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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 393 451
Rank change year-on-year -168 +58 -15
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 355 835 1,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.84% 0.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.69% 2.78% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 265 378 670
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £56,219 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,548 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £106,125 £102,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.56% +9.55% +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 21,067 30,042 65,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.24% 30.13% 40.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15,745 18,509 29,882
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,834 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +6.30% +15.45%
75th Percentile £78,750 £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 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Top 15 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 15 May 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 -175 299 £62,500 -3.85% 90
UK excluding London -195 212 £57,500 -4.56% 54
Work from Home -99 140 £65,000 +8.33% 51
London -33 123 £82,500 +17.86% 36
South East -35 59 £50,000 -25.93% 15
Scotland -50 43 £66,500 +2.68% 3
South West -53 31 £60,000 +0.80% 8
North of England -76 31 £60,000 +0.80% 9
West Midlands 0 25 £60,000 -11.11% 9
Midlands -36 25 £60,000 -11.11% 10
East of England -29 22 £65,000 +6.12% 8
Yorkshire +37 17 £58,750 -1.90% 2
North West -52 13 £65,500 +10.04% 2
Wales +4 1 £67,500 -
North East -14 1 £37,500 - 5

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 (1.97%) Confluence
1 7 (1.97%) WebSphere
2 5 (1.41%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (1.13%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.85%) MQSeries
4 3 (0.85%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (0.56%) Apache
5 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 2 (0.56%) GlassFish
5 2 (0.56%) JCAPS
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.56%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) JBoss
6 1 (0.28%) Liferay
6 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (3.94%) Simulink
2 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Magento
1 3 (0.85%) Maximo
2 2 (0.56%) Adaptiv
2 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.56%) SAP SD
2 2 (0.56%) 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 99 (27.89%) Azure
2 95 (26.76%) AWS
3 47 (13.24%) SaaS
4 44 (12.39%) PaaS
5 38 (10.70%) IaaS
6 15 (4.23%) GCP
6 15 (4.23%) OpenShift
7 14 (3.94%) Serverless
8 13 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (3.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 11 (3.10%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (2.82%) AWS CloudTrail
10 10 (2.82%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
10 10 (2.82%) Azure AKS
10 10 (2.82%) GitHub
11 9 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (2.54%) Power Platform
12 8 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.51%) Firewall
2 12 (3.38%) Network Security
3 7 (1.97%) DHCP
3 7 (1.97%) DNS
3 7 (1.97%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.41%) VPN
5 3 (0.85%) HTTP
5 3 (0.85%) LAN
6 2 (0.56%) 5G
6 2 (0.56%) FTP
6 2 (0.56%) LTE
6 2 (0.56%) MPLS
6 2 (0.56%) tcpdump
6 2 (0.56%) WAN
6 2 (0.56%) Wireless
6 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.28%) AMQP
7 1 (0.28%) SSL
7 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.39%) NoSQL
2 34 (9.58%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (2.82%) Amazon Aurora
6 8 (2.25%) CockroachDB
6 8 (2.25%) MySQL
7 7 (1.97%) Power BI
7 7 (1.97%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.41%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.41%) Redis
10 3 (0.85%) DB2
10 3 (0.85%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.85%) Tableau
11 2 (0.56%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.56%) Metadata
12 1 (0.28%) Apache Ignite
12 1 (0.28%) Flink
Development Applications
1 35 (9.86%) Git
2 25 (7.04%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.23%) Vagrant
4 12 (3.38%) JIRA
5 9 (2.54%) Maven
5 9 (2.54%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (2.25%) Jaeger
7 5 (1.41%) JUnit
8 4 (1.13%) Ant
8 4 (1.13%) Subversion
9 3 (0.85%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.28%) GCC
11 1 (0.28%) GDB
11 1 (0.28%) Gradle
11 1 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
General
1 119 (33.52%) Finance
2 103 (29.01%) Social Skills
3 46 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (12.39%) Banking
5 41 (11.55%) Law
6 36 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (9.58%) Legal
8 22 (6.20%) Financial Institution
9 18 (5.07%) Retail Banking
10 11 (3.10%) Retail
11 9 (2.54%) Electronics
12 7 (1.97%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.69%) Front Office
13 6 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.69%) Private Banking
14 5 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.85%) Back Office
16 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 100 (28.17%) Software Engineer
2 86 (24.23%) Architect
3 60 (16.90%) Developer
4 34 (9.58%) Solutions Architect
