The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Bournemouth region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 18 - 21
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Middleware 9 0 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 7.031% - 4.878%
As % of the Application Development category 30.00% - 21.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 9
Average daily rate £400 - £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £373 - £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 - £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £413 £393
% change year-on-year
- +5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +14.28%
All Application Development
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
30 45 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 23.44% 31.03% 22.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 34 31
Average daily rate £350 £388 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.67% +10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £360 £294
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £450 £409
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £165.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Middleware
Dorset

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Middleware across the Bournemouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bournemouth Middleware Jobs Demand Trend

Middleware
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Middleware across the Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth Middleware Daily Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth region citing Middleware also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Middleware.

1 10 (100.00%) WebLogic
2 9 (90.00%) Oracle
3 8 (80.00%) UNIX
3 8 (80.00%) Linux
4 5 (50.00%) Windows
4 5 (50.00%) Solaris
4 5 (50.00%) JDBC
4 5 (50.00%) ODBC
4 5 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (50.00%) HTTP
4 5 (50.00%) TOAD
4 5 (50.00%) HTTPS
4 5 (50.00%) OLTP
4 5 (50.00%) HP
4 5 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 5 (50.00%) LoadRunner
4 5 (50.00%) Introscope
4 5 (50.00%) Finance
4 5 (50.00%) Banking
4 5 (50.00%) Test Management
4 5 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (50.00%) SWIFT
4 5 (50.00%) HP SiteScope
5 4 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
5 4 (40.00%) Java
5 4 (40.00%) Oracle Application Server
5 4 (40.00%) Software Testing
5 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
5 4 (40.00%) QA

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth region citing Middleware also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Middleware. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (50.00%) JDBC
1 5 (50.00%) ODBC
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 10 (100.00%) WebLogic
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Application Server
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) HTTP
1 5 (50.00%) HTTPS
2 2 (20.00%) FTP
2 2 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) TOAD
1 5 (50.00%) OLTP
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 5 (50.00%) Introscope
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (20.00%) JProfiler
3 2 (20.00%) JProbe
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
1 5 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) DBA
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
2 2 (20.00%) QA Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) QA Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Applications DBA
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) SWIFT
2 3 (30.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) UNIX
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
2 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Test Management
2 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Change Control
4 1 (10.00%) Stress Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (20.00%) VB
3 2 (20.00%) C
3 2 (20.00%) C++
3 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (40.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) HND
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 5 (50.00%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Oracle
2 5 (50.00%) HP