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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 297 307
Rank change year-on-year -24 +10 -49
Contract jobs citing Middleware 272 494 807
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.86% 0.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.05% 3.73% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 339 560
10th Percentile £410 £384 £410
25th Percentile £479 £495 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% +4.89%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £670
90th Percentile £782 £800 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £581 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +16.10% -4.76% +7.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £65.63 - -
25th Percentile £66.56 - -
Median hourly rate £71.25 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% +18.18% -4.35%
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% -4.35%

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 8,906 13,255 23,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.94% 23.15% 26.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,185 9,676 17,493
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 144 238
10th Percentile £21.25 £25.75 £22.35
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.71
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.25 £76.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

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 20 May 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 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -33 212 £600 +2.13% 104
London -4 143 £613 -5.77% 45
Work from Home +38 125 £591 -1.47% 62
UK excluding London -2 84 £581 +16.10% 62
Scotland +55 23 £613 -3.92% 4
North of England +31 17 £615 +17.14% 12
North West +17 12 £615 +17.14% 2
Midlands -5 11 £450 +28.57% 12
South West -7 11 £669 +23.84% 6
East of England +13 10 £581 -27.44% 6
South East -6 9 £500 +17.65% 21
West Midlands +21 8 £450 -14.29% 12
East Midlands -5 4 £418 +19.29%
Yorkshire +17 3 £511 -14.83% 5
Wales +14 3 £538 -
North East - 2 £650 - 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 14 (5.15%) Confluence
2 13 (4.78%) WebSphere
3 11 (4.04%) Apache
4 10 (3.68%) Tomcat
4 10 (3.68%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (2.94%) IBM HTTP Server
5 8 (2.94%) JBoss
5 8 (2.94%) WebSphere Portal
6 6 (2.21%) nginx
7 3 (1.10%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.74%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.74%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.74%) CMS
8 2 (0.74%) IIS
9 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.37%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.31%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.21%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.21%) Temenos T24
3 5 (1.84%) Endur
3 5 (1.84%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 5 (1.84%) SAP SD
4 4 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.74%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.74%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.37%) SAP VC
6 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 79 (29.04%) Azure
2 58 (21.32%) AWS
3 24 (8.82%) GCP
4 18 (6.62%) IaaS
4 18 (6.62%) PaaS
4 18 (6.62%) SaaS
5 16 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (4.04%) Twilio
7 9 (3.31%) Firebase
7 9 (3.31%) GitHub
8 8 (2.94%) BlazeMeter
8 8 (2.94%) BrowserStack
8 8 (2.94%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 6 (2.21%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.47%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (1.10%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (1.10%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.15%) Firewall
2 12 (4.41%) LAN
3 11 (4.04%) CTI
3 11 (4.04%) VoIP
3 11 (4.04%) WAN
4 9 (3.31%) HTTP
5 8 (2.94%) ATM
6 7 (2.57%) DNS
7 4 (1.47%) Network Security
8 3 (1.10%) Internet
9 2 (0.74%) AMQP
9 2 (0.74%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.74%) NAS
9 2 (0.74%) SAN
9 2 (0.74%) SSL
10 1 (0.37%) DHCP
10 1 (0.37%) MQTT
10 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.19%) Relational Database
2 22 (8.09%) SQL Server
3 15 (5.51%) NoSQL
3 15 (5.51%) RDBMS
4 14 (5.15%) Oracle Database
5 9 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.57%) KDB
8 6 (2.21%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.21%) PowerCenter
9 5 (1.84%) Oracle ODI
10 4 (1.47%) Power BI
10 4 (1.47%) SAP HANA
11 3 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.10%) Big Data
11 3 (1.10%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.10%) OLAP
11 3 (1.10%) OLTP
11 3 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (11.03%) JIRA
2 29 (10.66%) Jenkins
3 20 (7.35%) Git
4 16 (5.88%) GitLab
5 15 (5.51%) Cypress.io
6 14 (5.15%) Cucumber
6 14 (5.15%) JMeter
7 12 (4.41%) Postman
8 11 (4.04%) TeamCity
9 10 (3.68%) Artifactory
9 10 (3.68%) Moq
9 10 (3.68%) NUnit
10 9 (3.31%) Appium
10 9 (3.31%) Subversion
11 6 (2.21%) IBM UrbanCode
11 6 (2.21%) Maven
12 5 (1.84%) Selenium
13 4 (1.47%) Mocha
13 4 (1.47%) SoapUI
14 3 (1.10%) TestNG
General
1 88 (32.35%) Finance
2 87 (31.99%) Social Skills
3 44 (16.18%) Banking
4 41 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.99%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.15%) Front Office
7 13 (4.78%) Retail
