Middleware Jobs

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 358 462
Rank change year-on-year -223 +104 -33
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 360 849 1,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.90% 0.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.67% 3.07% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 275 380 662
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £54,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.56% +1.67%
75th Percentile £91,625 £80,688 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £97,750 £108,525
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% +10.00%

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 21,541 27,618 70,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 29.18% 41.54%
Number of salaries quoted 16,014 17,838 29,844
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% +17.27%
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -217 301 £63,750 -1.92% 65
UK excluding London -207 218 £56,000 -6.67% 33
Work from Home -114 143 £65,000 +9.20% 34
London -21 122 £83,750 +27.86% 34
South East -48 61 £50,000 -25.93% 4
Scotland -60 44 £65,750 +10.46% 2
North of England -104 32 £60,000 +0.80% 9
South West -67 31 £60,000 +0.80% 4
West Midlands -32 26 £60,000 -11.11% 6
Midlands -47 26 £60,000 -11.11% 7
East of England -29 21 £65,000 +6.12% 6
Yorkshire +7 19 £60,000 +0.19% 4
North West -74 12 £67,500 +13.40% 3
Wales +2 3 £50,000 - 1
North East -24 1 £37,500 - 2

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 8 (2.22%) Confluence
2 7 (1.94%) WebLogic
2 7 (1.94%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.39%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (0.83%) Apache
4 3 (0.83%) MQSeries
4 3 (0.83%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 3 (0.83%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 2 (0.56%) GlassFish
5 2 (0.56%) IIS
5 2 (0.56%) JCAPS
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.56%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) JBoss
6 1 (0.28%) Liferay
6 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (5.00%) Simulink
2 8 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Magento
1 3 (0.83%) Maximo
2 2 (0.56%) Adaptiv
2 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
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%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.28%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 103 (28.61%) Azure
2 96 (26.67%) AWS
3 39 (10.83%) SaaS
4 37 (10.28%) PaaS
5 32 (8.89%) IaaS
6 15 (4.17%) GCP
6 15 (4.17%) OpenShift
7 12 (3.33%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.33%) Serverless
8 11 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (2.22%) AWS CloudTrail
11 8 (2.22%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
11 8 (2.22%) Azure AKS
11 8 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (2.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.44%) Firewall
2 8 (2.22%) DHCP
2 8 (2.22%) DNS
2 8 (2.22%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.67%) Network Security
4 5 (1.39%) VPN
5 3 (0.83%) HTTP
5 3 (0.83%) LAN
5 3 (0.83%) tcpdump
5 3 (0.83%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.56%) 5G
6 2 (0.56%) FTP
6 2 (0.56%) LTE
6 2 (0.56%) MPLS
6 2 (0.56%) WAN
6 2 (0.56%) Wireless
7 1 (0.28%) SAN
7 1 (0.28%) SSL
7 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.72%) NoSQL
2 34 (9.44%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.50%) Power BI
5 8 (2.22%) Amazon Aurora
5 8 (2.22%) CockroachDB
5 8 (2.22%) MySQL
5 8 (2.22%) Oracle Database
6 7 (1.94%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.39%) Redis
9 4 (1.11%) DB2
10 3 (0.83%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.83%) Tableau
11 2 (0.56%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.56%) Metadata
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database 10g
11 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (10.56%) Git
2 26 (7.22%) Jenkins
3 19 (5.28%) Vagrant
4 14 (3.89%) JIRA
5 9 (2.50%) Maven
5 9 (2.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (2.22%) Jaeger
7 5 (1.39%) JUnit
8 4 (1.11%) Ant
8 4 (1.11%) Subversion
9 3 (0.83%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.83%) 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%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 119 (33.06%) Finance
2 105 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 46 (12.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 43 (11.94%) Banking
5 41 (11.39%) Law
6 37 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (9.44%) Legal
8 22 (6.11%) Financial Institution
9 18 (5.00%) Retail Banking
10 10 (2.78%) Retail
11 9 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.50%) Electronics
12 6 (1.67%) Front Office
12 6 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.67%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.39%) Private Banking
14 4 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.83%) Back Office
15 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 104 (28.89%) Software Engineer
2 91 (25.28%) Architect
3 59 (16.39%) Developer
4 33 (9.17%) Solutions Architect
5 32 (8.89%) Java Engineer
5 32 (8.89%) Java Software Engineer
6 30 (8.33%) Senior
7 23 (6.39%) Lead
8 18 (5.00%) Salesforce Architect
8 18 (5.00%) Salesforce Solution Architect
8 18 (5.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 17 (4.72%) Analyst
