Middleware
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Middleware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 404 428
Rank change year-on-year -52 +24 -177
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 385 279 354
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.56% 0.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.25% 3.35% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 215 164 215
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,125 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +13.80% -6.37%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,125 £111,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +30.00% -18.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 11,830 8,338 15,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.02% 16.87% 21.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,357 5,307 9,772
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +6.92% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Middleware job vacancy trend in the UK

Middleware
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Middleware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Middleware

Middleware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Middleware over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Top 17 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 10 October 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
England -68 311 £72,500 +3.57% 479
UK excluding London -49 251 £67,500 +3.85% 234
Work from Home +25 150 £71,716 -1.08% 203
London -50 102 £83,750 -1.47% 260
North of England +2 92 £70,000 -6.67% 61
North West +17 64 £70,000 -6.67% 28
Northern Ireland -35 49 - - 13
South East -56 36 £60,000 -7.69% 55
Midlands -55 24 £50,000 -31.03% 27
East of England -41 22 £66,250 +20.45% 30
South West -62 19 £58,750 -6.00% 28
Yorkshire -21 14 £70,269 -6.31% 24
West Midlands -54 14 £47,500 -34.48% 13
North East -58 14 £87,552 +45.92% 10
East Midlands -41 10 £60,000 -7.69% 14
Scotland 0 8 - - 21
Wales -77 1 - - 1

