Hybrid/Remote Middleware Job Trends

Middleware
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work 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 305 307 432
Rank change year-on-year +2 +125 -96
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 94 121 140
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.50% 0.81% 0.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.80% 2.72% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 78 85 123
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,299 £51,250 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £91,475 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £73,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.08% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 3,357 4,445 8,589
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.88% 29.66% 26.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,991 7,518
10th Percentile £41,925 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,177 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Middleware and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Middleware job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Middleware
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Middleware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Middleware

Middleware
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Middleware over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Middleware salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Middleware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 7 (7.45%) Confluence
1 7 (7.45%) JBoss
1 7 (7.45%) WebSphere
2 5 (5.32%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.06%) Kinematics
Applications
1 5 (5.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (9.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (9.57%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (9.57%) Magento
1 9 (9.57%) Shopify
2 8 (8.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 14 (14.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 13 (13.83%) Azure
3 10 (10.64%) AWS
3 10 (10.64%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (8.51%) PaaS
4 8 (8.51%) SaaS
5 7 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (7.45%) Serverless
6 6 (6.38%) IaaS
6 6 (6.38%) Power Platform
7 5 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (5.32%) GCP
7 5 (5.32%) Lucidchart
8 4 (4.26%) Boomi
8 4 (4.26%) Entra ID
9 3 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (3.19%) GitHub
9 3 (3.19%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.13%) DNS
1 2 (2.13%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.13%) VPN
2 1 (1.06%) CHAP
2 1 (1.06%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.70%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.19%) MySQL
2 3 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.13%) MariaDB
3 2 (2.13%) Power BI
4 1 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.06%) DB2
4 1 (1.06%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.06%) MS Access
4 1 (1.06%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 20 (21.28%) JIRA
2 7 (7.45%) Git
3 2 (2.13%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (2.13%) Selenium
4 1 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.06%) JMeter
4 1 (1.06%) LabVIEW
4 1 (1.06%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.06%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.06%) Subversion
General
1 34 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 28 (29.79%) Finance
3 21 (22.34%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (20.21%) Public Sector
5 15 (15.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (9.57%) Back Office
7 8 (8.51%) Banking
8 6 (6.38%) Law
8 6 (6.38%) Legal
9 4 (4.26%) Aerospace
9 4 (4.26%) Retail
10 3 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 3 (3.19%) Marketing
11 1 (1.06%) Advertising
11 1 (1.06%) Billing
11 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.06%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (38.30%) Architect
2 19 (20.21%) Developer
2 19 (20.21%) Senior
3 15 (15.96%) Analyst
4 14 (14.89%) Salesforce Developer
4 14 (14.89%) Technical Architect
5 13 (13.83%) Lead
6 11 (11.70%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (10.64%) Lead Architect
7 10 (10.64%) Support Analyst
7 10 (10.64%) Technical Leader
8 9 (9.57%) Senior Architect
9 6 (6.38%) Integration Architect
10 5 (5.32%) Applications Support
10 5 (5.32%) Applications Support Analyst
10 5 (5.32%) Software Analyst
10 5 (5.32%) Software Engineer
11 4 (4.26%) C++ Software Engineer
11 4 (4.26%) SAP Analyst
11 4 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (40.43%) REST
2 34 (36.17%) SOAP
3 21 (22.34%) .NET
4 15 (15.96%) Lightning Web Components
5 14 (14.89%) Visualforce
6 8 (8.51%) Spring
7 7 (7.45%) Hibernate
8 5 (5.32%) GraphQL
8 5 (5.32%) Node.js
9 4 (4.26%) CSS
9 4 (4.26%) HTML
9 4 (4.26%) SAP PI
9 4 (4.26%) ZeroMQ
10 3 (3.19%) JSON
10 3 (3.19%) React
10 3 (3.19%) XML
11 2 (2.13%) .NET Core
11 2 (2.13%) Fastify
11 2 (2.13%) IBM Integration Bus
11 2 (2.13%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.77%) Cloud Native
2 11 (11.70%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (7.45%) DataPower
4 6 (6.38%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (4.26%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.19%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.19%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.13%) Blog
7 2 (2.13%) NHS
7 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.13%) PKI
8 1 (1.06%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.06%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.06%) FMCG
8 1 (1.06%) Robotics
8 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.57%) Linux
2 6 (6.38%) Windows
3 2 (2.13%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.06%) AIX
4 1 (1.06%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (1.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (46.81%) Agile
2 34 (36.17%) DevOps
3 33 (35.11%) CI/CD
4 28 (29.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (28.72%) Microservices
6 24 (25.53%) Mentoring
7 23 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (24.47%) Translating Business Requirements
8 18 (19.15%) ERP
8 18 (19.15%) Technical Leadership
9 17 (18.09%) Data Modelling
9 17 (18.09%) Integration Patterns
10 16 (17.02%) CRM
10 16 (17.02%) Technology Strategy
11 15 (15.96%) API Integration
11 15 (15.96%) Event-Driven
11 15 (15.96%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 15 (15.96%) Roadmaps
12 14 (14.89%) Change Management
12 14 (14.89%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 23 (24.47%) Java
2 20 (21.28%) JavaScript
2 20 (21.28%) Python
3 18 (19.15%) SQL
4 15 (15.96%) Apex Code
5 9 (9.57%) T-SQL
6 7 (7.45%) C++
7 4 (4.26%) Bash
7 4 (4.26%) C#
7 4 (4.26%) TypeScript
8 3 (3.19%) SOQL
8 3 (3.19%) SOSL
9 2 (2.13%) Go
9 2 (2.13%) PHP
9 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.06%) Perl
10 1 (1.06%) Rust
10 1 (1.06%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (20.21%) Degree
2 18 (19.15%) Security Cleared
3 17 (18.09%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.19%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.13%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.06%) CGEIT
7 1 (1.06%) CISA
7 1 (1.06%) CISM
7 1 (1.06%) CISSP
7 1 (1.06%) FFIEC
7 1 (1.06%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.19%) GDPR
1 3 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.13%) QA
3 1 (1.06%) COBIT
3 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.06%) NIST
3 1 (1.06%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.06%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.06%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (4.26%) Terraform
2 3 (3.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.06%) Grafana
3 1 (1.06%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.06%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (21.28%) Salesforce
2 16 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.02%) MuleSoft
3 13 (13.83%) ServiceNow
4 9 (9.57%) ConnectWise
4 9 (9.57%) WooCommerce
5 8 (8.51%) SAP
6 3 (3.19%) IBM
7 2 (2.13%) Freshdesk
7 2 (2.13%) HubSpot
7 2 (2.13%) InterSystems
7 2 (2.13%) Splunk
8 1 (1.06%) Citrix
8 1 (1.06%) Concur
8 1 (1.06%) NVIDIA
8 1 (1.06%) Oracle
8 1 (1.06%) Sage
8 1 (1.06%) VMware