8 11 (4.04%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.31%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.84%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.84%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.10%) Automotive
13 3 (1.10%) Back Office
13 3 (1.10%) Billing
14 2 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.74%) Electronics
14 2 (0.74%) Law
Job Titles
1 78 (28.68%) Architect
2 42 (15.44%) Solutions Architect
3 40 (14.71%) Senior
4 36 (13.24%) Developer
5 27 (9.93%) Analyst
6 15 (5.51%) C# Developer
6 15 (5.51%) Middleware Engineer
6 15 (5.51%) Technical Architect
7 13 (4.78%) Cloud Architect
7 13 (4.78%) Consultant
8 12 (4.41%) Azure Architect
9 10 (3.68%) Tester
10 8 (2.94%) Lead
10 8 (2.94%) Python Engineer
11 7 (2.57%) DBA
11 7 (2.57%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (2.57%) Java Developer
11 7 (2.57%) Oracle DBA
11 7 (2.57%) Senior Middleware Engineer
11 7 (2.57%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.56%) .NET
2 22 (8.09%) Web Services
3 16 (5.88%) REST
4 15 (5.51%) HTML
5 12 (4.41%) .NET Core
6 11 (4.04%) ASP.NET
6 11 (4.04%) RabbitMQ
6 11 (4.04%) RESTful
6 11 (4.04%) WebdriverIO
7 10 (3.68%) ASP.NET Web API
7 10 (3.68%) J2EE
7 10 (3.68%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (3.68%) SignalR
7 10 (3.68%) SOAP
7 10 (3.68%) XML
8 8 (2.94%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (2.94%) Node.js
9 7 (2.57%) HTML5
9 7 (2.57%) Rendezvous
10 6 (2.21%) IBM Integration Bus
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.15%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (4.04%) IVR
3 11 (4.04%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.04%) Public Cloud
4 10 (3.68%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 7 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.21%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.84%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.84%) DataPower
8 5 (1.84%) SCADA
9 4 (1.47%) Derivative
9 4 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.10%) Equities
10 3 (1.10%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (20.96%) Linux
2 55 (20.22%) Windows
3 34 (12.50%) Unix
4 20 (7.35%) Windows Server
5 17 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.94%) AIX
7 4 (1.47%) Android
8 3 (1.10%) zOS
9 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.74%) Solaris
10 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (34.19%) Agile
2 54 (19.85%) Analytics
3 45 (16.54%) DevOps
4 39 (14.34%) Microservices
5 37 (13.60%) ITIL
5 37 (13.60%) Waterfall
6 36 (13.24%) CI/CD
6 36 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (11.76%) Test Automation
8 29 (10.66%) Migration
9 28 (10.29%) Continuous Integration
10 26 (9.56%) CRM
11 25 (9.19%) Computer Science
11 25 (9.19%) OO
12 24 (8.82%) SDLC
13 23 (8.46%) Containerisation
13 23 (8.46%) High Availability
14 22 (8.09%) Scrum
15 21 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
16 20 (7.35%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 52 (19.12%) SQL
2 38 (13.97%) Python
3 35 (12.87%) Java
4 33 (12.13%) C#
5 26 (9.56%) JavaScript
6 25 (9.19%) PowerShell
7 12 (4.41%) Shell Script
8 11 (4.04%) C
8 11 (4.04%) C++
9 8 (2.94%) Perl
10 7 (2.57%) ABAP
11 6 (2.21%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.10%) Bash
12 3 (1.10%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.74%) Groovy
13 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.74%) Scala
13 2 (0.74%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.74%) VBScript
14 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (11.03%) Degree
2 17 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 15 (5.51%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.78%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.68%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.31%) AWS Certification
7 9 (3.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.47%) HND
9 2 (0.74%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.37%) ISEB
10 1 (0.37%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.40%) QA
2 10 (3.68%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.94%) GDPR
3 8 (2.94%) HIPAA
3 8 (2.94%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.94%) SOC 2
4 3 (1.10%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.37%) MiFID
6 1 (0.37%) PMO
6 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (6.99%) Docker
2 13 (4.78%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.21%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.74%) vSphere
6 1 (0.37%) Cronacle
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (5.51%) Ansible
2 10 (3.68%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.31%) BladeLogic
3 9 (3.31%) ITRS Geneos
4 8 (2.94%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 7 (2.57%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.21%) Data Guard
6 6 (2.21%) Terraform
7 2 (0.74%) Puppet
8 1 (0.37%) Control-M
8 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 1 (0.37%) Grafana
8 1 (0.37%) Podman
8 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (18.38%) Oracle
2 45 (16.54%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.82%) SAP
4 22 (8.09%) IBM
5 17 (6.25%) TIBCO
6 15 (5.51%) Google
7 14 (5.15%) Citrix
8 12 (4.41%) Cisco
8 12 (4.41%) Databricks
8 12 (4.41%) Dynatrace
8 12 (4.41%) VMware
9 11 (4.04%) Avaya
9 11 (4.04%) Genesys
9 11 (4.04%) Salesforce
10 9 (3.31%) Altiris
10 9 (3.31%) MuleSoft
11 8 (2.94%) CyberArk
12 7 (2.57%) Informatica
12 7 (2.57%) Red Hat
12 7 (2.57%) Solace