Middleware Contracts

Middleware
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Middleware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 326 292 314
Rank change year-on-year -34 +22 -44
Contract jobs citing Middleware 265 496 761
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.88% 0.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.93% 3.85% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 345 538
10th Percentile £410 £383 £413
25th Percentile £479 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% +7.27%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £670
90th Percentile £769 £800 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £582 £498 £550
% change year-on-year +16.98% -9.55% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile £65.63 £61.50 -
25th Percentile £66.56 - -
Median hourly rate £71.25 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% +18.18% +14.29%
75th Percentile £74.69 - -
90th Percentile £74.88 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +11.54% +18.18% +14.29%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,058 12,870 23,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.04% 22.96% 26.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,281 9,398 17,328
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £669
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 147 222
10th Percentile £21.89 £30.45 £25.05
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £67.36
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.55 £76.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.43 £65.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year -25.49% +17.65% +22.78%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Middleware.

Daily rate trend for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Middleware.

Hourly rate trend for Middleware in the UK

Middleware
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -66 208 £600 +4.35% 69
London -7 137 £613 -2.00% 37
Work from Home +38 122 £582 +1.28% 36
UK excluding London -16 83 £582 +16.98% 34
Scotland +48 20 £613 -3.92% 2
North of England +23 16 £615 +11.82% 9
South West -11 12 £638 +18.06% 4
North West +21 11 £615 +11.82% 3
Midlands +1 11 £450 +28.57% 7
South East -12 11 £575 +35.29% 4
East of England +4 10 £581 -10.69% 7
West Midlands +14 8 £450 -14.29% 6
Yorkshire +16 3 £511 -14.83% 4
Wales +12 3 £538 - 1
East Midlands -10 3 £310 -11.43% 1
North East - 2 £650 - 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 14 (5.28%) Confluence
2 13 (4.91%) WebSphere
3 11 (4.15%) Apache
4 10 (3.77%) Tomcat
4 10 (3.77%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (3.02%) IBM HTTP Server
5 8 (3.02%) WebSphere Portal
6 7 (2.64%) JBoss
7 6 (2.26%) nginx
8 3 (1.13%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.75%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.75%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.75%) CMS
9 2 (0.75%) IIS
10 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.40%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (4.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.26%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.26%) Temenos T24
3 5 (1.89%) Endur
3 5 (1.89%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 5 (1.89%) SAP SD
4 4 (1.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.75%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (30.19%) Azure
2 56 (21.13%) AWS
3 23 (8.68%) GCP
4 18 (6.79%) PaaS
4 18 (6.79%) SaaS
5 17 (6.42%) IaaS
6 16 (6.04%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (4.15%) Twilio
8 9 (3.40%) Firebase
8 9 (3.40%) GitHub
9 8 (3.02%) BlazeMeter
9 8 (3.02%) BrowserStack
9 8 (3.02%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 5 (1.89%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.51%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (1.13%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (1.13%) Miro
12 3 (1.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.28%) Firewall
2 13 (4.91%) LAN
3 12 (4.53%) WAN
4 11 (4.15%) CTI
4 11 (4.15%) VoIP
5 8 (3.02%) ATM
5 8 (3.02%) HTTP
6 6 (2.26%) DNS
7 4 (1.51%) Network Security
8 3 (1.13%) Internet
9 2 (0.75%) AMQP
9 2 (0.75%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.75%) NAS
9 2 (0.75%) SAN
10 1 (0.38%) MQTT
10 1 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.30%) Relational Database
1 22 (8.30%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.66%) NoSQL
2 15 (5.66%) RDBMS
3 14 (5.28%) Oracle Database
4 9 (3.40%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (3.02%) KDB
6 7 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.26%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.26%) PowerCenter
8 5 (1.89%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.13%) Big Data
9 3 (1.13%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.13%) OLAP
9 3 (1.13%) OLTP
9 3 (1.13%) Power BI
9 3 (1.13%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 30 (11.32%) JIRA
2 29 (10.94%) Jenkins
3 20 (7.55%) Git
4 15 (5.66%) GitLab
5 14 (5.28%) Cypress.io
6 13 (4.91%) Cucumber
6 13 (4.91%) JMeter
7 12 (4.53%) Postman
8 11 (4.15%) TeamCity
9 10 (3.77%) Artifactory
9 10 (3.77%) Moq
9 10 (3.77%) NUnit
10 9 (3.40%) Appium
10 9 (3.40%) Subversion
11 6 (2.26%) IBM UrbanCode
11 6 (2.26%) Maven
12 5 (1.89%) Selenium
13 3 (1.13%) Mocha
13 3 (1.13%) SoapUI
14 2 (0.75%) TestNG
General
1 91 (34.34%) Finance
1 91 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 45 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (16.60%) Banking