10 16 (4.44%) Middleware Architect
11 15 (4.17%) Technical Architect
12 14 (3.89%) Linux Engineer
13 13 (3.61%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (3.61%) Data Architect
13 13 (3.61%) Technical Leader
14 12 (3.33%) Java Developer
15 11 (3.06%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.83%) React
2 38 (10.56%) HTML
3 36 (10.00%) HTML5
3 36 (10.00%) Node.js
4 35 (9.72%) AngularJS
5 32 (8.89%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 31 (8.61%) Drools
6 31 (8.61%) jBPM
7 29 (8.06%) .NET
8 26 (7.22%) Kafka
9 15 (4.17%) SOAP
10 13 (3.61%) REST
10 13 (3.61%) XML
11 12 (3.33%) JSON
11 12 (3.33%) Spring Boot
12 8 (2.22%) OpenTelemetry
13 7 (1.94%) CSS
13 7 (1.94%) EDI
13 7 (1.94%) Spring
14 6 (1.67%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.56%) Algorithms
2 37 (10.28%) Onboarding
3 30 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 28 (7.78%) Public Cloud
5 22 (6.11%) Cyber Threat
6 20 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (2.78%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.50%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.50%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.22%) Cyberattack
10 8 (2.22%) Data Fabric
10 8 (2.22%) Replication
10 8 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.94%) Device Driver
12 6 (1.67%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.67%) CMDB
12 6 (1.67%) Robotics
13 5 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 4 (1.11%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 125 (34.72%) Linux
2 50 (13.89%) Ubuntu
3 43 (11.94%) Windows
4 31 (8.61%) CentOS
5 28 (7.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (6.39%) Android
7 19 (5.28%) Unix
8 18 (5.00%) Solaris
9 10 (2.78%) Embedded Linux
10 8 (2.22%) zOS
11 7 (1.94%) Windows Server
12 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (35.83%) Software Engineering
2 122 (33.89%) Agile
3 76 (21.11%) Computer Science
4 71 (19.72%) Microservices
5 68 (18.89%) DevOps
6 67 (18.61%) CI/CD
7 57 (15.83%) Artificial Intelligence
8 51 (14.17%) Machine Learning
9 47 (13.06%) Configuration Management
10 46 (12.78%) SDLC
11 44 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 43 (11.94%) DevSecOps
13 42 (11.67%) Scrum
14 40 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 39 (10.83%) Risk Management
16 37 (10.28%) Kanban
17 36 (10.00%) Project Delivery
18 35 (9.72%) Visualisation
19 34 (9.44%) Community of Practice
20 32 (8.89%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 122 (33.89%) SQL
2 120 (33.33%) Java
3 90 (25.00%) Python
4 46 (12.78%) JavaScript
4 46 (12.78%) Kotlin
5 33 (9.17%) C++
6 23 (6.39%) C
7 21 (5.83%) Ada
8 19 (5.28%) C#
9 15 (4.17%) Bash
9 15 (4.17%) Shell Script
10 12 (3.33%) Apex Code
11 11 (3.06%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.50%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.39%) ABAP
13 5 (1.39%) Groovy
13 5 (1.39%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.11%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.11%) VB
14 4 (1.11%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 71 (19.72%) Degree
2 60 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 39 (10.83%) SC Cleared
4 32 (8.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (6.94%) TOGAF Certification
6 14 (3.89%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.50%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.39%) CISSP
10 4 (1.11%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.83%) CIPD
11 3 (0.83%) Linux+ Certification
11 3 (0.83%) RHCE
12 2 (0.56%) HND
12 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.56%) MCP
13 1 (0.28%) MCSA
13 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.94%) QA
2 6 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.11%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.83%) GDPR
4 3 (0.83%) SLA
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (5.00%) Docker
2 12 (3.33%) Firmware
3 10 (2.78%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.22%) Embedded Firmware
4 8 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.94%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.83%) KVM
6 3 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.28%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (12.78%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.44%) Ansible
3 29 (8.06%) Terraform
4 16 (4.44%) Grafana
5 8 (2.22%) Kiali
5 8 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.39%) SCOM
8 4 (1.11%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.11%) Puppet
9 3 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.83%) Podman
9 3 (0.83%) SCCM
10 2 (0.56%) Control-M
10 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Cast Iron
11 1 (0.28%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
11 1 (0.28%) Nagios
11 1 (0.28%) nmon
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 38 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.00%) Red Hat
3 34 (9.44%) Salesforce
4 33 (9.17%) Oracle
5 19 (5.28%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.00%) Xilinx
7 13 (3.61%) IBM
8 11 (3.06%) Splunk
9 10 (2.78%) MuleSoft
10 9 (2.50%) SAP
11 8 (2.22%) AppDynamics
11 8 (2.22%) VMware
12 6 (1.67%) Sage
12 6 (1.67%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.67%) Workday
13 4 (1.11%) Computacenter
13 4 (1.11%) Dell
13 4 (1.11%) Google
13 4 (1.11%) TIBCO
14 3 (0.83%) RedGate