5 32 (9.01%) Java Engineer
5 32 (9.01%) Java Software Engineer
6 31 (8.73%) Senior
7 25 (7.04%) Lead
8 19 (5.35%) Salesforce Architect
8 19 (5.35%) Salesforce Solution Architect
9 17 (4.79%) Analyst
10 16 (4.51%) Middleware Architect
11 15 (4.23%) Technical Architect
12 14 (3.94%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
13 13 (3.66%) Linux Engineer
13 13 (3.66%) Technical Leader
14 12 (3.38%) Cloud Architect
14 12 (3.38%) DevOps Engineer
14 12 (3.38%) Java Developer
15 11 (3.10%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.99%) React
2 38 (10.70%) HTML
3 36 (10.14%) HTML5
3 36 (10.14%) Node.js
4 35 (9.86%) AngularJS
5 32 (9.01%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 31 (8.73%) Drools
6 31 (8.73%) jBPM
7 27 (7.61%) .NET
8 26 (7.32%) Kafka
9 14 (3.94%) SOAP
9 14 (3.94%) XML
10 13 (3.66%) JSON
11 12 (3.38%) Spring Boot
12 11 (3.10%) REST
12 11 (3.10%) Web Services
13 8 (2.25%) OAuth
13 8 (2.25%) OpenTelemetry
14 7 (1.97%) CSS
14 7 (1.97%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.70%) Algorithms
2 37 (10.42%) Onboarding
3 34 (9.58%) Management Information System
4 29 (8.17%) Public Cloud
5 22 (6.20%) Cyber Threat
6 20 (5.63%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (2.82%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.25%) Cloud Native
9 8 (2.25%) Cyberattack
9 8 (2.25%) Data Fabric
9 8 (2.25%) Replication
10 7 (1.97%) Device Driver
10 7 (1.97%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.69%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.69%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.69%) Robotics
11 6 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 116 (32.68%) Linux
2 44 (12.39%) Ubuntu
3 43 (12.11%) Windows
4 26 (7.32%) CentOS
5 24 (6.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (5.63%) Android
7 17 (4.79%) Unix
8 16 (4.51%) Solaris
9 10 (2.82%) Embedded Linux
10 8 (2.25%) zOS
11 6 (1.69%) Windows Server
12 3 (0.85%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (33.80%) Software Engineering
2 115 (32.39%) Agile
3 72 (20.28%) Computer Science
4 70 (19.72%) DevOps
5 68 (19.15%) CI/CD
5 68 (19.15%) Microservices
6 52 (14.65%) Artificial Intelligence
7 47 (13.24%) Machine Learning
8 45 (12.68%) SDLC
9 43 (12.11%) Configuration Management
10 42 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 37 (10.42%) DevSecOps
12 36 (10.14%) Risk Management
12 36 (10.14%) Scrum
13 35 (9.86%) Visualisation
14 34 (9.58%) Community of Practice
14 34 (9.58%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 33 (9.30%) Business Strategy
16 32 (9.01%) Project Delivery
17 31 (8.73%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 113 (31.83%) SQL
2 112 (31.55%) Java
3 83 (23.38%) Python
4 42 (11.83%) JavaScript
5 38 (10.70%) Kotlin
6 29 (8.17%) C++
7 23 (6.48%) C
8 21 (5.92%) Ada
9 17 (4.79%) C#
10 16 (4.51%) Bash
11 14 (3.94%) Shell Script
12 11 (3.10%) Apex Code
13 10 (2.82%) T-SQL
14 9 (2.54%) PowerShell
15 5 (1.41%) ABAP
15 5 (1.41%) Go
15 5 (1.41%) Groovy
16 4 (1.13%) Rust
16 4 (1.13%) TypeScript
16 4 (1.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 65 (18.31%) Degree
2 51 (14.37%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.45%) SC Cleared
4 28 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (7.32%) TOGAF Certification
6 13 (3.66%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.25%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.41%) CISSP
10 4 (1.13%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.85%) CIPD
12 2 (0.56%) HND
12 2 (0.56%) Linux+ Certification
12 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.56%) RHCE
13 1 (0.28%) MCP
13 1 (0.28%) OCP
13 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.69%) COBIT
2 6 (1.69%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.69%) NIST
2 6 (1.69%) PCI DSS
2 6 (1.69%) QA
3 3 (0.85%) GDPR
3 3 (0.85%) SLA
4 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) COREP
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.28%) IFRS
5 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.28%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (5.07%) Docker
2 12 (3.38%) Firmware
3 10 (2.82%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.25%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (1.97%) Active Directory
6 6 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.56%) KVM
7 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (13.24%) Kubernetes
2 29 (8.17%) Ansible
3 27 (7.61%) Terraform
4 17 (4.79%) Grafana
5 8 (2.25%) Kiali
6 7 (1.97%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.41%) SCOM
8 3 (0.85%) Podman
8 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.85%) Puppet
8 3 (0.85%) SCCM
9 2 (0.56%) Control-M
9 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Cast Iron
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 36 (10.14%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.86%) Red Hat
2 35 (9.86%) Salesforce
3 32 (9.01%) Oracle
4 18 (5.07%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.94%) IBM
5 14 (3.94%) Xilinx
6 10 (2.82%) MuleSoft
6 10 (2.82%) Splunk
7 9 (2.54%) SAP
8 8 (2.25%) AppDynamics
9 6 (1.69%) Sage
9 6 (1.69%) VMware
9 6 (1.69%) Workday
10 5 (1.41%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.13%) Computacenter
11 4 (1.13%) Dell
11 4 (1.13%) Google
11 4 (1.13%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.85%) RedGate