4 19 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.91%) Retail
6 12 (4.53%) Front Office
7 11 (4.15%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.26%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.26%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.89%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.13%) Automotive
13 3 (1.13%) Billing
14 2 (0.75%) Back Office
14 2 (0.75%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.75%) Electronics
14 2 (0.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 79 (29.81%) Architect
2 42 (15.85%) Senior
2 42 (15.85%) Solutions Architect
3 33 (12.45%) Developer
4 26 (9.81%) Analyst
5 16 (6.04%) Technical Architect
6 15 (5.66%) Consultant
7 14 (5.28%) C# Developer
7 14 (5.28%) Cloud Architect
7 14 (5.28%) Middleware Engineer
8 13 (4.91%) Azure Architect
9 10 (3.77%) Tester
10 8 (3.02%) Senior Architect
11 7 (2.64%) DBA
11 7 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (2.64%) Infrastructure Architect
11 7 (2.64%) Java Developer
11 7 (2.64%) Oracle DBA
11 7 (2.64%) QA Tester
11 7 (2.64%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.81%) .NET
2 22 (8.30%) Web Services
3 16 (6.04%) HTML
4 14 (5.28%) REST
5 12 (4.53%) .NET Core
6 11 (4.15%) ASP.NET
6 11 (4.15%) RabbitMQ
6 11 (4.15%) RESTful
6 11 (4.15%) WebdriverIO
7 10 (3.77%) ASP.NET Web API
7 10 (3.77%) J2EE
7 10 (3.77%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (3.77%) SignalR
8 9 (3.40%) SOAP
8 9 (3.40%) XML
9 8 (3.02%) ASP.NET Core
9 8 (3.02%) HTML5
9 8 (3.02%) Rendezvous
10 7 (2.64%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (2.64%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.42%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.91%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (4.53%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.53%) Public Cloud
4 11 (4.15%) IVR
5 10 (3.77%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.89%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.89%) SCADA
8 4 (1.51%) DataPower
8 4 (1.51%) Derivative
8 4 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.51%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.13%) Equities
9 3 (1.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 57 (21.51%) Linux
1 57 (21.51%) Windows
2 36 (13.58%) Unix
3 20 (7.55%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.02%) AIX
6 4 (1.51%) Android
7 3 (1.13%) zOS
8 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.75%) Solaris
9 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (34.72%) Agile
2 55 (20.75%) Analytics
3 44 (16.60%) DevOps
4 38 (14.34%) Waterfall
5 37 (13.96%) ITIL
5 37 (13.96%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (13.58%) Microservices
7 35 (13.21%) CI/CD
8 30 (11.32%) Test Automation
9 29 (10.94%) Migration
10 27 (10.19%) Continuous Integration
11 26 (9.81%) CRM
11 26 (9.81%) OO
12 24 (9.06%) Computer Science
13 23 (8.68%) Scrum
13 23 (8.68%) SDLC
14 21 (7.92%) Containerisation
14 21 (7.92%) High Availability
14 21 (7.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (7.55%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (20.00%) SQL
2 34 (12.83%) Java
2 34 (12.83%) Python
3 32 (12.08%) C#
4 25 (9.43%) JavaScript
5 24 (9.06%) PowerShell
6 12 (4.53%) Shell Script
7 11 (4.15%) C++
8 10 (3.77%) C
9 6 (2.26%) ABAP
9 6 (2.26%) Apex Code
9 6 (2.26%) Perl
10 2 (0.75%) Groovy
10 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.75%) Scala
10 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.75%) VBScript
11 1 (0.38%) Bicep
11 1 (0.38%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 29 (10.94%) Degree
2 17 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (5.66%) Security Cleared
4 14 (5.28%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.53%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.77%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.40%) AWS Certification
7 9 (3.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.51%) HND
9 2 (0.75%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.38%) ISEB
10 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.08%) QA
2 9 (3.40%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.02%) GDPR
3 8 (3.02%) HIPAA
3 8 (3.02%) PCI DSS
3 8 (3.02%) SOC 2
4 3 (1.13%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.38%) MiFID
6 1 (0.38%) PMO
6 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (6.42%) Docker
2 14 (5.28%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.26%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.75%) vSphere
7 1 (0.38%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 13 (4.91%) Ansible
2 9 (3.40%) BladeLogic
2 9 (3.40%) ITRS Geneos
3 8 (3.02%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 7 (2.64%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.64%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.26%) Data Guard
6 5 (1.89%) Terraform
7 1 (0.38%) Control-M
7 1 (0.38%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (0.38%) Grafana
7 1 (0.38%) Podman
7 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.38%) Puppet
7 1 (0.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (19.62%) Oracle
2 46 (17.36%) Microsoft
3 24 (9.06%) SAP
4 21 (7.92%) IBM
5 18 (6.79%) TIBCO
6 15 (5.66%) Google
7 14 (5.28%) Citrix
8 13 (4.91%) Databricks
9 12 (4.53%) Cisco
10 11 (4.15%) Avaya
10 11 (4.15%) Dynatrace
10 11 (4.15%) Genesys
10 11 (4.15%) Salesforce
11 10 (3.77%) VMware
12 9 (3.40%) Altiris
12 9 (3.40%) CyberArk
12 9 (3.40%) MuleSoft
13 8 (3.02%) Solace
14 7 (2.64%) Informatica
15 6 (2.26%) Red Hat