 (13.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (12.46%) Banking
5 41 (11.61%) Law
6 38 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (9.63%) Legal
8 22 (6.23%) Financial Institution
9 18 (5.10%) Retail Banking
10 10 (2.83%) Retail
11 9 (2.55%) Electronics
12 8 (2.27%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.98%) Private Banking
14 6 (1.70%) Front Office
15 5 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.85%) Back Office
17 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 87 (24.65%) Software Engineer
2 82 (23.23%) Architect
3 63 (17.85%) Developer
4 35 (9.92%) Solutions Architect
5 32 (9.07%) Java Engineer
5 32 (9.07%) Java Software Engineer
6 30 (8.50%) Senior
7 26 (7.37%) Lead
8 19 (5.38%) Salesforce Architect
8 19 (5.38%) Salesforce Solution Architect
9 17 (4.82%) Analyst
10 16 (4.53%) Middleware Architect
11 15 (4.25%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (4.25%) Technical Architect
12 14 (3.97%) AWS Engineer
13 13 (3.68%) AWS DevOps
13 13 (3.68%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 13 (3.68%) Java Developer
13 13 (3.68%) Technical Leader
14 12 (3.40%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.05%) React
2 38 (10.76%) HTML
3 36 (10.20%) HTML5
3 36 (10.20%) Node.js
4 35 (9.92%) AngularJS
5 32 (9.07%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 31 (8.78%) Drools
6 31 (8.78%) jBPM
7 28 (7.93%) Kafka
8 27 (7.65%) .NET
9 14 (3.97%) SOAP
9 14 (3.97%) XML
10 13 (3.68%) JSON
11 12 (3.40%) Spring Boot
12 11 (3.12%) REST
12 11 (3.12%) Web Services
13 8 (2.27%) OAuth
13 8 (2.27%) OpenTelemetry
13 8 (2.27%) Spring
14 7 (1.98%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.76%) Algorithms
2 37 (10.48%) Onboarding
3 32 (9.07%) Management Information System
4 29 (8.22%) Public Cloud
5 22 (6.23%) Cyber Threat
6 21 (5.95%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (4.25%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.27%) Cyberattack
8 8 (2.27%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.27%) Data Fabric
8 8 (2.27%) Replication
9 7 (1.98%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.98%) Device Driver
9 7 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.70%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.70%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.70%) Robotics
11 5 (1.42%) CMDB
11 5 (1.42%) Equities
11 5 (1.42%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 101 (28.61%) Linux
2 47 (13.31%) Windows
3 36 (10.20%) Ubuntu
4 19 (5.38%) CentOS
4 19 (5.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (4.82%) Unix
6 16 (4.53%) Android
7 15 (4.25%) Solaris
8 10 (2.83%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (2.27%) zOS
10 6 (1.70%) Windows Server
11 4 (1.13%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (29.75%) Software Engineering
2 99 (28.05%) Agile
3 75 (21.25%) DevOps
4 71 (20.11%) CI/CD
5 68 (19.26%) Computer Science
6 64 (18.13%) Microservices
7 48 (13.60%) Artificial Intelligence
8 45 (12.75%) SDLC
9 44 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (12.18%) Machine Learning
11 40 (11.33%) Configuration Management
12 36 (10.20%) Risk Management
13 35 (9.92%) Visualisation
14 34 (9.63%) Community of Practice
15 33 (9.35%) Business Strategy
16 31 (8.78%) Client Onboarding
17 29 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
17 29 (8.22%) Enterprise Architecture
18 28 (7.93%) Technical Leadership
19 26 (7.37%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 102 (28.90%) SQL
2 96 (27.20%) Java
3 68 (19.26%) Python
4 37 (10.48%) JavaScript
5 26 (7.37%) C++
6 23 (6.52%) C
7 22 (6.23%) Kotlin
8 21 (5.95%) Ada
9 17 (4.82%) Bash
9 17 (4.82%) C#
10 12 (3.40%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.12%) Apex Code
12 10 (2.83%) T-SQL
13 9 (2.55%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.42%) ABAP
14 5 (1.42%) Go
14 5 (1.42%) Groovy
15 4 (1.13%) PHP
15 4 (1.13%) PL/SQL
15 4 (1.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (17.28%) Degree
2 40 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.37%) TOGAF Certification
4 24 (6.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (5.95%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.40%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.98%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.42%) CISSP
11 4 (1.13%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.85%) CIPD
13 2 (0.57%) HND
13 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.28%) MCP
14 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.28%) OCP
14 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.70%) COBIT
2 6 (1.70%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.70%) NIST
2 6 (1.70%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.42%) QA
4 4 (1.13%) SLA
5 3 (0.85%) GDPR
6 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.28%) COREP
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (5.10%) Docker
2 12 (3.40%) Firmware
3 10 (2.83%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (1.98%) Active Directory
6 4 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (13.60%) Kubernetes
2 25 (7.08%) Terraform
3 22 (6.23%) Ansible
4 18 (5.10%) Grafana
5 8 (2.27%) Kiali
6 7 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.42%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.42%) SCOM
8 3 (0.85%) Podman
8 3 (0.85%) SCCM
9 2 (0.57%) Control-M
9 2 (0.57%) WebSphere Cast Iron
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 37 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.20%) Salesforce
3 35 (9.92%) Oracle
4 33 (9.35%) Red Hat
5 18 (5.10%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.97%) IBM
7 10 (2.83%) Xilinx
8 9 (2.55%) SAP
9 8 (2.27%) AppDynamics
9 8 (2.27%) MuleSoft
9 8 (2.27%) Splunk
10 6 (1.70%) Sage
10 6 (1.70%) Workday
11 5 (1.42%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.13%) Computacenter
12 4 (1.13%) Dell
12 4 (1.13%) TIBCO
12 4 (1.13%) VMware
13 3 (0.85%) Jitterbit
13 3 (0.85%) RedGate