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 21 (5.45%) Confluence
2 18 (4.68%) WebLogic
3 15 (3.90%) IIS
4 13 (3.38%) SharePoint
5 11 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (2.34%) WebSphere
7 7 (1.82%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.52%) JBoss
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.52%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.26%) Apache
9 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.26%) CMS
9 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.26%) WildFly
Applications
1 16 (4.16%) MS Visio
2 11 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.78%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.52%) Simulink
4 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (6.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.82%) SAP MDG
2 7 (1.82%) SAP Travel Management
3 6 (1.56%) SAP SD
4 5 (1.30%) Elite 3E
4 5 (1.30%) SAP GTS
5 4 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.04%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.78%) Summit
7 2 (0.52%) Magento
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.52%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.52%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.52%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.52%) Siebel CRM
7 2 (0.52%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.26%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 166 (43.12%) Azure
2 127 (32.99%) AWS
3 79 (20.52%) SaaS
4 38 (9.87%) GCP
5 26 (6.75%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (6.23%) iPaaS
6 24 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (5.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 21 (5.45%) Power Platform
8 17 (4.42%) GitHub
8 17 (4.42%) IaaS
9 15 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
9 15 (3.90%) Boomi
9 15 (3.90%) Lucidchart
10 12 (3.12%) Serverless
11 10 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (2.60%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (2.60%) OneDrive
11 10 (2.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.16%) Firewall
2 12 (3.12%) TCP/IP
2 12 (3.12%) VPN
3 10 (2.60%) DNS
4 8 (2.08%) DHCP
5 3 (0.78%) CTI
5 3 (0.78%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.78%) VoIP
6 2 (0.52%) Network Security
6 2 (0.52%) VLAN
7 1 (0.26%) CHAP
7 1 (0.26%) HTTP
7 1 (0.26%) LAN
7 1 (0.26%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.61%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.94%) Power BI
3 17 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.12%) Relational Database
5 11 (2.86%) Db2
6 10 (2.60%) DTS
6 10 (2.60%) MySQL
7 9 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.08%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.08%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.82%) Metadata
10 6 (1.56%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.56%) SAP BW
11 5 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.04%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.78%) Redis
13 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.52%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (7.01%) Git
2 25 (6.49%) JIRA
3 10 (2.60%) Claude Code
4 8 (2.08%) GitLab
5 5 (1.30%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.78%) Ant
7 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.52%) Flyway
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.52%) Toad
8 1 (0.26%) JetBrains Rider
8 1 (0.26%) JMeter
8 1 (0.26%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.26%) Selenium
8 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 118 (30.65%) Finance
2 109 (28.31%) Social Skills
3 63 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.13%) Law
5 37 (9.61%) Marketing
6 34 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (8.57%) Public Sector
8 25 (6.49%) Manufacturing
9 23 (5.97%) Retail
10 14 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.60%) Banking
12 9 (2.34%) Aerospace
12 9 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (2.08%) Billing
13 8 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.82%) Games
15 6 (1.56%) Automotive
15 6 (1.56%) Legal
16 5 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 117 (30.39%) Architect
2 74 (19.22%) Developer
3 49 (12.73%) Senior
4 48 (12.47%) IT Manager
4 48 (12.47%) IT Services Manager
4 48 (12.47%) Resilience Manager
4 48 (12.47%) Service Manager
5 45 (11.69%) Consultant
6 36 (9.35%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (9.09%) Lead
8 31 (8.05%) Technical Architect
9 25 (6.49%) Lead Architect
10 24 (6.23%) Technical Consultant
11 20 (5.19%) Technical Leader
12 18 (4.68%) Senior Developer
13 16 (4.16%) Senior Architect
14 14 (3.64%) Middleware Developer
14 14 (3.64%) SAP Architect
15 13 (3.38%) Salesforce Developer
16 12 (3.12%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (22.86%) REST
2 44 (11.43%) SOAP
3 38 (9.87%) OAuth
4 34 (8.83%) JWT
5 26 (6.75%) CSS
6 24 (6.23%) EDI
7 21 (5.45%) JSON
8 20 (5.19%) Lightning Web Components
8 20 (5.19%) Spring
8 20 (5.19%) XML
9 19 (4.94%) .NET
9 19 (4.94%) Kafka
10 17 (4.42%) Node.js
11 16 (4.16%) Spring Boot
12 13 (3.38%) Terraform
12 13 (3.38%) Visualforce
13 12 (3.12%) React
14 11 (2.86%) OAuth2
15 10 (2.60%) ASP.NET
15 10 (2.60%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 48 (12.47%) Cyber Threat
2 44 (11.43%) Onboarding
3 24 (6.23%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (6.23%) Product Ownership
4 21 (5.45%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (5.45%) Marketing Technology
5 18 (4.68%) Management Information System
6 17 (4.42%) Cloud Native
7 12 (3.12%) Data Structures
7 12 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.86%) Legacy Applications
9 10 (2.60%) EPoS
9 10 (2.60%) iSeries
10 8 (2.08%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.82%) PKI
12 6 (1.56%) Blog
12 6 (1.56%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.19%) Linux
2 18 (4.68%) Windows
3 13 (3.38%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.56%) Unix
5 3 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.52%) AIX
6 2 (0.52%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.52%) CentOS
6 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.26%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (40.52%) Agile
2 119 (30.91%) DevOps
3 94 (24.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 93 (24.16%) AI
5 91 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
6 86 (22.34%) Enterprise Architecture
7 85 (22.08%) Waterfall
8 76 (19.74%) Disaster Recovery
9 74 (19.22%) CI/CD
9 74 (19.22%) Test Automation
10 72 (18.70%) Project Delivery
11 65 (16.88%) ITIL
12 63 (16.36%) ERP
13 61 (15.84%) Business Continuity
14 59 (15.32%) Mentoring
14 59 (15.32%) Stakeholder Management
15 58 (15.06%) Event-Driven
15 58 (15.06%) Information Security
15 58 (15.06%) Microservices
16 57 (14.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 72 (18.70%) SQL
2 51 (13.25%) Python
3 42 (10.91%) Java
4 36 (9.35%) JavaScript
5 23 (5.97%) C#
6 19 (4.94%) Apex Code
7 12 (3.12%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.60%) C++
8 10 (2.60%) RPG
8 10 (2.60%) SOQL
8 10 (2.60%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.34%) Bash
9 9 (2.34%) Go
9 9 (2.34%) Rust
9 9 (2.34%) SOSL
10 6 (1.56%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.30%) C
11 5 (1.30%) PHP
12 3 (0.78%) Bicep
13 2 (0.52%) XPath
Qualifications
1 51 (13.25%) CISSP
2 49 (12.73%) CISM
2 49 (12.73%) ITIL Certification
3 31 (8.05%) Degree
4 27 (7.01%) Security Cleared
5 15 (3.90%) SC Cleared
6 14 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.60%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (1.30%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.78%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.26%) CGEIT
13 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.26%) FFIEC
13 1 (0.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (12.73%) NIST
2 48 (12.47%) ISO 22301
3 25 (6.49%) Data Quality
4 24 (6.23%) QA
5 10 (2.60%) GDPR
6 6 (1.56%) TickIT
7 4 (1.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.78%) SLA
9 2 (0.52%) Automotive SPICE
9 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.26%) COBIT
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (5.97%) Docker
2 11 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 10 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.82%) Active Directory
5 6 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.78%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 23 (5.97%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.34%) Grafana
3 5 (1.30%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.04%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.52%) Ansible
6 2 (0.52%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.26%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 83 (21.56%) Microsoft
2 45 (11.69%) Salesforce
3 40 (10.39%) Oracle
4 38 (9.87%) SAP
5 20 (5.19%) MuleSoft
6 13 (3.38%) IBM
7 12 (3.12%) VMware
8 10 (2.60%) Adobe
8 10 (2.60%) Google
9 8 (2.08%) JD Edwards
9 8 (2.08%) Splunk
10 7 (1.82%) Databricks
11 6 (1.56%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.56%) Infor
12 5 (1.30%) Aderant
12 5 (1.30%) IFS
12 5 (1.30%) iManage
12 5 (1.30%) Intapp
12 5 (1.30%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.30%) Workday