The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Cheshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 31 20 30
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +10
Contract jobs citing Middleware 31 61 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.294% 7.550% 4.724%
As % of the Application Development category 18.79% 25.63% 17.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 41 34
Average daily rate £410 £450 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.88% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £400 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £410 £400
% change year-on-year
+0.60% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -8.64%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
165 238 262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.85% 29.46% 26.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 127 175
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
North West

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Middleware Daily Rate Trend

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Middleware across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire Middleware Daily Rate Histogram

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Middleware across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Knutsford -4 9 £313 -2.34%
Chester -2 2 - -
Middleware
North West

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 31 (59.62%) UNIX
2 22 (42.31%) Banking
3 21 (40.38%) Windows
4 17 (32.69%) Linux
5 16 (30.77%) IBM
5 16 (30.77%) Finance
6 14 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ
8 12 (23.08%) Oracle
9 11 (21.15%) AIX
9 11 (21.15%) WebSphere
10 8 (15.38%) SSL
10 8 (15.38%) Shell Script
11 7 (13.46%) Retail
12 6 (11.54%) Problem Management
12 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (11.54%) Internet
12 6 (11.54%) DB2
13 5 (9.615%) zOS
13 5 (9.615%) Clustering
13 5 (9.615%) Service Management
13 5 (9.615%) Service Delivery
13 5 (9.615%) Firewall
13 5 (9.615%) WebSphere Message Broker
13 5 (9.615%) Supplier Management
13 5 (9.615%) Retail Banking
14 4 (7.692%) Migration
14 4 (7.692%) Change Management
14 4 (7.692%) Project Management
14 4 (7.692%) Tivoli

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 11 (21.15%) WebSphere
2 3 (5.769%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
2 3 (5.769%) SAP XI
2 3 (5.769%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.923%) .NET
3 1 (1.923%) SAML
3 1 (1.923%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 13 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 5 (9.615%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 3 (5.769%) NetWeaver
4 1 (1.923%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (1.923%) MS Project
1 1 (1.923%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.769%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.38%) SSL
2 6 (11.54%) Internet
3 5 (9.615%) Firewall
4 3 (5.769%) DNS
5 2 (3.846%) LDAP
6 1 (1.923%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.54%) DB2
2 3 (5.769%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.923%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.923%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.923%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.923%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (42.31%) Banking
2 16 (30.77%) Finance
3 7 (13.46%) Retail
4 5 (9.615%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.923%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.923%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.923%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 7 (13.46%) Technical Manager
3 6 (11.54%) Implementation Manager
3 6 (11.54%) Consultant
3 6 (11.54%) Architect
3 6 (11.54%) Designer
4 5 (9.615%) Technical Implementation Manager
4 5 (9.615%) Services Delivery Manager
4 5 (9.615%) Service Manager
4 5 (9.615%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (7.692%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (5.769%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (5.769%) SAP Basis Consultant
6 3 (5.769%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (5.769%) Solutions Designer
6 3 (5.769%) Identity Management Specialist
6 3 (5.769%) Middleware Consultant
6 3 (5.769%) Infrastructure Designer
7 2 (3.846%) Technical Project Manager
8 1 (1.923%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.615%) Clustering
2 3 (5.769%) Tandem
2 3 (5.769%) Mainframe
2 3 (5.769%) IBM Mainframe
2 3 (5.769%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (3.846%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.923%) PKI
4 1 (1.923%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 31 (59.62%) UNIX
2 21 (40.38%) Windows
3 17 (32.69%) Linux
4 11 (21.15%) AIX
5 5 (9.615%) zOS
6 3 (5.769%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (5.769%) Windows 2000
6 3 (5.769%) Solaris
7 1 (1.923%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (11.54%) Problem Management
2 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (9.615%) Supplier Management
3 5 (9.615%) Service Management
3 5 (9.615%) Service Delivery
4 4 (7.692%) Change Management
4 4 (7.692%) ITIL
4 4 (7.692%) Migration
4 4 (7.692%) Project Management
5 3 (5.769%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (5.769%) Information Security
5 3 (5.769%) CRM
5 3 (5.769%) E-Commerce
5 3 (5.769%) Identity Management
5 3 (5.769%) Risk Management
5 3 (5.769%) Change Control
6 2 (3.846%) Workflow
6 2 (3.846%) Information Management
7 1 (1.923%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.38%) Shell Script
2 3 (5.769%) Java
2 3 (5.769%) JavaScript
2 3 (5.769%) Perl
2 3 (5.769%) SQL
3 1 (1.923%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.769%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.769%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 4 (7.692%) Tivoli
2 3 (5.769%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 3 (5.769%) BladeLogic
3 1 (1.923%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 16 (30.77%) IBM
2 12 (23.08%) Oracle
3 3 (5.769%) SAP
3 3 (5.769%) BMC
4 2 (3.846%) Siebel
4 2 (3.846%) Cisco
4 2 (3.846%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.846%) Juniper
5 1 (1.923%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.923%) Mercator
5 1 (1.923%) McAfee
5 1 (1.923%) FatWire
5 1 (1.923%) Sourcefire
5 1 (1.923%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.923%) F5
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